Real Hope Conversations

She's the host of The Drive Show on Hope 103.2 and the Undistracted podcast, as well as a good friend of the show! Laura Bennett is back for another conversation, this time about a hope-filled tomorrow.

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HOPE-FILLED TOMORROW

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible - Helen Keller

2022. A new year full of opportunities and possibilities, and a new chapter waiting to be written.

Despite the challenges of the last year that we all experienced globally, or challenges you may have faced in your personal life, this next year is a clean slate. A fresh page for God to continue to weave His story on your life.

Through this week’s devotionals, we hope you’ll create space to reflect on the year that was and to prepare and refocus for the year ahead. Who knows what God is going to do!

 

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A bit of fun around the Christmas table as Druvi Perrera, Laura Bennett and Ben McEachen join our host Abby McPharlin for a special episode of the Real Hope Conversation.

If you want to SEE this very special Christmas episode, you can instead join us on youtube at https://youtu.be/MhKS1tLyj8k

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THE ROAD TO CHRISTMAS 

A 10-day study by Hope Media. 

The manger was just the beginning... 

Christmas. A time of presents, family, Christmas carols and joy as we celebrate the birth of our Saviour King. However, all too often in this Christmas season, the story finishes in the manger. We don’t stop to consider Mary and Joseph’s visit with their baby to the temple, or the loss of thousands of children due to Herod’s hunt for the Messiah. We sometimes also forget the frantic race to Egypt for Mary and Joseph in order to protect their newborn son.  

Over the course of the next 10 days, we will consider the events in the arrival of our Saviour. How the word became flesh, the virgin teenager who became the mother of our Saviour King, her husband’s wrestle with heart and mind, the birth of their son, the one who would rescue us all, the prophesies of Anna and Simeon, the heartbreak of a nation and the Saviour King becoming a refugee. 

All these events are woven together in a tapestry that proclaims God’s deep, sacrificial and saving love for us! 

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Jon Owen is the Pastor and CEO of Wayside Chapel. He has dedicated his life to closing the gap on inequality, both living and working amongst some of the most disadvantaged communities in Sydney and Melbourne.

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THE ROAD TO CHRISTMAS 

A 10-day study by Hope Media. 

The manger was just the beginning... 

Christmas. A time of presents, family, Christmas carols and joy as we celebrate the birth of our Saviour King. However, all too often in this Christmas season, the story finishes in the manger. We don’t stop to consider Mary and Joseph’s visit with their baby to the temple, or the loss of thousands of children due to Herod’s hunt for the Messiah. We sometimes also forget the frantic race to Egypt for Mary and Joseph in order to protect their newborn son.  

Over the course of the next 10 days, we will consider the events in the arrival of our Saviour. How the word became flesh, the virgin teenager who became the mother of our Saviour King, her husband’s wrestle with heart and mind, the birth of their son, the one who would rescue us all, the prophesies of Anna and Simeon, the heartbreak of a nation and the Saviour King becoming a refugee. 

All these events are woven together in a tapestry that proclaims God’s deep, sacrificial and saving love for us! 

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One of the relationship managers at Family radio 96.5 in Brisbane, he's been involved in planting churches and Christian not-for-profit organizations for many years.

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A HEART OF THANKSGIVING 

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility, contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country. CS Lewis 

This year has again been challenging. Not only for the world but I think most people would say that they have certainly faced extra challenges this year. 

As we head into this holiday season, this season of celebration and remembrance of salvation, we wanted to spend some time in thanksgiving. Thanksgiving for immense blessings, love, grace, mercy and the salvation we have received through our Lord Jesus Christ. To shift our hearts to recognise things in our lives that we can be grateful and thankful for. To have a heavenly perspective.  

Our prayer is that through this week’s study you will put the challenges of the past year aside and spend time reflecting on all the things you have to be thankful and grateful to our Heavenly Father for.  

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Dwayne Jeffries is back for another conversation, this time talking about Exodus, particularly the lead-up to Israel receiving the 10 commandments. He described it himself as uncomfortable, but that doesn't mean it's something to avoid. 

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LESSONS TO LIVE BY  

A Study of Exodus 18–22  

If you do this, God will direct you, you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace. EXODUS 18:23 (ESV)  

There are so many lessons hidden in the words of Exodus. In between the huge moments like the burning bush, the rescue of the Israelites from Egypt, the parting of the Red Sea, and the Ten Commandments, there are so many lessons that sometimes we can gloss over. Lessons about leadership, boundaries, God’s love for us, generosity, and freedom.   

