“So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope
in the LORD!” (Psalm 31:24 NLT)
It is a strange element of our
spiritual psyche. Hope points us to the certainty of our faith. It gives us an unexplainable
assurance. Hope replaces doubt with confidence. It transforms mere belief into
strong conviction. Hope . . . what a marvelous generator of life! As our hope is
so goes our spirit.
spiritual psyche. Hope points us to the certainty of our faith. It gives us an unexplainable
assurance. Hope replaces doubt with confidence. It transforms mere belief into
strong conviction. Hope . . . what a marvelous generator of life! As our hope is
so goes our spirit.
The focus of our hope is
extremely important to us. Our hope is centered in something or someone. Money
& economics will fail us. Friends and family will fail us. Colleagues and
careers will fail us. Physical health and medical science will fail us. Philosophies
and schemes of humanity will fail us. Everything and everyone of this earth
will fail us. All of this failure would depress us if the Lord wasn’t on our
side (Psalm 24). But the Lord is on our side and we have hope in him!
extremely important to us. Our hope is centered in something or someone. Money
& economics will fail us. Friends and family will fail us. Colleagues and
careers will fail us. Physical health and medical science will fail us. Philosophies
and schemes of humanity will fail us. Everything and everyone of this earth
will fail us. All of this failure would depress us if the Lord wasn’t on our
side (Psalm 24). But the Lord is on our side and we have hope in him!
In hope, we live in the riches of
his grace. In hope, we bask in the treasure if his love. In hope, his mercies
comfort us. In hope, his constant presence encourages us. In hope, we enjoy his
daily care and concern. In hope, his salvation is ours.
his grace. In hope, we bask in the treasure if his love. In hope, his mercies
comfort us. In hope, his constant presence encourages us. In hope, we enjoy his
daily care and concern. In hope, his salvation is ours.
We turn to him with every need,
because he is our Shepherd. We keep our eyes on him because our hope is in him.
We lean upon him because his hope comforts us. We trust him because he does not
forsake us.
because he is our Shepherd. We keep our eyes on him because our hope is in him.
We lean upon him because his hope comforts us. We trust him because he does not
forsake us.
We are strong and courageous
today because we put our hope in the only One who will not fail us. Maybe hope
is not so strange after all.
today because we put our hope in the only One who will not fail us. Maybe hope
is not so strange after all.
Dear Father, thank you for the hope
we have in you through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Strengthen our hope
today and make us courageous in you. This I pray in the name of Jesus. AMEN
we have in you through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Strengthen our hope
today and make us courageous in you. This I pray in the name of Jesus. AMEN
Be strong and courageous today putting
hope in the Lord,
hope in the Lord,