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| PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD |
A NEW BEGINNING
I heard many years ago that hope is the rope we hang on to when circumstances seem like they are drowning us in sorrow, despair, misery and desperation. For me, when I am overwhelmed and feeling hopeless, it is a good time for me to rehearse my verses to the King and to remind myself that I am not alone… realizing others have gone before me with the same difficulties in life and that we have an advocate in the Father on our behalf, begins to build hope within me again. Our economy and observing what is going on in the world recently is enough to drain hope in people. When I begin to feel hopless, I need to remind myself that I needd to go to the ROCK (Jesus) who is higher than I.
We can lose hope in many areas of our life. Health problems, being in constant pain, financial problems, relational difficulties, challenges working within the body of Christ, problems at our workplace, and just plain being overwhelmed by life. Going to the word of God has a way of uplifting my spirits and puts things back into perspective for me.
I pray these scriptures are a blessing to you, I pray our God who is able will lift you up and out of your dire straits, and hold you close, breathing new hope within you.
When we have Jesus Christ in our hearts, we have reason to hope. We are no longer far off from the promises of God and alone, but we are brought close to Him through His blood sacrifice for us. How about this scripture:
Eph 2:12-13 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Our faith and hope need no longer be in other things including leaning on our own understanding.. we as believers have a reason to hope. Jesus was raised up from the grave, so we have the promise God will also raise us up not only on the last day, but He will raise us up from all our difficulties and those things that trouble us.
Titus 1:2 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
For example: if we are unfairly condemned: Our Jesus is forever interceding for us. These words should give us hope in times when the enemy and everyone else seems to be coming at us!
Romans 8:34 KJB
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
WOW! We have access to His grace, and we can stand and rejoice and hope in His glory!! And, not only that, but we can also rejoice in our hard times knowing that God is the midst of them is working beautiful characteristics in us, and we will not be ashamed.
Romans 5: 2-5 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
Hallelujah! We have other men and women of God who have gone before us as examples of even hoping against hope believed .. and were rewarded for their faithfulness.
Romans 4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
Our stronghold is JESUS, and I so long to turn to Him in every area of my life. I so want to be a prisoner of hope. I fail miserably sometimes and miss the mark, but I do so love the promise that by doing so I will receive double blessing. Lord, help us all to become prisoners of hope in Your Name. Amen
Zech 9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
Woooo hoooo! Our own Lion of Judah will roar… and the heavens and earth shall shake, but it will not come nigh His people, He will fill us with hope and strength! Glory!!! Powerful words.
Joel 3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Awww.. this is one of my dearest friends favorite verses.. I love it too! The valley of Achor was a place where God turned away His fierce anger and a memorial of stones was made for the people to remember.
God is no longer angry with us, the blood of Jesus covers all those who come to Him in repentance. He wants to give us the areas of productivity in our lives and to remind us and give us hope. We shall sing, be youthful, as in the day when God delivered His people from bondage in Egypt. We were all slaves to the enemy and in bondage and captivity until God parted the sea for us to go across unto the promised land of salvation.Hosea 2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
As a baby, little ones do fret until they have latched onto their mother for nurturing, sustenance, comfort, and love. They had reason to hope because mother was consistently there for them. That is how God is for us. We have reason to hope in Him, because He has proved himself over and over, that He is there for us.
Psalm 22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts
For those of us who have had the privilege of growing up in a Christian home, the blessing of being able to see God’s hand from a young age displayed through our parents, pastors, and other believers, is a rich heritage. Learning to trust God from a young age is such a blessing, and instills strength for adult years. For those of you who have not had this, I pray that God will restore those years for you and that God will instill within you supernatural hope.
Psalm 71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
This is one of my very favorite verses. I share it many times with those who are going through bouts of depression. I am not a depressive type of person, however, everyone gets down at times. At times when that would happen, my late husband, who was so funny and loving would take me to a place on the wall in the kitchen that he called his “anti-depression button”!! He would press my finger on the imaginary button and say “there, now you can hope in God, all depression is depressed”!!! This little comedy skit always made me laugh at myself and my own folly of not trusting in God, and it did help change my countenance!!
Psalm 425 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
What about these two? We don’t have to buckle in the midst of trials. We can be courageous no matter what we encounter in this life, for our hope is in the LORD!
Psalm 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psalm 33:18 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
God’s mercy is poured upon us according to the degree that we hope in the Lord.
Psalm 33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Hoping in God will cause a merry heart, our whole nature to rejoice and we will find rest in hoping in the Lord.
Psalm 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
May the Spirit that raised our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead "quicken" and bring to life everything within us that has been languishing, fading in hopelessness, ... everything that is weary in well doing....every fading ember of hopes and dreams planted in our hearts by the Lord....fill us with strength and might in our inner man...that out of our encouraged hearts our mouths will speak forth the prophetic proclamations and decrees of the Most High - so that NONE SHALL PERISH, but our HOPE is in JESUS CHRIST!
Psalm 38:15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
Expecting and anticipating great things in your life,
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