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How Can You Obtain Hope That Never Fails – Hope In Jesus Christ

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How Can You Obtain Hope That Never Fails – Hope In Jesus Christ.

Hope doesn’t always come easy. Especially when life backs you in a corner and you find yourself between a rock and a hard place. Sometimes it can be tempting to think that it’s just easier to throw in the towel and give up hope in Jesus because as we watch our situations they seem impossible and the odds are stack against us.


Unlike the world, that seeks for fleeting hope in passing fancies, as believers, the Bible tells us one of the ways we can develop and have hope. And this is how it goes.

When we suffer, we can rejoice, give thanks and glorify God because we know for a truth that our suffering and pain in not in vain.
We have an assurance that can’t be shaken and has been proven time and time again and by a large cloud of witnesses that our suffering produces perseverance.


Once we have developed perseverance, we have gone to another level of maturity as believers. It means we can wait. And even in that difficult place of waiting, we do it with grateful and thankful hearts. We push forward despite the tides. We press on because sure enough, our perseverance produces character.

Character is solid. Character does not back down. Character is not tossed about by strange doctrines and heresies. There is authority that comes with character.

And then once we have developed that character, we get HOPE!
Hallelujah! And that Hope that we develop, that hope in a savior who conquered death never puts us to shame. It’s solid! Legit! Praiseworthy.
You can take it to the bank or anywhere. It’s a hope that never fails or fades.

So, incase you are going through a difficult time right now and you are suffering, please chin up. Take heart. Glory in your suffering, that is just the beginning to a Hope that never puts us to shame.

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 5:1-5

Hannah

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Living The Abundant Life – Hope In Jesus Christ

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Living The Abundant Life – Hope In Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Yeshua the Messiah came that mankind would have life, but not just any kind of life but an abundant life.

As believers, Jesus has given us the power to live a better life, an abundant life. We can live life abundantly and with Power in Jesus.

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We can have joy in abundance.

We can have love in abundance.

We can have faith in abundance.

We can have hope in abundance.

We can have relationships in abundance.

We can have families in abundance.

We can have marriages in abundance.

We can have friends in abundance.

We can have careers in abundance.

We can have wealth in abundance.

We can have education in abundance.

We can have beauty in abundance.

We can have fun in abundance.

We can travel in abundance.

We can have nutritious meals in abundance.

We can have businesses in abundance.

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Yes, we can live an abundant as believers even though we are not of this world.

Bible Verse :

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

John 10:10

A life in Jesus is an abundant life!

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Where Is Your Hope For Life Found – Hope In Jesus Christ

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Where Is Your Hope For Life Found – Hope In Jesus Christ.

Where is your Hope for life found?  Is it in your family, finances, friends, job, career, children, business, investments, beauty, money, intelligence, education, networks etc?

Sadly, putting your hope in the things mentioned above can put you to shame. In fact many people in the world have been put to shame by hoping in passing fancies. The only hope that never disappoints, that doesn’t fail and that doesn’t shame us is a hope in Jesus.

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Romans 10:11-13

Are you going through a period of shame right now because you put your hope in the wrong places and people?

Don’t despair. You have an opportunity to put your Hope in Jesus who will never put you to shame. Hope in Jesus not only gives us peace, comfort and strength, but it pours love into our lives. Hope in Jesus is sure and it never fails.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil.

Hebrews 6:19-20

Hope in Jesus today and and watch him turn your shame to honor, glory and purity.

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. 

Revelation 3:18-19

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4. perseverance, character; and character, hope.

 Romans 5: 3

According to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. 

Philippians 1:20

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Boldly And Gladly Boasting In The Hope Of Glory – Hope In Jesus Christ

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Boldly And Gladly Boasting In The Hope Of Glory – Hope In Jesus Christ.

As believers we can boldly stand and boast; Not in ourselves. Not in our achievements or our accolades or what we have been able to do.
Such boast is useless and leads to sin.

