Hope: the Encourager
Hope is the master encourager. It nudges you forward; it keeps you anticipating the desired outcome. Hope is much more than ‘a-hoping and a-praying’, knock-on-wood, cross-your-fingers kind of wishful thinking. No! The Biblical Hope is the key to a healthy, happy, abundant life!
Just imagine life without hope. Yes, millions of people are living in that desperate state. They are depressed, contemplating suicide, and suffering from physical and mental anguish.
Without hope there can be no faith! “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Heb. 11:1) Therefore, if you’re not hoping for something good to happen, how can your faith be put to work? Hope is the process of making the vision in your mind’s eye a reality. It is knowing that God wants the very best for you and wants you to wait patiently for it. You know what you want. The more you start thinking about the desired outcome and speaking it out loud, the more real it becomes.
“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.” (Prov. 13: 12) Do not ever let anyone talk you out of your desires. If you know that your desire is God’s Will for your life, then faith kicks in and makes it happen! Hope is the process of expecting, building patience, and accessing the throne of God.
If you are in a desperate situation right now, there is hope! “We glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience experience; and experience, hope; and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” (Rom. 5: 3-5)
Every single promise in the Bible is yours! Keep the vision of what you want to
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