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We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Hebrews 11:35 seems to be a pivot-point in the chapter. Most of the heroes and heroines mentioned before verse 35 exercised courage and faith that was rewarded with miraculous deliverance. The...

What is Lent? Should I Give Up Something?

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus (Watch Video Below) Do you give something up for Lent? If so, do you give up something that you really desire and going without it is difficult? Or, are you like many Christians who don’t...

Lent: 40 Titles of Jesus for 40 Days of Devotion

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Lent begins next Wednesday on the day the church has traditionally called Ash Wednesday. What is Lent all about? And what is the significance of Ash Wednesday? How should we observe this time on...

Reclaim My Truant Heart, by John MacDuff, 1890

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus My Father in Heaven, I approach the footstool of Your throne of grace, through the merits and mediation of Him whom You always hear. My best motives are mingled with selfishness; my best actions are...

How Should You Observe Lent? Reflect and Prepare

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Prepare Your Heart Before Easter A Room with a View of Eternity is a perfect read for this time we call Lent—a time to prepare our hearts for our celebration of the greatest days in the history of...

Have You Sat At The Master’s Table? (John 13-17)

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus We often hear of people “sitting at the Master’s feet” and learning of His will and ways. But have you ever sat at the Master’s table? Four days after Jesus entered into...

You Ask Why I Follow This Jesus?

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus “You ask why I follow this Jesus?” is a beautiful poem, written by an unknown saint. It’s been around for quite some time, so it’s likely this person is now part of the Great...

Because He First Loved Us – 1 John 4:19

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Read more about love: A-Z Proof of Love that Never Fades What are the 10 Ways We Can Love Like Jesus? You Ask Why I Follow This Jesus? -- a short poem Because He First Loved Us - 1 John 4:19 Faith,...

Where Did Cain Get His Wife? Who Was Cain’s Wife?

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus The question, “where did Cain get his wife,” is asked by both skeptics and believers. There is an answer and it’s found in the Bible. Adam’s Family Cain was the firstborn son of Adam and Eve. He...

What is the Idol of Our Day? by John Angell James (1852)

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus One of the evils of our age is an excessive love of pleasure, which leads to self-indulgence, and rids the mind of sober thought and true piety. Love of Pleasure is the Idol of Our Day This is one of...

Unnamed Heroines in Hebrews 11

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Hebrews 11:34-36 describes the faith-driven exploits of five unnamed heroines: Esther, Ruth, Deborah, Jael, and the Widow of Zarephath. Heb 11:34-36 …escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness...

What Does “Speaking the Truth in Love” Really Mean? (Eph 4:15)

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus In his letter to the church at Ephesus, Paul admonished believers to speak the truth in love (Eph 4:15a). Before looking at Paul’s words in context, let’s understand the principle behind Paul’s...

Daniel and His Friends in the Hall of Faith (Hebrews 11)

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Where in Hebrews 11 are Daniel and his friends? They aren’t mentioned..at least, not by name. However, Daniel and his friends are remembered in this chapter about faithful servants of God. The...

Earth is Affliction’s Home So What is Heaven? by Henry Law, 1858

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Earth is affliction’s home: A troop of sorrows compasses us about. Tears stream. The bosom sighs. The brow is furrowed by the lines of care and worry. Death tears away the much-loved friend....

How Should We Understand the Willful Sin of Hebrews 10:26?

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus The writer of Hebrews wrote about willful sin and its consequences in this verse: Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more...

My Times are in Your Hands by Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Matthew Henry wrote the following on January 1, 1713. He was 50 years old and died the next year. “My times are in Your hand!” Psalm 31:15 Firmly believing that my times are in God’s hand, I here...

Do You Have Peace in Our Troubled World? (John 16:33)

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus Be encouraged by the hope John 16:33 offers. If you know Jesus, you have nothing to fear. Take 15 minutes and watch this video to clear your mind, calm your soul, and condition your heart to have...

What Does It Mean to Be Created in God’s Image?

We need your help. Please consider supporting Reasons for Hope*Jesus What does it mean to be created in the Image of God? The answer lies…”in the beginning..” Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male...

The Coming Prince, by Sir Robert Anderson, 1894