Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Hope is the catalyst of all joy and peace. Hope is a joyful expectation of a desired end, however, the qualm of the outcome and...
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18 August 2022 – Hope – Part 5
Habakkuk 3:17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls. Hope is a window to the future, allowing you to see what...
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17 August 2022 – Hope – Part 4
Hebrews 6:19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. Hope is the anchor for the distressed soul. An anchor is the metal device attached to a ship or boat by a cable or chain and lowered to the seabed to hold the vessel in a particular place. The pointed...
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16 August 2022 – Hope – Part 3
1 Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. When the skies darken, the earth quakes and fierce storms rock the boat of life, hope is squashed by...
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15 August 2022 – Hope – Part 2
Deuteronomy 1:29b-30a “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you. “Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.” -John Maxwell Fear eats hope for breakfast! An army that has lost hope has already...
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14 August 2022 – Hope – Part 1
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith hangs on the suspension cords of ‘hope’. Hopelessness will suck the spiritual energy and kill faith. Hope is an expectation, desire or aspiration for a particular thing to happen. If hope is absent, then the substance that forms as...
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13 August 2022 – The Thief – Part 7
Ephesians 4:27a do not give the devil an opportunity [to lead you into sin by holding a grudge, or nurturing anger, or harboring resentment, or cultivating bitterness]. (AMP) If we page through the scriptures we can understand the innate characteristics of satan and his demonic kingdom. He baffles, betrays and blasphemes, terrorizes, tempts and tortures, incites, insinuates, intimidates and incarcerates. Satan is the embodiment...
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12 August 2022 – The Thief – Part 6
Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ. The thief, satan, has infiltrated the world with various forms of deceptive empty philosophies, human traditions and superstitious beliefs. Even many churches...
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11 August 2022 – The Thief – Part 5
1 Samuel 30:3 When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. The thief is guilefully watching over our families and our children waiting to distract and destroy. A home that is not secured with prayer could be attacked by sly intruders....
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10 August 2022 – The Thief – Part 4
1 Corinthians 3:3 For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? The policy of hell to destroy unity is to ‘divide and rule’. The demons sow discord, division and derision to steal our unity, kill our joy and destroy families, friendships, churches, communities...