June 19, 2018 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Dying Without Hope

(The Hope Series)

I had the most unusual dream last night. God was talking to me and kept talking. I would listen to Him during my dream and wake up, fall back to sleep and dream some more. He would allow me to awake and think about His words and what He was saying to me, and then send me back into sleeping and dreaming. This lasted all night.

Words cannot express How He brought various Scriptures to light—full of meaning. God was saying that we are dying without hope. Without His hope, there is only destruction, fear, defeat, confusion, self-doubt, and isolation—a life without meaning and in total ruin.

God walked me through the verses of Isaiah 61:1-2. We know these verses so well. Jesus quoted them at the start of His ministry, Luke 4: 18-19. It seems every verse that speaks of hope just comes alive in my heart and spirit. I woke up early in the morning almost as a new man—changed by God’s words of hope.

God gave these verses to me. They seem personable and alive with meaning. They are at my fingertips—mine for the asking and claiming. As if God wanted me to use them in every situation I am presenting in or approaching. Hope that changes everything. Hope that brings Christ into my present situation. I am no longer without direction or help, but I have a hope that moves God into action into every minute of my day.

I know now how hope precedes faith and love (Read I Corinthians chapter 13). Hope allows faith to work and once I respond to God’s will, love comes rushing into my acceptance of Him (hope) and my response to Him (faith). God (Trinity) is trying to get me to abide in the love of God. It is this hope that God says is only in Jesus Christ. We cannot find hope anywhere else. Our hope is only in Christ—His life, His death, and His resurrection.

As Jesus spoke these words (Isaiah 61:1-2) all who heard Him were moved, and so was I as God spoke these words to me in my dreams. I am telling you that I have these words within me: words of Good tidings, the healing a broken heart, proclamation of liberty, freedom from prison, acceptance of the Lord, and the judgment of God against all evil.

I am never planning to walk without hope again in all that I do. I will not die without hope. My hope, well, Jesus gave me His. A hope that changes everything and this hope is without measure, partiality, or bias. A hope where there is no death, no fear, no doubt, or bitterness. Jesus’s hope in me—there is no dying. His hope has made all things new in me! Praise be to God alone!

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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