SHATTERED HOPES – BROKEN DREAMS

Who Cares?
Jesus Christ came into this world to reach those who feel that nobody cares.  Jesus does care, and He is reaching the lonely and the desperate, the confused and the hurt, the grieving and devastated, the depressed and the disillusioned.  Jesus, Himself, is reaching out to you.

“But God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were still sinners, Christ did for us.” Romans 5”8

SHATTERED HOPES – BROKEN DREAMS
by Dr. Peter Hammond
 
Who Cares?
Jesus Christ came into this world to reach those who feel that nobody cares.  Jesus does care, and He is reaching the lonely and the desperate, the confused and the hurt, the grieving and devastated, the depressed and the disillusioned.  Jesus, Himself, is reaching out to you.

“But God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were still sinners, Christ did for us.” Romans 5”8
 
Turn to God
Turn away from your sin and submit to Jesus: tell Him where you’re at, tell Him what you’ve done and what you need.  Confess your sins to Him and listen to what He tells you. 
Read God’s Word – the Bible (I suggest you start with The Gospel of Mark and Acts of the Apostles) – and give God control of your life.
 
One Way!
You’ve tried it your way… and it hasn’t worked.  Now do it God’s way – The Jesus way – only His way works!
 
Follow in His steps
“For to this you were called, because Jesus also suffered for us leaving us an example, that you should follow in His steps.” 1 Peter 2:21
 
The Very Best
God gives the very best to those who leave the choice to Him.
 
Transformation
Pray to God and surrender to Him all the bad things in your life:  your hurts, disappointments, fears, failures and sins.  Give them to Him, and leave them with Him.  Let Jesus heal you inside, and forgive you and clean you up.  He will change you, and turn your sorrows into joys, your fears into peace of heart, and mind.  Submit to Him and He will give you a new direction in life.

“Repent and… be baptised in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2:38
 
A New Start in Life and a New Life to Start!
 
The Great Exchange
But, you must also surrender to Him all the good things that He has given you.  Your talents and your abilities, your plans and your opportunities, your energy and your time as well as your love.  Give them all to Jesus and say:  “No longer will I do with them just what I want to do, or what others tell me to do – from now on I’ll use them as You want me to!  I’ll ask: what would Jesus do in my place?  I won’t live any longer just for me, myself and I, anymore – from now on I’m going to live for JESUS, no matter what the cost to help and to love and to reach this world for Him!”
 
You do that and the Lord will do a miracle in your life – He’ll make you into a brand new person – a Jesus Person!
 
Forgiveness and Freedom
As we turn away from our sin and turn to Christ we find forgiveness and freedom.  
 
All for Jesus
Have you surrendered your life to Christ?  Pray to God, and give Him all the bad things in your life: your hurts, disappointments, fears, failures and sins.  Give them to Him, and leave them with Him.  Let Jesus Christ heal you inside, and forgive you and clean you.  He will change you, and turn your sorrows into joys, your fears into peace of heart, and mind.  Submit to Him and He will give you a new direction in life.
 
“Repent and…be  baptised in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”  Acts 2:38
 
A New Start in Life and a New Life to Start
Jesus Christ gives us a new start in life and a new life to start.  We must not only surrender to Him all our sins and failures, but all the good things that He has entrusted to us as well: your talents and your abilities, your plans and your opportunities, your energy and your time, as well as your love. 
 
Talents, Time and Treasure
Give everything to Jesus Christ and determine:
No longer will I do with them just what I want to do, or what other people tell me to do.  From now on I’m going to use my talents, time and treasure as God wants me to.  
I will ask: what would Jesus do in my place? 
 
For Christ Alone
I will no longer live just for fame and fortune, for popularity and prestige, no longer will it be just for me, myself and I, anymore.  From now on I must live for Jesus Christ, no matter what the cost, to help and to love and to reach this world for Him. 
 
His Great Commission - Our Supreme Ambition
His Great Commission will be my supreme ambition.  His last command will be my first concern.  My highest priority will be to love God with All my heart, soul, mind and strength and to love my neighbour as myself.
 
Only One Life
We only have one life – it will soon be passed; only what’s done for Christ will last.  
The will of God will never lead us – where the Grace of God cannot keep us.  
 
Where God guides – He provides
God’s servant is God’s responsibility.  Where God guides – He provides.  God’s work, done God’s way, will never lack God’s supply.
 
Seek first the Kingdom of God
Our priority must be to seek first God’s Kingdom and His righteousness, then all these things will be added unto us (Matthew 6:33).  When we delight ourselves in the Lord, He gives us the desires of our heart (Psalm 37:4).
 
Perfect Peace
The Word of the Lord promises us: “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3
Do you know that peace that passes all understanding?  Does the peace of Christ guide you?  Is your mind steadfast?  Are you trusting wholeheartedly in Christ alone?
 
The Lord is my helper
“For He Himself has said: ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’  So we may boldly say: ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear.  What can man do to me?’” Hebrews 13:5-6
 
Revive Your Devotional Life
If you want to revive your devotional life turn to the Psalms.  The Psalms are the middle book of the Bible, the biggest book in the Bible, the Prayer book and Hymn book of the Bible.  If you don’t know what to pray.  If you don’t even want to pray – turn to the Psalms and begin to read and pray through them.  There are 150 Psalms.  If you pray through just one Psalm a day it will guide your prayers for 5 months.  Make the Psalms the prayer of your heart and you will experience a revival in your devotional life.
 
No Condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
This is God’s Word for you: “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit…and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose…who shall separate us from the love of Christ?  Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?…Yet, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.  For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:1, 28, 35-39
 
Jesus Is Alive…
Jesus Christ is a friend to the friendless, a helper to the helpless. 
He gives freedom to the addicts.
He loves the unloved.
He accepts the outcasts.
He forgives the unforgivable.
He changes the unchangeable.
He accomplishes the impossible.
He saves the sinners.
He seeks the Lost.
He gives direction to the aimless.
He gives hope to the disillusioned.
He gives truth to the confused.
He gives joy to the depressed.
He gives purpose to the purposeless.
He answers prayer.
He loves YOU.
 
His Name is Jesus.
 
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
 
“I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU”
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“Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him and He shall bring it to pass.” Psalm 37:3-5