Ephesians 2:12 "that at the time ye were without Christ,
being aliens from the commonwealth of isreal, and
strangers from the covenants of promise,
having no hope, and
without God in the world:
ya know... that is right where this world is today. having no hope, and without God in the world: take a look around you. teenagers in this world... have no hope so what do they run to? drugs, cutting, relationships, and when all of that fails ... sucide. why? because they have NO HOPE. why? because God is not in this world. that just makes me so so sad to see. even in my own extended family i see that happening, Christians. we need to stand up! we have such an oppertunity here to share the HOPE that we have because of Jesus Christ i did a quick word study on hope. and im just amazed! AMAZED by Gods grace, AMAZED by the fact that ONLY because of Jesus Christ we can have hope. its not denyed us, or hiden from us. We can have hope because of Jesus. people in this world need to be pointed to that ray of hope,
2Thessalonians 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
1Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, - because we have a LIVING God ... we have HOPE! we know that Jesus Christ is not in the grave, and we can have hope of his second coming, hope of our future,
Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Romans5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Lamentations 3:24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Psalms 43:5 why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? HOPE IN GOD: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God
I stand amazed!
who are we to be given the Hope of Jesus Christ?
who am I to claim that hope because of him?
Lord, may I always point others to the hope that we can have in YOU.
3 comments:
:) thank you. for this. I've been there... it's so so so scary to be so in deep. God's love is indescribable. It changed my life.. forever. More people need to read this! I wish I could just put this on a poster and run all over America until my feet fell off because people need this message so bad.
Praise the LORD! I can't imagine the sheer terror and lonesomeness of being without hope. So we need to get out there and spread God's word of HOPE!!
~Lizzy the Patriot~
THANK-YOU......THANK-YOU......THANK-YOU for posting about GOD'S HOPE Lakota! I've been in a place before where I struggled to find Christ's hope because of the darkness pressing in, but His Hope ALWAYS wins......Praise God!!!!! I LOVED all the scriptures you included in this post.....GOD was REALLY giving you something to share the other day!! I guess that is what happens when you commit even your blog to Him!!! WOW..... I haven't been on here in a while....I need to get on more often! I was scanning through all the posts and they looked REALLY good! Hopefully I can finish looking at the soon! Remind me that I have a REALLY NEAT story to tell you the next time we talk! BTW....the recital was amazing! God really blessed it and the students did an incredible job! I was SO PROUD of them! One of my students said he was praying the whole way through a peice that was especially difficult for Him....I love it! The faith of a child.....oh to attain that!!!!!! Ok....well this is turning into more of an email verses a comment!!!;-)
Love ya sis!
Bekah
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