Everything Rides on Hope Now
Did you know that in the Bible, the NIV translation specifically the
word hope is mention 159 times, must be pretty important to God if it is
mentioned so many times.
So what does hope mean to you?
What would you say hope is?
Now there is such a difference in the Worldly sense of hope compared to
the Godly Hope.
How many
of you enjoy hitting piñatas?
We hit it
several times before anything comes out of the piñata don’t we?
How many
of us know for certain there was going to be candy inside of it?
Most of
us aren’t able to see the person filling it, you all HOPE that it will be
filled with candy but we really don’t know for certain.
We aren’t
certain how many hits it will take or even if we will hit it every time we swing,
but the expectation is that there is going to be yummy candy inside gives you
the will power the desire to continue hitting to see what is in there.
I believe
that hope is pretty similar to that piñata.
We are
not sure how many times we are going to have to get hit with something, but we
are hoping that whatever it is that is against us Jesus will see us through and
we will get what we had hoped for.
How many people think that Hope is something that can be seen?
How many of you have seen Hope before physically speaking?
Romans 8:24-25 For in hope we have
been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one also hope for
what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we
wait eagerly for it.
So the
great thing about Hope is that we can’t see it. We know and expect that it will
be coming.
What do
you think the difference between Faith and Hope is?
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Hebrews 11:1
Hope is
the vision it enables us to act on our faith
Faith
would be the execution
In the bible we see so many stories of Faith, but none of these men or
women would have gotten anywhere if they didn’t have Hope.
For my life the biggest story of my Hope and Faith would be, I
want you all to be thinking while I tell my story.
What does
your story look like? Does anyone want to share?
How many
of you think you can have Faith without Hope, you can’t because faith is the
assurance of things hoped for. The evidence of things not seen
As we
know Hope cannot be seen according to Romans 8:24-25
One of my
favorite songs is called Hope Now by Addison Road, the line in the song says
everything rides on Hope Now, and to be honest everything does, if you don’t
hope in something you will be left with nothing. Hope makes life worth living.
I
encourage you all to listen that song and it will bless you I am sure of it.
Always
Hope in the Lord because he will never lead you wrong, what you had been hoping
for may not be what God has for you, but what he has for you is so much better
than anything you could have ever imaged.
The
biggest Hope that we have is John 3:16 is when our hope was birthed in one man
that man is Jesus. He saved us from our sin and anyone that may believe in him
shall be saved. Until the birth of Jesus we had hoped and he was born by Faith
he is our savior.
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