“If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.” (1 Corinthians 15:19, NIV84) For most people hope rests in the wishes of this world. I hope to get married. I hope to have children. I hope to have a good job. I hope to get rich […]
05/24/22 Daily Devotion – Anchor your hope in the love of Jesus!
“love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” (1Cor. 13:7 NASB) Today I used the NASB translation because it is a truer translation of the original Greek. This verse comes from Paul’s famous love chapter. This section is read at most wedding services around the world. Paul was winding down […]
05/23/22 Daily Devotion – God provides an abundant hope!
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” — Romans 15:13 (NIV84) This is one of my early memory verses. It is so powerful and speaks so clearly as to what makes Biblical […]
05/22/22 Daily Devotion – Hope takes root in God’s word!
“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 (NIV84) So, how much does God love us? How far has He gone to make sure we will have all we need when bad stuff happens? […]
05/21/22 Daily Devotion – Amid pain, we wait in certain hope!
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we […]
05/20/22 Daily Devotion – Three great reasons to have hope!
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, […]
05/19/22 Daily Devotion – Faith that is not blind can see what it hopes in!
“Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’” — Romans 4:18 (NIV84) Here Paul reminds us of one of the great acts of faith of our forefather Abraham. Thirty years had passed since the Lord first […]
05/18/22 Daily Devotion – We must be bold enough to share our hope!
“And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our fathers that I am on trial today. This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. O king, it is because of this hope that the Jews are accusing me.” — […]
05/17/22 Daily Devotion – Our hope must be rooted in truth!
“But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.” — Luke 24:21 (NIV84) If hope is more a certainty than a wish, then there is nothing worse than being certain in your hope for the future […]
05/16/22 Daily Devotion – People can’t get in the way of the hope God provides!
“In his name the nations will put their hope.” — Matthew 12:21 (NIV84) We continue our study on hope with that word’s first — and only — occurrence in the Gospel of Matthew. Believe it or not, Matthew’s only use of the word hope is a quotation of Isaiah 42. We are faced with a very […]
