A Message of Hope

In this time when we can lose all sense of hope, feel isolated, all alone...and not just because of the world wide pandemic...for some the struggle that was already in their life has made the isolation,  wearing masks, social distancing ...just something to add to their already difficult time of feeling utterly hopeless.
If FAITH is our Victory,
JESUS is our HOPE!
And we can claim that today because He is a risen Savior!
That is what Easter Weekend was all about!
He had Victory over death...He didn't just rise from the dead and quickly go be with His Father...
He came back for 40 days!
📖 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. Acts 1:3

He came to His disciples to bring them HOPE...to spread the message of HOPE to all...including us!

He visited with them, comforted them, touched them, ate with them, He taught them;

📖 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”  When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”  They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence.  He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”   Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.   Luke 24:37-45

📖 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. Luke 24:25-27

and He finally commanded them;
📖  Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:16-20

He was real when with them...
He is real today as well!
You can visit with Him in prayer and He can teach you through scripture,
you can reach out to others...(and right now that may be who is in your home with you) taking a hand, giving a hug.
For now with 6 feet social distancing...smiles, waves and kind words have to be our form of "hugging", how we can give comfort.
He is REAL today! His victory over death gives us the Hope to carry on..to move ahead even if we can't see the path ahead.


📖 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.  Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. 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. Romans 5:1-5

📖 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13
We have HOPE because we have been filled with God's love through the gift of the Holy Spirit. 
We can spread that HOPE...share it with others by showing that kind of  love.
The command is for us too; 
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

...to go and share Christ's love to others and help them build their faith and show them where to find HOPE! 

I listened to this song several times yesterday (Easter Sunday)  I felt it to be full of HOPE!
We are ONE in the Spirit!
We WILL stand hand in hand!
We WILL work side by side!
by OUR LOVE!

By Our Love King and Country