Tag: hope
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Hebrews 11- a Genealogy of Faith
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 NKJV Faith is the Substance What is your greatest hope? Your eternal longing? ἐλπίζω elpizō – to hope How can you be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see? Matthew used this…
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The Beginning of the End – A Burden of the Prophets – 2
Previously – Part 1 The Hope of a Savior King Jeremiah 23: 5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will…
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Days of Despair
In Christ we have a Light of hope in a season of our dark despair. Job 30: 16 “And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me. 17 The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest. Have you ever had a bad time in life like…
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In God We Trust – Hope
The Lamentations asking “HOW?” are really questions of hope for a fallen nation. Christians hold onto hope. In God we trust (at least, some of us.) No Biblical consideration of our present and passing crisis would be complete without hope. Recalling from our parallel to Lamentations some of the earlier history of this young nation:…
