Day 18 – (30th of January)
Hebrew’s 6 contains some of the best scripture with encouragement to HOPE! Our prayers, and this blog are all about securing ourselves and our faith in Hope! When you are waiting for your dreams to come true, it is challenging on some (most) days to maintain your faith, and continue to hope. I posted a few verses from Hebrews 6 with a prayer on November 22, and I think it is worth revisiting and praying today! (I added to the London Ladies’ prayers for today.)
9-12I'm sure that won't happen to you, friends. I have better things in mind for you—salvation things! God doesn't miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you've shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it. And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. Don't drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them. 13-18When God made his promise to Abraham, he backed it to the hilt, putting his own reputation on the line. He said, "I promise that I'll bless you with everything I have—bless and bless and bless!" Abraham stuck it out and got everything that had been promised to him. When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they'll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee—God can't break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. 18-20We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It's an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek. (Hebrews 6:9-20, The Message)
Prayer for your 10+ men (Hebrews 6)
- Leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity
- Be fruitful in their faith
- Continue to show love and help God’s people
- The men will have energy and intensity towards attaining a full-bodied HOPE, and they will hold onto it until the end.
- God does not lie, and we pray that the men will be like Abraham, stick it out, and receive everything that God has promised them!
- They will grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go! It is an unbreakable lifeline - and anchor for the soul.
Prayer for yourself:
We choose HOPE!
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:9-10)
Hold on, and Dare to Hope!
Expecting to be amazed ~
Barbara
© Barbara Nelson – 2012
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