How do you hold on to hope when life is hard or when guilt and shame overwhelm you?

Hope in the Christian life isn’t tied to circumstances; it is tied wholly to our risen Savior. As Peter says, we have been “born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3). This means that you can have confidence at all times that God is for you, even when your circumstances don’t show it or when your sins try to tell you otherwise.

This confidence, which is yours for eternity in Christ, is something you can express in prayer. Jesus has opened the way for you to walk boldly into the heavenly throne room into God’s presence and to lay your desires, fears, anxieties, discouragements, longings, challenges, and successes before him. You don’t need to worry about whether or not he will receive you. If you believe in Jesus, the resurrection is your guarantee that your Savior will always welcome you into his presence—by prayer in this life and by conversing with him “face to face” (1 Cor. 13:12) forevermore in the world to come.

—Guy Richard, author, Persistent Prayer

In this practical and sympathetic guidebook, biblical counselor Esther Smith provides twelve powerful strategies that are targeted to different thought struggles. Each chapter is filled with a variety of exercises so that you can begin to change your thoughts right away and live at peace.

Hardcover | 136 Pages | 978-1-62995-872-9 | List: $15.99

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