December
YOUR LONGING FOR HEAVEN IS GOOD, because it is an extension
of your yearning for Me. The hope of heaven is meant to strengthen
and encourage you, filling you with wondrous Joy.Many Christians have
misunderstood this word hope, believing that it denotes wishful
thinking. Nothing could be farther from the truth! As soon as I became
your Savior, heaven became your ultimate destination. The phrase
hope of heaven highlights the benefits you can enjoy even while
remaining on earth. This hope keeps you spiritually alive during dark
times of adversity; it brightens your path and heightens your
awareness of My Presence. My desire is that you may overflow with
hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan
inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our
bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all.
Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have,
we wait for it patiently.
ROMANS 8 : 23 – 25
God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for
God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly
encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It
enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.
HEBREWS 6 : 18 – 20
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you
may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
ROMANS 15 : 13