Husbands….Love Your Wives
Colossians 3:19 reads, "Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them."
Pastor’s Blog Kevin Jesmer NIU UBF 9-12-09
We talked a lot about Christian wives and how the husband is the head of the household. But what about Christian husbands? Colossians 3:19 reads, "Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them." Paul might have brought this up because Christian men, influenced by Roman custom, were not used to treating their wives with respect and love. But Christian men must be different than your typical “Ancient Roman” man. How should a man love his wife? “Love” here, does not mean physical love “eros”. Physical love is limited. Paul means “agape” love, which is God’s love for people. Think about Jesus’ love for us. A husband must love his wife as Christ loved the church. Listen to what Paul says in Ephesians 5:25-28, "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.” Jesus loved us unconditionally. Husbands need to reflect this love with their wives. Jesus’ love is also a love that takes the initiative. When there is a spat between a husband and a wife, someone has to take the initiative to restore the relationship. God is also evangelical in his love. With this in mind, we can determine to reveal Jesus to our wives. God’s love is unconditional and sacrificial. The best way is to have sincere concern for her spiritual life. Mostly Jesus gave up his life to save us. Husbands should commit their lives to loving their wives. If there is still confusion, then husbands should think about how much they love their own bodies. Then they will know how to love their wives.
The love of God is like heavenly sunshine. Love is like living water to a thirsty soul. A woman is like a beautiful flower that can blossom into fullness with heavenly sunshine. Just as men need a wife’s respect to grow as a man, a woman, with her husband’s love can blossom and grow. Then they continue to be more and more beautiful and spiritual. When children see and hear their parents loving and respecting each other, they can be very secure and happy. Indeed the best gift that a father can give their kids is to love their mother.
Paul tells Christian husbands not to be harsh with their wives in verse 3:19b. A husband should never be harsh. As we already established, women are like flowers. Men are rough and can easily crush flowers. Men try to protect their pride. They want respect. If a husband does not feel respected then some men react by being harsh. A man’s harsh treatment of his wife can come from a lack of understanding about humanity, thoughtlessness and selfishness. It could come from a lack of experience with the grace of God themselves. It could be a very bad habit. A husband should never be harsh. When a person is harsh it generally means that they are loosing their means of control. Harshness is a last desperate attempt to stay in control. There are other ways than to resort to harshness. What about praying for and serving each other instead? Ultimately, we need to realize our weaknesses and ask for God’s help. Then men will surely be husbands who can love our wives as Christ loved the church and God can be glorified.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Let’s Get excited About The Mystery Of The Gospel
"My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ." (Col 2:2)
Pastor’s blog: Kevin Jesmer NIU UBF 8-7-09
Everyone loves a mystery. People are intrigued by mysteries. They want to solve a mystery before anyone. Thomas Jefferson’s friend and mathematician, Robert Patterson, encrypted a message over 200 years ago. People have been trying decode his text since then and finally someone has. It turns out that the mystery text is actually the Declaration Of Independence. Robert Patterson was a genius to make an encryption that would stymie our best minds for two hundred years.
But there is mystery that God has given, that could never be solved by even the most clever of people. It is mystery that no person could even have conceived, even if they were told. (Acts 13:41) It is mystery that must be revealed to us by God himself. And this mystery that was hidden from ancient times, has now been revealed. The mystery of God is Christ himself…Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Col 1:27) In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. When Christ dwells in our hearts, we are encouraged in heart and united in love. The other part of the mystery is that God wants to save all people, even the Gentiles. When Gentiles accept the gospel, then they, too, are indwelt by Christ. They have the same hope to reign with Christ in the heavenly kingdom. You may think that this obvious. But to millions upon millions of people, these facts are still a mystery and many aspects of this mystery may be still mysterious to you. My question is, why are we so excited about discovering the meaning of small mysteries, and ignore understanding the greatest and most glorious and ancient mystery of all, the mystery of the gospel of Jesus?
