I wonder why Bibles have a black cover?because the Bible is full of hope, hope is not a dark thing, because it is placed in God.Not in anything or anyone but in God and in God alone.P.E.Hughes writes that 'Christian faith and Christian hope enjoy the closest association'.In writing to the gentile believers at Ephesus ,the apostle Paul reminds them how it used to be,'Remember that at that time you were separate from Christ,excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise,without hope and without God in the world'.What was written of them applies to us, to come into a place of hope we had to put our faith in Christ,then all was changed,we were no longer strangers but part of God's family.In Hebrews 10 v 23 we read,'Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,for he who promised is faithful'.P.E Hughes writes ,We might well have expected to read here'the confession of our faith',no it is ,'the confession of our hope'. No matter how dark things are for the Christian we can have hope,in a bright future. We can have hope in hopeless situations,,we have hope because our faith is in the God of hope, This is my prayer for you dear child of God,'May the God of hope, fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him,so that you may overflow with hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit,' in Jesus name. Amen.
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