Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:8-9
Some quick thoughts today. One of the things that can rob us of hope is
what we listen to. If the only news you
get is the local news, you will lose hope.
If the only music you listen to is full of dark themes, you will begin
to see the world as a dark place. Those
are obvious. But our hope ebbs away
naturally if we aren’t actively feeding it.
Further, we live in a culture where you have to work intentionally at
feeding hope. There is so much negativity
and conflict in the messaging we receive daily that the voices of hope are
sometimes hard to hear. We have to
intentionally seek them out.
So I read about the hopeful things
in magazines, audiobooks, kindle books, print books, blogs and social media – wherever
I can find them. I am a scavenger of
hope. You should be too. Your hope needs fuel.
Obviously, there is nothing more
hope-filled than scripture. If you read
nothing else every day, read scripture.
I do wish for you to read, listen to, interact with more than that. Look for content that helps your hope to
grow. Feed your hope.
Prayer: Lord, feed our hope. Show us the places we
can go to see our hope increase and give us a desire to keep going back to
those wells. Amen.
Prayer Focus: Pray for people who are paralyzed by fear
right now.
Song: Bob Marley (Redemption Song)
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