Devotionals about Hope

Forgiveness

Freedom to Forgive

Read: Colossians 3:12-17 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. (v. 13 NLT) Through the death

Encouragement

Pray without Ceasing

Read: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (vv. 17-18 NKJV) Looking back at what we

Encouragement

Keeping Bad Company

Read: Psalm 141:1-5 Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat

Encouragement

Let Your Weakness Be Your Strength

Read: 2 Corinthians 12:5-10 For when I am weak, then I am strong. (v. 10) We see this message repeated over and over in the Bible. In 1 Samuel, the child David

freedom

Guilty and Confused

Read: Hebrews 4:14-16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy. (v. 16 NIV) When I accepted Christ in January 1980, I was

Encouragement

When You Feel Hard-Pressed

Read: Psalm 25:1-15; 118:5-7 When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place. (Ps. 118:5 NIV) Do you often feel like nothing is going

Encouragement

What Is Freedom?

Read: John 8:34-38 If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (v. 36) Before the Covid 19 pandemic, for 26 years I led a team to visit Luzira

Encouragement

Weapons of a Freedom Fighter

Read: Ephesians 6:10-20 Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. (v. 11 NLT) The apostle Paul had

Encouragement

Enslaved by Sin

Read: John 8:34-47 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.” (v. 34 NLT) The word sin in Greek (hamartia) means wrongdoing, usually any