"My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ." (Col 2:2)
Pastor’s blog: Kevin Jesmer NIU UBF 8-7-09
Everyone loves a mystery. People are intrigued by mysteries. They want to solve a mystery before anyone. Thomas Jefferson’s friend and mathematician, Robert Patterson, encrypted a message over 200 years ago. People have been trying decode his text since then and finally someone has. It turns out that the mystery text is actually the Declaration Of Independence. Robert Patterson was a genius to make an encryption that would stymie our best minds for two hundred years.
But there is mystery that God has given, that could never be solved by even the most clever of people. It is mystery that no person could even have conceived, even if they were told. (Acts 13:41) It is mystery that must be revealed to us by God himself. And this mystery that was hidden from ancient times, has now been revealed. The mystery of God is Christ himself…Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Col 1:27) In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. When Christ dwells in our hearts, we are encouraged in heart and united in love. The other part of the mystery is that God wants to save all people, even the Gentiles. When Gentiles accept the gospel, then they, too, are indwelt by Christ. They have the same hope to reign with Christ in the heavenly kingdom. You may think that this obvious. But to millions upon millions of people, these facts are still a mystery and many aspects of this mystery may be still mysterious to you. My question is, why are we so excited about discovering the meaning of small mysteries, and ignore understanding the greatest and most glorious and ancient mystery of all, the mystery of the gospel of Jesus?
Saturday, August 1, 2009
"Fast Food" God
The God Of The Bible Is Not A “Fast food” God
1 Samuel 7:2, “It was a long time, twenty years in all, that the ark remained at Kiriath
Jearim, and all the people of Israel mourned and sought after the
LORD….”
Pastors Blog Kevin Jesmer 7-17-09
Throughout the Bible God has revealed what he can do when a person, or a group of people live by faith for twenty years. From the Bible we can see that God sent Isaac to Abraham and Sarah after 25 years of living by faith in God’s promise. In 1 Samuel 7 we see that Israel was changed when Samuel faithfully taught the Bible and prayed for 20 years. Moses spent 40 years being trained in the desert before he was ready to return to Egypt to lead his people to the Promised Land. In this country we are used to fast food. We have a change of President every four years. We change our career path by getting a four year bachelor’s degree. We expect change in at least four years. We think that if a small house church doesn’t outgrow itself and have to move into new facilities in 4 years then it is being unfruitful and God is not blessing it. But this is not so. The God of the Bible is a God who works over 20 year periods of time (or even more) to bring about his good purpose.
This celebration was especially significant for another reason. It was held in a conference room in the heart of Triton College, on the Fourth of July weekend, at that. Triton College actually opened its doors to us. Literally, for 16 years they could not penetrate the culture of Triton College. But lately, the Triton Bible Club, has become an integral part of the Triton College Community. They were voted “Outstanding Student Group” for one year. Last year, Pastor Teddy was invited to be a prayer servant during the NIU Shooting memorial. Some Bible club members are studying the Bible at Triton UBF church. Indeed, God is raising Triton UBF to be a ministry for Triton students. This has all come about after twenty years of faithful Bible study and prayer. May we repent of our impatience and our “fast food” mentality when it comes to doing the work of God. May we wait in God’s time and let God work according to his plan. All we need to do is pray and be faithful to our mission.
1 Samuel 7:2, “It was a long time, twenty years in all, that the ark remained at Kiriath
Jearim, and all the people of Israel mourned and sought after the
LORD….”
Pastors Blog Kevin Jesmer 7-17-09
Throughout the Bible God has revealed what he can do when a person, or a group of people live by faith for twenty years. From the Bible we can see that God sent Isaac to Abraham and Sarah after 25 years of living by faith in God’s promise. In 1 Samuel 7 we see that Israel was changed when Samuel faithfully taught the Bible and prayed for 20 years. Moses spent 40 years being trained in the desert before he was ready to return to Egypt to lead his people to the Promised Land. In this country we are used to fast food. We have a change of President every four years. We change our career path by getting a four year bachelor’s degree. We expect change in at least four years. We think that if a small house church doesn’t outgrow itself and have to move into new facilities in 4 years then it is being unfruitful and God is not blessing it. But this is not so. The God of the Bible is a God who works over 20 year periods of time (or even more) to bring about his good purpose.
