Author: Tammy Phillips

By Tammy Phillips
January 22, 2024

“But thanks [be] to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1Co 15:57 NKJV)

For the last seven years the Lord has given me a word for the Year.  He may have done it all my life and I did not listen, nor pay attention.  The word is my guiding theme for the year.  It is what I usually write about to begin the year.  However, this year has been different.  He gave me a reoccurring word for December and January.  I could not ignore it because I was hearing it multiple times a day.  I still am.  If you have not read prior blogs for January, the Lord has been calling, “COME TO ME!’ (Read here if you missed… COME TO ME  and YOU ARE INVITED

This morning I read,  “To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”( Revelation 2:7 )

In an instance He wove the word. “COME TO ME,” together with my 2024 word. I heard Him as clearVICTORY: My Word for 2024 as a doorbell, “You have to come to me before you can OVER COME or in other words, see the VICTORY. Victory is the word he has given me for 2024. BAM!

There is no true VICTORY in life unless we come to Him!

He is the Savior who saves.
He is the Helper who helps
He is the Deliver who delivers.
He is the Healer who heals.
He is the Provider who provides.
He is the Victor who gives the victory.

“See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The LORD GOD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.” (Isa 12:2 NLT)

“Victory comes from you, O LORD.”(Psa 3:8 NLT)

“You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies.” (Psa 44:7 NLT)

“My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.” (Psa 62:1, 7 NLT)

“The LORD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him–my father’s God, and I will exalt him!” (Exo 15:2 NLT)

“Do not be afraid of them,” the LORD said to Joshua, “for I have given you victory over them. Not a single one of them will be able to stand up to you.” Jos 10:8.

I was so excited to hear my word for the year was “VICTORY.” What a great way to start the year, the month, even the day, standing in victory. However, and that’s a big HOWEVER, victories do not come without battles. Some battles may be easy, and some may be more difficult. They are still battles leading to victory. Know that battles are coming. Good news! He goes before us, is always with us, “but thanks [be] to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1Co 15:57 NKJV)

I enCOURAGE you, “therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”(1Co 15:57-58 NKJV)

Every time we come to Him; He gives us the strength for the battle that leads to victory in Him.   

2024: VICTORY!

 

By Tammy Phillips
January 17, 2024

I know in this post I was supposed to be sharing my Word for 2024. I believe it is more important to continue to share the word the Lord has unceasingly spoken to my heart since the beginning of December until today. I did not post on Monday because quite honestly, I was listening to the Lord. I was asking Him “the what and how” of this letter to you.

Thank God for praying friends. As I was trying to write to you this morning, my lifelong best friend texted me at 5:10 AM, “How can I pray for you today?” She is so good about always asking. My response:

Back at you! How can I pray for you? Funny you should ask. I have heard a simple message. OVER AND OVER AND OVER again!!! I went back to my journal and recorded on an excel spreadsheet the number of times I have heard “COME TO ME” since the first of December.

“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Mat 11:28 NASB20).

And, “I AM COMING SOON” (Rev 3:11, 22:7, 22:12, 22:20)

Whether it be through Bible reading, multiple authors, devotionals, texts, emails, a billboard, songs in church or on the radio or sung to me, YOU NAME IT… God has used it! Want to guess how many times I have heard the Lord inviting me to come? (The different occurrences do not include the multiple times in the invitation.) In 43 days, I have heard it 75 different times intertwined with the message of how very much God loves us and WHO HE IS.

It is the gospel message BUT…I am bumfuzzled! I know our Heavenly Dad wants me to crawl up in His lap and marinate in His presence because He has been in relentless pursuit of me. I know He wants me to live and pursue Him as passionately as He pursues me. However, it is an invitation to ALL.

It has been hard to express in words His resolute pursuit, His love, the magnitude of who He is and what He wants for us because of His great love. My prayer…the people in my sphere and really the whole world will answer Him by picking up the phone and answering His call, by an RSVP TO HIS INVITATION!

