Devot. The Better Hope

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you had a good week! 

 

I felt strongly that the Lord wanted me to send you this one, so here it is:) 

 

We will do some Mother's Day devots. next week that I hope will bless you.

 

Proverbs 31:28-31 says of the Godly, virtuous woman, "Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.  Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.  Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates."

 

The virtuous woman will be blessed and honored by her husband and children.  She has a deep reverence and respect for the Lord and knows that is far more important than external beauty.  The work she does on behalf of her family, those in her community (the previous verses explain that she takes care of  those in her household and the poor in the community), do not go unnoticed by those who are watching her God fearing actions.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms-physical and those who are spiritual moms (you are eternally investing in the those of others around you), aunties, best friends, mentors and teachers who act as moms in the lives of young people.  

 

Lord bless you and yours this weekend! 

 

Devot. below. and a link to send Christian cards for Mother's Day this weekend.

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April 30, 2018 The Better Hope “For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.” (Hebrews 7:19) Men and women have many false hopes in this world, one of which is that they can earn heaven by good works. Even though God’s law is a perfect law, it can never make a person fit for heaven because no one can keep the law perfectly. There is a better hope, however, and that hope is “the hope of salvation” (1 Thessalonians 5:8) “which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). This “hope that is in you” (1 Peter 3:15) is indeed a wonderful hope. In addition to the one in our text (“better”), there are three other adjectives in the New Testament relative to our Christian hope. First, it is called a “good hope.” “Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father . . . hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace” (2 Thessalonians 2:16). Next, it is a “blessed hope.” “Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:12-13). Finally, it is a “lively [or living] hope.” “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3). It is true, of course, that our hope is centered on the eternal future, for “if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable” (1 Corinthians 15:19). Nevertheless, the proved resurrection of Christ makes it a good hope, a blessed hope, and a living hope. HMM     This email was sent to | Print this article