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PROVERB OF THE DAY (Proverbs 11) 1. Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight. 2. When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom. 3. The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them. 4. Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death. 5. The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way aright, But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness. 6. The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust. 7. When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish, And the hope of the unjust perishes. 8. The righteous is delivered from trouble, And it comes to the wicked instead. 9. The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered. 10. When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; And when the wicked perish, there is jubilation. 11. By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. 12. He who is devoid of wisdom despises his neighbor, But a man of understanding holds his peace. 13. A talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter. 14. Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety. 15. He who is surety for a stranger will suffer, But one who hates being surety is secure. 16. A gracious woman retains honor, But ruthless men retain riches. 17. The merciful man does good for his own soul, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh. 18. The wicked man does deceptive work, But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward. 19. As righteousness leads to life, So he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death. 20. Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their ways are His delight. 21. Though they join forces, the wicked will not go unpunished; But the posterity of the righteous will be delivered. 22. As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So is a lovely woman who lacks discretion. 23. The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24. There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty. 25. The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself. 26. The people will curse him who withholds grain, But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it. 27. He who earnestly seeks good finds favor, But trouble will come to him who seeks evil. 28. He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous will flourish like foliage. 29. He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, And the fool will be servant to the wise of heart. 30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise. 31. If the righteous will be recompensed on the earth, How much more the ungodly and the sinner

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1. The opening of the scriptures from the cravings of the tongue of the Word of God. 2. The craving of the mouth of the Word of God is the language of the Word of God. 3. The Word of God opens his mouth according to the detailed descriptions of his Body. Listen to The Kitchen on Amazon Music. Apple podcasts. Audible. Deezer. Spotify https://shows.acast.com/the-kitchen/episodes/6a7d9b9791cf66ecf8f24360 #foodmoneyshow #bodyoftheword #moneymindset #worldwide #churchonline #money

The Kitchen Newsletter By Omodolapo Ogunye Good day, Welcome to The Kitchen, where we explore, prepare and serve the contents in the Body of the Word as the delicacies of God—to create the form of the Father on the earth, to make the earth in His likeness, and to take charge of the economic destinies of nations for God. Relax, and let's journey through the scriptures to see the Body of the Word. THE WORD HAS A BODY The Bible opens a remarkable window into the identity of the Word in Revelation 1:1–2, 12–17. John hears a voice behind him. When he turns, he sees seven golden lampstands and, among them, someone “like a son of man.” Then John begins to describe what he sees. He sees the robe. He sees the golden sash. He sees the head and hair. He sees the eyes. He sees the feet. He hears the voice. He sees the right hand. He sees the mouth. He sees the face. John was not simply receiving an idea. He was seeing the living Word in bodily form. This is why the revelation of the Word is so important. The Word of God is not merely a collection of spoken statements. The Word has a Person, and the Person has a Body. And this Body is the revelation of the invisible God. Hebrews 1:3 says that the Son is “the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being.” Colossians 1:15 calls Him “the image of the invisible God.” The invisible God is made knowable through the Body of the Word. When you see the Body of the Word, you are seeing the image of the invisible God. THE SCRIPTURES TESTIFY OF THE WORD This is why Jesus gives us an important principle for reading Scripture. He says in John 5:39: “These are the Scriptures that testify about me.” The Scriptures therefore do more than provide moral instructions, historical accounts or religious information. The Scriptures testify about the Word. They testify about His Person. They testify about