Hope For Today Videos

Someone once said, “The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.” I like that. There are so many opportunities around us every single day – opportunities to encourage, to lend a helping hand, to just listen and be with someone who is struggling.  The list is endless.  Today we pray to recognize and use well the opportunities that this day gives us.

Anyone who has tried to break free from the harmful use of a substance or an addictive habit understands temptation. We all know how easy it is to lie to ourselves until we are convinced that something we have been yearning for will make us happy and help us solve all our problems – only to relearn that painful lesson that things only get worse, not better.  Jesus knows best of all how difficult it is to deal with temptation. He'll show us what to do to live above temptation.

We all have friends we don’t know what we’d do without – friends who have been there for us through thick and thin – friends we could turn to when we needed help and they’d be there for us.  The Bible got it right when it says: A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need. Proverbs 17:17

Prayers from the Psalms - great words to help us express our desire to know God and to come close to Him.

Jesus Christ has come to the world to be light, to show that truth could be revealed and displayed not just about our words and actions but about our motives. This is where goodness and safety is rooted.

I’m thinking about thinking today. What are we thinking?  What can we do about the thoughts that fill our minds? God’s word instructs us about how we are to think:

Here in the middle of winter I thought it would be good to consider  the topic of laughter and light heartedness. They are important to God because they are important to our well being. 

It's God’s heart that we have secure and peaceful dwelling places.  How do we know that?

Strong people with a true sense of their identity are often the gentlest souls in our community.  They don’t have to pretend to have courage in loud aggressive ways because they are confident in who they are and what they believe.

It’s Sunday, a day for worship and prayer.  A day to remember that God is with us and that we can face the future with confidence and joy because of the simple fact that God has promised to instruct us in the rig

Well, just a little more to say about goodness and good things coming our way when we wait.  It’s how we wait that makes such a difference.  Here’s a principle we can put into practice today that will move us in the right direction. Just for today I will adjust myself to what is and not try to adjust everything else to my desires. I will trust that God is working all things for good in my life.

Many of us have heard the saying, “Good things come to those who wait.”  This proverb reminds us that if we are patient and keep on doing what we know to do, we will eventually achieve our goal.