Gospel Hope and the Advent of Jesus, 12/3/24

If you are struggling to have hope this Christmas because of your life circumstances, remember with your brothers and sisters in Christ the many spiritual reasons we can hold onto hope. Romans 5:8-13 says, "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." We can ask the Lord to give us the gift of hope because He can make it abound in our lives. We can be confident of this because He is the God of hope, it's His will that we would be filled with joy and peace which leads to faith, if we are in Christ we have the presence and person of the powerful Holy Spirit, we have the promises of God, and we have the first coming of Jesus to look back on and the future, second coming of Jesus to look forward to. Be encouraged to hope and, when needed, to ask for the gift of hope.