His Body. They testify about the members of His Body. They testify about the contents of His Body. They testify through descriptions, symbols, shadows, prophecies and revelations. This explains why John is instructed in Revelation 1:19: “Write therefore what you have seen, what is now, and what will take place later.” There is a divine timetable for revelation. Things seen in Scripture can contain realities that God intends to make known at appointed times. This makes the study of the Body of the Word more than an examination of biblical imagery. It becomes an investigation into what God is presently revealing through His Word. Jesus further explains the ministry of the Holy Spirit in John 16:15: “He will take from what is mine and make it known to you.” And in Revelation 2:7, the church is told: “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” The Spirit takes from Christ and makes Christ known. So when the Scriptures are opened from the perspective of the Body of the Word, we are listening for what the Spirit is revealing concerning Christ. THE BODY IS WHITE Consider one of the first detailed descriptions John gives us. “His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow.” — Revelation 1:14 Notice that John describes the head and hair, but the revelation goes beyond the physical member being described. The description reveals something about the character of the whole Body. Daniel saw a similar picture in Daniel 7:9, describing the Ancient of Days with clothing white as snow and hair like pure wool. Song of Solomon also uses Lebanon as a description of His appearance (Song of Solomon 5:10, 15). Why white? Scripture repeatedly associates whiteness with purity and cleanness. God says in Isaiah 1:18: “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” So the Body of the Word is presented as white like wool and white as snow. It is a Body without contamination. A Body without blemish. A Body without impurity. Everything that proceeds from the Body of the Word carries the character of the purity of God. This becomes important when we consider another description of the Body. THE BODY IS FOOD Jesus makes a startling declaration in John 6:51: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. This bread is my flesh.” Then in John 6:55: “My flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink.” Here, the Body of the Word is directly associated with food. Now put the Scriptures together. The Body of the Word is described as white—clean and pure. The Body of the Word is also described as food. Therefore, we can see the Body of the Word as the clean food of God. This idea does not suddenly appear in the New Testament. It has been foreshadowed throughout Scripture. THE PURE OFFERING In Malachi 1:11, God declares: “In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name.” There is a prophetic picture here of pure offerings being brought to God among the nations. What are these pure offerings? The revelation of the Body of the Word gives us a way of understanding them as the contents and detailed descriptions of the Body—the delicacies presented to God. Song of Solomon 7:13 says: “At our gate is every delicacy.” The imagery of the gate and mouth can be connected with Psalm 141:3, where the mouth is associated with the gate of the lips. The picture is compelling: the Body of the Word contains the delicacies of God. The Father is not presented as receiving just anything. He receives what is pure. He receives what is clean. He receives what belongs to the Body of the Word. THE DAILY FOOD OF GOD This becomes even clearer in Numbers 28:1–7. God instructed Israel concerning offerings that were to be presented at appointed times. They were described as food for His offerings, made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. There were specifications. The animals had to meet particular requirements. The grain had specifications. The drink offering had specifications. This was not an arbitrary system. It was a shadow pointing toward a greater reality. The animals used in the offerings came from the category of animals regarded as clean under Leviticus 11. The lamb, bull, goat and ram became part of the sacrificial system. The message was clear: what was presented as food to God had to meet God's standard of cleanness. This points us back to the Body of the Word. If Christ says His flesh is real food (John 6:55), and His Body is described as white as wool and snow (Revelation 1:14), then the Body of the Word is revealed as clean food—food without contamination, impurity or blemish. Even the bread of the Presence placed continually before God (Exodus 25:30) participates in this larger biblical picture of bread being presented before God. The shadows point toward the reality. The reality is the Word. The reality is His Body. WHAT DOES GOD WANT TO BE FED WITH? This raises a provocative question: What does God want to receive from the earth? The Scriptures repeatedly use the language of food, bread, offerings, sacrifices and delicacies in relation to God. But the greater revelation is not merely