This celebration was especially significant for another reason. It was held in a conference room in the heart of Triton College, on the Fourth of July weekend, at that. Triton College actually opened its doors to us. Literally, for 16 years they could not penetrate the culture of Triton College. But lately, the Triton Bible Club, has become an integral part of the Triton College Community. They were voted “Outstanding Student Group” for one year. Last year, Pastor Teddy was invited to be a prayer servant during the NIU Shooting memorial. Some Bible club members are studying the Bible at Triton UBF church. Indeed, God is raising Triton UBF to be a ministry for Triton students. This has all come about after twenty years of faithful Bible study and prayer. May we repent of our impatience and our “fast food” mentality when it comes to doing the work of God. May we wait in God’s time and let God work according to his plan. All we need to do is pray and be faithful to our mission.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Spiritual Lessons from Jogging
Spiritual Lessons I Learned From Attempts To Jog
Hebrews 12:2, “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Pastor’s Blog: Kevin Jesmer 3-28-09
It has been my dream to be able to jog two miles with joy and relative ease. But I have not got there yet. I do a lot of power walking. But recently I tried to incorporate a short jog at the end of my power walk, about 1/3 of a mile. Through this experience I learned something spiritual about perseverance. At the beginning of my attempt to run I had a goal in my mind, my house. That was my long term goal. I found that I could only keep running if I kept my eyes focused 10 feet in front of me. As soon as I lifted my eyes to try to see my home I lost all power, thinking I will never make it. I had the goal in my mind, but when I stopped looking at the small tasks before me, I could not go on.
In some ways this helps me to understand spiritual life. Our spiritual life is likened to a race. Paul writes, in Hebrews 12”1-3, “ 1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” The ultimate goal of our Christian lives is to know Jesus, enjoy Jesus, become more like him, have a right relationship with Jesus and be with him forever in the Kingdom of Heaven. And so we fix or eyes on Jesus. This is like me having a goal to run to my house. But we have smaller goals in our day to day walk with Christ. These have to do with our daily mission. These tasks can be overwhelming. We can easily despair and give up when facing all we need to do. We need to take these one step at a time, knocking them out one at a time, through faith, hope, prayer and obedience. We need to tackle each of them with the larger goal in mind, Christ. That is like running with your eyes 10 feet in front of you, keeping in mind that the final destination is home. “Inch by inch anything is a cinch.” This makes me thankful for my Christian faith. Without Jesus I would not know the ultimate goal of all I do. My day to day life would be overcoming task after task without a ultimate destination in my mind. This would be maddening to me. It would make me despair of life. I could never persevere and keep running the race of life. It is truly a gift from God, and a source of strength, to have Jesus as our ultimate goal in our spiritual race. May you fix your eyes on Jesus and tackle each smaller task with faith, hope, prayer and obedience as you run you race of life with perseverance.
Hebrews 12:2, “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Pastor’s Blog: Kevin Jesmer 3-28-09
It has been my dream to be able to jog two miles with joy and relative ease. But I have not got there yet. I do a lot of power walking. But recently I tried to incorporate a short jog at the end of my power walk, about 1/3 of a mile. Through this experience I learned something spiritual about perseverance. At the beginning of my attempt to run I had a goal in my mind, my house. That was my long term goal. I found that I could only keep running if I kept my eyes focused 10 feet in front of me. As soon as I lifted my eyes to try to see my home I lost all power, thinking I will never make it. I had the goal in my mind, but when I stopped looking at the small tasks before me, I could not go on.
