Where Do You Find Hope?

Hope and Disappointment.

Gina..

Sean ..

Cubscouts and Weblos ..

But in fifth grade my parents split and everything I hoped for … gone

We All Have Hopes

Health, Love, Financial Security, Family, Friendships, .......

Let me tell you, none of those things are worth putting hope in…

Benefits of Salvation

Romans in my opinion is the best book in the NT to teach us how to live

Divided in to 2 major parts, Plan of Salvation, and Practical attitudes to live it out.

Need of salvation for everyone

The method of salvation by faith

Salvation is not by works

Not by ritual

Not by rules

By the time we get to chapter 5 --- we get to hear the blessings of salvation as compared to living in the world.

Preaching Good News

We have peace — with God

We have access by faith into grace — through Christ

Boast in the Hope

Hope hōp

to cherish a desire with anticipation: to want something to happen or be true

To expect with confidence Hopeless hōpləs Hope hōp

Hopeless

Having no expectation of good or success.

1.Having no expectation of good or success. 2.Incapable of redemption or improvement

Incapable of redemption or improvement

anguish, fear, despair, misery, sorrow, doubt

anguish, fear, despair, misery, sorrow, doubt

Romans 5:3–6 NIV

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

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Perseverence - when the going gets tough.. you stand

Ephesians 6:13 NIV

Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.

Character - If perseverence is the ability to survive under pressure, character is to continue to thrive.

How do you react when under pressure?

When you behave poorly to you make excuse because of the ceircumstances?

Character developed through perseverance under suffering demonstrates the reality of the Holy Spirit in our life. And is something worth bragging about.

Romans 5:5 NIV

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

Our HOPE when ii is fixed on Christ is a hope that endures.. In fact, its the only hope that endures. When all else fails His hope is secure.

Hope hōp

In the end hope will meet sight.

Hasn’t there been times where we take comfort in the fact that one day we will see him face to face.

Hasn’t there been times when in the middle of our struggles we remember that Christ promises to keep us.

oh know you never let go through the calm and through the storm, oh know you never let go of me. — Matt Redman

shall pluck me from his hand

John 10:28 NIV

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Conclusion

Here’s a thing about hope. Speaking broadly, when we hope, we are hoping that something will start that hasnt yet. We want to have good health, we want others to have good health. We want to stop sinning.

Or , we want something to stop that hasn’t stopped yet. Sins, suffering of loved ones...

Today lets pray for hope where it may have grown small.

And hope does NOT PUT US TO SHAME, because GOD’S LOVE has been poured out into our hearts through the HOLY SPIRIT, who has been GIVEN TO US!

Romans 5:5 NIV

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

GROUP AND GROW Things you want to start and they haven’t yet. Things you want to stop and they haven’t yet. You want to experience real hope in all situations.