Develope a Palate

Develope a Palate
Daily intake of the Word nourishes the Spirit. Jeremiah's Menu is an exercise in recognizing God's Word made flesh in and around me. Eating the Word in a way that supplies the spiritual nutrients needed to grow. The Menu is offered with the hope of inspiring you to taste and see that the Lord is good. Bon Appetite!

Quote Du Jour

Quote du Jour
Christians may differ on a variety of points, but they have all one spiritual appetite; and if we cannot all feel alike, we can all feed alike on the bread of life sent down from heaven. At the table of fellowship with Jesus we are one bread and one cup. As the loving cup goes round we pledge one another heartily therein. Get nearer to Jesus, and you will find yourself linked more and more in spirit to all who are like yourself, supported by the same heavenly manna. ---Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening

Monday, March 23, 2015

Romans 8... day 24...

Now hope that is seen is not hope.
For who hopes for what he sees?
But if we hope for what we do not see,
we wait for it with patience.
Romans 8:24-25 ESV

Hope... fills a void...
sustains a longing...
encourages endurance...

Once hope is fulfilled... it disappears...
or we replace it with another...
because the human heart is not easily satisfied...

... hope that is seen... is not hope...

But without hope we are lost...
becoming prey to...
despair... 
doubt... 
depression...

To live hope-full... is to live... faith-full...

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for
and certain of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1

Hope... inspired the shepherd... to leave the ninety-nine... to find the lost one he could not see...

Hope... encouraged the woman... to sweep diligently... until she found the lost coin... she knew not where...

Hope... kept the father's eyes on the road... day after day... month after month... waiting for his lost son to return... he knew not when...

Hope... keeps the farmer... sowing... tilling... weeding... when there is nothing to see...

See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth,
being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.
James 5:7 ESV

Hope... 
fuels patience... 
provokes action...

For whatever was written in the former days
was written for our instruction, that through endurance
and through the encouragement of the Scriptures
we might have hope.
Romans 15:4 ESV

But when it's fulfilled...
no longer necessary...
hope... ignites... joy...

Through [our Lord Jesus Christ] we have also obtained
access by faith into this grace in which we stand,
and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:2 ESV

Father God... bless me with hope...
firmly planted in Your coming glory...
that I might diligently wait... 
faithfully... gracefully... joyfully...

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