Friend, during these 43 days, I have actually wondered if I was dying or if He was coming that soon. My heart is full to bursting! I believe it is his heart for the world!

Last week, I was like I hear you LORD, I really do, but I am not getting it a 100%.  I pray. I read Your word every day. I am in Your presence. I am Yours but what do you mean? What are you saying? 

I was out running some errands and Ci Ci Winans song, Hunger, came on the radio. I marinated in the lyrics. I finally got my answer. I jotted this note to the Lord:

“I get it Lord. I see what you are doing.

You want me to hunger for You the way you hunger for me. You want me to surrender to You the way your surrendered for me. You want me to relentlessly pursue You like you pursue me. You want me to love You the way You love me. That is why your keep saying, “COME.” LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

Ps. I hear you also say, ‘Take sin seriously! It breaks your heart.’”

I enCOURAGE you to RSVP to the Lord’s invitation of “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Mat 11:28 NASB20).

Please take sin seriously! He sent His only Son to pay for our sins and mistakes. It was so costly to Him, yet He warmly invites, “Come. Crawl up in my lap and spend eternity!”

by Tammy Phillips
January 8, 2023

“Come and listen to my counsel. I’ll share my heart with you and make you wise.” (Pro 1:23 NLT)

2024! Hello!  We welcome you because we know that you will be one for the books. I am excited about the year because the Lord has given me a GREAT guiding word that I cannot wait to share with you all. Before I share mine, what is yours?  Have you asked the Lord for a “word,” or has He thrown one in your lap?  A word for the year is a theme.  It is kind of like a cheer for a football team. It encourages and guides one through the year with its ups and downs. It’s a word God speaks to your heart to bring you into wisdom as needed. After the last thirty days, you, if you know me, and I might think that my word is “come.”  It was definitely a theme for December and the beginning of January.  Guess what?  God is God and He can give you a word for a month, too! 

So COME…if you don’t have a word and ask God for yours, He will answer.

Last week Intercessors for America posed this question to their followers, “What verse inspires you to keep showing up to the battles God has called you to in 2024?”  I shared my guiding verse with them.  They shared the above graphic which included my verse.  They had others continue to contribute and then put out the below graphic.  Wanted to share a graphic of exactly what I was talking about. 

I enCOURAGE you to ask for your word from the Lord.  He will share His heart with you and make you wise.

Viva Magenta: Live. Breathe. Be…looking for your word.

123123 COME TO ME

“But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. … “I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.” (John 5:40, 43 NKJV)

For weeks, I have been hearing  the Lord say COME over and over again!

• Come,now.
• Come up higher.
• Come to me.
• Come.

Yesterday, I read a devotional and there it was again…

“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

As we drove into downtown Memphis yesterday, I was sharing the devotion about “COME TO ME”  with a friend via email, I looked up and there was Matthew 11:28 again, high in the sky on a billboard.

No sooner did I see the billboard, which Kris did not, and out of nowhere, he started signing, “Come Unto Me”by Charles P. Jones, pub.1908

Come unto Me, I will give you rest;
Take My yoke upon you, hear Me and be blest;
I am meek and lowly, come and trust My might;
Come, My yoke is easy, and My burden’s light.

What in the world?  In amazement I could only respond, “I hear You Lord!”  When I have heard His voice so clearly for two weeks saying, “Come!” I have no other choice but to come and follow Him.  I also have the duty to share with you.  How simply and easy a call for me to share with you TODAY…”123123 Come to Me!”

“Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live.” (Isa 55:3 NKJV)

“Come to Me, all [you] who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”(Mat 11:28 NKJV)

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, come and follow Me. (Mat 16:24 NKJV)

“On the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.” (John 7:37 NKJV)

“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Heb 4:16 NKJV)

I enCOURAGE you to hear the call of Jesus, “COME TO ME!”  Jesus came so that we could come to Him and have life.  All year I have declared to you, “VIVA MAGENTA:  LIVE. BREATHE. BE.”  Live the magenta colorful life. Live, breathe and just BE.  We can only truly live our very best life by coming to Jesus. He is life, love, and breath.  “COME TO ME,” Jesus.

