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Shannon, J. Michael.
Sermon Outlines for Seekers.
Edited by Sam E. Stone.
Standard Sermon Starters.
Cincinnati, OH: Standard, 1996.
“Keep Hope Alive”
Intro
Self Help Books
R. L Adams “How to Not Lose all Hope in Life”
Re-assess the situation
change your focus
does not change the problem
Fill your heart with gratitude
just be thankful for what you do have
easier said then done
Be objective and honest about the situation
assess without bias
impossible for us to do
Lean on others for support
allow others to help
sometimes others cannot help
Trust in your faith...
finally!
faith in what?
faith in faith?
what is that?
Sometimes, we need to have a little trust and faith in good things to come and understand that while all things might not be in our control or power, things do happen for a reason.
While we might not always understand the reason at the time, one most certainly always exists.
Whether you’re Christian, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, or just believe in a unifying spiritual energy that binds us all, having faith means that you have trust and confidence in good things to come.
And we can rely on our faith to help restore our hope.
While it’s easier said than done, hope can be restored over time, and all hope isn’t lost, even when we go through the roughest of times.
Whatever doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger.
We have to believe in the grand design of things, and that good things will eventually happen because human beings weren’t created just to survive — we were created to thrive.
Sometimes in spite of all the positive thinking we can generate, life is really terrible.
Simple optimism will not do.
Genuine hope must go beyond positive thinking.
Genuine hope is not, “Wishing for something you know isn’t going to happen.”
It is not an idle wish at all.
Our Need
Seeker issue: The need to develop a hope based on Biblical truth
Open your Bible to Malachi 4
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Pew Bible
Blank Sheet of Paper Pg 805?
Represents over 400 years!
Genuine Hope =
1.
The ORIGIN of genuine hope [3a]
Antiques Road Show - genuine or fake?
all REAL hope is derived from God and His promises
genuine hope is a GIFT of mercy
genuine hope is a RESULT of salvation.
we were born into a living hope!
2. The FOUNDATION of genuine hope [3b]
the foundation is the WORK and MINISTRY of Jesus.
The resurrection of Jesus is CRUCIAL in the formation of genuine hope.
it makes ALL the difference
3. The DURABILITY of genuine hope [4]
IMPERISHABLE
speaks of its essence
UNDEFILEABLE
speaks of its purity
UNFADING
speaks of its beauty
READY
speaks of its guarantee
4. The POWER of genuine hope [6-7]
it helps us to face our trials with JOY
it helps us face our trials with COURAGE
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The WONDER of genuine hope [8-9]
we love a PERSON we have never seen
we long to go to a PLACE we have never visited
genuine hope concerns our greatest NEED - salvation
Heb 11.1
Closing
Hope is a powerful concept.
Without hope in the future, we have no power in the present.
Hope may keep us alive.
Without hope there is no reason to live.
It has been said, “Life without Christ is a hopeless end, but life with Christ is an endless hope.”
WE ARE NOT ASHAMED of the ground of our hope.
Our hope rests upon the solemn promises of God, which He made to us by His prophets and apostles, and confirmed in the person and work of His dear Son.
Inasmuch as Jesus Christ died and rose from the dead, we who are one with Him by faith are sure that we shall rise again from the dead and live with Him.
The fact of Christ’s resurrection is the assurance of our resurrection, and His entrance into glory is the pledge of our glorification because we are made one with Him by the purpose and grace of God.
As we fell in Adam by virtue of our being in him, so we rise and reign with Jesus because we are in Him.
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living; yet is He the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, and therefore these men are yet alive.
Even thus do we believe concerning all who die in the faith that they have not ceased to be, but they all live to Him.
—Spurgeon
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