कष्टमा उज्वल आशा-३, पा. अरबिन पोखरेल

Background and Goal - The time we are facing now indicates that we live in a fallen world. Covid 19 Pandemic and its consequences have largely left us into brokenness, frustration, discouragement, confusion, uncertainty, losses, illness, death and we can keep on adding. No wonder, fear, anxiety, restless, and worry have began ruling our hearts. Thus, we are almost blind to see goodness, faithfulness, peace, grace, and kindness of our loving Father who has made available himself for us through His only Son Jesus Christ. Because of this, our desire to take part in public worship, our desire to serve people around, our desire to practice prayer, Bible study, fellowship, and our desire to preach and to live out the Gospel has become blur – in a sense we are losing our appetite. This is not so, because of the current situation alone but we have almost forgotten our hope which is rooted in the Person of Jesus Christ (death, resurrection and promises). Part of our problem is a resurrection amnesia – we have almost forgotten Christ’s resurrection therefore forgotten our hope(future). Hence, the goal of this series is to call church to its root, to the source of life and foundation – The Resurrection Hope, so that people of God shall be encouraged to serve the LORD and their neighbor joyfully.