In some ways this helps me to understand spiritual life. Our spiritual life is likened to a race. Paul writes, in Hebrews 12”1-3, “ 1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” The ultimate goal of our Christian lives is to know Jesus, enjoy Jesus, become more like him, have a right relationship with Jesus and be with him forever in the Kingdom of Heaven. And so we fix or eyes on Jesus. This is like me having a goal to run to my house. But we have smaller goals in our day to day walk with Christ. These have to do with our daily mission. These tasks can be overwhelming. We can easily despair and give up when facing all we need to do. We need to take these one step at a time, knocking them out one at a time, through faith, hope, prayer and obedience. We need to tackle each of them with the larger goal in mind, Christ. That is like running with your eyes 10 feet in front of you, keeping in mind that the final destination is home. “Inch by inch anything is a cinch.” This makes me thankful for my Christian faith. Without Jesus I would not know the ultimate goal of all I do. My day to day life would be overcoming task after task without a ultimate destination in my mind. This would be maddening to me. It would make me despair of life. I could never persevere and keep running the race of life. It is truly a gift from God, and a source of strength, to have Jesus as our ultimate goal in our spiritual race. May you fix your eyes on Jesus and tackle each smaller task with faith, hope, prayer and obedience as you run you race of life with perseverance.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Focus Your Eyes On Jesus When Faced With Tragedy
Key verse: Hebrews 12:2 Pastors blog Kevin Jesmer 2/16/09
“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
We know a God who works all things out according to his good purpose. History does show that good does triumph over evil. So, the question remains, how can we interpret the good purposes of God in a heinous event? I liken our attempt to see the good in a senseless act to trying to see the 3-D images in a stereogram algorithm. Have you ever seen these pictures? At first, the picture appears to be a mess of blurred lines and a pile of images that don’t seem to make sense at all. They are chaotic and seem to have no meaning. It looks like a complicated mess actually. But hidden within these images are 3 –D images. I asked one lady at work if she ever saw one of these pictures. She said that she only saw it once. When I first saw these things I lied that I could see it. I said, “Oh yeah, I see it. Wow!” But really I could not. Everyone said, “You’re lying.” And I was. The technique to see the 3-D images is really an art. In order to see these images you need to first believe there is something there and then focus your eyes beyond the images themselves. They appear a little blurred and you look cross eyed, but you need to keep your eyes focus in that virtual spot and draw closer and closer to the image. Then, after many attempts, suddenly you are amaze to see a 3-D picture that you never imagined could be there. It slowly immerges out of the blurred lines and images and the chaotic patterns. If it is your first time, you are amazed. You exclaim, “I see it! I see it!” and nobody thinks you are lying. You can’t believe that it was there all the time, right under your nose. You invite others to see it, but many can not see it. And so it can be a very personal experience. Once you see it, it is like riding a bicycle, you know what to do….focus, draw near, keep focusing and voila! There it is! …even with a totally different picture. It becomes easier and easier.
And so it is with finding the meaning and the good in senseless tragedies. Events in this world seem chaotic and senseless. But we have to believe that there is some good there to be found and seek it out. Romans 8:28 reads, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” It is basic Christian faith to believe the God works for the good of those who love him…in all things. “All things” means, “All things.” ….the good and the bad and even the terribly ugly. There is something good that does come out of tragic events. Think about the senseless evil acts perpetrated against Jesus himself. All he tried to do was preach about the kingdom of heaven, raise disciples and draw people to himself and to his kingdom through his sacrificial love. The devil hated Jesus. Evil men tried to persecute Jesus. Eventually the devil used evil men to inflict unimaginable suffering on Jesus. He was mocked flogged and crucified. How horrific! What good can be seen in this? But there was! Through Jesus’ suffering, death and resurrection eternal salvation was procured for all who put their faith in Jesus. There is good to be sought out and discovered in all things.
