Monday, December 22, 2008

what r u hoping 4

what are things that we hope for? would we consider ourselves hopeful people? what is our hope based on? in america right now there seems to be a lot of gloomy outlooks on things and there seems to be little hope for a fix for our economy (according to the pessimists anyway). we have put our hope in our military might, and our world power, but now in a time of crisis where can we put our hope where we won't be disappointed? when all hope has faded where can we turn?

have we thought about fixing our hope in jesus? jesus is the foundation of hope. jesus can give us a new hope. a hope that lives and dwells inside of us. a hope that isn't always controlled by what seems to be unmanageable circumstances. our hope can still be strong even when things don't go well. our hope isn't fixed on the things of the earth, but on things that come from jesus. the last few posts have been about joy and peace (the kind that is on the inside). we can have hope for those things with the help of jesus. hope that grows from our dependance on jesus and what he is going do. we can have hope for the abundant life that he promised, and for eternal life with him (he said he was going to prepare a place for us so that we could be with him where he was). the thing about the hope that jesus gives is you won't be disappointed like you will by so many other things.

jesus can bring us hope even in our troubled times. sure life might not always be a bed of roses but we can have hope that with jesus things will be ok. we will not fall apart, because jesus will help hold us together. if we want to have hope that is beyond this world then we must put it in jesus.

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