GOD, you've really turned things around for me. I'm no longer wearing my funeral clothes but you’ve given me a new pair of dancing shoes — and a reason to wear them out.
ROMANS 15:13 (MSG)
Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God turns despair into joy.
DAILY FODDER
How much do you think about hope? What is the difference between wishful thinking and the hope that God instills in us?
PRAYER
God of hope, I've had my share of tragedy in life — so much disappointment, pain, and loss. But you've been here and experienced the same — so you get it. Thank you for the infusion of Christ-hope that breaks loose into joy. Forgive me for throttling back in the very moments I should be foot loose. I'm depending on your Holy Spirit to renergize me for dancing. I'm going to go with the flow of hope, faith, and joy. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
