Driving out Fear with Hope

Rebecca Renkema

Description

While doing two years’ Bible research for finding how our bodies are made in very similar fashion to principles seen in the Bible, I started getting more and more interested in the verses related to hope. I started to write a daily devotional book on hope but then started to see more and more verses that did not have the word “hope” in them but spoke to me on important principles of hope. I also started to notice different verses that discussed different types of fear, what we are to fear and what we shouldn’t fear. With this, I saw just how much fear is on the other side of hope. I also saw just how much God wants to give us hope through Him.
The writing of this book was a truly evolving process. I wanted to combine my paintings with these verses so that people might notice the verses more when highlighted by color, starting with just a “verse of the day.” My family led me to write more about why I picked the verses I picked, so the second part of this process turned into me writing about what I saw in these verses, turning into a starting point for journaling. I want this book to be a starting point to help people journal as they see these verses and what I felt reading them, able to add what they see.
Beyond this, I want it to be a starting point for people to want to look more into the Bible and what is put in there for us. Each time I read some of my favorite passages, I’m able to see more and learn more. I want each reader to enjoy the same opportunities of this journey of walking with God through His Word.
This last three years has taken a toll on a lot of people. I want this book to help encourage people to not give up, to hold on to what God offers us, even when things get tough and confusing.
All pictures in this book are my paintings, and I’m hoping they will be a way to help people stay interested in all the verses on hope and how to drive out fear.

Sujets

• Life
• Christian
• Religion
• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: Xlibris US
• Date de parution: 05 décembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669856924
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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DRIVING OUT FEAR WITH HOPE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rebecca Renkema
 
Copyright © 2022 by Rebecca Renkema.
Library of Congress Control Number:
2022921833
ISBN:
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978-1-6698-5694-8

Softcover
978-1-6698-5693-1

eBook
978-1-6698-5692-4
 
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Rev. date: 12/05/2022
 
 
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First and foremost, I want to thank my kids, Leah and Drew. We have been through some of the best times and some of the worst times. They have spent a lot of time and energy encouraging me in my painting and to push through to complete a project that was put on my heart. They are both very talented people, and I personally feel that is more than just “mom talk” and have some very relevant dreams of their own.
I want to thank my family that has supported me in my paintings and my Bible research, my parents, Harold and Lois Wiggins; sister Kathy Tormey and her husband, Jim Tormey; and my sister Cindy Kardatzke and her husband, Scott Kardatzke. You all have lived godly, hope-filled lives; even in times of doubt and concerns, you never turned your backs on what Jesus has to say. And with all my nieces and nephews, showing what it means to keep moving forward and looking to God, Paul Tormey, Kelsey Tormey, Jeremy Tormey, Ali Kardatzke, and Josh Kardatzke and their families. Special shout-out to Kelsey, who turned me on to the book, 100 Days to Brave by Annie F. Downs, a book I highly suggest.
I also need to thank some of those friends in my early years of thinking of putting a book together: Sangita Seaburg, who is a model of looking for what needs to be done and doing it, helping people pick up their lives and move on, helping to show hope to all. Julia Ritz, who has also encouraged me in my different endeavors and showed me what perseverance does for hope in your life and your photography. I also need to reach out and thank my friend Diane Hains, who has also been a true work friend and encourager when I had some times of craziness at work, along with her cohort, Ana Lopez, who never failed to keep a smile on my face, even when telling me what I had to get done. And I huge thank-you to Vicky Epps, who, especially most recently, has pushed me to walk close to the Lord in my art and work. Also a big thank-you to Connie Estep, Linda Noder, Vicky Hall, Kathleen Pool, Kerri Dixon and Amy Heist for listening to my heartbreaks and my joys while encouraging me to push forward in God and dreams.
So many people have been put into my life that have helped form who I am and have pushed me in one way or another to look deeper in my faith to pursue dreams. It has definitely not been an easy, stress-free time, but it has been a growing time, for which I am thankful.
And, a huge thank-you to you, for picking up this book and reading and being willing to send input to anything I may have left out or forgotten.
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3. Scripture Quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publication Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. (All rights reserved-pending)
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To Lois Wiggins, my mom, for your love and laughter and spirit of constant hope for your life and those around you.
You have made a life of helping and encouraging those around you to look for hope, and you have always had hope for me and my life.
In gratitude, the book is dedicated to you.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Introduction
 
Day 1         Genesis 1:1–2 (NKJV)
Day 2         Genesis 15:1 (NIV)
Day 3         Genesis 50:19–21 (NKJV)
Day 4         Exodus 1:17–21 (NLT)
Day 5         Exodus 14:13–14 (NLT)
Day 6         Deuteronomy 3:21–22 (NKJV)
Day 7         2 Kings 4:27–28 (NLT)
Day 8         2 Kings 6:15–17 (NIV)
Day 9         1 Chronicles 28:20 (NAB)
Day 10       1 Chronicles 29:13–17 (NLT)
Day 11       Ezra 9:8–9 (NAB)
Day 12       Ezra 10:2 (NIV)
Day 13       Nehemiah 2:2–5, 8 (NLT)
Day 14       Nehemiah 4:11–14 (NLT)
Day 15       Esther 9:1 (NIV)
Day 16
Day 17       from Job’s “friend” Eliphaz the Temanite
Day 18       Job 6:8–10 (NIV)
Day 19       Job 6:11–13 (NIV)
Day 20       Job 7:6–10 (NIV)
Day 21       Hope? from Bildad, the Shuhite “friend” of Job
Day 22       from Zophar the Naamathite
Day 23       Job 13:15–19 (NIV)
Day 24       Job 12:7–12 (NLT), Job’s response
Day 25       Job’s response continued
Day 26       Job’s continued response
Day 27       Job’s prayer for relief
Day 28       Job 19:10 (NIV)
Day 29       Job’s last words to friends in despair
Day 30       Hope—Job’s final defense
Day 31       Job 41:1–2, 9–11 (NIV)
Day 32       Psalm 9:15–18 (NIV)
Day 33       Psalm 23:4 (NKJV)
Day 34       Psalm 25:3 (NIV)
Day 35       Psalm 25:12–15 (NAB)
Day 36       Psalm 25:20–21 (NLT)
Day 37       Psalm 27:1–3 (NKJV)
Day 38       Psalm 31:24 (NLT)
Day 39       Psalm 33:17–19 (NKJV)
Day 40       Psalm 33:20 (NIV)
Day 41       Psalm 33:22 (NIV)
Day 42       Psalm 34:5–6 (NAB)
Day 43       Psalm 37:9 (NIV)
Day 44       Psalm 37:34 (NIV)
Day 45       Psalm 39:7 (NIV)
Day 46       Psalm 42:5 (NLT)
Day 47       Psalm 42:9–11 (NKJV)
Day 48       Psalm 46:1–3 (NLT)
Day 49       Psalm 52:9 (NIV)
Day 50       Psalm 55:16–19 (NIV)
Day 51       Psalm 59:17 (NIV)
Day 52       Psalm 62:5–8 (NIV)
Day 53       Psalm 62:10 (NIV)
Day 54       Psalms 65:5–7 (NKJV)
Day 55       Psalm 69:5–6 (NIV)
Day 56       Psalm 71:1–3 (NAB)
Day 57       Psalm 71:5–6 (NAB)
Day