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come into him and dine with him, and he with Me. (Rev 3:20 NKJV)

No kidding, my Bible reading this morning:

“And behold, I AM COMING QUICKLY, and My reward [is] with Me, to give to everyone according to his work. ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, [the] Beginning and [the] End, the First and the Last.’” (Rev 22:12-13 NKJV)

by Tammy Phillips
December 25, 2023

Cesar Augustus, the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, reigned during a really dark and evil time in Israel. The darkness was a lot like our present day circumstance. Cesar was a dude who thought he knew it all. He sent out an Executive Order; big brother wanted to know who and where you were! He wanted money! And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. Everybody went to be taxed, EVERYONE into his own city, even nine month pregnant Mary!

Joe went up to Judea, not to New York City, but to David’s City, Bethlehem… from Galilee from his hometown, Nazareth.  He was a descendant of King David, you know.  He had to drag Mary along with him a top some animal. The ride alone would have been so hard.  She was about to pop because she was so pregnant.  It wasn’t long after they arrived that she told Joe: “IT’S TME!” It was probably the 80-100-mile hike, the 4-7 day walk, that put her into labor.  You know that girl had to be worn out.  Joe forgot to make reservations at the Holiday Inn-Bethlehem.  Everything was sold out.  There was a big crowd in Bethlehem to be taxed.  You know how crazy the post office is on tax-day.  Bethlehem was buzzing just like that. “No Vacancy” signs were everywhere.

Mary had sweet baby Jesus in the only place they could find…a cave in the ‘hood. They didn’t have barns, fyi.  (Light brought into darkness.  God Almighty laid aside His Glory and appeared on the scene as a baby.)  She had her first son, her first child, away from home.  She probably left his onesies in Nazareth, so she wrapped him up like a peanut with what she had.  She swaddled him and laid him in a manger, hewn out of the rock. You know, the things that farm animals ate out of.   He came to the earth just like he left the earth, all wrapped up and lying on a stone.

Out in the county there were some shepherds minding their business.  They were sleeping out in the field taking care of their animals, so no harm would come to them.  Out of the darkness, “kabam-shazam,” out of nowhere, a HUGE angel appeared.  He had to be at least 20 feet tall.  He showed up from nowhere.  The mega angel lit up that whole field like sunrise over the ocean.  It nearly scared the farmers to death. They were shaking in their boots. The angel roared, “DON’T BE AFRAID!”   Look!  Listen!  I am bringing you GOOD NEWS!!!  You have hit the lottery.  It is going to make you so HAPPY.  Everybody is! It’s good news for everybody.  It is the BEST NEWS. Today. T-O-D-A-Y!  In Bethlehem…Are you ready for it?  Our Savior has been born, the Savior of the World.  He is here!  Christ the Lord is here! Our Savior, our deliverer…from Greek word “sozo” which means to save, keep safe, and sound, to rescue from danger, to save from perishing from disease, to make well, heal, restore, doctor/healer when you need him, restorer to health from the oppressor (you know the one who tries to harm and hurt you, the one who tried to keep you beat down).  

Feel like you’re missing something?  The Savior will complete you.  
Anxious? He says don’t worry!  
Sick? God has no big problems!  
Need something?  He is more than enough!  
Lonely? He will never leave you nor forsake you?  
Need a constant in your life?  He will never change.  He always has been, always is and always will be.  
Want to do well? He has the keys to the kingdom. His name is I AM, I WAS, I always will be.  HIS NAME IS CHRIST, the anointed.   He is smeared all over, bathed-in, like suntan oil at the beach…it was/is all over Him to be who He was and is supposed to be.  He was/is furnished with all necessary powers to perform his position with duties as assigned by God.

