Hope as a catalysis for change . . .

American businesses are not obstructed by excessive taxes, I am told. They are stymied by a lack of confidence in the economy. People are just not buying, so businesses are simply keeping what cash they have on their balance sheets for a rainy day.

In a word, people lack hope in the future. Would be customers are afraid to spend what little money they have, and businesses are reluctant to expand. Joseph Heller could not have written a better Catch-22 scenario.

Every economy, including the American one, has its limits, however. So, people have good cause for their apprehension. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that funding a war of attrition that grinds away at our national solvency and a congress that will not act is slowly bankrupting our country.

So, it is easy to understand why there is such poverty of hope.

Yet, through it all, there are still millions of impoverished souls that are perishing not for the lack of sustenance but for the lack of spiritual nourishment. For, truly, as our Master said, “Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” (Matt. 4:4)

On the whole, America may not believe that, but it does not alter the fact that it is true.

The economy may run its cycles, have ups and downs, but God’s promises remain steady and true. So as for me, “My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness.” For “On Christ the solid rock I stand, [even though] all other ground is sinking sand.”

And, because of that resolve, I have a firmness of hope that circumstances can not shake.

Yet, many are without that hope simply because they have not had the opportunity to hear about the hope that only Jesus can bring.

Will you continue to pray with us about our upcoming ministry trip to teach pastors overseas? They, too, must be prepared to reach their generation.
Thank you so much for making this possible.