Reading the Bible is great. Reading from it every day is even better! But we won’t gain much unless we think about what we’re reading. Check out the blog below, with a thought posted each week based on a reading from that week.
No provision
July 30, 2010
It's early morning, just before dawn. It's time to get up. Instead of an alarm clock, there is someone standing beside your bed. They're saying, "Come on, you know what time it is. It's time to get up!" What went on in the night is past. The party, the fight, the sleep. It's daytime, and a whole different set of behaviors is appropriate for the day.
Daily reading plan
There are many reading plans available - find one that works for you! Click here to download one plan, which takes you through the Old Testament once and the New Testament twice during a year.
Welcome
The Bible, and in particular the New Testament, has a great deal to say about hope:
- By God's great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ." (1Peter 1:3)
- "...in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago...awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ ...so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life." (Titus 1:2, 2:13, 3:7)
- "For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe." (1Timothy 4:10)
- "For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope." (Romans 15:4)
The Christadelphians of Champaign County have this kind of hope, and they want to share this Bible hope with everyone. Read how Scripture offers this hope to all people:
- "the one hope that belongs to your call" (Ephesians 4:4),
- "the hope of Israel" (Acts 28:20),
- "for hope in the promise made by God to our Fathers" (Acts 26:6),
- "having a hope in God ...that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust" (Acts 24:15),
- "we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him...we rejoice in the hope of sharing the glory of God." (Romans 5:1-2)
This website is designed to bring this "hope in God" to the attention of every viewer, and to encourage them to "seize the hope" that is set before them (Hebrews 6:18).