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Hope is the expectation of a positive outcome despite your current circumstances. Our hope and dreams come true through consistently applying God's Word and promises in our lives. Believe in the promises of God. God is faithful and will bring you through a terrible situation and turn it into something great. We must keep the faith and stay hopeful When we become discouraged. Put God first and He will restore you.
Hope is the confident expectation of a positive future in spite of your present circumstances. Your confident expectation – your hope for a positive future – rests on God’s purposes and resources, not yours. Biblical hope is absolute confidence in something you haven’t seen or received yet, but you’re absolutely confident that whatever God has said is going to come to pass.
God wants to see hope in action. (Hebrews 11:1, KJVAAE)
Hopes and dreams come true by applying God’s word and promises to that area over a consistent period of time. Almost every hope and dream you have could be reached if you would apply these 2 things:
Be teachable over a long period of time. (Proverbs 9:9, NKJV)
Apply God’s Word. (Isaiah 55:11, NKJV; 1 Samuel 15:29, NLT; Titus 1:2, NLT)
Hopes and dreams come true by applying God’s word and promises to that area over a consistent period of time. Almost every hope and dream you have could be reached if you would apply these 2 things:
Be teachable over a long period of time. (Proverbs 9:9, NKJV)
Apply God’s Word. (Isaiah 55:11, NKJV; 1 Samuel 15:29, NLT; Titus 1:2, NLT)
Hope brings joy and peace. (Romans 15:13, KJVAAE)
When you start believing in hope in spite of what things look like, God’s going to bring you through and make something good out of it. If things look like they are lacking, God’s going to meet every need because He said He would. (Philippians 4:19-20, NKJV) When you start to believe in hope, God states that He will bring dead things to life. (Romans 4:17-18, NKJV)
When you start believing in hope in spite of what things look like, God’s going to bring you through and make something good out of it. If things look like they are lacking, God’s going to meet every need because He said He would. (Philippians 4:19-20, NKJV) When you start to believe in hope, God states that He will bring dead things to life. (Romans 4:17-18, NKJV)
Hope is the answer for discouragement. (Psalms 42:5, NLT)
When we put our faith and hope in anything other than God, it will lead to sadness and discouragement. God is the only one who can fill the greatest need in our life, when we keep trying to fill that need with other things it will lead to discouragement and sadness. God placed a longing for Him in everyone’s heart, then left the choice up to us. (Ecclesiastes 3:11-13, NKJV) Once you learn to put God first in your life, the joy and praise comes back and you will begin to enjoy life like never before. (1 Corinthians 13:13, KJVAAE)
When we put our faith and hope in anything other than God, it will lead to sadness and discouragement. God is the only one who can fill the greatest need in our life, when we keep trying to fill that need with other things it will lead to discouragement and sadness. God placed a longing for Him in everyone’s heart, then left the choice up to us. (Ecclesiastes 3:11-13, NKJV) Once you learn to put God first in your life, the joy and praise comes back and you will begin to enjoy life like never before. (1 Corinthians 13:13, KJVAAE)
New Year, New You
As we look to make changes in our lives — things like getting out of debt, losing weight, working out, etc. — let’s not forget that bodily exercise profits little. I Timothy 4:8 — For bodily exercise profiteth little, but godliness is profitable unto all things, having a promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Lasting change:
We need to put God first in every area of our lives. We need to be more heavenly minded than earthly minded. God is the only one who can truly change a life — change a heart. So often in the new year people make New Year’s resolutions only to see them set aside after a couple of weeks. Let’s put God first and believe God for real, lasting change. Let’s seek Him, and seek Him as we never have.
Priorities:
Let’s put God first, spiritual things first, not natural ones. People will go to the gym 4 or 5 times a week and make it a priority. But maybe they’ll go to church once every 4 to 5 weeks, and if they are really dedicated, maybe once every two weeks. It’s no wonder believers are not stronger. It’s about priorities. God first!
So, when thinking about changes we want to make for this new year, maybe we could make church a priority, God’s word a priority, and prayer a priority. Just maybe be more heavenly minded in 2022!
Just a thought,
From Pastor Steve Smotherman - Legacy Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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