A Gateway of Hope

Has the enemy stolen from you?
Has he stolen your joy, your gladness?
Has he stolen your reservoir, dried up your stream, taken your strength, run away with your rest?

Does your outlook on life look dark?
Does gloom meet your ears, your eyes everywhere you turn?

The Father wants you to look into the horizon.
Do you see it my friend?
The Father has a land prepared for you, a land like the garden of Eden.

Behind you is your wasted wilderness,
Directly in front of you His GATEWAY of HOPE.
Nudge that gate open, my friend,
And you will discover the access to the land, that land as glorious as the garden of Eden.

The cross is on the path to the land.
The Father sent His Son to bear this cross, to pay the price for your freedom.
He offers Himself to set you free from your darkness, your bondage, your pain.
He shed His blood to deliver you from the power of fear, and all the shame and guilt.
He endured the agony and suffering so you could be released into your destiny, your dreams, into     
      His plans and purposes for you..
He paid the entrance fee, the price with the suffering of His body and the shedding of His blood,
      to set you free and bring you into this land.

His love is patient as He waits for you to discover His sacrifice,
Graciously and compassionately He beckons for you to come and enjoy His goodness, His grace.
With the same love that he created you with, He pleads for you to turn, to repent, to discover
     His poured out gift.
With the same love that breathed life into you, that same love that purposed and planned for you to prosper 
     in life, He invites you to come, discover, receive the fullness of life He has purposed for you.

Behind you a wasted wilderness
Before you the land as a garden of Eden.

Come and partake of His grace!

Joel 1&2