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"A September Valentine Hopeful!"
by Peggie C. Bohanon, Writer and Webmaster of Peggie's Place!
It happened over 25 years ago and I remember it clearly--the TV movie I watched that night as a long-time single young woman. The movie related to the "singles" issue and was terribly hopeless and depressing. I finally slept and awakened in the middle of the night to stifling heaviness and oppression. The enemy of my soul taunted and harrassed in the darkness of that room, pointing to my own dark, dismal future--as though my life were a sequel to that late-night movie.Suddenly, as I called on the Lord, into my mind came three words of a Bible verse I didn't even know I knew--"Rejoicing in hope!" I had to look it up to find it (Romans 12:12), but I KNEW at that moment the Holy Spirit had entered that oppressive atmosphere to bring hope to His child in the middle of that dark night. How faithful our Lord is--and my future? It wasn't anything like the fate of the single girl in that awful movie. God had good things in store for me, better than I had ever dreamed.
So now it's September - no Mister or Miss Valentine in sight - or the one who came has up and GONE - and you expect me to have HOPE?! Your heart may be cold and broken--or warm and full. Whatever your circumstance, the Valentine for all time, Jesus Christ, is there to give you abundant love, joy and hope that passes anything the world can offer - and the offer is good for ANY day and ANY dilemma of the year!
Read the rest of this valentine devotional here! and know that for whatever reason you have lost hope, you can find it again in His Word! He loves you, especially in the middle of your hopeless situation and pain, whatever it may be, romantic or not!
"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God (Psalm 43: 5 KJV)."Devour God's Word for yourself! Dig deep until He speaks that Word into life in your very soul. When His Word comes alive within you, you can hold on to it. Know that the hope of God who will never fail nor forsake you. He holds your life in His safe keeping--you are in His loving care now and forever more. Be a September Valentine Hopeful today - you'll find there's a valentine of love, joy--and hope--in His Word for you this day and every day of the year!!--Copyright 2008 by Peggie C. Bohanon, Springfield, MO 65803.
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Today's prayer: "Lord, I bring to you the hopeless situation I face. You know the future--and it's NOT hopeless. It's a future of HOPE and JOY. Help me believe it, Lord, and may Your Word, Your Name and Your Spirit fill my heart this day. In Christ's Name, Amen."
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"The Triumph of Hope - Nehemiah Ministries
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My Child,You may not know me, but I know everything about you - Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up - Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways - Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered - Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image - Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being - Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring - Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived - Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation - Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book - Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live - Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made - Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb - Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born - Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me - John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love - 1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you - 1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your father - 1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could - Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect father - Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand - James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs - Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope - Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love - Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore - Psalm 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing - Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you - Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession - Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul - Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things - Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me - Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart - Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires - Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine - Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager - 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles - 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you - Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart - Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes - Revelation 21:3-4
And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth - Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus - John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed - John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being - Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you - Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins - 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled - 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you...1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love...Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my Son Jesus, you receive me...1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again...Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen...Luke 15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father...Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is...Will you be my child?...John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you...Luke 15:11-32
Love, Your Dad, Almighty God
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