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More than 21 years ago, God said something to me that will mark my ministry forever. It was this: The only hope that any man has anywhere in the world is faith in Jesus Christ.
In
light of what's happening around us today, the truth of that statement
is more painfully obvious than ever before. We are a generation with
diseases no man can heal, with problems no man can solve. What fleeting
successes we have are quickly overshadowed by new and greater crises.
All
too often, that's as true for believers as it is for unbelievers. It
shouldn't be. But it is. Believers are being killed by the same diseases
that are devastating the rest of the world. They're being plagued by
the same problems. And many are walking around without hope—just like
the rest of the world.
Why? Because the only hope that any man has
is faith in Jesus Christ. And the majority of Christians don't know how
to live by faith.
Instead of being filled with the Word and with
faith, they've been stuffed full of religious tradition and
superstition. And they're suffering. When the devil hits them with
sickness and disease, with poverty or depression or divorce, they often
stand by helplessly as it destroys them. They simply don't know what
else to do. The Bible says, "My people are destroyed for lack of
knowledge..." (Hosea 4:6).
But you know. Your hope is in Jesus. Trust Him. And tell the world—their hope is in Him too.
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