Get the app40 Days in the Word - Power of the Word Sample
Theme | I Will Give You Hope
From | Elba Broadhead
Verses | 1 Peter 1:3-4, Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 15:13, Proverbs 13:12
Jesus - Our love, our peace, our joy and our living hope.
I love those seasons in life when everything is going well, and I truly feel that I am experiencing the fullness of His joy and His peace. The days when I wake up with a smile and thank Him with great expectation of what He has in store for me that day. These are also the days that I don't necessarily think about hope, because the knowledge of the hope that I have in Him is tucked into my heart as part of the assurance of His love for me.
However, everyone also experiences seasons of illness, loss, pain and despair at some stage in life. Thankfully, I have always found that my faith remains firm during these times - a bit like the mast on a sailboat. When the storms come, the mast stays firm, but the lines that control the direction and stability of the sails and the rudder that steers the course come under threat and require navigation. Those lines are our joy, peace, patience and hope - all the things that make us so happy during the good times. If we lose joy we can usually still hold onto some measure of peace (and vice versa), but hopelessness is a very dark and dangerous place and from it, can stem a broken heart, or sickness such as depression and anxiety.
The good news is that we can trust our loving Father to get us through these times because He has put everything in place to ensure our survival! He gave His Son so that we have the assurance of eternal life, and He promises in His Word that His plans for us are good to give us a future and a hope. Let us embrace this precious gift of hope to cling to during the tough times, and to celebrate during the good times.
Prayer | Father, thank You that You are a loving Father giving only good gifts to Your children. Thank You for the gift of a living hope both now and for eternity. Help me to rest in Your goodness and in the knowledge of the hope I have in You. Amen.
About this Plan
God often uses “40 days” to complete a spiritual challenge. The challenge can involve overcoming temptation like Jesus in the desert, or preparing for an encounter with God like Moses on Mount Sinai, or the strengthening of an individual’s faith exemplified in stories like Noah’s Ark, Jonah, or David and Goliath. Over the next 40 days, we will engage with the Word, seek God, and take hold of His promises.
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