Wednesday, January 13, 2021 PM

Hope in God in a Time of Chaos

Faith in Him. In our bulletin, it said, not our bulletin, our prayer calendar, my apologies. It said, this new year we will wait in hope. We will wait in hope. And the definition of hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.

We have a desire for certain things to happen. End to the chaos, and the disdain, and the heartache, and the separation, and the foolishness of man. We have a hope that that might end one day. But if it doesn't, we have hope.

We still have hope. Turn to me in Psalm 56, verse 11. And I know many of you know this, but he uses the word trust instead of hope, but it means the same thing. We are to hope in Him. We are to trust in Him.

Psalm 56, 11. In God I trust. I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? If we are believers, our souls are secure. Our home is secure. Our future is secure eternally. Now, tomorrow, today, the next day, man may damage the flesh, but our hope is eternal.

And then in 1 Peter 1, verse 3, it says, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

What Christian Hope Is Grounded In

So briefly, I wanted to ask you,.

What brings you hope? His word. Is that a common response? His word? We are,.

We're frail, fearful, fleshly people, and we forget the forever. Jill? In Jesus' blood and righteousness. Not on gold and silver possessions or power or position or place. And some would say, on blood?

Yes. The blessed blood of the triune God in the flesh, in the form of Jesus, in the manhood of Jesus. Do you hear that? God's track record brings him hope. He doesn't fail us, does he? We fail him, or we may think he failed us.

But when we look back, we see.

It's just what it was supposed to be. Yes, occur. Each one of us. I was reminded yesterday,.

The Name of Jesus and the Passing of Human Fame

As I watched some news, that the names of those people who are doing what they're doing right now in a hundred years won't be remembered. They may not be remembered in 10 years or 25, but the name of Jesus is remembered forever.

I wanted to, anybody know who Booker T. Washington is? Was? Yeah, he is. It is a was. So Booker T. started out as a uneducated, didn't even have a last name, plantation slave boy, and went on to become the president of one of the most prestigious colleges in the South and had great influence in the conservative world.

But he said this, and this helps to put in perspective and give us hope. Now, I'll explain it in a moment. But he said, this is a quote, a lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it's accepted by a majority.

In light of our day and time, there are many things being spoken that are not truth, that are truly lies, that are not good. And it appears and seems that the majority is agreeing with that, but we know better.

We have hope that truth will prevail. God's truth will prevail. I'd like to go through some prayer requests tonight before we pray. And I want to start with a few, and then I'll share with these, begin with first a celebration.

Prayer Requests and a New Baby Announcement

Yes, it's hot. Are you not able to hear? A little more volume please. Test, test, one, two, three, four, five, one, two, one, two. Are we good now? Okay, sorry about that. I'm glad someone raised their hand.

Thank you. So I wanted to start with a celebration of sorts or a praise. The Hamiltons are due either late May or early June. I have a little boy due, and his name has already been branded on him. It's Cohen, C-O-E-N.