Live Out Our Hope
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1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Is our hope in Christ vibrant enough in our daily lives that the unsaved people around us would notice it? (On a side note, is our hope vibrant enough that other believers can sense it strongly in our presence? Or do we forget what hope we have, and live like we can’t see anything past our present problems?)
In a hopeless world, Christians have an eternal hope “as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast” that provides eternal security and perspective. God is calling us to live out that hope by sanctifying Him in our hearts and being ready to give an answer to every man that asks us. An Edith Henry original.
Additional notes: Below are some (not all) of the other New Testament Scriptures that played a role in the preparation of this lyric set.
Romans 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Romans 8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Colossians 1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.