Matthew 24
Hope that out of Suffering Comes New Life!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church. Today is Tuesday, April 14
Have I ever told you that my wife is a rock star? She is and for many reasons… I remember when Kimberly gave birth to each of our three children… natural childbirth with very little to no pain meds. I will never forget the intensity of what she went through as I held her hand, loved her through her suffering, and watched in awe and reverence the miraculous audacity that is childbirth. The full embodiment of pain, the waves of intensity, the sheer determination of creation to give birth to new life. I’ll never forget…
In Matthew chapter 24, verse 8, Jesus summarized His teaching about the signs of the end times, “All these are the beginning of birth pains.”
Jesus’ tells us all these things in Matthew 24 to give us HOPE in the face of it all! Jesus tells us in advance so that we will not be surprised when life is more like a dystopian novel and less like a happily-ever-after Disney fairy tale.
Faith in Jesus allows us to go through the most painful of human experiences with HOPE! Let us look upon all that is happening in life with a victorious mindset, remembering that God is taking painful circumstances and making something beautiful out of them.
Creation is groaning, new life is coming… HOPE in GOD, the GIVER OF ALL GOOD GIFTS!
Seize the moment and keep your eyes fixed on the HOPE of new life that is being birthed through our times of pain and suffering! Consider sharing this message of hope with at least one other person today.
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God is with us!