Keep Your Christian Hope Strong - KEEP YOUR HOPE STRONG

 It is not always  easy to keep our hope strong.  We might become impatient while we wait on God. However, Jehovah is eternal, and his view of time is different from ours. (2 Peter 3:8, 9) He will work out his purpose in the best way possible, but he may  not act when we expect him to. What can help us to keep our hope strong as we wait patiently for God to fulfill his promise? - JAMES 5:7, 8. 

We will keep our hope strong if we remain close to Jehovah, the one who guarantees  our hope.  In fact, the Bible closely links hope to faith that Jehovah exists and that he is "the rewarder of those earnestly seeking hi." (Read Hebrews11:1, 6.) The more real Jehovah is to us, the greater our confidence will be that he will do all that he has promised.  Let us consider  practical ways to deepen our relationship with Jehovah and thus keep our hope strong.

Pray to Jehovah, and read his Word.  Though we cannot see Jehovah, we can draw close to him.  We can speak to him in prayer, confident that he will listen to us.  (Jeremiah 29:11, 12) We can listen to God by reading his Word and meditating on it.  As we read how Jehovah cared for those who were loyal to him in the past, our hope will grow ever stronger.  Everything in God's Word was "written for our instruction, so that  through our endurance and through the comfort  from the Scriptures we might have hope." - ROMANS 15:4. 

Next time: Keep Your Christian Hope Strong - KEEP YOUR HOPE STRONG - Conclusion

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