In my life, hope has been a very important part. And when I lost hope, I became lost and afraid. Life sucked, and I feel no reason to live. Act 27 has a great story of finding hope in God when there seems to be no hope. It starts when Paul is sailing to Rome and the hit a bad storm.
Verse 20 says...
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued to raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.
Then Paul later says...
22But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed...
God said to Paul...
24Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar...
This really spoke to me in a way that showed me that through the storms in my life, there is hope. I was blinded by the clouds. I could not see the hope in God's people. I couldn’t see hope in the Church. But what God wants us to do when we have no hope is to have courage.
I then realized that there is a hope, a hope for the church, a hope for my friends, a hope for all man kind. This Hope is Jesus Christ. Through faith in Jesus Christ, there is hope. Through the storm we may be scared, scared that our things will be lost, but after our things are lost not one of use will be lost, because we have Faith.
In closing I would like to encourage you to have faith and never give up hope, because with out hope we are lost.
Verse 20 says...
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued to raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.
Then Paul later says...
22But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed...
God said to Paul...
24Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar...
This really spoke to me in a way that showed me that through the storms in my life, there is hope. I was blinded by the clouds. I could not see the hope in God's people. I couldn’t see hope in the Church. But what God wants us to do when we have no hope is to have courage.
I then realized that there is a hope, a hope for the church, a hope for my friends, a hope for all man kind. This Hope is Jesus Christ. Through faith in Jesus Christ, there is hope. Through the storm we may be scared, scared that our things will be lost, but after our things are lost not one of use will be lost, because we have Faith.
In closing I would like to encourage you to have faith and never give up hope, because with out hope we are lost.
1 comments:
Parker, all of this is truly amazing. You are blessed and I can tell by your words that you are truly abiding in Him. Keep being obedient in your posting.
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