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As we approach Christmas, set our focus on Jesus afresh and prepare our hearts to remember His coming, we cannot do this without recognising and reflecting on the 'thrill of hope’. Jesus is the One who brings good news to the poor, liberty to the captives, the opening of prison to the bound, comfort to those who mourn, light to those who are in darkness, and hope to those in despair. Biblically speaking, hope is not just an optimistic outlook or wishful thinking without any foundation, but confident expectation of good based on solid certainty. As followers of Jesus, we are called to be people who abound in hope. A people whose hope is unshakeable because it is founded upon Jesus - the hope of the world - not a circumstance or an outcome. A people who hold onto our hope because when our hope is in Jesus, it does not disappoint us or put us to shame. Is the thrill of hope alive in your heart, or is it a distant glimmer? May the Lord ignite fresh hope in your heart this Christmas!