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Hoping Pt.3
Hoping When It Seems Hopeless
Pt. 3
As children of God, we have hope (Ephesians 2:11). God is the God of hope (Roman 15:13). People who are unsaved can have hope if they receive Jesus Christ. There is no hope for the world. There is only hope for unbelievers through Jesus Christ. Our expectations as believers belong to God, not man. We have to put our trust in God alone. Every believer has an eternal, i.e. constant and abiding, hope. Our confession of faith is the source of our hope.
To review, we must ask ourselves what kind of life we want to live – religious or relevant? A religious life is following rules and regulations. A relevant life is having an intimate relationship with God. When you live a relevant life, you allow God to lead you in everything. Jesus Christ came so that we could have a relationship with Him. He came to free us from religion.
We hope through the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13). God wants to do in us something He has never done before (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). We need to be focused on the Holy Spirit today. God is never satisfied with the status quo. All the promises of God are accessed by faith (Galatians 3:26-29). We have to allow God to fully persuade us. Abraham against natural hope believed in the hope of God. Our faith has to match the level of our desire. A person will never be filled above the level of their hunger and thirst. Often, people will desire, but they are not hungry or thirsty.
Without hope, God can’t bring those things that have never been seen before into existence. Get your hopes up so that the power of God can flow through you! The Holy Spirit has been assigned by God to be our assistant. How often do we let the Holy Spirit work in our lives? We have not been called to a religious life. We’ve been called to supernatural living.
We can never live above the level of our expectations. Get your hopes up and trust God (Ephesians 3:14-21). Faith activates every promise of God. Faith is invaluable. You can’t put all the money in the world up against faith. Money doesn’t work in the spirit realm, only faith works in the spirit realm.
You cannot hope without faith or faith without hope. Most people don’t think that they can “be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3: 19). However, the Bible states that we are the temple of the living God. We can’t think or ask for something that we don’t expect. Every day we have to get our hopes up. “Him who is able” has to be in us, then He can do “exceedingly and abundantly above all that we ask or think.” (Ephesians 3: 20) The power that is in us is the supernatural resurrection power of Christ.
God can’t live somewhere that He is not happy. Faith can only produce what is expected. It gives substance to hope. Hope is the engine; it sets the parameters of what you will see. Faith and hope can never be separated – they are built into each other. Get your hopes up and don’t ever take them down. Dream big because God is big! If there is any problem-solving to do, then it will be done by the Holy Spirit. Our piece is to get our hopes up. God can give us the hope because He has the substance. God gives us what we can’t see. God works with our weaknesses.
You can increase your capacity to hope (Joshua 1:8). This means that we are unlimited. You can increase your capacity to hope by meditating on the Word. Another word for meditate is imagine. Without imagination, we can’t hope. Meditation is the source of hope. We “observe to do according to all that is written” in the Word by allowing the power of God to work through us by the power of the Holy Spirit. We “make our way prosperous” by our loyal obedience to God.
You have to pay the cost in order to get paid. We have to work for that which we can’t earn. We have to be engaged in God’s will and purpose. God gave us the power, so we have to use it. He gave us the power to hope, to desire and to imagine. It’s going to happen by the power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we can’t worry, fret or be anxious about it. The power is not of us but with us. It is according to the power that works in us that it happens.
You control your hope. No one is qualified to define your hope for you, not even God, which is why He gave us an imagination. “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” (Mark 9:23)
Pt. 3
As children of God, we have hope (Ephesians 2:11). God is the God of hope (Roman 15:13). People who are unsaved can have hope if they receive Jesus Christ. There is no hope for the world. There is only hope for unbelievers through Jesus Christ. Our expectations as believers belong to God, not man. We have to put our trust in God alone. Every believer has an eternal, i.e. constant and abiding, hope. Our confession of faith is the source of our hope.
To review, we must ask ourselves what kind of life we want to live – religious or relevant? A religious life is following rules and regulations. A relevant life is having an intimate relationship with God. When you live a relevant life, you allow God to lead you in everything. Jesus Christ came so that we could have a relationship with Him. He came to free us from religion.
We hope through the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13). God wants to do in us something He has never done before (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). We need to be focused on the Holy Spirit today. God is never satisfied with the status quo. All the promises of God are accessed by faith (Galatians 3:26-29). We have to allow God to fully persuade us. Abraham against natural hope believed in the hope of God. Our faith has to match the level of our desire. A person will never be filled above the level of their hunger and thirst. Often, people will desire, but they are not hungry or thirsty.
Without hope, God can’t bring those things that have never been seen before into existence. Get your hopes up so that the power of God can flow through you! The Holy Spirit has been assigned by God to be our assistant. How often do we let the Holy Spirit work in our lives? We have not been called to a religious life. We’ve been called to supernatural living.
We can never live above the level of our expectations. Get your hopes up and trust God (Ephesians 3:14-21). Faith activates every promise of God. Faith is invaluable. You can’t put all the money in the world up against faith. Money doesn’t work in the spirit realm, only faith works in the spirit realm.
You cannot hope without faith or faith without hope. Most people don’t think that they can “be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3: 19). However, the Bible states that we are the temple of the living God. We can’t think or ask for something that we don’t expect. Every day we have to get our hopes up. “Him who is able” has to be in us, then He can do “exceedingly and abundantly above all that we ask or think.” (Ephesians 3: 20) The power that is in us is the supernatural resurrection power of Christ.
God can’t live somewhere that He is not happy. Faith can only produce what is expected. It gives substance to hope. Hope is the engine; it sets the parameters of what you will see. Faith and hope can never be separated – they are built into each other. Get your hopes up and don’t ever take them down. Dream big because God is big! If there is any problem-solving to do, then it will be done by the Holy Spirit. Our piece is to get our hopes up. God can give us the hope because He has the substance. God gives us what we can’t see. God works with our weaknesses.
You can increase your capacity to hope (Joshua 1:8). This means that we are unlimited. You can increase your capacity to hope by meditating on the Word. Another word for meditate is imagine. Without imagination, we can’t hope. Meditation is the source of hope. We “observe to do according to all that is written” in the Word by allowing the power of God to work through us by the power of the Holy Spirit. We “make our way prosperous” by our loyal obedience to God.
You have to pay the cost in order to get paid. We have to work for that which we can’t earn. We have to be engaged in God’s will and purpose. God gave us the power, so we have to use it. He gave us the power to hope, to desire and to imagine. It’s going to happen by the power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we can’t worry, fret or be anxious about it. The power is not of us but with us. It is according to the power that works in us that it happens.
You control your hope. No one is qualified to define your hope for you, not even God, which is why He gave us an imagination. “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” (Mark 9:23)
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