p class="MsoNormal"Hope./p
p class="MsoNormal"To the Christian, hope is the life after death, the life after the rapture, the life worth living with Jesus, after He changes our old lives for new ones with purpose and direction./p
p class="MsoNormal"To the Christian, we know there is someone worth living for, someone worth dying for, someone worth dreaming and caring for; someone to keep us going, to keep that hope alive, till it grows and grows until the beautiful reality of living in God's presence forever comes to fruition./p
p class="MsoNormal"And that someone is Jesus./p
p class="MsoNormal"He is the One who protects us, who holds us, who keeps us in check when the world as we know it crumbles around us, when people go dark, when Christianity tries to get stamped out by evil rulers and horrible laws, when morality crumbles and when it seems like the darkness wins, but not for long!/p
p class="MsoNormal"You read through the Bible, and human nature rears its ugly head and things get worse, progressively worse!/p
p class="MsoNormal"Purity is substituted for immorality, the truth of God's Word for lies, life for death./p
p class="MsoNormal"When we see death all around us, when life is being changed for a culture of murder and the killing of precious young pre-born lives, when we try to hide under the disguise of compassion and want to take out those who are weaker than us, who are ill, who need life and love and care, and we wonder why our world is a mess? We wonder why we are so lost and caught up in the web of pain and evil? We wonder./p
p class="MsoNormal"But in the darkness, there is still hope. There is still joy and peace and goodness and laughter. The light shines, lifting us out of our gloom and despair./p
p class="MsoNormal"God shines that light, getting us out of our prison cells. He removes our chains. And with gratitude we say, "The King is gracious! The King is worthy! The King is special and pure, good to those who don't even deserve it!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"So, let's be a culture of life, not death. Of truth, the truth of the Bible, not lies. Of hope, not coldness. Of purity, not immorality. I stand for pro-life! For life to all the pre-born humans. For wanting people saved and to remain alive, not for this culture of death to permeate our lives. the world tries to fling the arrows of death at us, to let us succumb to the lies of the devil, however there is hope!/p
p class="MsoNormal"To the Christian, hope is the life after death, the life after the rapture, the life worth living with Jesus, after He changes our old lives for new ones with purpose and direction./p
p class="MsoNormal"To the Christian, we know there is someone worth living for, someone worth dying for, someone worth dreaming and caring for; someone to keep us going, to keep that hope alive, till it grows and grows until the beautiful reality of living in God's presence forever comes to fruition./p
p class="MsoNormal"And that someone is Jesus./p
p class="MsoNormal"He is the One who protects us, who holds us, who keeps us in check when the world as we know it crumbles around us, when people go dark, when Christianity tries to get stamped out by evil rulers and horrible laws, when morality crumbles and when it seems like the darkness wins, but not for long!/p
p class="MsoNormal"You read through the Bible, and human nature rears its ugly head and things get worse, progressively worse!/p
p class="MsoNormal"Purity is substituted for immorality, the truth of God's Word for lies, life for death./p
p class="MsoNormal"When we see death all around us, when life is being changed for a culture of murder and the killing of precious young pre-born lives, when we try to hide under the disguise of compassion and want to take out those who are weaker than us, who are ill, who need life and love and care, and we wonder why our world is a mess? We wonder why we are so lost and caught up in the web of pain and evil? We wonder./p
p class="MsoNormal"But in the darkness, there is still hope. There is still joy and peace and goodness and laughter. The light shines, lifting us out of our gloom and despair./p
p class="MsoNormal"God shines that light, getting us out of our prison cells. He removes our chains. And with gratitude we say, "The King is gracious! The King is worthy! The King is special and pure, good to those who don't even deserve it!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"So, let's be a culture of life, not death. Of truth, the truth of the Bible, not lies. Of hope, not coldness. Of purity, not immorality. I stand for pro-life! For life to all the pre-born humans. For wanting people saved and to remain alive, not for this culture of death to permeate our lives. the world tries to fling the arrows of death at us, to let us succumb to the lies of the devil, however there is hope!/p