…its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances… – 1 Corinthians 13:7, AMP A soul without hope is a dreadful thing. Without hope, despair and dread run amuck, and a soul so afflicted has little or no desire to carry on. Without a doubt, a soul without hope is a soul in crisis. When faced with… Continue reading Here’s the cure for a crisis of hope.
Category: Doubt
Don’t let your circumstances steal away your hope.
His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron and his soul entered into the iron. Psalm 105:18, AMP Little is said in the Bible regarding how Joseph felt while he was being betrayed by his brothers. In Psalm 105:18, we catch a glimpse of Joseph’s mind during his time of trial. Cast… Continue reading Don’t let your circumstances steal away your hope.
Don’t give up on the vision just because it has grown a little dim.
Where there is no vision, the people perish… – Proverbs 29:18, KJV What happens when the bright, shining vision God has given you turns dim? God has shown you the work He made you specifically to do, and when you first saw it, excitement and awe filled your soul. You understood clearly what it was… Continue reading Don’t give up on the vision just because it has grown a little dim.
When you are in a tail spin, God will light the runway for you.
Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection]. – Pslam 97:11, AMP Imagine for a moment that you know how to fly an airplane. You’ve taken off on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The sky… Continue reading When you are in a tail spin, God will light the runway for you.
When adrift in the Sea of Anxiety, jump into God’s life raft.
In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul! – Psalm 94:19, AMP I don’t care how solid you are in your relationship with The Lord, you are not immune to thoughts of anxiety. You may be able to withstand a greater level of life’s troubles than a less mature… Continue reading When adrift in the Sea of Anxiety, jump into God’s life raft.
When you are down, ask God to show you the future.
Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand). – Jeremiah 33:3, AMP For some, like the prophet Jeremiah, trouble is a way of life. In Jeremiah 33, the prophet was in prison… Continue reading When you are down, ask God to show you the future.
God always completes what He starts.
I will cry to God Most High, Who performs on my behalf and rewards me [Who brings to pass His purposes for me and surely completes them]! – Psalm 57:2, AMP Have you ever known people who continuously fail to finish what they started? It’s one thing to have a project interrupted due to some unforeseen circumstance… Continue reading God always completes what He starts.
You put yourself in jail, and you can get yourself out – with God’s help.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. – Psalm 46:1, KJV Imagine you are standing still in a dark, musty room. Above your head, just out of reach, is a small window that lets a modicum of natural light into the room. As you turn around you see and hear… Continue reading You put yourself in jail, and you can get yourself out – with God’s help.
Two heads are not better than one.
[For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides]. – James 1:8, AMP It was Jesus Himself who said that a house divided against itself cannot stand (Matthew 12:25). The same is true of the double-minded person in James 1:8. Such a… Continue reading Two heads are not better than one.
God give you a deed, and you accept it. That’s how you can own His promises.
Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for… – Hebrews 11:1, AMP If I wanted to give you my house, I’d hire an attorney to create a document called a deed, or title. Then, I would hand you this deed, and once you accepted it, you’d be the… Continue reading God give you a deed, and you accept it. That’s how you can own His promises.