"May the GOD of HOLE fill you with all JOY and PEACE in BELIEVING, so that by the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT you may "ABOUND IN HOPE"."
With all of the turmoil surrounding us in "this world", being caught up in fear and dismay seems to be the reaction of many. The enemy, the great deceiver, has been defeated when JESUS paid the sin debt of ALL mankind at Calvary. HE took the wrath of GOD for the sins of Adam and Eve throughout the history of the world until HE returns to claim HIS CHURCH, that is we who BELIEVE that HE IS GOD INCARNATE!
In Hebrews 12:2 scripture records "LOOKING TO JESUS, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before HIM endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of GOD". The enemy can offer only lies and deceit, as that IS his character! JESUS said in John 8:44 that there was "no truth in him" and he was the "father of lies"! Yet, the news media of "this world" gravitates toward anything negative as that is "what sells" and their ratings depend on. Advancing the things of the Kingdom of GOD is not glamorous enough and is seldom promoted!
Psalms 16:8 says "I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken". Those who do BELIEVE in JESUS CHRIST therefore "shall not be shaken" UNLESS the LORD has been removed from being "always before me"! If JESUS is "always before me" and I keep looking to JESUS, then I WILL "ABOUND IN HOPE"! Wherever we may be assigned; a stadium of thousands hearing the WORD espoused, or in a prison cell in Rome, or maybe in a COMA for weeks following a brain hemorrhage, as long as JESUS is before me, I will "ABOUND IN HOPE"!
Some mornings when I awake my countenance is not anything to brag about. But getting into THE WORD, keeping the LORD before me, always changes my outlook and helps me to "ABOUND IN HOPE"! The ability to identify the enemy is totally different than glorifying the enemy! We must keep the LORD before us and allow HIM to cause us to "ABOUND IN HOPE"!!
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