Proverbs 13:12 "Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life." (NIV)
"Unrelenting disappointments can leave you heartsick, but a sudden good break can turn a life around." (MSG)
Isaiah 40:27-31 records one of the first messages of comfort God gave to the disillusioned and chastened people of Israel.
It is a powerful message of hope.
Without hope, we lose sight of God blinded by our stormy circumstances despite countless testimonies of God's greatness and nearness, and gain a distorted view of God, inevitably drowning ourselves in self-pity arising from feelings of abandonment by God.
But with hope, we are renewed (our fallenness and weakness exchanged for His goodness and faithfulness); we can soar on wings like eagles (rising above our tumultous troubles); and, we can run and walk and not be faint (no longer seeking temporary "fixes" and thrills to keep our spiritual fervor).
Nakwon English Ministry's hope and vision is to be that "sudden good break" - that "longing fulfilled" - by serving as a beacon, a guiding light to that end of all hope which is Christ Jesus.
-from July 16th Sunday 2pm EM Service
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