We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order. The Bible tells us that God did not originally make the world to have disease, hunger, and death in it. Jesus has come to redeem where it is wrong and heal the world where it is broken. His miracles are not just proofs that he has power but also wonderful foretastes of what he is going to do with that power. Jesus’ miracles are not just a challenge to our minds but a promise to our hearts that the world we all want is coming.
Hope
William Gurnall
Let this encourage those of you who belong to Christ: the storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary. The clouds that are temporarily rolling over your head will pass, and then you will have fair weather, an eternal sunshine of glory. Can you not watch with Christ for one hour?
Katherine Walden
Hold on, do not stop praying. Do not stop believing that the same God that Daniel cried out to is the same God to whom you cry out. Angels are already on assignment to see the fulfilment of your prayer. But you must hold on! Continue to contend for yourself and your family. Contend for freedom over cities and nations. Trust God that the help you need is in transit and is on the way even as you read this. God has already started the process. In fact, He started the very first time you prayed. (Daniel 10) But you must hold on in faith even as you cry out to God for the strength to hold on.
Michael Maiden
Your soul needs hope the same way your lungs need oxygen to survive. We cannot be healthy without hope. When hope walks out, fear, discouragement, depression, anxiety and other hurtful things walk in. Hope is heaven’s healing antibiotic that kills the virus of fear. Have hope.
Ray Johnston
Maybe you’ve been in some places or gone through some years where the best view is in the rearview mirror, but hope has no hindsight. We never hope backwards. We always hope forward. Hope connects us to our future and determines that future.
Samuel Rutherford
Christ and His cross are not separable in this life; howbeit Christ and His cross part at heaven’s door, for there is no house-room for crosses in heaven. One tear, one sigh, one sad heart, one fear, one loss, one thought of trouble cannot find lodging there.
Ray Johnston
What Elijah did when he lost hope. We also do when we lose hope. Elijah deeply discouraged made things worse by doing five things in rapid succession. All of them disruptive. He started making rash unhealthy decisions. He ran from responsibility. He blamed other people. He completely lost perspective. He gave up too soon. How do you deal with discouragement? It is a very important question to ask.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Look up, you whose gaze is fixed on this earth, who are spellbound by the little events and changes on the face of the earth. Look up to these words, you who have turned away from heaven disappointed. Look up, you whose eyes are heavy with tears and who are heavy and who are crying over the fact that the earth has gracelessly torn us away. Look up, you who, burdened with guilt, cannot lift your eyes. Look up, your redemption is drawing near. something different from what you see daily will happen. Just be aware, be watchful, wait just another short moment. Wait and something quite new will break over you: God will come.
Paul Manwaring
We show people the dawn before people can see the dawn for themselves.
Samuel Logan Brengle
Consecration and faith are matters of the heart, and the trouble with most people is there; but, no doubt, there are some people whose trouble is with the head. They fail to get the blessing because they are seeking something altogether too small.