Pray the Hardest, when it is the hardest to pray

             Dear Daddy,                      As I am sitting here looking at hope in my life, I just want to thank you for Hope. It was You clothed as Hope to get me through the changes of my life. You made me a girl that doesn't like changes so I could see the Hope in You. Don't know what you have planned for the future but apparently it has needing Hope in it. Why would I be learning about Hope my 1st year of marriage? With You, though, I can handle it!                    In Jesus' name, Amen

       Hope can mean so many things. We usually want something when we say it but it means so much more. We have Hope in Jesus. We can look at Him at anytime. Hope is good and bad. In the darkness and in the light. No better time to see that then at Easter and through my dad. There was no mistake that my dad was born in the month of Easter. The month of Hope. The way I look at it. He needed all the hope he could get in his lifetime. From raising 4, no wait, 6 kids to all the cancers he had. He needed something to hold on to. Never thought about it but hope is probably what gave him the strength for everything. He kept having more that he hoped to see with his 6 kids. Hope that he had enough strength to see evry one of his children grow up. Hope to make it through his drs. Degree with 4 children during the summers because he knew he needed to do it for them. Hope that he would be the 1st to graduate from college in his family even with dylixa. A heard time reading. Ho...

Easter 2023 message 3 truths: -Jesus paid our sin debt in full -we have a cross to bear -buried and rose again 1 Cor. 15:3-4 3 truths about Resurrection: -no grave could hold Jesus down -join him in His Resurrection being a new person - 1 Cor.15:58 -the whole 15th chapter -most detailed about the death of Jesus -Eph. 2:8-10

That your confidence in Jesus will grow stronger. That your love will grow deeper. -Jesus isn't an influencer but He is my identity. -Jesus isn't a disruptor but He is a Completer. -Pilate saw Jesus as a question to be avoided. Jesus is the defining answer. What you believe about Jesus is the most important and impactful decision you will ever make. What will you do with Jesus who is Christ tommrow?- Ask everyday We want Jesus to be our rescuer but He came to be our Savior. When God is working, lean in. God is Hope and Grace and Life. This Easter and always!