But boasting in the Hope of the glory of the Lord Jesus gives us peace, faith and perseverance. It helps us to push on.

The same way the disciples and believers before us pushed on, we too can.
The apostles and disciples had hope that their Messiah Jesus Christ would be glorified through them and so they pushed ahead.

When life got tough and they were suffering and being persecuted for their faith, they held onto the hope that their Lord was being gloried through their sufferings and tribulations.

While we wait for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 

Titus 2:13

Are you going through a particularly difficult time in your journey of Faith right now?

  • Is hope far?
  • Is hope lost?
  • Are you in despair?
  • Reached your wits end?
  • Don’t know where to turn?

You dear brother or sister can have Hope in the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. You can believe that he is using the situation you find yourself in to be glorified.

What a great honor and privilege to be chosen by the creator of the universe as vessels for his glory to shine through.

Don’t lose hope. Don’t despair. Hold on and Hope in the glory of God.

We have also obtained access through Him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, 4 endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope. 5 This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 

Romans 5:2-5

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When Christ Died On The Cross, Our Hopes Began – Hope, Assurance And Comfort Quotes – Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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When Christ Died On The Cross, Our Hopes Began – Hope, Assurance And Comfort Quotes – Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

“The iron bolt which so mysteriously fastens the door of hope and holds our spirits in gloomy prison, needs a heavenly hand to push it back.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Of all the things in the world to be dreaded, despair is the chief. When a man is in the depths of despair, he is ready for all sorts of sins. When fear discourages him action is dangerous. But when fear has weakened him and his conscience is powerless to guide him, the vultures circle him waiting for their prey. As long as a man has hope for himself you may have hope for him.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“When Christ died on the cross, our hopes began. When He arose, they were confirmed. When He ascended on high, they began to be fulfilled. When He comes a second time, they will be realized.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“We need winds and tempests to exercise our faith, to tear off the rotten bough of self-dependence, and to root us more firmly in Christ. The day of evil reveals to us the value of our glorious hope.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“My sole hope for heaven lies in the full atonement made upon Calvary’s cross for the ungodly. On that I firmly rely.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“There is no hope for you but in Christ. Rest assured that all the mercy of God is concentrated in the Cross. I hear some talk about the uncovenanted mercies of God—there is no such things. The mercies of God are all emptied out into the Covenant. God has put all His grace into the Person of Christ and you shall have none elsewhere. Trust, then, in Christ—so you shall be blessed, but you shall be blessed nowhere else.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Grace within us will employ prayer, and faith, and hope, and love, to cast out the evil; it takes unto it the “whole armour of God,” and wrestles earnestly. These two opposing natures will never cease to struggle so long as we are in this world.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’s blood and righteousness: I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesu’s name.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Whatever troubles come, let us play the man; let us show that we are not such little children as to be cast down by what may happen in this poor fleeting state of time. Our country is Immanuel’s land, our hope is above the sky, and therefore, calm as the summer’s ocean; we will see the wreck of everything earth-born, and yet rejoice in the God of our salvation.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“The eclipse of your faith, the darkness of your mind, the fainting of your hope, all these things are but parts of God’s method of making you ripe for the great inheritance upon which you shall soon enter.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Waiting trains our grace. Waiting tries our faith. Therefore, wait on in hope, because even though the promise seems to be delayed, it can never come too late.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“It is of no use to hope that we shall be well rooted if no rough winds pass over us. Those old gnarlings on the root of the oak tree, and those strange twistings of the branches, all tell of the many storms that have swept over it, and they are also indicators of the depth into which the roots have forced their way. So the Christian is made strong, and firmly rooted by all the trials and storms of life. Shrink not then from the tempestuous winds of trial, but take comfort, believing that by their rough discipline God is fulfilling this benediction to you.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“If I am not today all that I hope to be, yet I see Jesus, and that assures me that I shall one day be like Him.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“And so my Master, who is the great ark of salvation, did not come into this world to save only a few little sinners. “He is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him.” Look on him there. See him on the cross, in extreme agony, enduring countless griefs and torments, and sweating in agony, all because of his love for you who were his enemies. Trust him. Trust him, because there is hope, there is restoration.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“The bleeding, dying, rising Saviour, is the only star of hope to a sinner. Oh for grace to come now and drink, ere the sun sets upon the year’s last day!”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Moses grew weary, and then his friends assisted him. When at any time your prayer flags, let faith support one hand, and let holy hope uplift the other, and prayer seating itself upon the stone of Israel, the rock of our salvation, will persevere and prevail.” 

