I will pour out my Spirit on all people … your old men will dream dreams. (Acts 2:17 NIV)
Darkness often overwhelms the elderly, but it need not be so. God surprises His people with His light.
And hope does not disappoint us… (Romans 5:5)
God also surprises us with hope.
We do not need to age in hopelessness.
Teilhard de Chardin said of the Christian life, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience…
Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. (Deut. 31:6)
How great is our need to continually live in the presence of the Lord. He has…
We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 1:2–3)
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the…
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new…
And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened. (Mark 6:51–52)
On the heels of feeding the 5,000, Christ separated himself from the disciples…
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22–23
The Lord has placed many “new starts” in creation, and they serve to remind us that in Christ all…
But I am poor and needy; make haste to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay.
Psalm 70:5
How is the believer poor? What makes him needy?
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to me. You are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
Matthew 16:23