H.O.P2.E

H.O.P2.E - what does it mean?
According to some of my facebook friends it means "Hope to Pee" (AJ) or "Hold On People to everyone" - Tina.

What it actually stands for is something that I hope my life will reflect for the rest of my days...

H= Humility
O= Obedience
P=Prayer
P=Purity
E=Expectation

2 Chronicles 7:14 (New International Version)
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

I long to see Heaven invade Earth. I long to see God move in power. I long to walk in a greater measure of the Kingdom of God - to see people healed, restored, set free.

For me - something that helps me make that a reality is H.O.P2.E - I not only put my HOPE & TRUST in Jesus, but as I apply H.O.P2.E to my life it keeps me grounded and expectant.

I am convinced more and more that we expect too little of God sometimes. We need to learn to expect much in the every day. We owe everyone an encounter with Jesus.

I am reminded of that once again today as one of our residents in our retirement village passed away. The fragility of life, the certainty of death, the gift of breath, the value of knowing whose you are....

if I do nothing else with my life I want to live a life of H.O.P2.E