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.
Saul’s two acts of foolishness contrasted with his son’s two acts of faith, and they changed the course of history.
In response to Moses’ prayers, God promised to go up with his rebellious people after all, showing grace even to them as he does...
In the lives of the ones mentioned in the final greetings of Colossians, we see evidence of God’s abundant grace, which is available to...