INSTRUCTIONS FOR TODAY

DURING THESE DARK AND TRYING TIMES IN OUR WORLD IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US NOT TO BECOME DISCOURAGED ..... BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HEAR AND SEE ON THE DAILY NEWS WE MAY BE FEELING THIS WAY MORE THAN NOT ..... TWO THINGS WE ALL COULD USE TODAY ARE ENCOURAGEMENT AND HOPE ..... GOD HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT EACH ONE IN HIS BIBLE
..... IN THE OLD TESTAMENT GOD SPEAKS TO US WHEN HE SAYS : "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth ; meditate on it day and night , so that you may be careful to do everything written in it . Then you will be prosperous and successful . Have I not commanded you ? Be strong and courageous . Do not be terrified ; do not be discouraged , for the LORD your GOD will be with you wherever you go . " JOSHUA 1:9 ..... JOSHUA CONQUERED THE ENEMY AND SUCCESSFULLY GAINED THE PROMISED LAND NOT BECAUSE OF ANY FANCY STRATEGIES OR " STATE OF THE ART " WEAPONRY ..... THE REASON FOR HIS SUCCESS WAS OBEDIENCE TO GOD AND CONSISTENT MEDITATION ON GODS LAW ..... BECAUSE OUR GOD IS THE SAME YESTERDAY , TODAY AND TOMORROW WE HAVE MUCH TO GAIN FROM THIS ADVICE MENTIONED ABOVE , EVEN IN TODAY'S MODERN WORLD .....WHEN WE ARE DISCOURAGED IT CAN BRING ABOUT FEELINGS OF HOPELESSNESS ..... WHEN THE
DRUDGERY OF LIFE'S DAILY BATTLES ARE CAST UPON US IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOOK AHEAD AND SEE BRIGHTER DAY ..... OUR GOD , IN HEBREW HIS NAME IS TRANSLATED AS ELOHIM-YACHEL , IS THE " GOD OF HOPE " ..... HE DOES NOT WANT US TO SULK OR GIVE UP..... WHEN WE STUDY THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 15 VERSE 13 SPEAKS VOLUMES AS IT SAYS , " 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 . " ..... WHETHER WE ARE FACING A TIME OF DISCOURAGEMENT OR A SEASON OF HOPELESSNESS ,
OUR INSTRUCTIONS FOR TODAY ARE BEST TAKEN FROM THE BIBLE .....HERE WE FIND THESE WORDS NOT ONLY FLAWLESS AND TRUTHFUL BUT LIFE CHANGING AS WELL....................................SUMMER

BLIND TRUST and the ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE

HOPE IS WHAT TURNS BLIND TRUST INTO ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE......A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS IS WHEN WE GENUINELY PLACE OUR TRUST IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND HE GUARANTEES US AN ETERNAL HOME WITH HIM IN HEAVEN ...........HERE ARE SOME OF THE SCRIPTURES THAT VERIFY THIS TRUST AND GUARANTEE.....WE BEGIN WITH THE OLD TESTAMENT WHEN GODS WORD SAYS : "May YOUR unfailing love rest upon us , O LORD ,even as we put our hope in YOU ." PSALM 33:22 ......WHEN THE WORD HOPE IS TRANSLATED INTO HEBREW HERE IT IS SAID " YACHAL" WHICH MEANS "TRUST".......ANOTHER OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE WHERE THE WORD TRUST IS MENTIONED IS WHEN GOD STATES : "But now , LORD , what do I look for ? My hope is in YOU . " PSALM 39:7 ...... THE HEBREW DEFINITION OF THE WORD TRUST IN THIS LINE TRANSLATES TO THE WORD "TOWCHELETH" ROOTED IN THE MEANING OF EXPECTATION ...... FOR THOSE WHO CLAIM JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOUR THE SUBJECT MATTER OF HOPE IS FOUND NUMEROUS PLACES THROUGHOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT ......JESUS' WORDS RING TRUE WHEN SPOKEN THROUGH THE APOSTLE PAUL AS HE STATES : " the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of the truth , the gospel that has come to you ."COLOSSIANS 1:5 ...... THIS LIVING HOPE IS A DEFINITE GUARANTEE GIVEN BY OUR SAVIOUR JESUS ......FURTHER INTO THE NEW TESTAMENT WE FIND EVEN MORE TRUTH WHEN OUR BROTHER PAUL
REVEALS GODS' SINCERE PROMISE : "a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life , which GOD , who does not lie , promised before the beginning of time , and at HIS appointed season HE brought HIS WORD to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of GOD our SAVIOUR ." TITUS1:2-3
......TO ASSURE US OF THIS HOPEFUL ETERNITY GOD OFFERS HIS GRACE TO EACH AND EVERY MAN , WOMAN AND CHILD WHO TRULY ACCEPTS IT .....THIS UNDESERVING MERCY IS OURS COMPLETELY FREE BECAUSE OF JESUS' WILLINGNESS TO ATONE FOR OUR SINFUL NATURE BY DYING ON THE CROSS AND RESURRECTING INTO HEAVEN .....CAN WE COUNT ON THIS HOPE BEING REAL ? ......WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURES , GOD SPEAKS THROUGH THE BELOVED APOSTLE JOHN WHEN HE STATES : " I write these things to you who believe in the name of the SON of GOD so that you may know you have eternal life . This is the confidence we have in approaching GOD : that if we ask anything according to HIS will , HE hears us . " 1JOHN 5:13-14.......ARE WE ABLE TO CLAIM THIS GUARANTEE OF ....... WE PRAISE OUR LORD IF SO
........ AND IF NOT , THEN THIS MAY BE THE MOMENT THAT GOD HAS ORDAINED JUST FOR THAT PURPOSE......... SO AS TO CLAIM THE HOPE THAT TURNS BLIND TRUST INTO ABSOLUTE
GUARANTEE ...............................................SUMMER