Partners in Hope

We are instructed by God to look to Him for all we need and to give thanks for the generous gifts He provides for us each day. God will give us everything we need to live the life He has prepared for us. Being contented in God’s care with what He has provided for us will free us from the character defect of envy.

The heart and soul of what goes on is done by ordinary people helping ordinary individuals stand up and move forward in their lives.

The first step in rooting out shame is to receive God’s forgiveness for any ways we have sinned against God and others.

Good news – we all love it.  All sorts of things are good news. The very best news, and news that has a long term positive effect in our lives is the good news of God’s love for us demonstrated in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Is there anyone who knows everything about us – all our thoughts and dreams, our reactions, our disappointments, our secret joys, our longings?  In fact, when we are feeling lonely and disconnected, whether we are surrounded by loved ones or not, that is often the question in our sadness isn’t it? Well, I’m happy to report today that there is one who does know it all.  That one is God.  Look at this:

Do you ever wonder, “What would it look like if we were to live in freedom from all our fears?” For some of us it hardly seems possible.  We have hope for something better than we are living today but to believe that we could live free from ALL our fears seems a bit like “pie in the sky.” The wonderful reality is that God makes just such an amazing offer to us today.