Welcome back to the Journey. Let me ask you a question. Have you ever found yourself just plain worn out and discouraged by the situations you face on a daily basis? How do we regain our hope? That's what we are going to explore in this episode.
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Scriptures referenced:
1 Peter 1:13 NLT So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.
1 Peter 4:1,2 The Message Since Jesus went through everything you’re going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way. Then you’ll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want.
Ephesians 1:17 - 19 The Message I ask—ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do,
1 Peter 4:8-10 NLT 8 Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay. 10 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.
Matthew 22: 34-40; Mark 12:28-31; Luke 10:27 The Greatest commandments ever given.
John 15:12 Love each other as I have loved you.
1 Peter 4:8 AMP Above all, have [c]fervent and unfailing love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins [it overlooks unkindness and unselfishly seeks the best for others].
Proverbs 10:12 NIV Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.
Proverbs 10:12 AMP Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers and overwhelms all transgressions [forgiving and overlooking another’s faults].
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 The Message Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, doesn’t have a swelled head, doesn’t force itself on others, isn’t always “me first,” doesn’t fly off the handle, doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, doesn’t revel when others grovel. Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, puts up with anything, trusts God always, always looks for the best, never looks back, but keeps going to the end.
1Chronicles 29:13, 14 NLT “O our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name! 14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!
Philippians 1:21 NIV For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
2 Timothy 2:15 NIV Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.