Nothing Defeats Hope

                                        Psalm 31:24
                         "Be of good courage, and he shall
                              strengthen your heart, all ye
                                  that hope in the Lord"

        What is it about "Hope" that makes it so important?  Why did Jesus put it up there alongside faith and love?  Maybe it is as simple as this:  Even when it is fragile and desperately clung to, hope is the expectation that what is wanted can be had.  Hope believes that events will turn out for the best, that there is a secure future, that good will prevail.
        Where there is "Hope" there is life.  Never more than now do we need to be hopeful.  Hope rises above hard times, the perception that our society's values are eroding and the war this country has gone through, and is still going through, "Yes we need "Hope to rise above these things.  If you hope, you will inspire another to hope, and than others will follow.  Hold fast to hope and make it contagious.  Confide your deepest hopes to God, believe that He will hear them and deliver back what is best for you.  Nothing defeats hope.   Amen!! 

                                  May God Bless You
                                   And Your Families

                                                 Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
                                                 The Cross Life Ministry