Hope for the future
No one will ever hear the sound of weeping or crying in it again. ~ Isaiah 65:19 (CEB)
Let your hope keep you joyful... ~ Romans 12:12a (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
Don't let anyone shut off the joyful flow of hope that comes to you through Christ Jesus.
PRAYER:
Lord, it is so frustrating. There are so many people trying to replace hope with fear. And sometimes I let them get to me. I pray, though, that you will keep the hope alive in me. I'm so thankful for all the hope that you are sending my way through Jesus. In spite of all the negative and crazy things going on around me, I'm going to be happy because my hope is rooted in the future that Christ is creating. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
