FROM THE KEYBOARD

Hope in Christ will get you to stand up even if the whole world is telling you to stay down and shut up. You see, hope in Christ alone is the anchor that holds us and emboldens us. "This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil" (Hebrews 6:19).

When you're living for Jesus, you can expect haters to surface. As a result, learn to keep your eyes on Him and you will not have ears for them. "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" (2 Timothy 3:12).

The world will do everything it can to keep you from hearing the voice of God. Because the moment we stop hearing from God is the moment we stop living for God. "Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it" (Hebrews 2:1).

When we look to a changing world, such a shaky view will shake our faith. But when we look to an unchanging God, such a steady view births a stable faith. "Look to the Lord and His strength; Seek His face evermore!" (Psalm 105:4).

Because of the blood of the life of Christ, the Church is the lifeblood of society. And that's why the Church MUST speak up for life and liberty, at all costs! "But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry" (II Timothy 4:5).

Biblical illiteracy leads to spiritual bondage. You see, to not rightly divide the truth of the Word is to eventually be divided by the lies of the world. "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15).