Once we get the concept of The 24 Hour Life established in our belief system our hope in tomorrow is greatly strengthened. Realizing that we are not tied to our yesterdays releases our ability to believe in tomorrow and to have hope for a wonderful future.

Yesterday we talked about how to end today so that we start tomorrow with a brand new attitude. We talked about taking a few minutes to review the events of the day, the things we did and the things we should have done, without judging ourselves. We just examine the facts and ask ourselves, “How can I do this better tomorrow?”

The second part of ending our life today is thinking of ways we can do it better tomorrow. While thinking about the things you didn’t do today you should be writing down the things you should do tomorrow. Write down all of the things that come to your mind to do tomorrow, even if you think of more things than you can possibly get done, write them down.

Next, think about how you could do those things better than you did today. It is important to remember that we are talking about a few minutes at the end of the day, not a two hour brain storming session. The idea is to have a focus to begin the day tomorrow.

You will find that when you have done a good review of the day and have thought through a plan for tomorrow, you will go sleep with positive thoughts in your mind and a hope for having a good life in your next 24 hours. Going to sleep with hopeful thoughts for tomorrow will help you awaken in the morning with faith and hope for The 24 Hour Life you are about to begin.

I believe in tomorrow – and so should you!

Hope Preacher

Somewhere along the line I discovered 1 John 4:8. That is the passage which declares, “God is love.” As I began to meditate on that thought I began to realize that John was telling us that the very essence of God is love. Yes, it is a characteristic, but it is much more than that. It is what God is. “God is love.”

Yes, I know God does love us, but it is more than a love with warm and fuzzy feelings. Love is an integral part of the nature of God. With all of this in mind I have concluded that God not only loves me and you regardless of what we have done, but it is impossible for him to not love us.

God cannot forsake loving even one human being because to do that he would have to alter his very nature and he is not going to do that. What that means to you and me is that regardless of what we have done he still calls us to himself to that he can express his love to us.

It is because God loves us that he has a plan for our life. God’s plan for us includes blessing and prosperity. As long as we respond to his call and walk in his love he guides us into the blessed and prosperous tomorrow he has ordained for us.

I believe in tomorrow – and so should you!

I was under deep conviction about my secret sin. I had yet again participated in that part of me that I dislike so much, yet felt compelled to indulge. It was my secret sin and nobody me and God knew about. On this particular day I was so discouraged that when I prayed I couldn’t even ask God to forgive me because I had asked him so many times and promised never to do it again. But I did do it again, and again, and again.

On this day I was telling God about how he must not love me anymore because of my continued failures. As I prayed I felt God speaking in my spirit about his love. He asked if I thought he loved me when I gave my heart to him as a child, and, of course I said yes. Then he asked if I thought he loved me when I felt him calling me to preach as a teen ager and again I said yes.

Hen He asked me if I thought he knew the end from the beginning and I said yes.  Then he dropped this on me; “I loved you as a child, and even though I knew everything that would be in your life I still called you to preach the gospel. I loved you then and I love you now and I forgive you again.”

That was a red letter day in my life. I learned God’s love for me is not affected by anything I do; he loves me anyway. It was that realization which began to build in me a hope for tomorrow and the confidence that by His grace I would some day be free from the sin which was affecting my walk.

I believe in tomorrow – and so should you!