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Whenever we are deeply troubled, we'll find renewed hope by focusing our thoughts on the Lord. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "Why, my soul, are you so dejected? Why are you in such turmoil? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him, my Savior and my God. I am deeply depressed; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar." Psalm 42:5-6 CSB

Jesus, betrayed even by His friends, still willingly bore the consequences of man's sin. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted." Isaiah 53:3-4 ESV

It's God's love for us that saves us, despite man's propensity to despise Him and His teaching. Amazing! #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins." 1 John 4:10 CSB

By the power of the Holy Spirit and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God has granted us all we need to do good in this life and to live eternally. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, for His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence." 2 Peter 1:2-3 NASB

Salvation is found in no one else but Jesus Christ. We can trust Him with our lives. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "My salvation and my glory rest on God; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your hearts before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah" Psalm 62:7-8 NASB

God's generosity is not limited by our asking; He gives lavishly beyond all we could expect. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen." Ephesians 3:20-21 NASB

Yes, we are all sinners, but Jesus Christ forgives the sins of all of us who trust in Him and gives us His righteousness. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "If we say, 'We have no sin,' we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:8-9 CSB

You were planned. You are wanted. You are valued.... Before you were born. Never forget. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in your book and planned before a single one of them began." Psalm 139:16 CSB

God confounds conventional wisdom: In fact, at Christ's crucifixion on the cross, His apparent weakest moment, He showed Himself the strongest by defeating death. #WordofGod #RealLiifeRealHope "Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God, because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength." 1 Corinthians 1:24-25 CSB

Let the Lord strengthen you to stand firm in your faith in the face of the devil's attacks. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil." Ephesians 6:10-11 ESV

Despair and panic will not control us when we believe in the faithfulness of God. We may not see how, but we trust that His plan and His timing are perfect. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV

There is nowhere else to turn to for eternal life than Jesus Christ, the Holy One of God. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "Simon Peter answered him, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.'” John 6:68-69 ESV

We have the blessed hope of eternal riches in heaven through Jesus Christ. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you" 1 Peter 1:3-4 ESV

Delight in God's all-sufficient, perfect, and powerful Word. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes" Psalm 19:7-8 ESV

We are not meant to do this life apart from other believers. #WordofGod #RealLifeRealHope "And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near." Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV