Category: Christmas
Our Hope
Because of Jesus – there is always hope, even in the darkest moments of your life. Timothy Keller The real hope is not in something we think we can do, but in God, who is making something good out of it in some way we cannot see.Thomas Merton “… I know what I am planning for…
Hope Delayed?
Delayed hope makes the heart sick … Proverbs 13:12a Holman Christian Standard Bible Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu I have lost all hope of ever having any peace. I’ve forgotten what good times are like.So I say, “My glory has faded away. My hope in…
Hope is Born
A little Child, A shining star, A stable rude, The door ajar.Yet in that place, So crude, forlorn, The hope of all the world was born.(unknown)
Hope is Named
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14 English Standard Version) Our Hope is named Immanuel, meaning “God is with us.” Permanently and always. Jesus said, “No, I will not abandon you or leave you as orphans in the storm—I will…
Hope Promised
We often think Hope means “to wish for, to expect, but without certainty of fulfillment; to desire very much, but with no real assurance of getting your desire.” But in the Bible, according to translation and usage, “Hope” means “a strong, confident expectation.” The Hope Candle is also the Prophecy Candle. It is in Prophecy…
December 31
After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the…
December 30
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king…
Light!
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Genesis 1:3 English Standard Version (ESV) The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. Isaiah 9:2 ESV The sunrise shall visit us from on high to give light to…
December 27
In Jerusalem lived a man named Simeon who was a good man and godly. He was waiting for the time when God would take away Israel’s sorrow, and the Holy Spirit was in him. Simeon had been told by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he saw the Christ promised by the…