Author name: Pastor Burns

2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” Some people finish life with bitterness. Paul wanted to finish with joy. Despite everything he had been through—heartache, loss, imprisonment—he crossed the line with peace in his heart and praise on his lips. He didn’t let…

2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” Paul didn’t just run any race—he ran the one God gave him. He didn’t compare his path with Peter’s or John’s. He didn’t look back with paralyzing regret. Instead, he pressed forward, determined to complete the

2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” Paul’s words near the end of his life aren’t bitter or resentful—they’re victorious. He doesn’t say, “I had an easy life,” or, “I avoided pain.” Instead, he says, “I have fought.” That word matters. The Christian

2 Corinthians 4:8–9 “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.” Some battles start before a single word is spoken or a step is taken. They start in the mind. That’s where hope is often lost — not

Hebrews 6:19–20 “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus…” Anchors don’t stop storms — they hold you steady through them. The writer of Hebrews reminds us that our hope in Christ

Hebrews 6:19 “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.” Life has a way of tossing us around—grief, setbacks, disappointments, and uncertainty can feel like waves crashing into the boat of our soul. But God has given us something unshakable: hope.

Lamentations 3:21 “This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.” Jeremiah was no stranger to suffering. In Lamentations 3, he described affliction, misery, and deep sorrow. His heart was heavy, and his memories were painful. Yet in the middle of that emotional storm, something powerful happened. He made a choice—a deliberate mental shift.

2 Corinthians 4:8–9 “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.” Life doesn’t always make sense. Sometimes you do everything “right,” yet hardship still comes knocking. That’s what Paul meant when he said, “we are perplexed.” The word

Acts 27:20 “And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.” vPaul wasn’t just riding out a rough patch of weather—he was in a storm so fierce that even seasoned sailors gave up hope. The skies

Proverbs 13:12 “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.” There’s a special kind of ache that comes from waiting. Waiting for healing. Waiting for restoration. Waiting for an answer to a prayer that feels like it’s bouncing off the ceiling. Solomon called it “hope deferred,”