Our Hope in Jesus Christ

Romans 5:5

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

In Paul’s writings to the Romans, he establishes that there is to be no shame in following and putting our eternal hope in Jesus Christ.  I could never have imagined that there would be a time when this teaching would be relevant here in the United States of America.  Yet here we are.  

Christians are mocked daily on talk shows, news shows and entertainment shows.  To publicly stand for the very truths given to us by Our Heavenly Father makes us bigots, haters, etc.  Now more than ever, we are called to share our good news with the world around us.  The hope that we have in Christ is the only hope left for our beloved nation.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for this new year that You have given us.  We thank You for giving us the Holy Spirit to build up our strength to stand against the folly that this world will try to get us to accept.  We pray that the Your Holy Spirit will give us the courage we need to boldly present the “way, the truth and the life” that is in your Son, Jesus.  We ask this in His precious, holy and mighty name.