This is week 5 of us studying A Living Hope. I am so glad you are here. If you have missed any of the other weeks, you can catch up here by reading A Living Hope, A New Heart, A New Hope, and A New Covenant. I love this opportunity to study Our Living Hope we have in Christ because I love to reflect, grow and learn more about Christ all the time. One of the most amazing things ... Read More »
A Living Hope: A New Covenant and Sitting Among Friends #67
A New Covenant. There are many questions that surround the new and the old. Out with the old in with the new. That saying can leave a bit of a sting. If we have the old or become the old. We don’t necessarily want it to be set aside because the new came along. That is how many of the Pharisee’s felt as Jesus was telling them He had come to fulfill the law. The law (the ... Read More »
A Living Hope: A New Hope and Sitting Among Friends #66
A Living Hope: A New Hope When I became a believer as a young girl, I believed the Bible. I believed that Christ died for my sins and without accepting His gift I salvation, I would be lost forever. I needed a new hope. My faith changed but didn’t grow very much. For so long I kept hold of only elementary understandings of who God was. A lot of it was a God that I had ... Read More »
A Living Hope: A New Heart and Sitting Among Friends #65
As we look ahead to Spring, we get a whole new refreshed joy. Joy in the brightness of the days and in the hope of the renewal of life. Last week, we began a new study on A Living Hope (you can begin here). We focused on the encouraging verse in 1 Peter 1:3. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy, he has given us new birth into a ... Read More »
A Living Hope and Sitting Among Friends #64
A Living Hope I am so excited to be sharing this new seven-week study with you. This winter has been a bit tough for me. I have been sick and down and out on several occasions. Even today as I write this, it is gloomy and I am getting over yet another bout of whatever is going around. Times like these can get us down. They can leave us feeling like there is no hope for ... Read More »