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Thursday... So let's set our hope anew.


Thursday... So let's set our hope anew.

Many are coming to the end of another school year. They are preparing for and then taking tests to find out what they have learned. And then comes summer which leads them to another year. It is a cycle that we all have gone through.

Now each new year, each new month, each new day has a cycle in it and so does each new generation. The writer of Psalm 78 in verses 2a-4 (NLT) says, "I will teach you hidden lessons from our past - stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestor handed down to us. We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his wonders."

When we were young our mom would tell us a story from the Bible every night before we went to sleep. And they have stayed with me. Both of our parents taught us hidden lessons, stories about the glorious deeds of the Lord and about his power and his wonders. And it has made a major difference in my life. 

He goes on in verses 7-8, "So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands. Then they will not be like their ancestors - stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God." Maybe we have failed in doing this but life is not over.

Maybe that is what we as individuals need to do everyday and every week. Maybe we need to renew our own hope anew on God by being in his word daily, by going to church weekly, and by spending time with other believers. Maybe your parents didn't teach you the hidden lessons from the past and about the glorious deeds of the Lord and about his power and his wonders. Maybe you are not doing that with your kids but life isn't over. Oh maybe you and them have not been prepared to face what we are facing but we still can renew our hope on God and strive to set others hope anew in God and learning and not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands.

Oh God, renew our hope today as we spend time with you and in your word and may we do our best to share and teach the hidden lessons from the past and about your glorious miracles and your commands. May we set our hope anew on you, God. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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