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Day 18 of 30 · 30 Days of Hope

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

CONTEXT

Original word: ἡμέρᾳ (hēméra) · day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts

REFLECTION

Hope is often a practice before it is a feeling. 2 Corinthians 4:16 invites you to wait, trust and remember.

PRAYER

Holy Spirit, fill me with hope today, and let it overflow to the people around me. Amen.

QUESTION

Where do you need hope today?

ONE ACTION TODAY

Pray for someone you know who is going through a hard season.

Reflections are drafts awaiting pastoral review.

Source

The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (BSB). Public domain (dedicated to the public domain by BSB Publishing as of April 30, 2023). Source: eBible.org (engbsb). Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.