2. A Spiritual Sloth Does Not Hunger and Thirst for God’s Righteousness. “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what …
1. The Spiritual Sloth – Defining Our Terms. “Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep seeking and you will find. Keep knocking and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who continues to ask receives, and the one who continues to seek finds, and to the one who keeps knocking …
A Song of Hope – “Be Ye Glad” “God delights in those who hope in His mercy, who eagerly expect His lovingkindness.” (Psalm 147:11). Hope Described. Various descriptions of hope might include: Hope is confidently expecting a positive outcome, as opposed to despair, which is fearfully expecting a negative outcome; hope is trusting God for one’s future, as …
HOPE is God’s Middle Name. “He says in his poem that the three virtues of faith, hope and love are like three sisters: two of them are grown and the one in the middle is a small child. They go forward together hand in hand, with the child hope in the middle. Looking at them, …
The Hope of Glory with Christ in Us. [this article is in process, so please wait to read this until it is finished] “I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness – the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, …
Hope and Love. “We are God’s house as long as we keep our courage and hold firm to the end our joyful and exultant confidence and sense of triumph in our hope in Christ.” (Hebrews 3:6). Hope Described. “Hope moves the heart of God to come to our help with His grace.” (Cantalamessa).Various descriptions of hope might …
Hopeful Grieving. “We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, and we don’t want you to be in the dark about this question any longer. First off, you don’t have to grieve over them as others do who have no hope. When you mourn, you don’t need …
On St. Peter as the Apostle of Hope. “The Resurrection is, first and foremost, the act of infinite tenderness by which the Father, after the terrible suffering of the Passion, revived his Son from death by means of the Holy Spirit and made him Lord. It is the cry with which God, after holding back …
Purifying Ourselves with Hope. “We know that when Jesus appears, we shall resemble Him, for we shall see Him as He truly is. Everyone who treasures this hope, this eager expectation of the Lord’s coming, continues purifying themselves, just as He is pure.” (1 John 3:2-3). Crowder – All My Hope ft. Tauren Wells Purify …
The Hope that Brings Joy. “Now may God, the inspiration and fountain of hope, fill you completely with joy and peace as you continue trusting in Him, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may have overflowing hope, a hope that bubbles over!” (Romans 15:13). Joy is a Fruit of Hope. Here in …
Saved by Hoping against Hope. “We have been saved (“sozo”) by hope. Yes, our salvation is by this hope, groaning inwardly as we await the redemption of our bodies. But hope that is seen is not really hope, for who hopes for what he sees? Who hopes for what he already has? But hoping for …
The Hope of Job. “My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and become loathsome, and it closes up and breaks out afresh. My days fly swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are consumed without any hope.” (Job 7:5-6). This lament from Job in the midst of his suffering …