Reflections on the Word

Jesus Reigns in Me!

Living Daily in the Power
of His Resurrection

By Sarah Hornsby
Chosen Books, $14.99

ISBN 0800792416

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An Excerpt from Jesus Reigns in Me!

"It makes a difference," Sarah Hornsby writes,"to live every day acknowledging and walking in the power of the resurrection." That power is evident in all 230 of Hornsby's meditations in her most recent book. Hornsby has decorated each set of facing pages with her unique drawings which suggest the Spanish culture of Nicaragua where she and her husband Jim are missionaries under Young Life.

#96 Deliverance from Spiritual Death

A Living Hope

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade -- kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation . . .

-- 1 Peter 1:3-5

Hope is not the greatest, but it is essential. Without hope, people perish or are diverted into tangents that lead to fates worse than death. Guernica's flower rising out of charred and twisted ruins in the painting by Picasso -- that is hope springing into eternity! What keeps me hopeful? Jesus, be in my hope.

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf.

-- Hebrews 6:19-20