Hope

Is the Past your Future

Future, Hope, regret

Imagine that you started your career working for yourself. You enjoyed thefreedom that comes with self-direction. Unfortunately, you also developed badhabits that eventually forced…

God’s Rescue Mission

Forgiveness, Humanity, Jesus, Rescue, Salvation

In August 2010, thirty-three miners were trapped almost half a mile underground when their mine in Chile collapsed. It would be two months before…

At Dawn

God's Timing, Help, Hope, Rescue, Trusting God

In the second movie of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers (directed by Peter Jackson [New Line Cinema, 2002]), the people of Rohan…

Spoiler Alert

God's Plan, God's Promises, God's Will, Happy Ending, Hope, Spoiler, Story, Trials

The Christian life is not one without heartache and trial. You will not get to skip all of the conflict in your life’s story,…

A Lesson From The Crocus

Faith, God's Promises, Hope, Romans 8, Seasons, Trusting God

If you have ever lived in a place with harsh winters, you know that the coming spring is welcome with great anticipation. In some…

Waiting On God

Challenges, God's Timing, Growth, Hope, James 5:11, Micah 7:7, Overcoming, Proverb 3:5-6, Romans 12:12, Romans 5:3-4, Romans 8:25, Romans 8:28, Spiritual Growth, Testimony, Trials, Waiting, Waiting on God, Waiting on the Lord

Waiting is part of our ongoing walk with Jesus. We aren’t comfortable with waiting, because we feel like it’s pointless—or worse, that we are…

Body and Soul

Body, Deuteronomy 4:29, Ephesians 1:7, Faithful, Galatians 2:20, Galatians 3:13, Hope, Joshua 22:5, Matthew 16:26, Matthew 22:37, Psalm 62:1, Redeem, Resurrect, Soul

“Not everything you read on the internet is true,” Abraham Lincoln is often quoted as saying. It’s a ridiculous claim intended to remind us…

Blessed Are The Unsatisfied

Desire, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Fallen World, Future Hope, Hope, Hunger, Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 65:17, John 6:35, Material Things, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 5:6, Psalm 63:1, Redemption, Revelation 21:1-7, Romans 15:13, Romans 8:22-24, Satisfied, Thirst, Unsatisfied, Wealth

Writer Amy Simpson told a story a lot of us can relate to when she declared, “Blessed are the Unsatisfied.” She explained that for…

God Restores

God's Work, Hope, New Life, Restoration, Salvation, Sanctification, Transformation

In Ephesians 1, Paul emphasizes God’s sovereignty and his work as a master planner who can restore a lost world back to right relationship (vv….

Persevering Through Darkness

1 Kings 18:21, Assurance, Choosing Christ, Darkness, Difficulty, Easy, Faithless, Galatians 1:10, Hardship, Hope, James 4:4, Matthew 6:24, Romans 8:7, Security, Trial

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring We know that to choose Christ is not…

Taking the Long View

1 Corinthians 2:9, Anthem, Covenant, Faith, God's Story, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jeremiah 29:11, Perseverance, Promise, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 3:5-6, Romans 8:28, The Church, Trials

Keith & Kristyn Getty’s song By Faith is a powerful anthem for Christians to remember the story of our faith and how God calls…

God Moves

Dependence, Faith, Genesis 50:20, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, Hope, Job 42:2, Miracle, Mystery, Proverbs 16:4, Providence, Psalm 90:2, Psalm 97:9, Refuge, Trust

“God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform He plants His footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm Deep in…

It Is Well With My Soul

1 Peter 5:10, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Acceptance, Courage, Faith, Future Glory, Gratitude, Hope, Humility, Psalm 147:11, Psalm 43:5, Romans 8:18, Suffering, Trial, Trusting God

“Hymnologist Kenneth Osbeck tells the story: ‘Desiring a rest for his wife and four daughters as well as wishing to join and assist Moody…

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