The LORD, the man of the hour, has power for decision making.  He gets things done.  He is supreme.  He has it all under control.  He is our Savior for such a time as this.  He is our SOZO now.  LIFE IS NOW.  He is not a fire policy.  He is the Son of God and he is here.

A child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace (the Chief of Completeness) – Isaiah 9:6

Get it?  I AM is here!

This is the sign. You can find the Savior of the World wrapped in swaddling clothes and he is lying in a M-A-N-G-E-R.  (A manger? The king is in a manger?)  Don’t miss the sign boys.

The heavens could not stand it anymore- the good news!

Bam! The angel’s back-up singers the Heavenly Host (Heard of them?  They were a popular group with God) I mean I am talking a platoon, a troop of hosts showed up and put on a show.  They were praising God and rocking the stage saying:

“Glory to God in the highest. Peace on Earth. Good will to men!” You could probably hear them all the way in Nazareth.  After the field concert (And Luke Bryan thought this was an original idea?), the Angel of the Lord & the Heavenly Host – poof- they jetted back to heaven in an instant.  

The Sheps chatted and thought it might be a good idea to let the flock hang out and for them to head on to Bethlehem.  They wanted to see what all the fuss was about.  I mean the Lord had dropped a concert in the middle of the field in the middle of the night to let them know the good news.  Talk about virtual reality.  The Sheps sped to Bethlehem. 

Lo and behold!  Surprise!  Surprise! Surprise!  Can you believe it?  They found Mary, Joe and sweet lil’ baby Jesus lying in the manger.  After they saw BABY JESUS, they went and told everybody about it!   Anyone that would listen, heard the story.  They didn’t go to bed for days.  Everybody they told wandered in AMAZEMENT.  You can see them just shaking their heads.

Mary was just blown away.  She kept quiet and to herself.  She thought…I birthed the King?  He’s lying in a manger?  The Savior of the world?  After the long journey, the labor, it was too much.  She just kept all this to herself and let her thoughts just circle in her tiny little brain. It was just too much to process.

The Sheps! They just kept on partying. Glorifying, praising, singing to the top of their lungs to God.  What a story, a Glory Story of the Savior of the World!

Merry Christmas!

by Tammy Phillips
December 19, 2023

“A joyful heart makes a cheerful face…” (Proverbs 15:13 CSB)

Joy is an inner contentment.  
Happiness is outward expression.

Joy is in the heart.  
Happiness is on the face.

Joy is in the spirit.  
Happiness is in the soul.

Joy is.  
Happiness happens.

Joy is deep and overflowing.  
Happiness is brief and fleeing.  

Joy is a deliberate and intentional choice.  
Happiness is accidental and random.

Joy is chosen.  
Happiness is pursued.

Live joy. 
Enjoy happiness.

“A joyful heart is good medicine… “ (Proverbs 17:22 CSB)

I encourage you to simply… choose joy.  Be joyful.  Smile often, and laugh lots. 

VIVA MAGENTA: Live. Breathe. Be joyful. 

 

 

by Tammy Phillips
December 17, 2023 

“I know that nothing [is] better
for them than to rejoice,
and to do good in their lives,
and also, that every man
should eat and drink and enjoy
the good of all his labor—
it is the gift of God.” (Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 NKJV)

I have seen “MERRY AND BRIGHT” everywhere since I read this verse.  I could only laugh when I saw the words on a big sign in our hotel lobby!  I have seen them on shirts, mugs, ornaments.    I cannot seem to run away from “MERRY AND BRIGHT.”

