Tag: Christian Life

Future Hope, part 5. Looking at holiness with our bodies, our love for one another, and diligence in our work.

Future Hope, part 4. When difficult times hit, we often pray for an escape — a way out. But God quite often seeks to strengthen us in the battle instead, causing us to rely on him, and not on ourselves.

Future Hope, part 2. In Jesus the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and he is the one who gives and sustains life. The Holy Spirit lives in us, transforming us into his image.

Future Hope, part 1. A Christian is someone who believes in the words (affirmations) of the gospel and in whom the gospel has become a power. That power then creates imitators of the Lord Jesus.

It’s not how incredible our lives are, or how amazing our accomplishments are that please God. It’s our faith alone that pleases him. And in faith we’re waiting, looking forward to something better.

Why does waiting hurt? We look at Proverbs 13:12: “Hope deferred makes the heart sick but desire fulfilled is a tree of life”.

Living Hope, part 9. Jospeh encounters many unexpected twists and turns in life, but through the storms he holds on to the promises of God, who works all things for good.

Living Hope, part 8. Jacob wrestled with God, received the blessing, but then walked with a limp. He became a leaner — not just on his staff but on God himself.

Living Hope, part 7. God uses Isaac, the heir of the promise, to point to Jesus, the Heir of all things.