Posts Tagged ‘ Hope ’
But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
Acts 20:24, HCSB
Just as God showed His love for us by becoming one of us and dying for our eternal hope, we should consider the lives of others more important than our own knowing we may see them in eternity with Christ.
But if anyone suffers as a “Christian,” he should not be ashamed but should glorify God in having that name.
1 Peter 4:16, HCSB
God’s Word changes our hearts, minds, and spirits, helping us to endure persecution and hardships knowing Christ went through the same and is with us now.
When I am filled with cares, Your comfort brings me joy.
Psalm 94:19, HCSB
God’s Word changes our hearts, minds, and spirits, giving us guidance and strength to endure in any and all circumstances, standing in hope because of His faithfulness.
“You also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”
Luke 12:40, HCSB
God is good, and that is a reminder that, as bad as this world can be, He is coming again to make all things new. We do not know the exact time, but we can trust His goodness.
Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16, HCSB
We confess Christ, believing that He died and rose again to bring us forgiveness of sins and new life. While we await His return, we may still suffer in this life and long for eternity, but the new life begins inside our souls, giving us hope and not merely wishful thinking.
“Do not remember the past events, pay no attention to things of old. Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:18-19, HCSB
We confess Christ as our Savior, believing that His death and resurrection has washed away our sins, forgetting our shame, and given us hope for eternity with Him.
That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome it.
John 1:5, CSB
We confess Christ as Lord and Savior, knowing and believing that the Light of Creation has come to redeem us from sin.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17, CSB
We confess Christ is Lord, believing He was raised from the dead, and we are made new, beginning the process of becoming Christ-like having been adopted into God’s family by faith in His blood.
“Be wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord our God to walk in his statutes and to keep his commands, as it is today.”
1 Kings 8:61, CSB
We confess Christ as Lord and Savior, and we should then act on our belief by obeying what He has commanded, living out the same sacrificial love and sharing the gospel.
The point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
2 Corinthians 9:6, CSB
We confess Christ crucified in the flesh that others may believe in Hos death and resurrection for our sins and hope. We give even out of our poverty to draw others to Christ and help each other out of the love of Christ.
a simple man of God 