We all have the two special dates of our lives : Birthday & Death day.
We love to celebrate one (Birthdays) but others will celebrate the other after we are gone (death day).
We love to celebrate one (Birthdays) but others will celebrate the other after we are gone (death day).
We all face major challenges in our lives ranging from the loss of jobs, broken relationships, suffering from illness, death of loved ones; and these circumstances could easily bury us in despair. Negative and painful thinking can become overpowering, creating a downward spiral that pulls us even deeper into feelings of hopelessness.
Jesus was a good man, he healed many people yet after about 3 years of his ministry, he was stripped naked and beaten openly. He was disgraced.
Now, some argued and some are still arguing "if surely He is the true prophet, God would have never allowed his man to suffer shame."
But wait...
Maybe He's a man of God truly, but He has derailed ?
Or could He have sinned against God?
Or maybe it was his assignment to be treated as such?
Or could He have sinned against God?
Or maybe it was his assignment to be treated as such?
Yes!!!
But we all know, it was recorded that Jesus did not sin ,Yet he face shame. Yet he was stripped Naked. Yet he was beaten.... and yet he died.
Maybe Like Jesus , you have been a good person but you are facing shame from challenges left and right.
People you have once helped are now the one shouting to crucify you and sometimes you think you have failed because of your sins. But like Jesus' case: Maybe it's not about your sin,
Maybe it's not because you are out of the way,
Maybe it's not because you made a mistake...
People you have once helped are now the one shouting to crucify you and sometimes you think you have failed because of your sins. But like Jesus' case: Maybe it's not about your sin,
Maybe it's not because you are out of the way,
Maybe it's not because you made a mistake...
Maybe if you will ask Jesus on the cross,
He will tell you it's a bad friday , It wasn't a good Friday for Jesus at all.
He will tell you it's a bad friday , It wasn't a good Friday for Jesus at all.
But, whatsoever happened on a Friday... A Sunday will come.
There is always Hope. Whatever you may have lost, there is hope for recovery.
There is always Hope. Whatever you may have lost, there is hope for recovery.
Let me conclude by saying:
This man, Jesus, was not just Beaten, he was beaten to death: To a point of No Hope. He was buried.
When you bury someone, you don't go back there again to hope they will rise.
If you plant a seed, you will hope that one day it will spring up, But if you bury someone, you know it's the end.
If you plant a seed, you will hope that one day it will spring up, But if you bury someone, you know it's the end.
Jesus was buried... this is the end of Hope, but on Sunday, He rose again.
Maybe presently, some of you are facing hard issue and you may have lost hope, you may have lost expectations, but I tell you: There is Hope for the Hopeless.
Please, even if you have lost all hope, there is a Hope that will never disappoint you.
Things may not be going the way you want it to go or maybe you are not yet where you want to be and then, you have lost all hope on your dreams.
Remember, there is hope for the hopeless, No matter how bad things around you may have been, there is hope!!!
Immanuel Imoledayo
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