It the midst of a messy world where Amos had to speak a lot of pain, God gives him a new message, one of hope.

Make it your aim to do what is right, not what is evil, so that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty really will be with you, as you claim he is. Amos 5:14 GNT

Redemption and life is a message of hope – I am a person of hope because I know that in and through Jesus there is forgiveness and acceptance.

I want to encourage those I meet with to pray and to do so with the complete knowledge of this forgiveness and hope – may we all “live.”

The reason for constant, persistent, sleepless, overcoming prayer is that prayer is the means that God has appointed for our receiving mercy, and obtaining grace to help in time of need. – R.A. Torrey