Hope in the Midst of Uncertainties
John 20:11-29
Matthew 28:8-10
Acts 1:3-11
Hope in personal grief – John 20:11-18
Hope for the fearful – Matthew 28:8-10
Hope for the anxious heart – John 20:19-23
Hope for the doubters – John 20:24-29
Hope for community – Acts 1:3-5
Hope for the future – anchored in His return – Acts 1:6-11
From a plaque at Nelson cathedral.
We all need hope. To live without hope is to despair. Many people see hope only as something that might happen.
But followers of Jesus have been given a certain hope. The kind of hope that is an anchor for our souls.
Hope deferred – or hope that never eventuates into anything – makes the heart sick.
When we place our lives into God’s hands, He outworks His purpose through us.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a hope and a future.” Jeremiah:29:11
