Daily Bread_January 5, 2015

Title: How to be Hopeful in Difficult Times

Text:

Philippians 1:20-21 (HCSB)
²⁰ My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death. ²¹ For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

Observation:

I took a brief look in the rear view mirror as 2014 came to a close. I am so thankful for where the Lord has brought me from.

Ephesians 1:13 (KJV)
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

I am so thankful that I am able to sing this song with the blessed assurance that I belong to Jesus, and He belongs to me.

"Jesus, my Lord will love me forever,
From Him no power of evil can sever,
He gave His life to ransom my soul;
Now I belong to Him;" - - Norman Clayton

My hope is in a person, and that person is Jesus. This is His promise:

John 5:24 (HCSB)
"I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.

This is my story and this is my song:

"All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live."

Link: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/441

Prayer:

Father God, Sovereign Lord, my dear Father, I am so grateful that you are God, and I am not. Father, I bow low at your feet, and give you the glory and the praise that you alone deserve.

Father God, my earnest and eager expectation is that in this New Year I will surrender my all to You. By faith, I declare that, "I will ever love and trust You, and in Your presence daily live". Who will run with me to finish strong the race of life? In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

 

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Matthew 4:4 (HCSB)
⁴ But He answered, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."

Psalm 2:8 (HCSB)
⁸ Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.

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