As we near the end of our series on Love in Action, today we're going to look at the role of hope in putting our faith into action.

You and I need hope more than ever. We need God to give us fresh vision for the work he's doing and will do in the world around

us. And we need him to empower us to share that vision with others, that our perspective would be

grounded in his goodness. May God fill us as his people with fresh hope in his presence today. Welcome to the

First 15 podcast.

Thank you. Our scripture for today comes from 1 Corinthians 13 verse 7.

Scripture says,

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Through Jesus, we have been afforded an anchor of hope.

Through God's promises of His presence now and total restoration in the age to come,

we can have peace in the midst of trials, joy in persecution,

and steadfastness when it seems nothing can go our way. First Peter chapter 1, verse

3 and 4 says, blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy,

he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ

from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.

As believers, we have an inheritance of boundless communion with our Heavenly Father.

And with this inheritance, we are called to share our hope with a lost and hopeless world.

The hope that's been freely given to you was not meant to be solely contained within you.

You have a testimony in Christ that has the power to transform lives.

1 Corinthians 137 says,

love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

You are called to hope for a better life for those around you.

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