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Faith is the Substance of Things Hoped For

Romans 15:13, ‘May the God of hope bring you such joy and peace in your faith that the power of the Holy Spirit will remove all bounds to hope.’

Where we place our hope can make the difference between a positive outcome or a negative outcome. It all depends on how structurally sound we are in our faith in God. If our faith is weak, we can fall into that darkness of worries, fears and doubts. The reason for the word “darkness” is because any negative action or emotion that can keep us from trusting in God with faith causes us to step out of the light.

Hebrews 11:6, ‘Now it is impossible to please God without faith, since anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those that try to find Him.’

Our faith in God should also include accepting Jesus Christ and the willingness to build a one on one relationship with Him. Jesus is the way back to God, John 14:6, ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.’ By following Jesus and listening to Him, we can build up our faith which will make us stronger to handle those hardships, tests and trials that come our way.

Through these hardships, tests and trials we are not only building up our faith in God, but we are gaining trust in God. By this we are proving to God that we truly believe in Him. We must have good works by faith, otherwise faith is dead. These things help us grow spiritually and they help us in returning back to God.

Hope and faith when applied in the right direction will diminish all worries, fears and doubts that we take on when faced with a crisis or hardships. People have the habit of placing their hope in man instead of God. God is infallable, but man isn’t, so why waste your energy placing your hope in man that can’t guarantee positive results?

When hardships come our way, we tend to focus on a negative outcome which causes us to worry or fear the worse. We even make up and predict what the outcome is going to be. Why do we do this to ourselves? Prove to God that you trust Him to get you through your hardships by not thinking negatively, but by focusing on positive outcomes. Take those bad thoughts and crush them with positive thoughts so that you can see the glory of God’s works. Trust God and May He Bless You Always

Give Me Hope – Hope Can Be Practiced In Two Different Ways Podcast

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Please Give Me Hope O’ God

The Bible is full of times when people or a community of people had hope when they were met with despair, hope for a better day, a day when things were not so bad. They had the same hope when they were waiting for the coming of a Messiah. The Messiah finally came and His name was Jesus Christ. Those that realized He was the true Messiah, turned their hope into joy. A Savior has arrived who is going to save them from their iniquities and bring them a New Covenant with God that promises everlasting eternal life.

Some use hope in the wrong way. They use it to dream about things that will please themselves. This is a false hope, one that is geared towards selfishness. Hope leads to faith and faith leads to works that prove God’s promises. God did give us promises with stipulations attached to them. We need to practice faith in order to get to know God, Jesus Christ and receive The Holy Spirit.

Many people for years have been hoping for the day that Jesus Christ returns. They know that when He does return, a new world will follow that is filled with peace, love and all the good fruits that the Spirit brings (Galatians 5: 22). Heaven and earth will be filled with so much joy, a joy that can’t even be comprehended. No more evil, hate and corruption, only love for one another.

We all go through bad times, it could be from an illness, a bad traffic accident, a job loss, losing your house to a disaster, or whatever it is that brings us hardships. Some people get lost in the darkness of self-pity, while others have hope for a better outcome. These ones are strong and know that God will see them through their difficult times. Why? Because they have Faith. They pray, “O’ God, give me hope”. If hope is targeted in the right way, it will build the foundation for faith and faith will bring results. Faith builds strength for those who who work it the right way.

It’s so much easier to complain and wallow in self-pity because there is no work involved in going this route. It’s like time after time you buy a lottery ticket and sit there for days hoping to win the lottery. Like winning the lottery will solve all your problems. There is no gain in this type of hope, it builds nothing. If you did eventually win, you would have nothing that is everlasting, only temporary.

One of the ways that hope will work for a good cause is when people visualize their fellow man turning towards God and accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior. This is a positive attitude that flows out all over the world, filled with love that touches our fellowman and God.

Through hope, we can make a major change in the world, provided that we back it with faith and love. This is how we are filled with God’s love, by thinking of God and the welfare of our fellowman and forgetting about ourselves. Pray to God, “Give me hope now”, and believe that He will. Trust in God, He loves you.