619 Hope Archives

How to Cope When Betrayed?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Many people have experienced the emotional pain of betrayal and the consequences that follow. Broken relationships, or at least diminished fellowship, result when betrayed by someone we love — someone we...

God Meets You Where You Are

by Tullian Tchividjian, pastor, The Sanctuary Jupiter, FL

If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We all suffer. Pain is unavoidable. And it’s not a question of “if” but “when” we experience pain and suffering. It can take the form of a sudden catastrophe, such as the news of a brain tumor, an affair, or the...

“Get Better” Doesn’t Work

by Tullian Tchividjian, pastor, The Sanctuary Jupiter, FL

If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In a New York Times Op-Ed entitled “Who Goes To Work To Have Fun,” British journalist Oliver Burkeman suggests something counter-intuitive, but obvious: the more you force someone to have fun, the less fun they’ll...

Because It Is Finished…

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please share them. <Printable Download of “Because it is Finished” below> On the cross, Jesus uttered seven things: 1. “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34).Fulfills Isa...

The Day of Adversity has Purpose, by James Buchanan (1840)

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “Affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble spring from the ground. Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward!” Job 5:6-7 As affliction proceeds neither from blind necessity,...

Is it really possible to thank God in EVERY thing? Breast Cancer post # 4

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In case you missed previous posts in Tamara’s story of battling breast cancer: O taste and see that the Lord is good! (Breast Cancer post #1) God’s Plan, Not Mine (Breast Cancer post #2) Whither shall I go...

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Breast Cancer post #3

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Tamara’s story:1. O taste and see that the Lord is good! A Breast Cancer Story2. God’s Plan, Not Mine – Breast Cancer post #2 Part 3Biopsies revealed that I did indeed have breast cancer, in each breast. The...

God’s Plan, Not Mine – Breast Cancer post #2

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Now that I knew I had cancer, it was time to get busy finding out just how bad it was. (If you haven’t already, read Tamara’s Story: Breast Cancer post #1) The next step was to have biopsies of both breasts....

O taste and see that the Lord is good! A Breast Cancer Story

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Tamara’s Story: Breast Cancer post #1 “If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known...

Tad’s Journey: Facing Terminal Cancer with Hope & Joy

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Last year (June 2017) I wrote about my friend Tad who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (Read about how he shared the gospel with a hospital technician in Philadelphia during a full body scan: Cancer Hope: I Am...