The Journey of Hope

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Hope takes the ordinary and paints it with colour.

Hope stirs the heart and inspires the soul.

Hope is a confident expectation.

So much more than a physical emotion, hope is a spiritual grace.

Hope is at times hidden, but in the midst of a challenge is when it has the chance to shine.

That is why for a Christian you need to put your hope in God.

If the devil can steal your hope, you lose your joy, if you lose your joy you are without strength.

“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.” Dale Carnegie

“Hope never abandons you; you abandon it” George Weinberg

“When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.” Charles L. Allen

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. (hope to the end)

Not just filled with hope from the God of hope but overflowing with hope from above. Hope is the meeting place where grace and faith collide. I love hope; it fills me with great expectation and stimulates passion for the purposes of God.

Set your hope in God and don’t be moved.

More on Prayer

I wrote this poem after a lot of reflection on Prayer

Prayer is more than simply communicating.

It is more than the dictionary meaning or the frail understanding of humanity.

Prayer rises through the defiant lips of the one who stands in the gap for breakthrough.

It shouts with declarations of faith and victory in the midst of overwhelming odds.

Prayer whispers in the recesses of emotion of what could be, if only.

Prayer bubbles out in the tumult of sorrow that threatens to engulf.

Not always manifested by cleverly constructed phrases, but at times evidenced by groaning and unknown words from the breaking soul.

Prayer grows in the background conscience of the one caught in a web of their own destruction,

as they desperately try to navigate through the closing darkness.

No longer to be contained it seeps through in simplicity as a cry from the lost soul to a known or unknown creator.

Prayer celebrates the journey and petitions for the path untravelled.

It rises around to bring hope and comfort, direction and clarity.

Prayer shows us what is and what could be, it opens us to another perspective and reveals us as we really are.

It strips down the layers and builds up wholeness.

Prayer is breathing out the cares and distractions of this world and breathing in the grace and peace of God.