Hope Daily

The goal of spiritual disciplines is not to do them for their own sake, but to be like a tree planted by streams of water.

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When our hope is placed in Christ we can rejoice always, even in the midst of our sufferings. Paul and James explain why.

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Discipline and endurance are two characteristics that are always needed. We'll spend the next three days looking at a few different aspects of discipline, endurance, and how we can grow in both. We'll start with Paul's words in 1 Corinthians 9 and 10.

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There isn't anything we can do to avoid troubles in this life, but Peter's suggestion when we face troubling times may be a little surprising.

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We often feel like the tools at our disposal are far too inadequate for the problems we face.  But with God the little we have can be turned into more than we could ever need.

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We have all felt shame before. Sometimes shame is triggered by the reactions, comments, or presumed thoughts of others and sometimes shame is brought on by an inner voice. Either way, shame often leaves us stuck in our sin patterns. This morning we look at Mary and the words of Paul to help us break out of the cycle of shame.

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Would God ask me to face danger?  In the way that we pray our presumed answer to this question is often "no." But the story of Daniel shows us that there could be a different answer to that question.

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Peter says to be prepared to give an answer for the hope that is within you, but for many this has turned into an attempt to answer for God - something we are unable to do. Apologetics has a role in our world, but our main job as Christians is not to answer for God, but to bear witness to his goodness. Psalm 124 can show us how to do this.

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You can tell a lot about a person not just by what they say, but how they say it. This has always been true. Jesus said it's from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks. What do your words say about the state of your heart?

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The symbol for our church, known lovingly as the 'Hope Hands', find their meaning in a familiar teaching of Jesus found in Luke 10. We often love Jesus with our minds - we know a lot about him, we 'believe' in him - but do we love him with our heart? Does our compassion for others drive us to action?

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