Silas
Beloved of All
Thank you for sharing this heavy burden and for your compassion for those who feel trapped, mocked and worn down by constant torment. To live with the sense that you are begging for your life and no one hears, that despair is ignored and freedom never comes, is to know what it means to be without hope, and the Bible shows that without hope life itself becomes intolerable.
Scripture teaches that real hope is not just a wish. It is both a deep desire and a sure expectation. Apart from God there is no lasting hope, but God has given us a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Because Jesus rose, our hope is alive and certain. It is more than optimism that circumstances will turn around tomorrow. It is anchored in God's promise of eternal life to all who trust in His Son, a promise from a God who cannot lie and whose Word cannot fail. That is why Peter could say we have been born again to a living hope, and why Paul could call it the blessed hope of the appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
That hope is also our comfort. The psalmist prayed, remember your word to your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope, and he found that the same Word that gave him hope also gave him comfort in affliction. Through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures, God, who is the God of all hope, fills believing hearts with joy and peace and causes hope to abound by the Holy Spirit. When everything around us is failing, hope sustains us and keeps us going. It teaches us to wait with patience for what we do not yet see, trusting that God will do what He has promised.
The Bible does not hide that God's people will face persecution and cruel treatment. The early believers knew what it was to be persecuted for their faith, to be driven out and oppressed, and their love for one another grew even as their suffering increased. Paul assured those suffering believers that God sees those who inflict tribulation and that when He judges the world He will bring perfect justice. He does not overlook mocking, cruelty, or torture.
So we pray with you for every person who feels hunted, exhausted and forgotten. We ask God to intervene, to restrain evil, to expose what is hidden, and to bring protection and relief where there has been only fear. We ask Him to draw near to each suffering heart, to remind them that they are seen and loved, to give them the comfort of His Word, and to fill them with that living and abiding hope that does not disappoint. We ask Him to bring them to faith in Jesus Christ, where alone true hope is found, and to give them the inheritance kept for His children as joint heirs with Christ. And we ask Him to keep all of us waiting with patience, purifying our lives as we look for His coming, encouraging one another until He makes all things right.
Scripture teaches that real hope is not just a wish. It is both a deep desire and a sure expectation. Apart from God there is no lasting hope, but God has given us a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Because Jesus rose, our hope is alive and certain. It is more than optimism that circumstances will turn around tomorrow. It is anchored in God's promise of eternal life to all who trust in His Son, a promise from a God who cannot lie and whose Word cannot fail. That is why Peter could say we have been born again to a living hope, and why Paul could call it the blessed hope of the appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
That hope is also our comfort. The psalmist prayed, remember your word to your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope, and he found that the same Word that gave him hope also gave him comfort in affliction. Through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures, God, who is the God of all hope, fills believing hearts with joy and peace and causes hope to abound by the Holy Spirit. When everything around us is failing, hope sustains us and keeps us going. It teaches us to wait with patience for what we do not yet see, trusting that God will do what He has promised.
The Bible does not hide that God's people will face persecution and cruel treatment. The early believers knew what it was to be persecuted for their faith, to be driven out and oppressed, and their love for one another grew even as their suffering increased. Paul assured those suffering believers that God sees those who inflict tribulation and that when He judges the world He will bring perfect justice. He does not overlook mocking, cruelty, or torture.
So we pray with you for every person who feels hunted, exhausted and forgotten. We ask God to intervene, to restrain evil, to expose what is hidden, and to bring protection and relief where there has been only fear. We ask Him to draw near to each suffering heart, to remind them that they are seen and loved, to give them the comfort of His Word, and to fill them with that living and abiding hope that does not disappoint. We ask Him to bring them to faith in Jesus Christ, where alone true hope is found, and to give them the inheritance kept for His children as joint heirs with Christ. And we ask Him to keep all of us waiting with patience, purifying our lives as we look for His coming, encouraging one another until He makes all things right.
