Thanks for forwarding that.  I forwarded it on to my e-mail friends too.

Amy
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> Don't often forward but I thought this good.
>
> Vicki
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> Subject: December 30, 2005 - Our Help and Our Hope - Daily Devotional
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>                   December 30, 2005
>
>
>             Our Help and Our Hope
>             by John Fischer
>
>
>
>             O God our help in ages past-
>             Our hope for years to come.
>
>             This is the time of year when we focus on God and thank Him
for
> getting us through another year. Remember Y2K? We were wondering if we'd
> survive the turnover to a new century. Hard to believe that was six years
> ago.
>
>             As the hymn writer has reminded us, God is both our help and
our
> hope-two four-letter words that pretty much sum up what we need to move
into
> 2006. First, we look back on how He has helped us in the past.
>
>             The greatest thing about this is you can go back as far as you
> want into the ages past and still find God there, thinking about you.
"Long
> ago, even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to
> be holy and without fault in His eyes" (Ephesians 1:4). (By the way, we
are
> so thankful it says without fault "in His eyes," because we have plenty of
> faults in other people's eyes, including our own.) The point being, you
can
> never go too far back to not have anyone to worship. ("In the beginning,
> God.")
>
>             But right now, it would be good to focus on just this last
year
> and think about how God has specifically helped us. What do you have now
> that you didn't have a year ago? Think in terms of personal growth,
> experiences, and people God has blessed you with. How do you know God
better
> than you did at this time a year ago? What more do you know about Him?
What
> more do you know about yourself that He has revealed to you? What struggle
> has He helped you overcome? Is there anyone in your life who wasn't there
a
> year ago that you can honestly thank God for? What has He helped you to
> accomplish? How has He been faithful to you even when you have been
> faithless?
>
>             Now think about this next year and how God is our only true
> hope. Think of specifically where you need to apply some of that hope.
What
> are you afraid of? Where are you feeling inadequate? What do you want to
> change, and how can God help you? How about your plans? How big do you
want
> to make them? How far are you willing to stretch? For all of this, He is
our
> hope. And for all that we will face this next year that we don't know
> anything about right now, He is our hope. He will be enough.
>
>             "Our fears for today, our worries for tomorrow, and even the
> powers of hell can't keep God's love away" (Romans 8:38).
>
>
>
>                   John Fischer is the Senior Writer for Purpose Driven
Life
> Daily Devotionals. He resides in Southern California with his wife, Marti
> and son, Chandler. They also have two adult children, Christopher and
Anne.
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