We need to make an effort to see beyond the events, beyond the chaos, and focus on Jesus Christ. Hebrews 12:2 reads, “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” We need to keep our focus on Jesus and draw closer to him, never breaking our focus. If we don’t give up, then eventually we will see something in the events that we never thought were there before. What we see is very personal. Some may not see it or understand it. You may not fully understand it yourself. But God eventually opens our hearts to understand why and find meaning and direction in the midst of chaos. Not only that, we can train ourselves to see the good in future tragedies that we all are surely going to face in our lives. These are unavoidable. There are good things that come out of tragedies. Can you see them? Believe that they are there; make an effort to seek them out by focusing on Jesus; then God will open the eyes of your heart to see that, in Christ, God’s good does indeed conquer evil.
“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
We know a God who works all things out according to his good purpose. History does show that good does triumph over evil. So, the question remains, how can we interpret the good purposes of God in a heinous event? I liken our attempt to see the good in a senseless act to trying to see the 3-D images in a stereogram algorithm. Have you ever seen these pictures? At first, the picture appears to be a mess of blurred lines and a pile of images that don’t seem to make sense at all. They are chaotic and seem to have no meaning. It looks like a complicated mess actually. But hidden within these images are 3 –D images. I asked one lady at work if she ever saw one of these pictures. She said that she only saw it once. When I first saw these things I lied that I could see it. I said, “Oh yeah, I see it. Wow!” But really I could not. Everyone said, “You’re lying.” And I was. The technique to see the 3-D images is really an art. In order to see these images you need to first believe there is something there and then focus your eyes beyond the images themselves. They appear a little blurred and you look cross eyed, but you need to keep your eyes focus in that virtual spot and draw closer and closer to the image. Then, after many attempts, suddenly you are amaze to see a 3-D picture that you never imagined could be there. It slowly immerges out of the blurred lines and images and the chaotic patterns. If it is your first time, you are amazed. You exclaim, “I see it! I see it!” and nobody thinks you are lying. You can’t believe that it was there all the time, right under your nose. You invite others to see it, but many can not see it. And so it can be a very personal experience. Once you see it, it is like riding a bicycle, you know what to do….focus, draw near, keep focusing and voila! There it is! …even with a totally different picture. It becomes easier and easier.
And so it is with finding the meaning and the good in senseless tragedies. Events in this world seem chaotic and senseless. But we have to believe that there is some good there to be found and seek it out. Romans 8:28 reads, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” It is basic Christian faith to believe the God works for the good of those who love him…in all things. “All things” means, “All things.” ….the good and the bad and even the terribly ugly. There is something good that does come out of tragic events. Think about the senseless evil acts perpetrated against Jesus himself. All he tried to do was preach about the kingdom of heaven, raise disciples and draw people to himself and to his kingdom through his sacrificial love. The devil hated Jesus. Evil men tried to persecute Jesus. Eventually the devil used evil men to inflict unimaginable suffering on Jesus. He was mocked flogged and crucified. How horrific! What good can be seen in this? But there was! Through Jesus’ suffering, death and resurrection eternal salvation was procured for all who put their faith in Jesus. There is good to be sought out and discovered in all things.
We need to make an effort to see beyond the events, beyond the chaos, and focus on Jesus Christ. Hebrews 12:2 reads, “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” We need to keep our focus on Jesus and draw closer to him, never breaking our focus. If we don’t give up, then eventually we will see something in the events that we never thought were there before. What we see is very personal. Some may not see it or understand it. You may not fully understand it yourself. But God eventually opens our hearts to understand why and find meaning and direction in the midst of chaos. Not only that, we can train ourselves to see the good in future tragedies that we all are surely going to face in our lives. These are unavoidable. There are good things that come out of tragedies. Can you see them? Believe that they are there; make an effort to seek them out by focusing on Jesus; then God will open the eyes of your heart to see that, in Christ, God’s good does indeed conquer evil.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Never Take Hope for Granted
Never Take Hope For Granted
Psalm 31:24 “Be strong and take heart, all who hope in the Lord.”
