Yet Jesus is saying that there is a reward later. If you are poor in spirit, if you are mourning, you are blessed not because of your present circumstance but because of a future promise. You can be comforted in knowing that you will receive a reward for staying faithful to God during your time of trial. God will wipe your tears. You will receive His Kingdom.
How to respond:
- How might knowing that there's a future hope help you with today's problems?
- What are you mourning for (sad about)? Is there anything that we can pray for regarding your present circumstance? If not, you can leave this part blank. But if there is something we can pray about for you, jot it down and we can pray for you through your difficult time.
1. Knowing that there is a future hope will help me with today's problems because I know that there is nothing to worry about. I know that God has a plan for my life and I need to trust Him.
ReplyDeleteKnowing there is a future for me will help me continue to learn god and try to get closer before i hopefully get to meet him. I know im not perfect but knowing i have a future with god it helps me cope with everything that goes wrong in my life and hand it over to god
ReplyDeleteWhen attending funerals I am always aware of the stark contrast of attending one of a person of faith and one of a person who didn't know Christ. When I think about how knowing there is future hope and how that helps with today's problems, I think of those contrasts. When you know Christ, you have peace in all circumstances. A joy, even. It is something you almost can't describe. It doesn't mean you don't hurt or are not sad but there is this spark of life and of hope. When you do not know Christ there is hopelessness, desperation, and anguish of the soul that is all consuming.
ReplyDelete1. Knowing that there is a future hope will help me with today's problems because I will know that the future will be better than the problems I face today. It is helpful to know that God knows everything little detail that will happen in the future.
ReplyDelete1. Seeing everything that is going on in the world is difficult. It creates stress and a sense of no hope. But reading the Bible gives us multiple stories that God has shone through the darkness. It brings me peace knowing that God can change anything in this world in a blink of an eye.
ReplyDelete2. Being a senior, there is a lot of stress about finding the career path and college that is a perfect fit for you, but still allows you to glorify God. I know it can sound petty, but it's been an incredibly difficult year doing this, not to mention people telling you where you need to go and what you need to do. I know everyone will go through this eventually, but I'm so glad I have my youth group and people like you guys to understand the situation and support me.
1. It might help you because you know you can power through now and that the future is bright.
ReplyDelete1.i think it would help because through all your hard problems you can count on your future with God to get through it.
ReplyDeleteKnowing that there is hope in the future can help me put the stress of today in the past because it helps me understand that the plan in the future is going to be a better picture than today's.
ReplyDelete1. Knowing this can help you be excited and/or curious for what is yet to come.
ReplyDelete1.then we can always have something to look forward too
ReplyDelete1) Knowing that there's a future hope helps us with today's problems by helping us know that we will be able to get past this and eventually be rewarded in the Kingdom of Heaven.
ReplyDelete2) I'm not mourning about anything right now.
-Kennedy Ash
Knowing that there is a future hope woul help me with my problems today because, it would help me to keep pushing on because I would know that in the end the reward was worth the struggle.
ReplyDeleteKnowing that that there is a future will help me with my problems today because I know my future is much brighter then what is happening right now.
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ReplyDelete1. You know that you are gonna get through what ever your going through.
ReplyDelete1. Knowing there is a better future would help me through problems because I know there is always something better coming
ReplyDelete1. Knowing this can help me believe that God has a plan for my life and I need to trust that he will get me through lifes obstacles.
ReplyDeleteKnow that there is a future hope gives us something to hold on when we are facing tough situations.
ReplyDeleteIt will give you a sense of peace. You have no worries when you have hope.
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