Arise and Build a CHRIST-HONORING FAMILY

But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. (Joshua 24:15b NIV)

A family that serves God together is a wonderful sight—not just in the eyes of people but especially in the eyes of God. So, let’s offer ourselves and our families to God, that our service would bring glory to Him.

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Arise and Build a LOVE-DRIVEN CULTURE

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. (Romans 13:8 NIV)

We all want to be debt-free. But there is one debt we ought to never pay: the debt to love others. Be they family, friends, neighbors, or even enemies, we owe it to them not just because God loves them but also because we ourselves, though undeserving, are recipients of God’s love. So, in this age of bullying, cancel culture, hostility, and hate crimes, let’s be the ones who spread and embody God’s love to all.

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Arise and Build a HOPE-FILLED TOMORROW

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.See, I am doing a new thing!Now it springs up; do you not perceive it ? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.(Isaiah 43: 18 – 19 NIV)

The new year is full of possibilities, of great what – could – be’ s.Because God Himself is making a way for us, even in the wilderness.But to take hold of this great tomorrow, we need to take action…We need to forget the former things and rise up from yesterday’ s sorrows…We need to look ahead and rise higher than yesterday’ s successes.So, let’ s take that step and do our part, trusting that God has already done His.

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A Glorious Hope

Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it! (Colossians 1:27, TPT)

Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, is God with us—the God of the universe in the form of man, who walked among us and who experienced thirst, hunger, pain, and even death. By being born into this world, God gave us the best present by giving us His very presence. The better news? Jesus Christ, who is God with us, can also be God in us—that is, if we, in turn, would give Him the best present: our presence. So, more than preparing a room for Him in our heart, let us give Him our very heart and allow Him residence therein.

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A Liberating Hope

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. (Luke 4:18-19, NIV)

Shackled by sin and the many other evils that bind—this is who we are. Or more correctly, were. Because Jesus Christ has already broken the chains of sin, He has already slayed death to pieces, and He has already bound every sickness, every disease, and every evil in this world. Let us receive our liberation and declare, ‘We are free indeed!’

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A Victorious Hope

But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume. (2 Corinthians 2:14, NLT)

Historically, being a captive trudging along in the triumphal procession of the victorious general meant being part of the defeated camp and thus, meant shame and humiliation. For Paul, however, because Christ was his Captor, he was following along in His triumphal procession not with shame, but with pride and joy. May we learn from Paul that being made captive by Christ is not our defeat, but our one true victory.

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A Persistent Hope

…always pray and never lose hope. (Luke 18:1, NCV)

There are times when what we are hoping for would not come to pass as easily as we want it to. It is during these times that we ought to pray… and pray… and pray. Even though the answer is far from sight, even when God does not seem to hear, and even when we no longer have the faith to believe. We ought to pray and persist in believing that God hears, God listens, God answers. Because He does.

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A Courageous Hope

The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? (Psalm 118:6, NIV)

Fears may assail us, but we face them head on. Because we know that on our side is the God who parted the sea (Exodus 14), sent fire down from heaven (1 Kings 18), silenced the hungry lions (Daniel 6), and toppled a giant (1 Samuel 17). This, and more, He has done and is able to do, so we say with the psalmist, “The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid.”

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A Healing Hope

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5, NIV)

We all are broken, sick, and in need of healing. Some of us require a pill, a medical procedure, or a surgery. But many others require a kind of healing no hospital could provide: relief for a troubled, uneasy mind, wholeness for a weeping, grieving heart, and solace for a tired, restless soul. For all that ails us—body, mind, heart, and soul—our hope is that Jesus is not just our Healer, He also is our healing. “By His stripes, we are healed.”

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An Unshakeable Hope

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:58, NIV)

Several forces try to topple us down: from the outside, a failing mark, a disconnection notice, a layoff letter; from the inside, insecurity, worries, doubts, and apprehension. But through all of these, we stand our ground and cling to God. We remain in the faith. We keep on loving God, serving God, and living for God. Because we know that though the earth may fail, God, the Immovable Rock on which we stand, never will fail.

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