Our Expectant Hope

Hope is as far from wishful thinking as east is from west. That is reason enough to celebrate! We can live confident in Hope, we can choose Hope, and we can proclaim Hope because it is not a dream or wishful thinking. We can be certain and sure in our Hope, when our Hope is in Jesus and is Jesus.

Jeremiah 29:11-14 - “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for Me in earnest, you will find Me when you seek me. I will be found by you,” says the LORD.

Paul in his letter to the Philippians shares an ideal that he lived by. As the holidays are just around the corner, spend some extra time praying that your heart will be just as eager as Paul’s heart was. Expect God to answer that sincere prayer.

Philippians 1:20 - For I live in eager expectation and hope that I will never do anything that causes me shame, but that I will always be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past, and that my life will always honor Christ, whether I live or I die.

Sing “Angels We Have Heard on High.”

Written by Inga-Lill Guzik. All Scripture References are from The New Living Translation