Monday, December 1 – “For God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.” (Romans 11:29) This means that nothing or nobody can repeal or annul God’s gifts and calling in and on your life. What’s yours from God – forgiveness, grace, talents, possibility - is yours, from God. You aren’t who you are, because of the world around you. The world around you is blessed, because of who you are. The way you live out hope today is to be the best version of you that you can be, right here, right now.
Tuesday, December 2 – “He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber.” (Psalm 121:3) When you wake up in the middle of the night, God is there. When you win, God is there. When you lose, God is there. When you’re bored, God is there. When there doesn’t seem to be enough time, God is there. When you have to decide, God is there. As you’re reading these words, God is there. In other words, God is always there. Thus, there’s always hope.
Wednesday, December 3 – “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” (Matthew 5:6) To “hunger and thirst for righteousness” means that you want to be morally right or justifiable, in every situation in your life. What Matthew is sharing with you today is hope. For if you hunger and thirst, if you really want to be morally right or justifiable in every situation in your life, God will meet you in that place and quench your thirst and fill your belly. Your hope is found in your want to, and God will take care of the rest.
Thursday, December 4 – “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” (Isaiah 40:8) It’s hard to have hope in something when everything around you eventually withers and dies. Everything in this world changes. Seasons change. People change. Economies change. But God never changes. Yes, God is in this world, but God isn’t of this world. Thus, God’s word, God’s promises, God’s love, God’s grace and God’s compassion, never changes. And on that you can have hope.
Friday, December 5 – “Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” (Psalm 25:5) Is your hope in the Lord? Don’t know? Well, today pay attention to what you allow to guide you and teach you. Is it the news? Is it popular culture? Is it your money? Is it a relationship? Is it your self-worth? What is it that guides you and teaches you? If it’s not God, then you have your answer. As well as your next challenge.
Saturday, December 6 – “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” (Psalm 27:14) Some believe that waiting is the opposite of acting. Yet, waiting is an action. It’s the act of looking forward to something, eagerly. Waiting is the ultimate sign of hope. For you’ll always wait for that which you hope. Because your actions will always reveal what you believe. And waiting is an action. An action of hope.
Tuesday, December 2 – “He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber.” (Psalm 121:3) When you wake up in the middle of the night, God is there. When you win, God is there. When you lose, God is there. When you’re bored, God is there. When there doesn’t seem to be enough time, God is there. When you have to decide, God is there. As you’re reading these words, God is there. In other words, God is always there. Thus, there’s always hope.
Wednesday, December 3 – “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” (Matthew 5:6) To “hunger and thirst for righteousness” means that you want to be morally right or justifiable, in every situation in your life. What Matthew is sharing with you today is hope. For if you hunger and thirst, if you really want to be morally right or justifiable in every situation in your life, God will meet you in that place and quench your thirst and fill your belly. Your hope is found in your want to, and God will take care of the rest.
Thursday, December 4 – “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” (Isaiah 40:8) It’s hard to have hope in something when everything around you eventually withers and dies. Everything in this world changes. Seasons change. People change. Economies change. But God never changes. Yes, God is in this world, but God isn’t of this world. Thus, God’s word, God’s promises, God’s love, God’s grace and God’s compassion, never changes. And on that you can have hope.
Friday, December 5 – “Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” (Psalm 25:5) Is your hope in the Lord? Don’t know? Well, today pay attention to what you allow to guide you and teach you. Is it the news? Is it popular culture? Is it your money? Is it a relationship? Is it your self-worth? What is it that guides you and teaches you? If it’s not God, then you have your answer. As well as your next challenge.
Saturday, December 6 – “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” (Psalm 27:14) Some believe that waiting is the opposite of acting. Yet, waiting is an action. It’s the act of looking forward to something, eagerly. Waiting is the ultimate sign of hope. For you’ll always wait for that which you hope. Because your actions will always reveal what you believe. And waiting is an action. An action of hope.
You try to eat right. You drink plenty of water. you exercise. don't forget your spirit - feed it!
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