As we navigate Exodus 18–22, our hope is that you’ll not only be reminded and inspired by passages like the Ten Commandments but will also see the lessons hidden in the passages that surround this well-known scripture. Lessons to live by.   

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The country director of Samaritan's Purse in Cambodia, working on antitrafficking and protection programs, he's pastored a church, lived and worked in different parts of South-East Asia and has a real heart for mission.

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ON MISSION 

Whatever we do, we must not treat the Great Commission like it’s the Great Suggestion. Charles R Swindoll 

As followers of Christ, we are all ‘on mission’ to represent Christ in the world. To be His light, to show His love and to make disciples of all nations.  

However, the place or way we seek to live out this mission may look different depending on who you’re talking to. 

This week we have five contributors all serving in different ways to see disciples made of all nations. From serving in a foreign country or flying planes in Arnhem Land, working with homeless and lost communities, or simply serving at home – each contributor is bringing Christ to the people around them. 

Our prayer is that this week you’ll be encouraged that you too are on mission, wherever you’re placed at the moment, to shine Christ, show His love and make disciples.  

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One of the new radio hosts here at Hope103.2, husband and father of two girls, he spent many years as a film reviewer before deciding to change course and focus on his faith, and talents through Christian Media. 

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THE BODY OF CHRIST 

And so it is in the body of Christ. For though we are many, we’ve all been mingled into one body in Christ. This means that we are all vitally joined to one another, with each contributing to the others.  ROMANS 12:5 (TPT) 

If you attended Sunday School growing up, the term ‘the body of Christ’ is not unfamiliar. However, as we grow up and are walking through the reality of life, it’s easy to forget that we are a part of a body of Christ. And more than that, that we each have a unique role to play.  

This week’s readings are intended to remind you that you are a part of the body of Christ, and that God has created you specially to play your unique role within that body. 

We hope you are encouraged but also that your passion and endurance are renewed knowing you are united in Christ with your fellow brothers and sister, all striving towards the same goal. To Shine Christ’s light to the world.  

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A mother, wife and lover of Jesus. Heidi is the founder of www.hopewithheidi.com contributing devotions and words of wisdom, here at Hope media, around Australia and beyond.

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WALKING IN THE WILDERNESS 
A series by Heidi Wysman 

Mountaintops are fun but we can’t stay there forever. We’ve all got to go down into the valley and be led into the wilderness sooner or later. And most of us will go back to the wilderness many times. 

But the wilderness doesn’t have to be a frightening place. If you look only with your natural vision, the wilderness can seem an unlikely place to find God. But odd as it may seem to us, when we are most filled with the Holy Spirit, we are most likely to be led into the wilderness. The Spirit himself will lead us into the wilderness. He will never leave us while we are in the wilderness, and He will lead us out. 

Through this Bible plan, you’ll discover that the wilderness can be a place of beauty, a place of empowerment, a place where God is. 

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Moving from mechanical engineering to ministry over 10 years ago Druvi Perera is a wonderfully faithful member of the community relations team here at Hope Media.

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APPROACHING CHALLENGING SITUATIONS 

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations. - Chuck Swindoll 

I don’t think anyone could say life is easy. It’s filled with twists and turns and unexpected tangents. Many times, these twists and turns are challenging. They have the ability to derail us and cause us to focus on the problem and our own issues rather than seek God in those situations.  

Through our readings on Challenging Situations our contributors will encourage us to shift our perspective when in the midst of challenging situations, and to remember that God is not overwhelmed, that He is with us and that He is in control. 

Our prayer is that when you face challenging situations in the future you will find rest and comfort in the arms of our Heavenly Father.  

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A contributor on Real Hope devotions in more way that one, Lucy Weil also works on the print version of Real Hope as the designer, as well as working in Marketing and Design for Hope Media,

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FLOURISH 

Planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. PSALM 92:13 (NIV) 

flourish, verb: 

1. (of a living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment. 

Did you know that God created us all to flourish? From Genesis through to Revelation, His heart has been for His people – you – to flourish.  

However, we know that, as a result of sin, the world is not as God intended it to be. The environment we’re living in is not as He intended it to be. So how do we flourish in our walk with Christ in the midst of the brokenness, pain and setbacks we all may experience?  

How can we grow and develop to be all He created us to be when our environment is not as it should be? 

These are the questions we will tackle in this week’s topic. Our prayer is that you will be encouraged and inspired as you see God’s great desire and heart for you to flourish in the world around you.  

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