Sundays With Joyce

 

 

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Jeremiah 29:11

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.  Psalm 121:1-2 KJV

For we are saved by hope….Romans 8:24 KJV

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.  Psalm 31:24 KJV

Those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.  Psalm 37:9 NIV

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  Hebrews 11:1 KJV

But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.  Psalm 71:14 NIV

 

 

Hope is a strange invention -- by Emily Dickinson

Hope is a strange invention --
A Patent of the Heart --
In unremitting action
Yet never wearing out --

Of this electric Adjunct
Not anything is known
But its unique momentum
Embellish all we own --

 

 

In the dark dreary nights, when the storm is at its most fierce, the lighthouse burns bright so the sailors can find their way home again. In life the same light burns. This light is fueled with love, faith, and hope. And through lifes most fierce storms these three burn their brightest so we also can find our way home again.
-- Unknown.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
-- Lin Yutang.

Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
-- Abraham Cowley.

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
-- Barbara Kingsolver.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out.
-- Vaclav Havel.

 

Although Hope is a vital component of the Christian life, it is never enough to put it in people. It is firmly based on what Christ accomplished on the cross. The Christians' hope has to do with the here and now, for the kingdom that has come is, in principle, already present in the believer. Yet, full realization of the blessed hope is future. We know that the world is still affected by the results of Satan's rebellion, but the outcome is secure: Our Lord reigns, and His eternal kingdom will soon be realized in all its glory. Our hope is to be citizens of that Kingdom, forever.

Make sure your hope is on things eternal...