Oct 26 2024 … Hope in Christ

Oct 26 2024 … Hope in Christ 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  

… Please take time to hear The Gettys, featuring Kristyn Getty, with music and lyrics, singing In Christ Alone about living and finding our hope in Christ alone.  

 

Jeremy ... struggling college student ... 

Highlight Verse: … 2Corinthians 5:8-9 [NLT] … 

8 Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him.

Paul assuring fellow Christians that one day those who believe that Jesus is Lord will be with Him forever in a new eternal body.           

Highlight Passage (in context): … 2Corinthians 5:1-10  … [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… The Apostle Paul teaches and assures fellow Christians that Christ will lead those what follow Him to heaven where we will nave a new eternal body.                                                                   

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

…  Godly wisdom, thru Solomon, showing that trusting God will lead us thru life .            

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …   

… God’s presence and His power are always there for the faithful and the righteous.

Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 29:11  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  God’s promise thru Jeremiah that He, The Lord, has plans for believers for a glorious new life.                                             

Reference Passage: … John 14:13-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… Jesus promises His disciples (and us) whatever they (we) ask for IN HIS NAME.        

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 4:16-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…   The Apostle Paul teaches and assures Christians that this present life is short and ahead are FOREVER and our hope is ahead to be with Christ FOREVER.

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  </b> 

…   The Apostle Paul again assures fellow Christians of being able to take our anxieties to God in prayer to receive God’s peace.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Leslie Koh -  AT THIS LINK  -  tells of a young student, Jeremy, (see photo) who experienced hard trials in college, living in low income housing, but with an attitude of hope in Christ, Jeremy reasoned this way … “All I could do, was think,  …mI have a nice home to go back to in three years’ time, so I’ll stick with this and make the most of my time here.”  

I’m quite sure that some of my readers here today, are going thru some tough times.  Certainly all of us recognize and reason that there are tough times on the horizon of our lives.  But by taking in the linked song and living by God’s word, shared here today, no matter what we face, we, who have surrendered our lives to Christ, have His promise of an eternal life, living with our Lord, in new bodies that will be like our Lord.  That’s good enough for me; … how about you?                 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your promises that give me hope for my future…           

My Prayer Today:  Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here will join me to hold on to the hope we have from the promises of Your word, Lord..     …  Amen

 

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