One of my favourite themes in the Bible is hope.
One quote from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, comes to mind. Several characters say it in different ways. But the one character I remember the most and can almost hear, is Arwen, speaking to her father, Elrond.
She plainly says, 'There is still hope'. I get goosebumps when I hear those words, because as Christians we have the ultimate hope.
For the characters in Middle Earth things were getting very black. Many had given up hope. But Arwen stood strong. How much more so should we choose to be steadfast because of hope in God. To never give up no matter how black things in this world seem.
1 Peter 1:3 & 4,
'Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you.'
Titus 2:13 & 14,
'...while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.'
Romans 5:1-5,
'Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. 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.
One quote from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, comes to mind. Several characters say it in different ways. But the one character I remember the most and can almost hear, is Arwen, speaking to her father, Elrond.
She plainly says, 'There is still hope'. I get goosebumps when I hear those words, because as Christians we have the ultimate hope.
For the characters in Middle Earth things were getting very black. Many had given up hope. But Arwen stood strong. How much more so should we choose to be steadfast because of hope in God. To never give up no matter how black things in this world seem.
1 Peter 1:3 & 4,
'Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you.'
Titus 2:13 & 14,
'...while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.'
Romans 5:1-5,
'Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. 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.
