Manna for Your Morning

David said it all: I saw God before me for all time. Nothing can shake me; he’s right by my side. I’m glad from the inside out, ecstatic; I’ve pitched my tent in the land of hope. I know you’ll never dump me in Hades; I’ll never even smell the stench of death. You’ve got my feet on the life-path, with your face shining sun-joy all around. — Acts 2:25-28 (MSG)  Pitch your tent in the land of hope and camp out there. Don’t let the enemy lure you into the territory of discouragement and defeat. God is right by your side. So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD! (Psalm 31:24 NLT) With God on your side, nothing will be able to stand against you.   … You direct me on a path that leads to a beautiful life. As I walk with You, the pleasures are never-ending, and I know true joy and contentment. — Acts 2:28 (VOICE)

“…this Jesus, following the deliberate and well-thought-out plan of God, was betrayed by men who took the law into their own hands, and was handed over to you. And you pinned him to a cross and killed him. But God untied the death ropes and raised him up. Death was no match for him. David said it all: I saw God before me for all time. Nothing can shake me; he’s right by my side. I’m glad from the inside out, ecstatic; I’ve pitched my tent in the land of hope. I know you’ll never dump me in Hades; I’ll never even smell the stench of death. You’ve got my feet on the life-path, with your face shining sun-joy all around.” — Acts 2:23-28 (MSG) Our Savior is raised up! The tomb is empty. Pitch your tent in the land of hope and walk on the life-path with Jesus. He is right by your side. … But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three—sin, guilt, death—are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God! (1 Corinthians 15:56-57 MSG)

“And you, because of my blood covenant with you, I’ll release your prisoners from their hopeless cells. Come home, hope-filled prisoners! This very day I’m declaring a double bonus— everything you lost returned twice-over!” — Zechariah 9:11-13 (MSG) Anxiety, fear, or depression, no longer has dominion over you. The LORD has released us from any hopeless cells of despair the enemy had enclosed around us. No matter how hopeless your situation may appear, keep your hope in our wonder-working God alive. Come home to the Land of Hope! Be held captive by the hope you have in your heart for our living God and His mighty power to save and deliver. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us…(Romans 5:5 NLT).

I saw God before me for all time. Nothing can shake me; he’s right by my side. I’m glad from the inside out, ecstatic; I’ve pitched my tent in the land of hope. — Acts 2:25-26 (MSG) Pitch your tent in the land of hope: the Presence of the LORD. That is where you will not be shaken because He is right beside you. In His presence, He will fill you with joy and make known to you the paths of life (Acts 2:28). In the land of hope, He will do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us (Ephesians 3:20). In the land of hope, we experience a rich and satisfying life, to the full, till it overflows and touches the lives around us. In the land of hope, His compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Glory hallelujah!