Pastor’s blog; Kevin Jesmer 2-2-09
One of the verses of the Canadian national anthem has the following words nestled within it…“Thou land of hope for all who toil! Thou True North strong and free!” The USA is also a land of hope for all who toil. I amazed about how much hope we have in our nations. It has come to light when I think about how little hope people have in other nations. In 2007 I went to Kenya and attended a Bible conference in Nairobi. There were 350 people from 11 English speaking African countries. I heard life testimonies from several students. They shared about their struggles in life and how Jesus Christ was their Savior. I was amazed about the hopeless situations some of them were in. Several shared about parents and siblings who died of disease. They talked of war and poverty. They were without hope. But when they came to saving faith in Jesus, their hearts were full of hope and with that, joy.
In Canada and the USA most of us live in hope. Even when apart from Christ, I lived my life confident that I would live to 90, go to university, own a house, get married, out live my parents and not outlive my children. I would be able to enjoy things like traveling and visiting friends and relatives freely, all my life. I even had hope that my future kids would all have these hopes fulfilled in their lives. Even when I was not a Christian, I even had some hope that I was going to go to somewhere nice and pleasing after I died. (Though I was not quite sure where.) Since coming to Jesus I still have all these hopes and more. My hopes are more clearly defined. I have hope that I will bear meaningful fruit with my life. I have hope that I can leave a mark on this generation. I have hope that I will be going to heaven to be with Jesus. I have hope for my nation to a “Kingdom of Priests and Holy Nation” a Christian “light” to the world. My hopes are the same for my kids.
How can my life in America be so filled with hope and those of other nations be filled with so much despair? I thank God for the wisdom of our Founding Fathers who laid the foundation from which our society has grown. Much of their wisdom was born out of the Bible and Christian faith. I thank God, that the USA and Canada are the lands of hope for all who toil. We must never take it for granted, but enjoy it, gain strength from it and be thankful to the God who made it all possible. Let’s perpetuate it for future generations, by living for God’s glory and sharing God’s hope with others.
Psalm 31:24 “Be strong and take heart, all who hope in the Lord.”
Pastor’s blog; Kevin Jesmer 2-2-09
One of the verses of the Canadian national anthem has the following words nestled within it…“Thou land of hope for all who toil! Thou True North strong and free!” The USA is also a land of hope for all who toil. I amazed about how much hope we have in our nations. It has come to light when I think about how little hope people have in other nations. In 2007 I went to Kenya and attended a Bible conference in Nairobi. There were 350 people from 11 English speaking African countries. I heard life testimonies from several students. They shared about their struggles in life and how Jesus Christ was their Savior. I was amazed about the hopeless situations some of them were in. Several shared about parents and siblings who died of disease. They talked of war and poverty. They were without hope. But when they came to saving faith in Jesus, their hearts were full of hope and with that, joy.
In Canada and the USA most of us live in hope. Even when apart from Christ, I lived my life confident that I would live to 90, go to university, own a house, get married, out live my parents and not outlive my children. I would be able to enjoy things like traveling and visiting friends and relatives freely, all my life. I even had hope that my future kids would all have these hopes fulfilled in their lives. Even when I was not a Christian, I even had some hope that I was going to go to somewhere nice and pleasing after I died. (Though I was not quite sure where.) Since coming to Jesus I still have all these hopes and more. My hopes are more clearly defined. I have hope that I will bear meaningful fruit with my life. I have hope that I can leave a mark on this generation. I have hope that I will be going to heaven to be with Jesus. I have hope for my nation to a “Kingdom of Priests and Holy Nation” a Christian “light” to the world. My hopes are the same for my kids.
How can my life in America be so filled with hope and those of other nations be filled with so much despair? I thank God for the wisdom of our Founding Fathers who laid the foundation from which our society has grown. Much of their wisdom was born out of the Bible and Christian faith. I thank God, that the USA and Canada are the lands of hope for all who toil. We must never take it for granted, but enjoy it, gain strength from it and be thankful to the God who made it all possible. Let’s perpetuate it for future generations, by living for God’s glory and sharing God’s hope with others.
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