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Our country is Immanuel’s land, our hope is above the sky, and therefore, calm as the summer’s ocean; we will see the wreck of everything earthborn, and yet rejoice in the God of our salvation.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Forgive, as you hope to be forgiven.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“One of these days you who are now a ‘babe’ in Christ shall be a ‘father’ in the church. Hope for this great thing; but hope for it as a gift of grace, and not as the wages of work, or as the product of your own energy.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“If thou canst wait for Christ, and be patient in the hope of having fellowship with him at some distant season, thou wilt never have fellowship at all; for the heart that is fitted for communion is a hungering and a thirsting heart.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“The delight which the mariner feels, when, after having been tossed about for many a day, he steps again upon the solid shore, is the satisfaction of a Christian when amidst all the changes of this troublous life, he rests the foot of his faith upon this truth—‘I am the Lord, I change not.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“I do not come into this pulpit hoping that perhaps somebody will of his own free will return to Christ. My hope lies in another quarter. I hope that my Master will lay hold of some of them and say, “You are mine, and you shall be mine. I claim you for myself.” My hope arises from the freeness of grace, and not from the freedom of the will.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, He is my righteousness.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Experienced Christian, boast not in your experience; you will trip yet if you look away from him who is able to keep you from falling. Ye whose love is fervent, whose faith is constant, whose hopes are bright, say not, “We shall never sin,” but rather cry, “Lead us not into temptation.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“If you will select me the grossest specimen of humanity, if he be but born of woman, I will have hope of him yet, because Jesus Christ is come to seek and to save sinners.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“The day of evil reveals to us the value of our glorious hope.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness. My faith rests not upon what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is now doing for me.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“O Jesus, what a comfort it is that thou hast pleaded our cause against our unseen enemies; countermined their mines, and unmasked their ambushes. Here is a matter for joy, gratitude, hope, and confidence.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“And it seems to me I can, it seems to me I can open the little wicket gate, and cry, “There is hope!” The one who said there is no hope is a liar and a murderer from the beginning, and the father of lies. There is hope because Jesus died. There is hope everywhere except in the infernal lake of fire.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Value the blood of Christ as the foundation of your hope, but never speak disparagingly of the work of the Spirit which is your meetness for the inheritance of the saints in light. This day let us so live as to manifest the work of the Triune God in us.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“It is of no use to hope that we shall be well rooted—if no rough winds pass over us.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Men are in a restless pursuit after satisfaction in earthly things. They will exhaust themselves in the deceitful delights of sin, and, finding them all to be vanity and emptiness, they will become very perplexed and disappointed. But they will continue their fruitless search. Though wearied, they still stagger forward under the influence of spiritual madness, and though there is no result to be reached except that of everlasting disappointment, yet they press forward. They have no forethought for their eternal state; the present hour absorbs them. They turn to another and another of earth’s broken cisterns, hoping to find water where not a drop was ever discovered yet.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“When Christ died on the cross our hopes began, when he rose they were confirmed, when he went up on high they began to be fulfilled, when he comes a second time they will be realized.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“A man might as well hope to fight a swarm of flies with a sword as to master his own thoughts when they are set on by the devil.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“The eclipse of your faith, the darkness of your mind, the fainting of your hope, all these things are but parts of God’s method of making you ripe for the great inheritance upon which you shall soon enter. These trials are for the testing and strengthening of your faith–they are waves that wash you further upon the rock–they are winds which waft your ship the more swiftly towards the desired haven.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“We will this year gather celestial fruits on earthly ground, where faith and hope have made the desert like the garden of the Lord.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Blessed be His name that He has arranged that one Person of the Sacred Trinity should undertake this office of Comforter, for no man could ever perform its duties. We might as well hope to be the Savior as to be the Comforter of the heartbroken.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“If I had to sum up the gospel I should have to tell you certain facts: Jesus, the Son of God, became man; he was born of the virgin Mary; lived a perfect life; was falsely accused of men; was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God; from whence he shall also come to judge the quick and the dead. This is one of the elementary truths of our gospel; we believe in the resurrection of the dead, the final judgment, and the life everlasting.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Oh, the wondrous power in the scripture to create a soul of hope within the ribs of despair and bring eternal light into the darkness that has made a long midnight in the inmost soul!”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Nothing is more deadly than self-righteousness, or more hopeful than contrition.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“It is always beneficial to praise the Lord; it cheers the day and brightens the night; it lightens toil and softens sorrow; and over earthly gladness it sheds a sanctifying radiance which makes it less liable to blind us with its glare. Have we not something to sing about at this moment? Can we not weave a song out of our present joys, or our past deliverances, or our future hopes.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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It Is The Season Of The Blessed Hope – Hope, Assurance And Comfort Quotes – Aiden Wilson Tozer

