Recognizing the key role that hope plays in our lives, we encourage each other by saying, “Keep your hopes up!” We also realize that a situation is lost if someone gives up hope. With so many difficulties in our lives, we need hope to keep going. In I Peter 1:3-12, God calls his people to be a hopeful people, but not based on wishful thinking but on his own work for us.
The model described in Colossians 4:2-6 of ministry to those outside the church is very simple: pray, walk, and talk.
Jesus' power over the forces of evil demonstrated that the kingdom of God had come.
In the encounter with Moses at the burning bush, God revealed himself and promised to show us more of who he is.
