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.
Happy are those who have the kingdom of God, even if they lack much on earth, and the most pitiful are those who do...
In response to King Saul’s second major error and his excuse, Samuel famously declared that to obey is better than sacrifice.
Our little work of accepting each other in the church is part of the big work God is doing in the world.