about physical animals, grain or drink. These things were shadows. The substance is found in Christ. The Body of the Word is the meat. The Body of the Word is the bread. The Body of the Word is the drink. The Body of the Word is the pure offering. The Body of the Word is the clean food of God. And this gives us a different way to approach the Scriptures. We are not simply searching for verses to support our ideas. We are searching the Scriptures to discover the Person of the Word and the contents of His Body. Jesus said the Scriptures testify of Him. So the question is no longer simply, “What does this verse say?” A deeper question emerges: “What does this Scripture reveal about the Body of the Word?” And when that Body is revealed, the delicacies of God are made known. This is the journey of The Kitchen—to explore, prepare and serve the contents in the Body of the Word as the delicacies of God. The revelation of the Body of the Word is not merely information. It is food. And the food is clean. It is the pure offering of God. Amen. Listen to The Kitchen Podcast by Omodolapo Ogunye on Audible, Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music and Apple Podcasts. 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Guidelines for living. September 11th, 2026 Guidelines To Find Meaning for Your Life Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." Luke 12:15 "My husband and I have been listening to you for a long time," writes a friend of Guidelines. Omitting the very complimentary things she then wrote, she continued: "We have been ever evolving in our spiritual walk and find ourselves at a painful standstill, not knowing how to proceed." The letter tells the story of so many today. As the years pass by, your life gets more complex. Increasing demands are made on your diminishing time and energy. More seems to be better. Going to the bottom line, she wrote, "Every day ... we talk about...how we can go to the next level of serving the Lord. We are being called but do not know how or which way to proceed in this matter. When you are surrounded by everyone that acts like it means something to move to a bigger house, have your kitchen redone, or win a soccer game, I acquiesce and painfully give in and follow the masses. We truly are living lives of quiet desperation." In the moments that remain on today's edition of Guidelines, ponder the following thoughts that can make a tremendous difference - ones I constantly strive to follow personally. Guideline #1: Prioritize. You can't do it all. You can't have it all. You can't be all things to all people. Like it or not, you've got to decide what is important in your life. This, of course, includes the upward perspective. What is my purpose in life? Does God have something new, something different, something valuable for me to yet accomplish which isn't going to get done with the grind and routine I have right now? Guideline #2: Authenticate. This means draw the line in the dirt and step across the divide of being driven by your culture: buying things you don't need, doing things you don't want, even saying things because everybody else is saying the same thing. Being different is not always being better. But being authentic and genuine means you are in the company of the few - not the masses. Guideline #3: Simplify. I'm thinking of a group of middle-aged adults who got fed up with the commercialism of "having more and more." They decided to pledge to each other that with the exception of food, medicine, and toiletries, they would buy nothing new for six months. Was it a challenge? You know it was. The six-month experience lasted a year and changed their lives. One of the books that has influenced my life is Richard Foster's Freedom of Simplicity. The media and the constant bombardment of ads have brainwashed us into living beyond our means, unhappy and frustrated without the newest of everything. So sad. Guideline #4: Purify your thought life. Take time to fast and to seek God's will for your life. Friend, it is never too late to redeem your future, whether it may be many years or a few. Wash away the acid of commercialism by touching the lives of hurting people. Give away the junk in your closet or garage and refuse to refill the same space again. Guideline #5: Refocus and reconnect. If you've lost your first love, strive to regain it. Rekindle the spark that you had when you were first married, dirt poor, but madly in love with each other. Walk through the woods alone, look at the stars, meditate on God's greatness and His love for you. Determine you will no longer walk the broad path to the shopping center but find the narrow one - the one less traveled on - which brings peace and contentment. It's not an impossible quest at all. Corrie ten Boom was right when she said we ought not to hold onto our possessions so tightly because it hurts too much when God pries them out of our hands. Resource Reading: Luke 12:13-21

Bible Verse of the Day. Psalm 121:1-2 God the Help of Those Who Seek Him A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. NKJV.

