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Hope
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Hold On to Your Hope
READ: Hebrews 11:1-3
KEY VERSE: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen. –Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV)
What do you do when your hope is gone? It is a question we all ask ourselves,
and it is a question that arises frequently in Scripture. In the Old Testament,
Israel hoped earnestly for the Messiah. After Jesus’ resurrection and promised
return in the New Testament, the Church was left again to hope. Hebrews
was written to the Church at a time when it had lost hope. The Church faced
persecution and its membership fell. As in the Old Testament, the heart of
Israel longed for the Messiah.
Like the children of Israel, we sometimes lose hope. But hopelessness is
what the enemy desires for us, not what God has for us. God desires that we
continue to hope. During this season of fasting and prayer as we hold on to
the hope in our risen Messiah, we must strive to be people of faith, people
who choose to hope even in a world that can make us feel hopeless.
-Minister Jaimie Crumley
LOOKING WITHIN: In what or in whom do I place my hope? How can hope in
God sustain me as I face seemingly insurmountable obstacles?
Lord, I pray that today my faith will be strengthened and my hope will be
restored. May I walk boldly into the places that you are calling me to go. In
Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
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