Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he ma

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? (Job 17:15) Job was at the bottom. Everything he had was gone. In the depth of that despair, he asked a question that honest people ask when they have been hit hard enough and long enough. “Where is my hope now? Who can even see it?” That sounds like the cry of a man who has lost everything, including the confidence that things will ever be right again. Job was voicing what the enemy most wants to accomplish in every

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. (Hebrews 6:15-16) There is a phrase in Hebrews 6:15 that tells you everything you need to know about how Abraham received the promise: “After he had patiently endured.” It wasn’t immediately or quickly; it came after. Abraham endured the years of waiting, went through seasons that did not make sense, and had fait