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Hope is not Defered

Lamentations 3:19-24 (MSG)
I'll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I've swallowed. I remember it all—oh, how well I remember— the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there's one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:

Let's Talk It Out

Isaiah 1:18-20 (MSG)
"Come. Sit down. Let's argue this out." This is God's Message: "If your sins are blood-red, they'll be snow-white. If they're red like crimson, they'll be like wool. If you'll willingly obey, you'll feast like kings. But if you're willful and stubborn, you'll die like dogs." That's right. God says so.

THE GOD ORDAINED FAMILY

Colossians 3:18-21 (MSG)
Wives, understand and support your husbands by submitting to them in ways that honor the Master.

PURPOSEFUL

Jeremiah 29:11 (MSG)
I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out-plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.

Don't end up a Simon Peter

John 18:10 (MSG)
Just then Simon Peter, who was carrying a sword, pulled it from its sheath and struck the Chief Priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. Malchus was the servant's name.

Deuteronomy 12:32

Deuteronomy 12:32 (MSG)
Diligently do everything I command you, the way I command you: don't add to it; don't subtract from it.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

Ecclesiastes 12:14 (MSG)
And that's it. Eventually God will bring everything that we do out into the open and judge it according to its hidden intent, whether it's good or evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Ecclesiastes 12:13 (MSG)
The last and final word is this: Fear God. Do what he tells you.

Acts 4:13

Acts 4:13 (MSG)
They couldn't take their eyes off them—Peter and John standing there so confident, so sure of themselves! Their fascination deepened when they realized these two were laymen with no training in Scripture or formal education. They recognized them as companions of Jesus, but with the man right before them, seeing him standing there so upright—so healed!—what could they say against that?

Acts 4:14

Acts 4:14 (MSG)
but with the man right before them, seeing him standing there so upright-so healed!-what could they say against that?

Acts 4:15

Acts 4:15 (MSG)
They sent them out of the room so they could work out a plan. They talked it over: "What can we do with these men? By now it's known all over town that a miracle has occurred, and that they are behind it. There is no way we can refute that. But so that it doesn't go any further, let's silence them with threats so they won't dare to use Jesus' name ever again with anyone."

Acts 4:16

Acts 4:16 (MSG)
"What can we do with these men? By now it's known all over town that a miracle has occurred, and that they are behind it. There is no way we can refute that.

Mark 14:7

Mark 14:7 (MSG)
You will have the poor with you every day for the rest of your lives. Whenever you feel like it, you can do something for them. Not so with me.

Psalm 119:1

Psalm 119:1 (MSG)
You're blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by god. You're blessed when you follow his directions, doing your best to find him. That's right—you don't go off on your own; you walk straight along the road he set. You, god, prescribed the right way to live; now you expect us to live it. Oh, that my steps might be steady, keeping to the course you set; Then I'd never have any regrets in comparing my life with your counsel. I thank you for speaking straight from your heart; I learn the pattern of your righteous ways. I'm going to do what you tell me to do; don't ever walk off and leave me.

Psalm 119:2

Psalm 119:2 (MSG)
You're blessed when you follow his directions, doing your best to find him.

Psalm 119:3

Psalm 119:3 (MSG)
That's right-you don't go off on your own; you walk straight along the road he set.

Psalm 119:4

Psalm 119:4 (MSG)
You, God, prescribed the right way to live; now you expect us to live it.

Psalm 119:5

Psalm 119:5 (MSG)
Oh, that my steps might be steady, keeping to the course you set;

Psalm 119:9

Psalm 119:9 (MSG)
How can a young person live a clean life? By carefully reading the map of your Word. I'm single-minded in pursuit of you; don't let me miss the road signs you've posted. I've banked your promises in the vault of my heart so I won't sin myself bankrupt. Be blessed, god; train me in your ways of wise living. I'll transfer to my lips all the counsel that comes from your mouth; I delight far more in what you tell me about living than in gathering a pile of riches. I ponder every morsel of wisdom from you, I attentively watch how you've done it. I relish everything you've told me of life, I won't forget a word of it.

Psalm 119:10

Psalm 119:10 (MSG)
I'm single-minded in pursuit of you; don't let me miss the road signs you've posted.

Psalm 119:11

Psalm 119:11 (MSG)
I've banked your promises in the vault of my heart so I won't sin myself bankrupt.

Psalm 119:12

Psalm 119:12 (MSG)
Be blessed, God; train me in your ways of wise living.

Psalm 119:13

Psalm 119:13 (MSG)
I'll transfer to my lips all the counsel that comes from your mouth;

Psalm 119:34

Psalm 119:34 (MSG)
Give me insight so I can do what you tell me-my whole life one long, obedient response.

Isaiah 53:10

Isaiah 53:10 (MSG)
Still, it's what God had in mind all along, to crush him with pain. The plan was that he give himself as an offering for sin so that he'd see life come from it—life, life, and more life. And God's plan will deeply prosper through him.