Tag Archive | hope

Living By Faith

Jan19

What does it look like if I am crucified with Christ and I no longer live but Christ lives in me?

I live by faith. The one who is righteous by faith shall live.
Galatians 1:17; Romans 3:11

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.11.1.NASB1995

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.11.6.NASB1995

🌹For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?
Romans 8:24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.24.NASB1995

How am I living differently than the world because of my faith in Jesus Christ who lives in me?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Portrait 5, Seeks The Lord

Jan14

Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad. Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually. Remember His wonderful deeds which He has done, His marvels and the judgments from His mouth,
1 Chronicles 16:10-12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ch.16.10-12.NASB1995

Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.1.13.NASB1995

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.2.10.NASB1995

🌹. . . “May the good Lord pardon everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, . . .”
2 Chronicles 30:18-19
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.30.18-19.NASB1995

Portrait #1 Christ in You
Portrait #2 Walk in Him
Portrait #3 Take Up Your Cross-Self Denial
Portrait #4 A Crucified Life
Portrait #5 Seeks The Lord

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Portrait of a Christian

Jan7

Of this church I (Paul) was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints, to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is

Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Colossians 1:25-27 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.1.25-27.NASB1995

If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Romans 8:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.10.NASB1995

Whose righteousness? Christ, in you.
Are you alive in Christ?
Are you walking in the hope of Christ?
Do you have hope of the glory to come?

Portrait #1: Christ in you!

Jesus speaking to the Father:
🙏The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.
Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
John 17:22-24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.17.22-24.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

🌹Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

A Hopeful Faith

Oct9

Now faith is the assurance (substance) of things hoped for (expected), the conviction (evidence) of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.11.1.NASB1995

As believers in Jesus Christ, through His gift of salvation, we become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end. Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.
In hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? So let us with perseverance wait eagerly as we hope for what we do not see. Let’s look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Hebrews 3:14/Hebrews 3:6/Romans 8:24/Romans 8:25/2 Corinthians 4:18 NASB1995

🌹For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.5.1.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

¹ https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.3.14.NASB1995

² https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.3.6.NASB1995

³ https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.24.NASB1995

⁴ https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.25.NASB1995
⁵ https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.4.18.NASB1995

Mercy Toward Doubters

Sep24

And have mercy on some, who are doubting;
Jude 1:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jud.1.22.NASB1995

Everyone deals with doubt at one time or another, even believers who walk with Jesus. Take Peter for example, who was a disciple of Christ at the time Jesus walked on the sea. Peter got out of the boat to walk to Jesus. Peter’s focus was on Jesus until the wind picked up and he became frightened. Jesus, of course, reached out to save him and spoke these words, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?

Peter who stepped out in faith, was a disciple of our Lord, and yet he doubted Jesus.
Matthew 14:28-33

There are people in our churches today who doubt. Can we extend mercy to them and lead them to the assurance we have in our future because of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior?

They are lacking assurance of faith, living in worry for the day, focused on everyday life instead of Jesus and eternity.

🌹Let us show mercy to those who attend church, yet doubt. Let us extend mercy to all who doubt.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Dwell in The Love of God

Sep23

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
Jude 1:20-21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jud.1.20-21.NASB1995

Contend earnestly for the faith. Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, 
having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith. Just as you were instructed, encourage one another and build up one another, overflowing with gratitude. With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints while anxiously looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.
Jude 1:3/1 Timothy 6:12/Colossians 2:7/1 Thessalonians 5:11/Ephesians 6:18/Titus 2:13 NASB1995 

🌹so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
Hebrews 9:28 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.9.28.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Where is Your Hope Based?

May1

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.1.3.NASB1995

Are you living your life in the hope of eternity?

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.29.11.NASB1995

Is your hope based in your career or in the One who guided you to and in your career?

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.11.1.NASB1995

Does eternity play a part in how you hope for the things of this world?

and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.5.5.NASB1995

Do you live your life in hope for the next minute or for eternity?

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.15.13.NASB1995

We all have an eternity awaiting us. Will your hope be in Christ alone?

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;
Hebrews 10:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.10.23.NASB1995

🌹For You are my hope; O Lord God, You are my confidence . . .
Psalms 71:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.71.5.NASB1995

Is your hope found in Christ alone?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

My Portion

Feb10

The Lord is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
Psalms 119:57 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.57.NASB1995

“Portion” is written in several different translations as:

The Lord is my inheritance, my choice, my share in life, my everything, all I want, mine.

With the Lord as our portion how can we not desire, promise, to keep His word? How can we keep His word unless we feast on His word daily? How can we know Him as our portion without His word?

🌹“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.
Lamentations 3:24-25 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/lam.3.24-25.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Jesus, Never Changing

Dec31

My prayer and hope for you in 2025 is to believe and know that

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Hebrews 13:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.13.8.NASB1995

🌹Happy New Year!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Jesus: A Wonderful Gift

Dec6

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.15.13.NASB1995

For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.
Romans 8:24-25 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.8.24-25.NASB1995

🌹looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Titus 2:13-14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/tit.2.13-14.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org