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Present Truth # 11 The Perfect Law of Liberty. Law Brings Harmony. The Boston Tea Party was a historic event which triggered the outbreak of the war of independence between the American colonies and England. The unreasonable restrictions connected with the taxing of the tea trade prompted the stand of the early American pioneers who said “Give me liberty, or give me death.” Without true liberty, life becomes a living death. Yet there is always a tendency to shun all restrictions under the guise of liberty, when in reality it is rebellion against law in preference to license. To uphold laws which protect our rights, property, and a pure moral life is to truly live under laws of liberty. The harmony of all created beings depends upon perfect obedience to the law of the Creator. Not only for all living matter and creatures, but of all motions of inanimate matter and planets, God instituted laws for order and government. The law of God is as perfect and sacred as the Lawgiver. It is a revelation of His will, a transcript of His character, the expression of His love and wisdom. Everything is controlled by laws, which cannot be disregarded without impunity. But, while everything in nature is governed by natural laws, people have more responsibility, in that they are subject to God’s moral law. The Lord has given to us ability and wisdom to understand His requirements and the justice of His law and to comprehend the sacred claims of His Law. No government can exist without laws, and wherever anarchy rules, there is chaos and suffering. We are only too well acquainted with lawlessness in our present age. In its wake follows violence, and destruction of life and property, all with the cry of “freedom.” But what constitutes true liberty? The Law of God - Changeless and Perfect The whole universe depends upon God, who upholds and sustains all that exists by His unchangeable natural laws. If these laws were changeable all would be in chaos, science would be meaningless and we would not be able to trust God or His word. But these laws are eternal and unvarying as He is Himself. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James 1:17. “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:48. If God could change, He would cease to be perfect. Although all things around us are subject to change, our heavenly Father is a God of love, eternal, and changeless. “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1 John 4:8. How wonderful to know that He who is love has given us a set of rules to live by, for our happy, contented coexistence. Opportunity is given to live the perfect fullness of life without fears while we dwell in God’s presence. God’s Moral Law Is Perfect “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.” Psalm 19:7. Even as natural law is unchangeable, so moral law cannot be changed. In Psalm 119 God’s moral law is described as “pure,” “the truth,” and “righteousness.” This being the very nature of God Himself, indicates that the moral law is a transcript of His nature. “The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.” Psalm 111:7, 8. “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” James 1:25. True Liberty Is in Obedience It is strange that so many professed Christians claim that the law of God has been abolished. The law of God is often denounced as a yoke of bondage. Yet it is the lawbreaker who is deprived of liberty. This is true with respect to civil law and it is just as true with respect to the moral law. Therefore, James in chapter 1 verse 25 refers to God’s law as a law of liberty. “If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” James 2:8-12. God’s Law Existed Before Moses At creation man was perfect, without a trace of sin, and God gave him the power of free choice to obey. The only restriction was concerning the tree of knowledge of good and evil. When the first pair disobeyed God, they lost their perfect liberty and happiness which had been enjoyed up to that moment. They became subject to Satan. They lost the pure character which they had previously possessed. Even though they desired to continue to live in the garden, they could not do so. They had become subject to the fallen human nature, unable to obey God’s commandments and unable to retain their harmony with God. “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Romans 6:16. If it had not been for the plan of salvation which placed enmity in the heart against their own human nature (Genesis 3:15) there would have been no hope for the human race. True freedom depends on perfect willing obedience to the law of God. When people disobey God they become "vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart is darkened'' (Romans 1:21). The knowledge of God’s law was passed down from Adam and Eve to after generations. Abraham, who lived after the flood, but well before the law existed in written form, was well acquainted with the commandments of God. “Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” Genesis 26:5. Jesus, our Saviour, was charged on many occasions by religious leaders of His day, of changing the law of God. What was His answer to these charges? “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:17-19. The fulfilling of the law was further clarified when Paul expounded the magnitude of the Ten Commandments. “Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8. Who Is the Lawgiver? The first written record of the law of God was given to Moses on Mount Sinai. God regarded His law so sacred that He did not entrust to human scribes the writing of His law, as He permitted with all other Scripture (2 Peter 1:21). He spoke the law Himself and wrote it on stone with His own finger (Exodus 20:1; 32:16). The Lord identified Himself as the Deliverer of His people: “I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” Exodus 20:2. Jesus is and ever was present with His people because His interest is bound up with theirs. “In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.” Isaiah 63:9. “And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.” 