{"id":3374,"date":"2024-11-04T06:24:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T11:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/?p=3374"},"modified":"2024-11-04T06:29:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T11:29:22","slug":"hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/2024\/11\/04\/hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;&#8221; Hebrews 10:23<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hope is a big word for me this year! Maybe better noted&#8230; most of my adult life.<\/p>\n<p>I can say with a Holy confidence that God is faithful&#8230; and in all things I have seen and experienced this time and time again. Maybe you have as well?<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a saying that is often used in churches all over the world&#8230; God is good, (all the time) and all the time (God is good). What a declaration! It&#8217;s one we should say endlessly&#8230; each &amp; everyday. It&#8217;s not a wasted effort, it&#8217;s life giving! It&#8217;s life affirming!<\/p>\n<p>God is always faithful&#8230; in Him we place our hope &amp; trust!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3375\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/2024\/11\/04\/hope\/fog-3764991_640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fog-3764991_640.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fog-3764991_640\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fog-3764991_640.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3375 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fog-3764991_640.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fog-3764991_640.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fog-3764991_640.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;&#8221; Hebrews 10:23 Hope is a big word for me this year! 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