A Minute of Hope
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12. The Equation of Hope

What do we need for hope? What are the factors that need to come together to give us hope? This devotional focuses on understanding and applying the equation of hope. Continue reading
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11. Thinking and Hoping

Is Christian hope just wishful thinking or the result of the absence of thinking? A lot of people perceive Christian hope as just nothing but naive optimism. Continue reading
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10. Help and Hope

We all recognize the challenges and complexities of life and our need for help. But the question is—where do we turn for the help that we need? If there really is no God, if we’re really stranded and all alone in this universe, Continue reading
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9. Looking Forward

Hope is always forward-facing or future oriented—it’s an expectation of a positive future. You’re looking forward to getting something or something happening. But what can keep us from looking forward is constantly looking backward. It’s living in the past with debilitating regret. Continue reading
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8. Working in Silence

It’s easy to feel hopeless when things aren’t going well and we can’t see how God could be at work for good in our lives. How do we hang on in hope? What keeps us going when times are hard? What do you do if you feel like giving up on God? Continue reading
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7. Grief and Hope

How does grief and hope go together? In a Christian worldview, we don’t have to choose whether to walk with grief or to walk with hope. We can walk with both. Continue reading
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6. The Steps to Hope

A sense of hopelessness can come into our lives when we feel overwhelmed with a problem or some big obstacle, and we just don’t know where to begin. But it’s interesting, Continue reading
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5. The Apostle of Hope

The life of the Apostle Peter teaches us the futility of building our hopes on our own self-will and the fulfillment of building our hopes on God’s grace. Continue reading
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4. Humility and Hope

Humility is the doorway to hope. This little seed of truth has huge practical implications for our lives. If we see ourselves as small suddenly our world around us will seem big. Continue reading
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3. The Anchor of Hope

One of the most helpful metaphors for hope in the Bible is an anchor. This little piece of hope is about how hope functions like an anchor in our lives. Continue reading
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2. The Story Isn’t Over

This episode reminds us that there is hope when we remember that the chapters of our lives are all part of a good and grand story. There is a good and divine Author of our stories and world who is writing a much longer, way more complex, and greater story than we can ever conceive… Continue reading