If

"You must not be moved away from the hope the Good News gave you," Colossians 1:23.

And why not? Because Jesus has made us God's friends. (Though we had been enemies.) So Jesus presents us to God as holy, blameless, without any accusation. Well, that is, he presents us to God like that as long as we let him. If we will not trust him with this, he doesn't force goodness on us. We're not bound to believe in him against our will. But. Our choice: We will not become faithless as those who will not believe. We will keep on in the faith, strong, sure, anchored in the hope of the message we heard. It's about faith in Christ.

We meet with a brother or sister today and encourage each other in the faith of Jesus. And, together, we give thanks for receiving hope to press on into the presence of God.