What does this phrase have to do with Ecclesiastes 3:12-13?  Glad you asked.   It comes from a treasure hunt of the word “rejoice.”   Early in life, I would ask my stepfather what a word meant.  He would curtly say, “Look it up!”  I do not know if it was because he didn’t know the answer or because he wanted me to grasp its meaning.  I have learned to love the treasure hunt in discovering the definition of words in the Hebrew and Greek.   There is usually an explosion of light and significance in the words.  For instance, “rejoice” is the  Hebrew word, samah, which means be glad; cheer up; be merry; brighten up. You got it.  Rejoice means “Be MERRYAND BRIGHT!”

“A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance…” (Proverbs 15:13 NKJV)

Solomon, said to be the wisest man ever, declared that nothing is better than to be merry and bright!  He also followed that statement up with do good in your lives, eat drink, and enjoy what you have worked for.  Do good; eat, and drink.  Be merry and bright.  God expects and want us to work hard.  The fruit of that labor is to enjoy life.  It our choice.  We can choose to be merry.  We can choose to be bright, or we can choose to be a fright.  “Merry and Bright” are gifts of God and ours for the taking. 

Why do you think we say, “Merry Christmas?”  We encourage others with our words.  We urge others to enjoy the season and to celebrate Jesus.

“‘A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You’ was the verse that was shown on the first commercially available Christmas card in 1843. Christmases had been merry long before.  The use of ‘Merry Christmas’ as a seasonal-salutation dates back to at least 1534, when, on 22nd of December, Bishop John Fisher wished the season’s greetings in a letter to Thomas Cromwell, recorded in Strype Ecclesiastical memorials, 1816):

‘And this our Lord God send you a Merry Christmas, and a comfortable, to your heart’s desire.’” (https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/merry-christmas.html)

I enCOURAGE you not to get caught up in the nonsense of the season.  We just have to keep focus on the reason, Jesus!  Spread the joy.  Enjoy your gifts!  Share you gifts!  Share Jesus! Be MERRY & BRIGHT!  And don’t forget, “Merry Christmas!”

“A merry heart does good, [like] medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.” (Proverbs 17:22 NKJV)

(2021)

by Tammy Phillips
December 11, 2023

“Peace be with you.” (Jhn 20:19 NKJV)

“Peace be with you.”  Those are weighty words to write after our city has been devastated by tornadoes.  I listened to siren after siren and warning after warning go off Saturday in our city.  The tornadoes laid a path north and south of us. 

One friend of ours came face to face with a tornado.   Another friend’s husband and children witnessed it go by their property.  Their neighbor recorded it. Praise God! They and their prayed-over-property were unharmed.  All the while that same friend whose family witnessed the whirl was 20 miles away awaiting the storms to pass with her mother.  Another friend’s employee lost a seven-year-old son. My heart breaks for his parents.   One death was way too many but this storm claimed six as of now.  How can I so easily say, “peace be with you?”

When Jesus returned from the dead, the disciples were hiding in fear for their lives.  The Jews and Romans had killed Jesus.  Why would they not be next? The first thing he said standing in the middle of them, “Peace be with you.”  In those four words He spoke peace to them, but it was like He  was also saying, “Here, I am. Peace in the form of a man is with you.”

“Then, the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” (Jhn 20:19 NKJV)

Peace is not a feeling.  Peace is a person. His name is Jesus.

“For He Himself is our peace.”  (Eph 2:14 NKJV)

Peace is the answer! Jesus is the Prince of Peace!  Jesus is the answer in the only answer before the storm, in the eye of the storm, and after the storm. 

Peace in the Hebrew/Greek means whole; health; complete; safe; sound; prosperity; wellness; quiet.  Jesus said: 

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (Jhn 14:27 NKJV)

Jesus is  the peace who calms our troubles and take away our fears when the storms of life roar around us. He was born, died, and paid with his life to be our Prince of Peace.

“For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isa 9:6 NKJV)

“Surely, He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows…But He [was] wounded for our transgressions, [He was] bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace [was] upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.” (Isa 53:4-5 NKJV)

Peace is not a feeling.  Peace is a place. 

