living your life with hope By Adrian Rogers

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By Adrian Rogers
living your life
with hope
M
ost of us need a checkup from
in captivity were told to remember that God
the psalmist David, “I foresaw the Lord always
the neck up. We need to get our
was at hand. He was near. He is always near.
before my face, for He is on my right hand,
thinking straight. You may feel
Remembering God was their help and hope,
that I should not be moved: Therefore did
as down and defeated today as
they chose the proper perspective.
my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
the people of God in the book of Lamentations.
Now, the proper perspective wasn’t
Because of their sin, they’d been carried away
rejoicing over their problems but rejoicing in
(Acts 2:25–26, quoting Psalm 16:8–9).
captive to Babylon. Far from home, they longed
God’s nearness. However sick you may be,
Hope is simply faith in the future tense.
for the temple and presence of God. You can’t
whatever agony you’re in, or how discouraged
Every day is a gift from God. His
find a more heartbroken people. They felt
you are, the fact is, nothing can separate you
compassions are new every morning. God
God’s hand against them, hedged in with no
“from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus
“daily loadeth us with benefits” (Psalm
hope for escape. Bitterness besieged them.
our Lord” (Romans 8:39). There is Jesus, and
68:19). God has a load of brand new
Someone once said, “Hopelessness is the
He is always there.
blessings for you today. We are apt to forget
saddest word in the human language.”
Yet there was reason to turn their hearts
NEW!
to God and put their hope in Him. The prophet
seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both
faithfulness.
Jeremiah enters into their despair and the
hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the
severity of their devastation. Nevertheless,
Lord” (v. 25–26).
Examining the Bible word therefore, Joyce Rogers shares her personal experiences from
around the globe and gives life applications through 29 therefore passages. The book
is centered in the Person in Whom we should put our hope. That Person, of course, is
Jesus, the Master and Lord of Joyce’s life. In exploring these truths from God’s Word—
from the vineyards in the Valley of Eschol in Israel, to Jacob’s Well in Samaria,
to Jerusalem—Joyce illustrates how these principles have impacted her life and offers
a challenge to readers to apply these life-changing truths to their own lives.
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fail not. They are new every morning; Great
such-and-such will happen,” yet we’re still
hardly wait for that time.
is Thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion,
uncertain. But in the Bible hope
saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him”
means certainty—rock-ribbed
are pilgrims and strangers. But one day the
(Lamentations 3:22-24). Hope is there.
assurance based on the
bride of Christ will be with the bridegroom.
Word of God—a certainty
Satan, the criminal, will be in prison, and
learned this as I’ve gone through life: hope
combined with anticipation:
the King will be on His throne. Our King is on
returns when we turn our eyes upon Jesus. The
“There’s something I
apostle Paul wrote, “By whom also we have
know is going to
“Therefore, I have hope,” His glorious
access by faith into this grace wherein we
happen based on
appearing. With our eyes we will see
stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God”
the Word of God,
Him. Soon and very soon we’re going to
(Romans 5:2). In distress and devastation, we
and I can hardly
see the King.
can be filled with bitterness and fear, or we can
wait for it to
begin to rejoice in the presence of the Lord.
happen.”
and the problems in their lives, the Israelites
Pentecost quoted
Joyce Rogers
shew who is the blessed and only Potentate,
the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.” I can
Peter at
hope &
help
One of my favorite verses is 1 Timothy
mean maybe. We might say, “Oh, I hope
Despite the pressing pain in their hearts
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6:15. “Which in His [Jesus’] times He shall
are not consumed, because His compassions
You may feel you have no hope, but I’ve
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His blessings, even though they come daily.
He has been faithful to you, with a great
In the Bible, the word hope doesn’t
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moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope”
unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that
he says, “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we
INSPIRING TRUTH FROM JOYCE ROGERS.
Jeremiah continues, “The Lord is good
Love Worth Finding’s purpose is to bring people to Christ and mature them in the faith
This world is not all there is. Currently we
His way! Jesus is coming to rule and reign.
This article is compiled from the Adrian
Rogers Legacy Bible and messages
from Dr. Rogers.
living
your life
with hope
A message from
Adrian Rogers
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I
n my quiet time with the Lord, I have
One of my favorites is “Therefore I
a propensity for doing word studies.
hope in Him!” (Lamentations 3:24b). Why
Sometimes a word captures my
do I hope in Him? “Through the Lord’s
attention, and I draw a circle around it.
mercies we are not consumed, because
One such word is therefore. It wasn’t original
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with Adrian, but he used to say: Every time
you see the word therefore, see what it’s
there for. In every instance, there is a truth
that precedes this word. So I began to
write devotional thoughts on some of those
promises from God’s Word, and God really
used that in my life.
First Lady of LWF
We thought you might like to hear from our first
lady, Mrs. Joyce Rogers. In this newsletter, she
talks a little about her book, Therefore I Hope in
Him, plus she answers the most frequently asked
question: How are you and what are you doing?
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