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| Companions of Hope |
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| ¡°Which is easier: to say, ¡®Your sins are forgiven,¡¯ or to say, ¡®Stand up and walk¡¯? But I will prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.¡± ( Luke 5:23, 24 , NIV ) |
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In the late nineteenth century there was a train which took hundreds of orphans from the East Coast and traveled West to find willing parents. Stop after stop, the children were led out of the cars onto the platform while waiting families looked them over carefully. As the children gazed at the crowd, one feeling consumed them: hope. ¡°I hope this time I will be chosen.¡± Our need to belong and be needed is so very strong. If we do not have belonging, we hope for it with all our might.
We have other needs, too. When our bodies are diseased and hurting, we hope for healing and pursue every remedy within God¡¯s will. When someone dear to us is hurting we would offer our own lives, if that would help in hope of relieving their pain. We are all companions of hope - the diseased woman and Jairus in Luke 8, you, and me.
Most important of all, when we come to the knowledge of how sick we are in sin, Jesus gives us hope for the most important healing of all. Jesus proved He can do it. We will not be disappointed. |
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Dear Father in Heaven, thank You for inviting me to dwell with You. You are fulfilling my greatest need by forgiving and welcoming me. Thank You for making my hope sure in Jesus. In His name. Amen. - DOUG PADGETT, Cherry Valley, California |
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