Imagine That 3
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What does a hopeful person act like?
“For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord and serve him with one accord.
From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering.
Hopeful people speak differently.
But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
those who are left in Israel; they shall do no injustice and speak no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”
The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall never again fear evil.
On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: “Fear not, O Zion; let not your hands grow weak.
Hopeful people live fearlessly.
Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
I will gather those of you who mourn for the festival, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
“he will quiet you by his love”
“he will exult over you with loud singing”
Hopeful people imagine God differently.
What is the largest book of the Bible?
What book of the Bible does Jesus quote the most often?
Songs in Luke
Mary’s Song (1:46-55)
Zechariah’s Song (1:68-79)
Angel’s Song (2:14)
Simeon’s Song (2:29-32)
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
