“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:11–13 (ESV)
By faith in Christ Jesus we are completely and eternally justified
Adopted heirs by His marvelous grace making the unworthy worthy
Realizing peace with our heavenly Father because of His living sacrifice
We look ever forward in hope to the praise of His unspeakable glory
For it is in this hope that we persevere through every conceivable conflict
Saved from God’s terrible wrath, the penalty for our sin, by this reconciliation
His righteousness pouring endlessly into every believer by the Holy Spirit
God’s boundless love for us, yet sinners, made known by the death of His Son
This is the free gift given to all who place their assurance in Christ Jesus
God’s beloved Son by whom the Holy Spirit forever seals our salvation
When we repent and accept His shed blood in atonement for each of us
Exalt in the Holy God through our Lord Jesus Christ and His resurrection!
This is the love that inspired such grace and it is this grace that brings hope