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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. What storm is troubling your life? Does it feel like a hurricane or a tidal wave overwhelming you, and even overtaking you completely? When life’s storms rage, there’s a calm to be found — and...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Video by Reasons for Hope* Jesus. Words and Music by Mercy Me. My God CAN, my God WILL… but if not … Read: But If Not …the Faith of Three ***A Hidden Message in Psalm 23?*** Hidden in the six verses of...
by Don Johnston, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
God’s Word says in 2 Cor 5:17, “Therefore IF anyone is in Christ, he IS a NEW creation, old things have passed away, behold all things have become NEW.” This means that Christians will undergo a complete transformation…they will be CHANGED! This transformation is a...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I met a lovely woman at a memorial service recently who wrote the poem below. It was featured on the back of the service program and was read during the service. The author of the poem, Mary Feie, later shared...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Super Bowl Sunday scores big in many ways. First, there’s the big game. It’s the number 1 watched American television broadcast of the year and the number 1 watched sporting event in the world. Super Bowl...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. This weekend is set aside as a time for rest from our labors. The holiday is defined as “a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The year was 1969 and we were a nation at war, a nation in great transition. The average annual income was $8,550.00. The average monthly rent was $135.00 and the average cost of a new house was $15,550.00. The...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Sung by Stevie Wonder and Tom Jones who are both Christians. Perhaps they thought of the significance of “A Place in the SON” as they sang. This is a fun song with words that remind us of our Blessed...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We ask that you pause and reflect on what happened so many years ago. Take a minute now to remember the prophecy that foretold of the crucifixion of Jesus and the Scripture that proclaimed it’s fulfillment....
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. As I began to write about broken hearts, a song kept running through my mind (watch the song video below). We’ll look at the song lyrics, and you can watch the song video, but first, let’s consider...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. While this song is a show tune, and not all the lyrics inspire us, the name of the song reminds us that times when loved ones leave us. Death is certain for all, and yet for Christians, it is not the end. It is...
by Chuck Myer, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In Acts 13 we read about the apostle Paul standing up in the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch and delivering a message to the Jews regarding Jesus the Christ. In the context of his historical teaching...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The History of Groundhog Day February 2nd being designated as Groundhog Day is believed to have originated in Pennsylvania in the 18th -19th century. It is said to have derived from ancient European weather lore,...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Downloadable PDF of the Salvation Bell below] The New Year has come and, for many, the memory of Christmas has already faded away. With each new day comes a fresh new hope for a year of joy and peace. A Word of...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. 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 submit myself and...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Celebrating the new year is biblical, but how you celebrate might not be. The nation of Israel celebrated the advent of the new year, and they did so in the way God prescribed. As we all know, many of...
by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. My friend Tad just lost his 19 month battle with pancreatic cancer. In sorrow and sadness, with hope and rejoicing, we remember that he just won the greatest victory of his life. He’s been crowned with the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We don’t often think in terms of “taking” but we do think about Jesus giving. Taking is nothing more than accepting and receiving that which Jesus gives. So learn to take this Advent season. The...
by Chuck Myer, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. In the real realm of things that are, our world as we know it now, and in a time that is yet to come, there exists in reality . . . “. . . a great, fiery red dragon” (Revelation 12:3 – NKJV) The...
by Chuck Myer, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Martin Luther is well remembered as the Great Reformer who began The Reformation with his bold stand on salvation by grace alone. But there were others before him who just as boldly proclaimed God’s truths. Take...