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WEDNESDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2016
BY PASTOR DR. G.O. OLUTOLA JP.

THEME: THINGS TO AVOID IN TIMES OF CRISIS [PART 3].

And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.? Acts 27:20.

Don't Lose Hope.
When the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope.. (NIV). The last thing we throw overboard when we face a crisis is  hope. And when we throw that away, that?s the end. Are you wrestling with an issue that's been battering you back and forth? Have you come to the point where you've thrown things out, and now you're at the point of losing hope Remember, the sailors on Paul's ship finally gave up all hope because they forgot that God was in control. They forgot He had a plan. And they forgot that He can inject hope into an absolutely hopeless situation.

When the Bible speaks of HOPE it is not talking about luck, or chance or accident. No, it's talking about focused faith! Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD? (Psalm 31:24 NIV). The eyes of the LORD are on those whose hope is in His unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait in hope for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. In Him our hearths rejoice, for we trust in His Holy name? (Psalm 33:18-21 NIV).
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Saviour and my God? (Psalm 42:11 NIV). Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope (Romans 15:4 NIV). So the message for you today is: Don't lose hope: but.. Put your hope in God?.

ACTION POINT:
Go back through Acts 27 again and read it, this time looking out for Paul's reaction to everything.

SCRIPTURES:
 Psalm 31:24; 33:18-21; 42:11;
Romans 15:4-5.

PRAYER POINTS:
1. Lord Jesus, I reaffirm my hope in You in the name of Jesus.

2. Dear Lord, give me a testimony from my in You in the name of Jesus.

3. Father, let me not be put to shame in the name of Jesus.

DAILY BIBLE READING:
2 Kings 13:1-14:22
Jeremiah 39
Hebrew 13:7-25.