How to Find Hope and Joy in Suffering: Renew Your Mind and Set Your Thoughts on Things Above (Acts 16)

In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson asks how you find hope and joy in the difficulty you are facing right now. The big idea of Acts chapter 16 is that you can have hope and joy in suffering if you are right with God through Jesus. Pastor John explains that this is part of being born again, but it must be chosen by directing our thoughts, setting our minds on things above as Paul writes in Colossians 3 and 2 Corinthians 4, instead of numbing ourselves with distractions. He shares four pieces of God's perspective: suffering is temporary, it has a purpose, it will be turned for good, and God is with us in it. Hope is not a feeling but knowing how things will end. Pastor John closes with a prayer asking God to help us love Him with all our minds and fix our eyes on what is unseen. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/