TLIC FAMILY. DAY 179. JUNE 28: HOPE…FAITH…LOVE.

THINK TOGETHER

What is something that you are hoping will happen soon?

READ TOGETHER

Hope. Faith. Love.

These are three very important words in the Bible and three very important words in our lives when we believe in Jesus. Listen to how the Apostle Paul uses these three words here in Galatians:

Galatians 5:5-6. ⁵For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. ⁶For in Christ Jesus [the only thing that] counts for anything, is faith working through love.

When you have Jesus you have hope. Usually when we talk about hope, we are thinking of something that we are not sure will happen. Like “I hope I get to go to McDonald’s today.” But in the Bible the word hope means that we know that something will happen. When we have Jesus we know that he will always love us and will take us home to be with him. How can we know for sure? Because it is the hope of righteousness. Jesus has died for our sins and made us righteous, we now know for sure that he will take us to heaven with him. That’s hope.

When you have hope then you can have faith. Our faith comes from our hope. When we trust that Jesus will always love us and take us home to be with him, that’s called faith. Our hope is unchanging even though sometimes our faith changes from day to day doesn’t it? That’s OK because if you just have a little bit of faith in our great big God you will be saved. Remember, it’s never about how much faith you have, but about who your faith is in (Jesus).  

When you have Jesus you have hope, you have faith, and that faith can produce love. Love is what Jesus gives us all day every day. Love is what Jesus wants us to give to everyone else all day every day. When you have faith that you are loved by God no matter what, then you have nothing to fear and nothing to lose when you choose to be kind and nice to others.

Because of Jesus we always have hope.

With Jesus we can always have faith and love.

DO SOMETHING TOGETHER

Listen to the song Living Hope by Phil Wickham together.

PRAY TOGETHER

Jesus, you died for my sins and gave me hope for eternal life with God. Help me to trust you, love you, and love others too each day. Amen.