June 23, 2018 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

What’s Important in 2018?

Hope Series #2

I have always thought that hope was good but there were other Spiritual qualities that were much more important. I no longer think like that. To me, hope is my starting point for all things that God does, and only ‘the hope’ that we find in Christ will change anything and everything.

Have you listened to the song, “It’s Impossible” by Perry Como lately? I do ‘once in awhile’ just to remind me about the love of God. It is impossible not to be loved by God. Sure, I can reject His love by not acknowledging my sin or refusing to believe in Him, but I choose His love and everything that His love brings to me. Yes, I believe!

If I could offer you a suggestion to find favor with God and peace from all that is bothering you, I would say, “Have hope.” Not any kind of hope and not man-made hope, but the hope we find in Jesus Christ. Hope that works and changes the circumstances around me; ‘the hope’ that works and causes me ‘never to be ashamed’.

Hope is the spiritual quality that has risen to the #1 spot with respect to having the Kingdom of God. Hope in 2018 has become the pinnacle quality that God is asking all of us to have this year. With hope, all things are possible, if you and I would place our hope in Christ.

God wants to fulfill His promises (any promise and all of them) if only we would accept His hopefulness into our lives and circumstances. It is a choice to have hope—it dispels doubt, fear, confusion, helplessness, anger, sin, resentment, and the consequences of poor decisions and behavior. Hope can set you free and place you in an atmosphere of peace and love.

Whenever you need hope, quote all or any one of these verses and see/challenge God and watch how He will pour out so many blessings on you that you cannot them all. (All of God’s hope is found in these verses.)

(Isaiah 61: 1-2) The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the openingof the prisonto them that are bound; to proclaim the year of Jehovah’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God.

This is my hope, what Jesus brought to me, what God purposed Christ to do, not just during His ministry on earth but forever. He is my hope! His promises are sure! His love is never failing! It is just that simple and so important in 2018. Let’s become people of hope—this is what Jesus wants for me. This is what Jesus wants me to do—to have hope.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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