Revelation 2:10 (NIV)
10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I
tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you
will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point
of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.
In our day much of the world believes little or nothing.
People are broad but shallow. Agnosticism, anxiety, emptiness, meaninglessness,
have gripped much of the world—and even the church. Our youth are desperately
searching for a purpose and a meaning in their lives. They are searching for
fulfillment which they are not finding in sex and drugs. By contrast, our
Pilgrim forebears stand as shining examples of men who were narrow but deep,
certain of what they believed, unswerving in their loyalty, and passionately
dedicated to the God they trusted, and for whom they would willingly have died.
I say to you, more than 350 years after the Pilgrim Fathers landed in the New
World: Dream great dreams, embrace great principles, renew your hope, but above
all, like them, believe in the Christ who alone can give total meaning and an
ultimate goal to your life. “For in Him we live and move and have our being.”
Thought for today:
Do I take the opportunity to be the voice of hope?
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