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Hope
The word of week we
want to focus on here is hope. Hope is a very important yet delicate
concept. Hope is what many long for in what seems to be a hopeless
situation. Yet hope in itself is perception.
The adage is the glass
is either half empty or half full. One person who has hope will see
it half full the one lacking hope will see it half empty. What makes
hope so important is the domino effect it can throughout a person’s
life. When we lose hope not only do we sink to emotional lows but
our thinking and actions began to reflect what we believe. This
leads to a seemingly hopeless situation to become a reality.
If we
really sit back and reflect we will realize that many situations we
thought were hopeless were not as bad as we made them out to be. To
understand hope we will look at a few verses in the Bible that
address hope. Hopefully looking at what the Bible says will
show the need stay hopeful, the reasons to keep hope alive, and to
always have hope no matter what situation we may face in life.
To began I want to
quote what Jesus said in St. John 16:33, “These
things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In
the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.” Here Christ gives his disciples hope and
peace, two topics that I have been writing on. Jesus let the
disciples know they would go through hard times much like He himself
did. They would endure trouble, be ridicule by man, and suffer
persecution but through all this He said be of good cheer. Christ
overcame the world through His death on cross. Jesus conquered the
prince of this world and took away all his power. Jesus overcame the
evil in the world through His submission to the cross though He was
crucified He was found blameless. Christ was tempted, accused, and
abused yet He did not sin. Christ also overcame the wicked in the
world. He put to shame all those who sought to do evil against Him.
This particular verse is for us to take hope.
Jesus is simply saying
that all the trouble we can possibly face in the world I have
overcome it all. I have mastered it all. Just as Christ has the
victory over the world so shall we have victory over the world
through him. So let us always have hope as there is no situation
without hope as Jesus Christ is Lord and has power overall our
troubles!
More to come soon on reason never to give up
hope
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