In each of the four scriptures quoted at the beginning of this chapter, the Teacher accompanied the directive to “be of good cheer” with an indication of why such cheer is possible. He announced that we should be of good cheer because He has “overcome the world,” because He is “in...
In the 1970s, we were warned that another ice age was on the way. In the 1980s, the EPA told us to expect a sea level rise by 2100 of more than 6 feet due to global warming. In the 1990s, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the U.N. lowered the sea level...
They were beautiful letters to how I would and could overcome the injury. I’m so thankful I kept them because their words rang so true. I found myself enjoying those letters as I’d forgotten I even had them. At one point I wanted to throw every and anything away that had to do ...
Notice how, no matter how bleak it becomes, she continues to hold on to the hope that things will become better. They acquire victory after victory because the whole rebellion clung to the hope that they could overcome the evil Empire and change things. That hope was the spark that the Em...