Hope
Remember your promise to me, for it is my only hope. Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles. Psalm 119:49-50
There is a saying –
You can live for 40 days without food,
You can live for 7 or 8 days without water,
You can live for 4 or 5 minutes without air,
But you can’t live at all without hope.
The suicide rate in many countries today is higher than it has ever been. Even teenagers are ending their lives before they have hardly begun; despairing, helpless and without hope. Many people suffer from chronic depression and struggle daily to find something to hope in or for.
At the end of a few busy weeks of ministry I experienced a very painful time of doubt and depression which left me feeling helpless, useless and hopeless. Daily I struggled with an assault on my mind and I was very tempted to lose hope of ever being able to make a useful contribution to life. It was not a nice time. It was hard to pray or even to read a couple of Bible verses.
What was happening to me? I was under an attack from the enemy of my soul, Satan. He is the one who wants to take away our hope, our self worth, even our life, if he can. Jesus told his disciples that Satan was out to rob, kill and destroy (John 10:10).
One morning as I listened to a sermon, a scripture spoke to me, it lit a spark of renewed hope in my soul. Its truth touched a chord in my heart and I received it, began to think about it and let it do its healing work in my life. The healing restoring process began at the moment I received that truth. The word of God is living and powerful and it has healing power for our soul. A few days later I read some other verses in Habakkuk 3:17-19. It says this “….yet I will be joyful in the God of my salvation. (That’s my choice), The Sovereign Lord is my strength! (That’s my confession), He will make me as surefooted as a deer and bring me safely over the mountains. (That’s my victory). I noted in my Bible “It is my choice to rejoice.” I was on the pathway of praise to mental and spiritual health.
The verses in Psalm 119 hold much truth for us. Find or remind yourself of a word from God that you can hope in. In your difficulty, whatever it is, hold onto that word from God and let it comfort and strengthen you. Let it do its work in you and watch it bring new life, hope, peace and joy, until you too can say with me “Your Word, Lord has given me life.”
Remember your promise to me, for it is my only hope. Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles. Psalm 119:49-50
There is a saying –
You can live for 40 days without food,
You can live for 7 or 8 days without water,
You can live for 4 or 5 minutes without air,
But you can’t live at all without hope.
The suicide rate in many countries today is higher than it has ever been. Even teenagers are ending their lives before they have hardly begun; despairing, helpless and without hope. Many people suffer from chronic depression and struggle daily to find something to hope in or for.
At the end of a few busy weeks of ministry I experienced a very painful time of doubt and depression which left me feeling helpless, useless and hopeless. Daily I struggled with an assault on my mind and I was very tempted to lose hope of ever being able to make a useful contribution to life. It was not a nice time. It was hard to pray or even to read a couple of Bible verses.
What was happening to me? I was under an attack from the enemy of my soul, Satan. He is the one who wants to take away our hope, our self worth, even our life, if he can. Jesus told his disciples that Satan was out to rob, kill and destroy (John 10:10).
One morning as I listened to a sermon, a scripture spoke to me, it lit a spark of renewed hope in my soul. Its truth touched a chord in my heart and I received it, began to think about it and let it do its healing work in my life. The healing restoring process began at the moment I received that truth. The word of God is living and powerful and it has healing power for our soul. A few days later I read some other verses in Habakkuk 3:17-19. It says this “….yet I will be joyful in the God of my salvation. (That’s my choice), The Sovereign Lord is my strength! (That’s my confession), He will make me as surefooted as a deer and bring me safely over the mountains. (That’s my victory). I noted in my Bible “It is my choice to rejoice.” I was on the pathway of praise to mental and spiritual health.
The verses in Psalm 119 hold much truth for us. Find or remind yourself of a word from God that you can hope in. In your difficulty, whatever it is, hold onto that word from God and let it comfort and strengthen you. Let it do its work in you and watch it bring new life, hope, peace and joy, until you too can say with me “Your Word, Lord has given me life.”
Prayer: Heavenly Father I thank you that your Word is living and powerful and that it has the power to bring healing and life to me as I meditate upon it. Let your Word dwell richly in my heart and mind this day. Amen
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