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What’s Love Got To Do With It?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. There’s a song from the 1960s that posed a most profound question, “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” The lyrics are secular, but the...

Christmas Day: When Love Was Born — Light the CHRIST Candle

by Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. On Christmas Day we light the candle at the center of all the other candles. It is the CHRIST candle and it represents Jesus as the giver of HOPE, LOVE,...

Christmas Advent Candle 2 – LOVE: Promise Reveals Love

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. Video Below We light an Advent candle each Sunday leading up to Christmas to prepare our hearts by renewing our hope, growing our love, rejoicing in...

Why Did God Create Man Knowing Man Would Sin?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. Let’s remember that God created a world that was perfect and a man who was sinless (Gen 1:31). But it’s true, God knew before He created man that...

Why Do We Call It Good Friday?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. [Watch Video Below] We read the accounts of the crucifixion in the Bible and we often see it portrayed in movies and videos. The day in which Jesus was...

Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. (VIDEO BELOW) All too often we rush through life without stopping to remember and reflect on the really important things. The day Jesus was crucified is...

What is Lent? Should I Give Up Something?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. (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...

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

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. 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...

Pro-Life Matters Because Pre-Life Matters

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. January 22 is the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Decision It is also National Sanctity of Human Life Day and is recognized on the Sunday closest to...

Was Mary a Levite, making Jesus both King and Priest?

by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus

Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. A donation of any amount is greatly needed and appreciated. Was Mary a Levite because she was Elizabeth’s cousin? Does that mean that Jesus was from both tribes — Judah and Levite — thereby making Him both King...