Commentary
Dr. John Dee Jeffries
“Liv ely Hope"
Guest columnist Dr. John Dee Jeffries, longtime pastor of First Baptist Church in Chalmette, is an author who publishes Christian books free for those desiring to share their lives in Christ.
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Bring Your Crisis To Christ
ou're in the thick of trouble, double trouble, and you know it! And you're worrying and you're wondering IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR ME? The Answer is ... YES. Hope is the confident expectation that somehow God is going to work things out. It is that sense of certainty that somehow everything's going to be OK. Hopeless situations fill our heads with FALSE PERCEPTIONS about God, about Ourselves, and about Life. Turn your Worries into Wonder. Turn your Anxiety into Awe. Bring your Crisis to Christ. Christ will give you “a lively hope" – the confident expectation that somehow God is going to work
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things out for your good (Romans 8:28). This "lively hope" gives us that sense of certainty that somehow everything's going to be OK....and it will be, through Christ! Many people struggle to move forward in life. At some point they seem to make forward progress, then, inexplicably, the long arm of the past grabs them and pulls them backward. They’re suddenly overwhelmed and stymied by feelings of embarrassment. Deep feelings of guilt, shame, regret, and more stubbornly appear. These dark feelings rush to the surface – people are snared, trapped, shattered – and stuck. Into our Shattered World, Jesus “restores” our Hope! I was going to close by saying, "Trust me!" But don't trust me – Trust Christ!
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