Gedanken zum Vers des Tages

Hoffnung und Freude, das hört sich fantastisch an. Damit diese zwei Segnungen ein Teil unseres Lebens sein können, sind zwei Dinge unerlässlich. Zuerst müssen wir Gott vertrauen, dass er unsere Bedürfnisse erfüllt, um uns dorthin zu führen, wo wir sein sollen. Zweitens hegen wir die Erwartung, dass die Kraft des Heiligen Geistes uns segnet und mit göttlichen Qualitäten befähigt.

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Hope, joy, and peace sound terrific. The problem for us as mere mortals is that we live on a flawed planet with flawed people and tendencies to go to war with each other. How are we going to find hope, joy, and peace? We for sure won't find them in the sloganeering, the sappy marketing version of hope, joy, and peace we hear from people with simplistic solutions that don't work in the real world. We need answers from someone who has lived with the grit of the real world, experienced the highs and lows that mortality brings, and yet still managed to live with hope, joy, and peace. Oh yeah, that someone is Jesus, who loved deeply, gathered people to himself openly, blessed powerfully, and could calm raging seas or endure the worst kind of torture with grace and forgiveness!
Two moves are vital for us to find this kind of hope, joy, and peace:

  • First, we must trust our Father in heaven to meet us in our mortal struggles and get us where we need to be when we need to be there — like Jesus who lived on his Father's time (Galatians 4:4-6; James 4:13-17; John 2:4, 7:6-8, 12:20-26).
  • Second, we must expect the power of the Holy Spirit to bless, guide, and empower us to be like Jesus, who lived with hope, joy, and peace (2 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 5:22-23).

As we draw near to Jesus, the Holy Spirit will lead, guide, and fill us to overflowing with the hope, joy, and peace of God!

Mein Gebet

Großer und mächtiger Gott, segne mich mit einem tieferen Vertrauen, dass du mir nahe bist und dass du dich danach sehnst, mir zu helfen. Lieber Vater, segne und befähige mich dazu, die Person zu sein, die du dir wünschst. Fülle mich mit deinem Geist, damit ich mein jetziges Leben so führen kann, wie Jesus sein irdisches Leben lebte. Im Namen des Heilandes bete ich. Amen.

My Prayer...

Great and Mighty God, please bless me with hope, joy, and peace from the Holy Spirit as I follow Jesus as my Savior and Lord. As I follow Jesus, please bless me with greater trust that you are nearby and with me, helping me overcome life's trials and embrace life's blessings. Dear Father, bless and empower me to be the person you want me to be. Fill me with your Spirit so I may live my life more like Jesus. In the name of the Savior, I pray. Amen.

Die Gedanken zum Vers des Tages und die Gebete werden von Phil Ware verfasst. Fragen und Kommentare senden Sie bitte an phil@verseoftheday.com.

Today's Verse Illustrated

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Inspirational illustration of Römer 15:13

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