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Thursday,
January 16,
2025
"We Have This Hope"
Message summary: Today let us continue to trust in the One who is ever dependable and let us rejoice together in the hope that we have in Christ. That is the heart of being encouraged and building your life on Biblical hope!
Note:
Due to an
early morning
appointment a
podcast was
not prepared
for this
message.
“For
everything
that was
written in the
past was
written to
teach us, so
that through
endurance and
the
encouragement
of the
Scriptures we
might have
hope” (Romans
15:4). "We
have this hope
as an anchor
for the soul,
firm and
secure"
(Hebrews 6:19)
When pain surrounds, I call You Healer
When silence falls, You’ll be the song within my heart
Today
we have on our
hearts those
who may feel
all hope is
lost. On a
national scale
this would
certainly
include the
many who have
been
devastated by
the fires in
California.
There's an
abundance of
national news
on this.
But we also consider on the local level where people deal with discouragement and even despair such as a note we received from a reader, "I’m a Christian for 20 years and also a survivor of a lifetime living with depression and panic disorder. My pain is unbearable right now. I’m asking for your prayers that the Lord would lead me on a path of healing. I’m desperate and in despair. Please pray.”
Undoubtedly some of you reading this today are discouraged so it is the prayer of our heart that this brief word from "the encouragement of the Scriptures" may strengthen and renew your Biblical hope today! Let us consider the latter phrase in our daily text: "So that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope".
There’s a great line early in the classic Christmas film “It’s a Wonderful Life” where the angel Clarence is beckoned to help a troubled human. “Is he sick?”, Clarence asks. “No, it’s worse than being sick”, the head angel replies, “he’s discouraged.”
It’s
a poignant
scene and
touches my
heart any time
we watch it.
Some of our
readers might
just be
experiencing a
sense of
hopelessness,
so it is our
prayer that
today’s word
of Scripture
exposition
will bring you
fresh hope and
encouragement
today!
The Apostle
Paul describes
the
unregenerate
state as
being, “without
hope and
without God in
the world” (Ephesians
2:12). In 1
Thessalonians
he writes of
those “who
have no hope”
(4:13).
C. S. Lewis
insightfully
summarizes the
human
condition:
One
of the great
inheritances
of the child
of God is
“hope”. Notice
the wonderful
phrase that
concludes our
daily text, “through
endurance and
the
encouragement
of the
Scriptures we
might have
hope.”
Consider today
the blessing
of having
hope, a
confident
assurance in
God due to the
veracity and
dependability
of His
promises.
“We have this
hope as an
anchor for the
soul, firm and
secure”
(Hebrews
6:19).
As I read the
Scripture text
today the word
"endurance"
really caught
my eye.
"Endurance is
activating
hidden
strength for
my tasks by
keeping my
eyes on future
rewards".
So, believing
friend, let us
continue to
trust in the
One who is
ever
dependable and
let us rejoice
together in
the hope we
have in
Christ. That
is the heart
of being
encouraged!
When the tears fall still I will sing to you
I will praise You, Jesus I will praise You
Through the suffering still I will sing to you
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father,
may the hope
You place
within this
redeemed heart
of mine stir
up a joyful
spirit and an
overcoming
attitude
regarding the
difficulties I
encounter.
Endurance is
activating
hidden
strength for
my tasks by
keeping my
eyes on future
rewards.
Restore to me
the joy of
Your salvation
and renew a
steadfast
spirit within
me as I
rejoice in the
unending hope
I have in You.
In Jesus'
Name, Amen."
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