Faithful Steward Ministries and FSM Women's Outreach

Lord, however, you deal with me in outward things, whatever you take from me, whatever you deny me—do not deny me Christ! Do not deny me a share in his righteousness! Amen.

David Clarkson, “No Hope without Christ’s Righteousness,” in Piercing Heaven: Prayers of the Puritans, ed. Robert Elmer (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2019), 19.

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I have recently begun reading Piercing Heaven: Prayers of the Puritans – Lexham Press, like The Valley of Vision I consider this a must-read in Puritan classic writings.

Today’s theme was NO HOPE WITHOUT CHRIST’S RIGHTEOUSNESS. It got me thinking of all the folks who think they got it, made in the shade, but there truly is no hope for them. Then there are those in deep despair seemingly without hope who need only turn to the giver of eternal hope. We need to be in prayer for all these folks.

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This short article and 3-minute video by R.C. Sproul explains why Christ is our righteous redeemer – Jesus Is Our Righteousness

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Here is a short article by J.I. Packer on hope – Where There’s Hope, There’s Life