1 Corinthians 10:4. Right in the heart of the law, He reveals Himself as the Creator: “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:11. We read further of Him in John, chapter one: “All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.” John 1:3. Christ is revealed here as the Creator. The apostle Paul wrote: “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.” Colossians 1:16. Who is our Deliverer, symbolized by the deliverance from Egypt, or Redeemer from sin? “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21. Just as Jesus led His people, Israel, out of the land of bondage, so He delivers those seeking to be freed from the bondage of sin. It becomes more and more evident that Jesus is the great Lawgiver. How Can the Law Be Kept? We saw that Jesus came to deliver us from the bondage of sin. What is sin? “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” 1 John 3:4. If sin is transgression of the law, then the keeping of the law must be the very opposite of sin. The term used in scripture is “righteousness.” The apostle Paul refers to the law of God as “holy, and just, and good” (Romans 7:12). This holy law is the standard by which everyone shall be judged: “So speak ye and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” James 2:12. Paul speaking of our fallen nature, sums up the problem of the sinner: “For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.” Romans 7:14. And if we are carnal, or slaves of our sinful natures, we have no hope of standing in the judgment. “For the wages of sin is death.” Romans 6:23. How then can an imperfect, unholy person keep a perfect, holy law? They can not. “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” Romans 8:7. Here is where Jesus comes in! He has promised to take from us our carnal nature and replace it with His own spiritual nature. “. . . I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their heart: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.” Hebrews 8:10. In faith, we may surrender our sinful hearts to Him, and lay hold of His righteousness. This tremendous change in a person’s life is called “the new birth.” Our hearts are filled with gratitude, and love for our Saviour, and for God’s principles as embodied in the royal law of liberty. “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” 1 John 5:2-4. Liberty! A freedom realized when we truly love God and find His commandments are not grievous. “Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:10. The Law of God 1. Love to God “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3. “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.” Exodus 20:4. “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.” Exodus 20:7. “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:8-11. 2. Love to Man “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” Exodus 20:12. “Thou shalt not kill.” Exodus 20:13. “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” Exodus 20:14. “Thou shalt not steal.” Exodus 20:15. “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.” Exodus 20:16. “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour’s.” Exodus 20:17. Friend, where do you stand, will you follow the world or will you choose God’s Law of Liberty and live your life for Him?

The Story Behind the Hymns. THE STORY BEHIND "THOU WHOSE ALMIGHTY WORD" “Thou, Whose Almighty Word” is a powerful Christian hymn celebrating God’s creative power and the coming of spiritual light into a world of darkness. The hymn was written by John Marriott (1780–1825), an English Anglican clergyman, and was first published in 1813. Marriott wrote the hymn as a meditation on the opening words of Genesis “Let there be light” and the work of God in creation. Each stanza moves through a different manifestation of divine light. The first recalls God commanding light to shine over the darkness of creation. The hymn then turns to Christ as the Light of the World, asking God to bring spiritual illumination, peace and salvation to humanity. The hymn became especially associated with the Epiphany and missionary worship, reflecting the Christian belief that Christ’s light is meant to reach all nations. Its majestic language and prayerful character have also made it a lasting favourite in Anglican and other Christian traditions. At its heart, “Thou, Whose Almighty Word” is a prayer that the God who once brought light out of darkness would continue to bring truth, hope and spiritual light into human hearts.

Brenda Walsh Ministries We Have Hope. The expression “I hope so” is often said in response to someone trying to reassure us that everything is going to turn out fine. But as Christians, we know that our “hope” is backed up with the power of God’s promises, and there is nothing “iffy” about that! God is a “sure thing,” and we can always count on Him to keep His Word! Sadly, there are people who put their hope in all the wrong places and end up despondent and disillusioned. They learn the hard way that there is only one place to put our hope, and that is in Jesus Christ. Because of His sacrifice on Calvary, we have hope! God is faithful and trustworthy, and He will do what He says He will do! We can count on Him 100% of the time to comfort, strengthen, guide, heal, and forgive. The Bible says in Isaiah 40:31, “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” No matter what trial or struggle we are going through . . . with God, we always have hope! Text: Lamentations 3:21-25, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Jeremiah 29:11