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Hanging On To Hope

Thursday November 16, 2023
 

God longs for us to experience love and blessing in relationship with others.  Sometimes, for various reasons, there are complications in our relationships and we are unsure how to sort things out.  God wants to help us know how to live well, how to interact well with one another, and when to let go and let God. 

It's hard to watch a loved one suffer.  It's a challenge to stick with a relationship when someone is suffering and acting out of their pain in a way that impacts us.  We find it difficult to know how to handle things on a good day let alone deal with these frustrations on a bad day. Hope dwindles. We get discouraged and tempted to give up. As God never gave up on us when we were wandering around trying to find our way on our own, so God encourages us to not give up on others.

Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.  (1 Corinthians 13:7 NLT) 

We need to pray for wisdom and establish healthy boundaries in all our relationships.  Setting boundaries can be a part of walking in love with a person who is struggling.  We need to pray for this person trusting that as we pray, God will work on their hearts.  We need to keep praying for understanding and healing for ourselves because when those we have a relationship with struggle, we may easily get hurt.

Stay with God!  Take heart. Don’t quit.  I’ll say it again:  Stay with God. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears. (Psalm 27:14; Philippians 1:6 MSG) 



God is good. God is with us.  Our hope is in God alone.  God is making a way where there seems to be no way. Our part is to hang on to hope.

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13 NLT)



Prayer:  Gracious God, Help me to look to You for guidance in all my relationships and have the wisdom to turn over to You those things that are beyond my capability to sort out. Thank You that in all things You work together for the good of those who love You. Amen

 

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