Sunday, December 29, 2013

Good Hope from God's Hand


“Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and GOOD HOPE through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work” (2 Thessalonians 2:16,17). 

How good the hope is we’ve received
From God our Father’s gracious hand!
We know in whom we have believed,
And by His grace alone we stand. 

His everlasting consolation
And comfort of His love’s embrace
Is ours forever with salvation
Established by His saving grace. 

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
Who gave Himself to save our soul,
Upon the cross was sacrificed
To pay our ransom there in full. 

The love of God must surely be
Beyond our comprehension’s scope,
Who comforts us eternally
With mercy that extends good hope! 

How great the contrast is we find
Between the hope this world gives
(Mere wishful thinking that is blind)
And Christ our Lord who ever lives!

Lord, thank You for Your precious Word
Which rests upon Your faithfulness. 
By good hope we are thus assured,
Not by a frail human guess! 

Lord, let the words that we should say
And every work we’re called to do
Be thus established to display
That good hope only comes from You.

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