HEAVENLY
HOPE
BREAD
5 For
his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may
remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Psalms 30:5 (NIV)
21 Yet
this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness. 24 I
say to myself, "The Lord is
my portion; therefore I will wait for him." 25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who
seeks him; 26 it
is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
Lamentations 3:21-26 (NIV)
23 Not
only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan
inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our
bodies. 24 For
in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes
for what he already has? 25 But
if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Romans 8:23-25 (NIV)
12 Hope
deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12 (NIV)
19 We
have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
Hebrews 6:19 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are
centered in anything short of God and His will for us.” Billy Graham
“The future belongs
to those who belong to God. This is hope.” W.T.
Purkiser
“Give me the
love that leads the way, The faith that nothing can dismay, The hope no
disappointments tire, The passion that will burn like fire, Let me not sink to
be a clod: Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God.” Amy
Carmichael
“Our Christian testimony, as Peter reminded his readers, is that,
‘we have been born again to a living
hope through the resurrection of the dead’.
Who else has the answer to the frailty of life, the reality of death and the
certainty of judgment than Jesus, who by His death destroyed him who holds the
power of death and frees those whose lives are enslaved by the fear of death?”
Alistair Begg
“We shall never find
happiness by looking at our prayers, our doings, or our feelings; it is what
Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the soul. If we would at once overcome Satan and have
peace with God, it must be by ‘looking unto Jesus’. Keep thine eye simply on Him; let His death,
His sufferings, His merits, His glories, His intercession, be fresh upon thy
mind; when thou wakest in the morning look to Him; when thou liest down at
night look to Him. Oh! Let not thy hopes or fears come between thee
and Jesus; follow
hard after Him, and He will never fail thee.”
C. H. Spurgeon
“Other men see
only a hopeless end, but the Christian rejoices in an endless hope.” Gilbert Brenken
HEART SAVOR
- · Heavenly hope will never disappoint. “And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.” Romans 5:2-5 (NIV)
- · Jesus is the anchor for my soul – firm and secure.
- · Heavenly hope requires my patiently waiting with joy.
