esperanza abrumadora
La incertidumbre sobre el futuro resulta ya sea en paralizar miedo o en autogestionado control. Without the hope that Christ is for us and that our future is secured by God, we will be excessively anxious and engaged in self-preservation and self-enhancement. We’ll end up thinking only about ourselves, our future, and our problems, instead of loving (and obeying) Christ. But si we let our future be taken care of by God—whether that’s for the next five minutes or five centuries from now—then we can be free to love others, allowing God’s glory to shine more clearly in our lives.
Únase a nosotros en esta serie de cinco partes para descubrir cómo crecer confiados en nuestra esperanza puede darnos la paz y la libertad que deseamos hoy. El capítulo uno de 1 Pedro trata abrumadoramente sobre la esperanza, por lo que este capítulo de las Escrituras nos guiará a una comprensión más profunda de la esperanza segura que tenemos en Cristo.
“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.”
1 Pedro 1:3-4a (NVI)
Russell Patterson serves Stonebriar Community Church as one of our Elders. Russell is an Account Manager for Hewlett-Packard, where he has been employed for more than 16 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from the University of Texas, Austin and went on to study kinesiology in graduate school at the University of Texas.
Russell y su esposa, Jayne, crecieron en Plano y se mudaron a Frisco en 1996. Ambos sirven en la clase Faith Builders Sunday Fellowship. Los Patterson tienen dos hijas, Catherine y Victoria.
