Hope for the days are coming

December 1, 2024
Hope for the days are coming

Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 33: 14 - 16 (NIV)

“ ‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah. “ ‘In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David’s line; he will do what is just and right in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.’

Message:  Hope for the days are coming

People living without and with hope

It is sad to see people around you loose hope…

Sometimes you see people in an acute state of hopelessness - when they feel there is nothing to live for anymore… have you ever felt this way?

More ofter you see people live in a chronic state of hopelessness - when they just carry on with life without feeling hope… not much to live for… have you felt this way?

I know that there are good percentage of you listening today, that live with a healthy dose of hope in your life - that’s awesome, and you are an inspiration

I do believe that hope is contagious and that we inspire a life of hope in each other

That’s one of the reasons I believe in church - despite all the other sources of religious information we have at our disposal, we still need each other as a church family

We need to put ourselves in an environment of hope

This is what church is supposed to be… a place of hope… a place where those who struggle with hope can go to find inspiration… and a place where those have hope share their stories of hope

We need to get better in sharing our stories of hope

Thieves of hope

There are thieves of hope that make it hard to have hope:

Hope leads to joy and peace

When we experience the time of Advent, we are invited into hope

This is a time of joy and peace - hope brings joy and peace into our lives

People come to Christmas events because they find hope 

The Light came into this world to take away the darkness

The angels announced peace on earth

The Magi saw hope in the stars

The shepherds were overcome with joy

We need to immerse ourselves in the stories of hope

The days are coming!

Jeremiah said: “The days are coming!”

Hope is on its way!

A branch will sprout from David’s line

We will be saved and we will live in safety

We will have hope by the name of The Lord Our Righteous Savior

Let us make hope part of our language today!

If you need hope, listen carefully for the stories of hope

If you have hope, don’t hold back on sharing it, because there are so many who need to hear it!

May we find tougher that hope for the days are coming!


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