Hope After Trials

Happy Good Friday! - It’s interesting that the time we are in right now in a lot of ways was a similar climate to what it was about 2000 years ago. Doubt and fear were gripping the Jewish people because they were being oppressed by the Roman empire, however someone came on the scene who was prophesied to be the savior for the people. - The only problem was from their perspective he was a push over and was brutally killed before he even got the chance to take over. - Maybe you have a similar feeling. Maybe the news, circumstance, whatever has you pinned against the wall. You’re scared and don’t know what to do but something gave you hope. You thought you had a way out. Maybe it was numbing the pain, maybe it was a relationship, maybe it was an addiction or even a religion, but all it did was come up empty and leave you worse off than before. - I wanna give you hope today because what those people 2000 years ago thought they needed was far less than what they received. They thought they were gonna have someone save them from their oppression, but what they got is someone who sacrificed himself for their eternal salvation. I want to encourage you that that same person who did that for those people 2000 years ago also did it for you and it’s still relevant today. - In this time the last thing we need is religion. We don’t need rules, we don’t need rituals, we need relationship and that’s what Jesus sacrificed himself for. To have relationship with you so even when you encounter trials you can consider it joy because you know how the story ends. He didn’t stay in the ground but rose again so that death is defeated and we can live in eternity in paradise. - Happy Good Friday. It’s not over. Sunday is coming. - Be blessed and stay stoked 😎🤙 - • • • • • • #hawaii #passionpassport #nakedhawaii #eclectic_shotz #earthfocus #sunset #adventureculture #nature #earthpix #neverstopexploring #stayandwander #travel #awesomeearth #旅行 #sonyalpha #soft_vision #roamtheplanet #beautifuldestinations #bestvacations #ourplanetdaily #景色 #travelstoke #自然