Heb 11:1  Now faith is the assurance of things we hope for, the certainty of things we cannot see.

Expectations from God. – unseen future. Without Hope life is meaningless. Faith is the substance (foundation) of things Hoped for.

Three aspects of Hope:

2Th 2:16  May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

Tit 2:13  as we wait for the blessed hope and the glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he has given us a new birth to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

Our Hope is alive – in things not seen – not worldly.

Good moral integrous character (God’s). Blessed hoping joyous God’s hand on it. Something God has spoken into. Full of indestructible life. Without Hope you will perish.

The Foundation is God’s Word. The Hope is for the unseen spoken Word of God. It manifests His purpose in my life. I live on the Foundation but have Hope for the future.

There is no Expiration date on Hope. It is a living Hope.

1Ti 1:1  From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope,

Jesus which is our Hope. All my Hope is wrapped up in Jesus.

Heb 6:18  so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might have a strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

Hope set before us – always in front of us.

Heb 6:19  We have this hope as an anchor for our souls, firm and secure, which reaches behind the curtain,

Hope is an anchor for my Soul. Keeps me stationary in the storms of life. In times of extreme trial we needed the anchor. Something past that moment of time to live for.

Psa 71:5  For You are my hope, O Lord God, my trust from my youth.

Jesus is my Hope.

Psa 71:14  But I will hope without ceasing, and I will add more in all Your praise.

I will continually have Hope. Keep Hoping, Keep Praising. If you have Hope you will have Praise for Christ. Quit wining and start Praising Jesus.

Hos 2:15  And I will give her vineyards to her from there, 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.

We have a door of Hope to enter through.

Jim – 12/07/2008