{"id":3374,"date":"2019-04-04T13:52:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=3374"},"modified":"2019-04-04T14:35:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T19:35:47","slug":"gods-blueprint-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/04\/gods-blueprint-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Blueprint for Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" <\/strong>Watercolor by artist: Marybeth Stafford<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When the rug is pulled out from under you; when life throws uncertainties and death lurks in every corner. When shadows surround you and evil stalks you and terror screams at you in the night\u2026when sleep mocks you\u2026and peace is only a word, found, somewhere far in the distance\u2026that\u2019s when you hold-on to hope\u2026<\/h6>\n
You hold-on to hope, because, hope is all you have\u2026<\/h6>\n
You hope that God is hearing your cries\u2026<\/h6>\n
You hope that all the pain and the anxiety will be over soon and you can live again\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope is a powerful weapon against the enemy of your soul\u2026<\/h6>\n
We don\u2019t hope as the world hopes\u2026they have no assurance and no personal relationship with the Savior, Jesus. So their hope is in vain\u2026their hope is an illusion\u2026<\/h6>\n
But our Hope is eternal and never ending\u2026our hope is immovable, set firm\u2026Our Hope is in the Lord!<\/h6>\n
It is a gift from God\u2026Hope says, there is a way out\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope says, even in this sickness, even in distress and this heart wrenching despair, I know I can trust Him\u2026for He does not lie\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope destroys the lies and brings truth\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope gives and does not take away<\/h6>\n
Hope restores faith to the soul so that we do not give way to panic and death<\/h6>\n
Hope makes alive<\/h6>\n
Hope saves<\/h6>\n
Hope transforms<\/h6>\n
Hope steady\u2019s the ship, being battered by the waves in the sea\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope gives courage even when our hearts shake in fear<\/h6>\n
Hope delivers and brings peace in the deepest darkest pit\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope is in the Lord Jesus Christ\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope says do not be afraid the answer is on the way\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope is God\u2019s word that is sharper than a two-edged sword\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope gives light, that chases the shadows away\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope is grace<\/h6>\n
Hope is Love<\/h6>\n
Hope is peace<\/h6>\n
Hope is praise<\/h6>\n
Hope is an anchor, stedfast and sure\u2026when tossed to and fro on the waves of confusion and doubt Hope says, believe and have faith in God\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope is our song of deliverance\u2026<\/h6>\n
Hope is beauty for ashes and a spotless garment for a spirit of heaviness\u2026<\/h6>\n
Put on Hope, and arise in triumph and victory\u2026for our Hope is in the Lord!<\/h6>\n
Without hope we would surely perish, but with Hope we survive and thrive, knowing God is our hope\u2026He is our desire and while we are not without suffering\u2026Hope brings us to the place of obedience where we see the hand of God, that bring us to His side\u2026<\/h6>\n
Abide in hope for hope will guide us to faith, and love!<\/h6>\n
God\u2019s blueprint for peace!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill April 4, 2019<\/h6>\n
Habakkuk 3:17-19 The Message (MSG)<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Though the cherry trees don\u2019t blossom and the strawberries don\u2019t ripen, thought the apples are worm-eaten and the wheat fields stunted, though the sheep pens are sheepless and the cattle barns empty, I\u2019m singing joyful praise to God. I\u2019m turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God. Counting on God\u2019s Rule to prevail, I take heart and gain strength. I run like a deer. I feel like I\u2019m king of the mountain!<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians<\/strong> 1:27<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
Delayed hope makes the heart-sick,<\/em> but fulfilled desire is a tree of life. Proverbs<\/strong> 13<\/strong>:12<\/strong> HCSB<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.<\/em> I<\/strong> Corinthians<\/strong> 13:13<\/strong> NIV<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
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Watercolor by artist: Marybeth Stafford When the rug is pulled out from under you; when life throws uncertainties and death lurks in every corner. When shadows surround you and evil stalks you and terror screams at you in the night\u2026when sleep mocks you\u2026and peace is only a word, found, somewhere far in the distance\u2026that\u2019s when…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-Sq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3374"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3385,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374\/revisions\/3385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}