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Religion                                                                                      Senior Voice of Citrus County - APRIL 2020 • 23


                                    F in d in g  H o p e





                        Dr. Tim              entitled 3:16: The Numbers          Number Two: God gave.                to trust Him with your life; to
                        Lantzy               of Hope.  Max calls John 3:16  A person can give without                 put your confidence in Him;

                        Senior Pastor,       “a parade of hope: beginning        loving, but no one can love          and to rest your hope in Him.
                        First Baptist        with God, ending with life,         without giving.  Giving is           Believe in Jesus.
                        Church,              and urging us to do the same.”   what love does.  God gave His           Number Four: We live.  God

                        Crystal River        If you know nothing about           Son.  God the Father sent God        promises life, eternal life for
                                             the Bible, John 3:16 is a great
                                                                                 the Son for us.  Why did God
        The world, our country, our          place to start.  If you’re been     go to the extreme in sending         all who believe in Jesus.  Life
                                                                                                                      is a wonderful word of hope.
        state and our county are             learning the Bible since you        His Son?  Our messy world is         Heaven will be wonderful

        experiencing unprecedented           were a child, John 3:16 is a        so broken and fractured that         because you’ll be at your
        moments.  These are uncertain        great place to return.  John        only God can fix it.  God did.       best forever.  Everyone else
        times and fears are rising           3:16 says, “For God so loved        He sent His Son to heal the          will be at their best forever.
        everywhere.  The Coronavirus         the world that he gave his only  broken.  The cross and empty            Everything will be at its best
        has caused many to become            begotten Son, that whoever          tomb are God’s messages of           forever.  Heaven is a place
        anxious and weighed down             believes in him shall not perish  hope to the world.                     with no death, mourning,
        with worry as never before.          but have eternal life.”             Number Three: We believe.            crying, pain or even viruses.
        People are responding by             John 3:16 provides four             God is inviting the whole            If bad news is all you hear
        stockpiling supplies and             messages of hope.  Number           world to believe in Jesus.           these days, look to John 3:16
        staying home.                        One: God loves.  God loves          What does it mean to believe?   and find hope that will never


        In the middle of fear and            you because He chooses to           It means to depend upon Jesus;  fail you.
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