May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15:13 ESV So that ———-> Those two little words are like an arrow connecting two clauses. They point to the purpose, the “why,” illustrating a cause and…
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15:13 ESV In this short prayer, Paul appeals to the source of our hope, the author and giver of hope, and he asks specifically that we would…
The resurrection of Jesus secures our hope of eternal life. It’s a topic worthy of study this week. This verse from Romans is a favorite, and I’ve been thinking about what it means and how to apply it to my life: May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so…
That, and the voices of my characters just . . . stopped. I can’t hear them anymore, Ruby. All I hear is my own grating thoughts. Is there anything more horrid than being trapped inside yourself with nothing but your own insecurities? Sarah Jio, Goodnight June: A Novel The pandemic has been difficult.Being an introvert, I expected to…
Thinking about faith today … Our pastor has been preaching through Hebrews and we’ve landed in chapter 11, the “hall of faith!” Some folks you expect are listed there but there are some that are unusual, for example, Samson and Jephthah. When I read the story of Jephthah I am puzzled by God’s acclaim of…
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with…