By Abraham Creemens, posted September 23, 2024
Editor’s note: Abraham Cremeens is care and recovery executive pastor at Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tenn. This article, which originally appeared in the Baptist and Reflector, was excerpted from a sermon preached at Long Hollow this summer.
We are creatures of hope and reach for it wherever we can. When I was in middle school, I tried out for every sport hoping to make the team, but no one wanted me. My hopes were dashed.
I remember at one point having my hopes set on a particular job. I made it far in the interview process only to be passed over for another candidate in the end. My hopes were seriously dashed. Some of you may feel hopeless in your marriage, in your depression, in an addiction or because of the loss of someone.
Yet we, as Christians, are a people of hope, and our hope is built on the person, purpose and promises of God. We experience this powerfully through the peace of the cross and the power of the resurrection. More Here