“You will keep [him] in perfect peace, [Whose] mind [is] stayed [on You], Because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, [is] everlasting strength.” (Isa 26:3-4 NKJV)

Peace is a place in Jesus.  When we abide in Him, He keeps us in perfect peace, no matter what is going on around us or what we are going through. 

Peace is not a feeling.  Peace is a blessing. 

 The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace. (Psalm 29:11 NKJV)

When life boils around us,  how comforting it is to know that God will strengthen and bless us?   It is His word. It is His promise.  And He promises to bless His people with peace and strength to do get through anything.

 Hello? As followers of Christ, you, and  I, We are his “people.”  We have this comfort in turmoil, storms, sickness, death and in life…

“The Lord is near. Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”  (Phl 4:5-7 CSB)

His peace is outside the realm of understanding but it the very best place to be. 

I enCOURAGE you with these words, “PEACE BE with YOU!”  Jesus be to you!  Let Him in.  He is peace… Wholeness! Completeness! Health! Safety! Security!  Soundness!  Prosperity!  Wellness! Harmony! Order! He is the calm in the middle of the storm.  Please pray for our city, the first responders, but most of all  those who have lost… so very much. 

“Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord [be] with you all.” (2Th 3:16 KJV)

“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.”  (2Pe 1:2 KJV)

VIVA MAGENTA:  Live. Breathe.  Peace be with you. 

 

 

By Tammy Phillips
December 05, 2023

“Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God…The help of my countenance and my God. “(Psalm 42:5, 11; 43:5 NKJV)

We are blessed to have dishwashers in our homes.  Repeat after me.  We are blessed to have dishwashers. However, loading and unloading the thing is a necessary task that does not bring me great joy.  I made a choice to turn the chore into any enjoyable event. I use the time as an opportunity to chat with Lord, friends and family.  Recently, I was taking advantage of dish time to talk with a friend and she questioned, “what is hope?”  Can you see my thinking cap go on? 

David repeatedly encouraged himself in his depression by saying, “Hope in God! Hope helps my frown turn upside down!”  (My interpretive version of the focus verses above.)

Joel 3:16 says, “The LORD will be the hope of his people.”

So, I first responded, “Jesus!”  Then, I continued, “Faith is believing God is who He says He is, has done what He says He has done, and will do what He says He will do. He keeps His word and His promises. So…hope is…hang on…”

 I looked up the definition of hope in Hebrews 11:1, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Our convo continued, “Hope defined is the PATIENT, JOYFUL AND CONFIDENT EXPECTATION OF GOOD.  Bam! Drop the mike!” She had been hearing from God and preaching to me: “Expect from God!  We need to expect!”  She was right. Hope in God. Why pray, if we do not expect an answer?  When we pray God’s word back to Him, the Bible says, “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive [them], and you will have [them]. (Mark 11:24 NKJV)

David also repeatedly said in Psalm 119, “I hope in Your word.”

⁸¹My soul faints for Your salvation, But I hope in Your word.
¹¹⁴ You [are] my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.
¹⁴⁷ I rise before the dawning of the morning, And cry for help; I hope in Your word.
¹⁶⁶ LORD, I hope for Your salvation, And I do Your commandments.

Hebrews 10:23 states it differently: “He who promised is faithful.”

Our hope, our patient, joyful and confident expectation of good, is in Him and His word. God’s word said it.  We believe it. Hope expects it.

Let’s look at Hebrews 11:1 blown up with what we have found…

Faith is believing God is who He says He is, has done what He says He has done, and will do what He says He will do. Faith is the substance, confidence or foundation of things hoped for, the patient, joyful and confident expectation of good…

I enCOURAGE you to HOPE IN GOD!  Have confident expectation of good in Him.   Remember, when you put dishes in the washer, you do not wish them clean.  You expect that washer to do what it promises, right?  God is greater and more faithful than that old washer.  He will perform His promise!   

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13 NKJV)

(Repost from September 2020)