OUR WALK WITH GOD,
WORD OF THE DAY:"HOPE"
Yesterday's word of the day should have been "hope," instead of "honestly." Although walking honestly
Previously, we looked at our walk of faith and our walk of love. The word "hope"
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the
The Bible does not come flat out and say in any verse that I found, "walk in hope." However, we can
"And he (Jesus) said unto them, What manner of communications
Jesus, in his resurrected body, appeared to these two men who were walking down the road to
The men proceeded to tell him what had transpired. Then Jesus began at Moses and went through
When we are walking in hope, we are comforted and we are not sad. Love never fails, believing
"Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us
"But I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
Wherefore comfort one another with these words."
I Thessalonians 4:13-18
Colossians 1:27 says born again Christians have "Christ in you the hope of glory."
We will be like Jesus, as He is!
" Whereunto ye are called ( to salvation and truth) by our gospel,
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father,
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work."
Walk in hope, dear brother and sister! The pressures of this life are light in comparison to
Come quickly, Lord, Jesus! Amen.
-Carol Kenreigh
is a very important aspect of walking with God, for continuity's sake, the next GWD could have best
been the word "hope."
would logically follow, because these three words appear together in I Corinthians 13:13.
greatest of these is charity."
read between the lines and see that is exactly what we are to do, by putting together Luke 24:17 and
I Thessalonians 4:13-18.
are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?"
Emmaus. They were talking about what happened to Jesus. They were saddened by all the events
that had occurred and were discussing them. Obviously, they thought Jesus was dead and all hope
was lost, otherwise, they would have been comforted and rejoiced in their future. Jesus,
unbeknownst to these men, appeared with them, and said, "What are ya'll talking about? Why are
you so bummed out?"
all the prophets, expounding the Scriptures to them, so they could believe. They did not know
it was Jesus until after they ate together, later. Then they returned to the eleven disciples
in Jerusalem and witnessed, " The Lord indeed is risen."
accomplishes the impossible, but hope carries us through.
a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not
at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen:
for the things which are seen are temporal, (for a season) but the
things which are not seen are eternal." II Corinthians 4:17, 18
which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which
have no hope.
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent
(preceed) them which are asleep.
the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first:
them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever
be with the Lord.
to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
which ye have been taught, whether by word, or by our epistle.
which has loved us, and has given us everlasting consolation
and good hope through grace,
II Thessalonians 2:14-17
the great glory we will see for all eternity. Jesus is certainly risen and will surely return
for us! Let us walk in hope, ever being mindful that the Lord will return, dedicating ourselves
to winning others to Christ, while we wait.