Morning by Morning, June 7 - Abounding Hope Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit. ... These Words of blessing come to my heart as I wait for Your leading: “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13). To be filled with Your Spirit is to be empowered by Your Spirit. To be filled with Your Spirit is to be filled with joy and peace and faith. And to be filled with Your Spirit is to be abounding in hope. Come fill my heart with hope today. Abounding hope. Hope that abounds in trusting the One who puts hope in my heart and gives me the grace to keep hoping even before I see it and to keep believing even before I receive it. “Hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?” (Romans 8:24) So between this day and the day of my hopes fulfilled, I will trust in You, I will believe in You, I will put all my faith and hope in You -- as best as I can and all by Your grace. For “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not (yet) seen” (Hebrews 11:1). And “if we hope for what we do not (yet) see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance” (Romans 8:25). With this kind of hope, grounded in this kind of joy and peace and faith that only You can provide by the power of Your grace, I will not be disappointed but expectant -- even in the waiting, in the praying, in the persevering until Your promises come to pass. For this kind of “hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (Romans 5:5). Even though “hope deferred makes the heart sick ... when the desire comes, it is a tree of life” (Proverbs 13:12). So fill me with Your Spirit today. Fill me with Your abounding hope today, O God of hope! Let “this hope (I) have (be) as an anchor of (my) soul, both sure and steadfast, and which (embraces Your) Presence (Hebrews 6:19). And now, by the power of Your grace, “(I) lay hold of the hope set before (me)” for this day and every day until my hope is completely and finally fulfilled in You (Hebrews 6:18). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be filled with a heart of abounding hope today, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day! Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries Mailing Address: 412 S. Adams Street #148 Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
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