Christ Our Living Hope

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead - 2 Peter 1:3. 

           Christ is our living hope. In this world we will have struggles but they won’t destroy us, defeat us or leave us discouraged as we have a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead given to us by His great mercy. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world - John 6:33. We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us - Romans 5:3-5.

                The living hope in us makes us more hopeful and so we will never lose heart in any suffering that we go through. Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18.

                   Let us praise God for He has given us new birth into a living hope through His resurrection by His great mercy.  With the living hope that lives in us, let us use our life to reflect the hope and joy of the gospel to those around us. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age - Matthew 28:18-20. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory - Colossians 1:27.

                                                                           

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are our Living Hope. We thank you for giving us new birth into a living hope through Your resurrection by your great mercy. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.