1 Peter 1:17-21

Here's a different take on that controversial Nike ad that came out this week. "God chooses to love you. Even if it means sacrificing everything. Jesus did it." Hope comes to us as a free gift from God. However, the free gift that we receive had a price tag, a very expensive one. The only one able to pay the price to give us hope is God himself. He purchased hope for us with the precious blood of Jesus.

1 Peter 1:3-9

A Christian's hope is not dead but alive because Jesus lives. The living hope found in Jesus' resurrection allows us to have hope even when our lives are tangled with distress and pain.