29
Dec '20
Hope in God
29
Dec '20
Good morning; as we continue to march toward and look forward to the 2021 year, I want to encourage you in the hope we have from the Word of God. Christians do not allow your emotions to get too high or too low with life events. Do not let your emotions get too high or too low with our government, people, places, or things. In Paul’s effort to defend the resurrection of Jesus Christ, he stated, “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are men most miserable” (1 Cor. 15:19). My friend, the resurrection is not just a doctrine we preach; the resurrection is our hope in Jesus Christ. We, as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, rest all our hope on the resurrection. We inherited death through the first Adam, but we have inherited eternal life through the resurrection from the second Adam, Jesus Christ. To stay encouraged, Paul had one frame of mind, despite all he had been through for the Gospel, he said, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are BEHIND, and reaching forth unto those things which are before (Philippians 3:13).” This morning I want to encourage you to keep Jesus the focus of the 2021 year. Heavenly Father, I pray this morning for the readers of this devotion that the 2021 year would be a time to grow deeper in our relationship with you. Father, help us to find our Hope and Encouragement in the Word of God and the return of our soon coming King, Amen. Be Blessed in Jesus Name.