5 Minutes of Hope

Initial launch on Wednesday, October 18th, 2017

INTRO

Hello Friend and welcome to the official launch of our new weekly Vlog/Blog, “5 Minutes of Hope”.

We HOPE to spend these few moments together sharing an uplifting and encouraging message of HOPE and inspiration! Once this video has aired, you will be able to read the transcript in the group: “5 Minutes of Hope”. Our goal is to visit with you EVERY Wednesday at this time to share the message of HOPE!

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

Right out of the gate we want to remind you that you are NOT alone. You may FEEL all alone. You may experience loneliness at certain times in your life BUT, you are NOT alone. Now … this NOT ALONE thought has two VERY important implications.

A VERY LARGE CLUB

First, MOST of us, if not all, have known despair. You are NOT alone. MOST of us, if not all, have been discouraged and down and even depressed at times. You are NOT alone. More than a few people have had their dreams shattered before their very eyes, lost someone we’ve loved who was VERY close and EXTREMELY important to us, failed miserably after we have honestly given it our BEST SHOT. You are NOT alone!

OUR ETERNAL HOPE

Secondly, this NOT ALONE thought leads us to someone who STRONGLY desires to be a part of your life so that you are TRULY NEVER alone. That someone is my BEST friend! No, NOT a religion or a church … although a GOOD church is a GOOD thing and it’s a GOOD thing to be involved and a part of a GOOD church. No sir! No ma’am! We are NEVER ALONE for our Lord and our Savior; Jesus Christ is ALIVE and HE is the HOPE of which we speak.

He is NEVER far from any one of us and once we invite Him INTO our lives to forgive us of our sin and take up permanent residence in our hearts and lives, He does JUST THAT! Christ paid for our salvation when He hung on the cross and the PROOF that God accepted that sacrifice is when He raised Him from the dead.

WORD

The apostle Peter stated: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1 Peter 1:3

GROWING IN GRACE

Friend, let me encourage you today. Whether you’ve recently accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior or have been in THE WAY for many years … Let’s invest some quality time TODAY meditating in His Word the Holy Bible and conversing with Him in prayer.

Project: Hope

And … speaking of TODAY … what if our project TODAY was … HOPE?

This short poem is called: Project: Hope

Project: Hope

Each one, reach one, with HOPE today.

When someone asks us — may we boldly say:

“My hope is built on NOTHING less

then Jesus’ blood and righteousness”

Dear Lord, you see — a world in despair.

Our mission: spread the hope … EVERYWHERE!

Dear Father today, cause us to realize that we are not alone. We have hope because we have a living Savior living within. Help us to gladly share this living hope with others. In Jesus Name I pray. Amen.

May you be FILLED with hope today and share it with others!