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It Is The Season Of The Blessed Hope – Hope, Assurance And Comfort Quotes – Aiden Wilson Tozer.

“The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Abounding sin is the terror of the world, but abounding grace is the hope of mankind.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“When God created the heavens and the earth, darkness was upon the face of the deep. When the Eternal Son became flesh, He was carried for a time in the darkness of the sweet virgin’s womb. When He died for the life of the world, it was in the darkness, seen by no one at the last. When He arose from the dead, it was ,’very early in the morning.” No one saw Him rise. It is as if God were saying, “What I am is all that need matter to you, for there lie your hope and your peace. I will do what I will do, and it will all come to light at last, but how I do it is My secret. Trust Me, and be not afraid.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“To believe actively that our Heavenly Father constantly spreads around us providential circumstances that work for our present good and our everlasting well-being brings to the soul a veritable benediction. Most of us go through life praying a little, planning a little, jockeying for position, hoping but never being quite certain of anything, and always secretly afraid that we will miss the way. This is a tragic waste of truth and never gives rest to the heart.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Yet if we would know God and for other’s sake tell what we know we must try to speak of his love. All Christians have tried but none has ever done it very well. I can no more do justice to that awesome and wonder-filled theme than a child can grasp a star. Still by reaching toward the star the child may call attention to it and even indicate the direction one must look to see it. So as I stretch my heart toward the high shining love of God someone who has not before known about it may be encouraged to look up and have hope.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“The ancient image of God whispers within every man of everlasting hope; somewhere he will continue to exist. Still he cannot rejoice, for the light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world troubles his conscience, frightening him with proofs of guilt and evidences of coming death. So is he ground between the upper millstone of hope and the nether stone of fear.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“What God in His sovereignty may yet do on a world-scale I do not claim to know. But what He will do for the plain man or woman who seeks His face I believe I do know and can tell others. Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise himself unto godliness, let him seek to develop his powers of spiritual receptivity by trust and obedience and humility, and the results will exceed anything he may have hoped in his leaner and weaker days.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Let us beware of tinkering with our inner life in hope ourselves to rend the veil. God must do everything for us. Our part is to yield and trust. We must confess, forsake, repudiate the self-life, and then reckon it crucified. But we must be careful to distinguish lazy “acceptance” from the real work of God. We must insist upon the work being done. We dare not rest content with a neat doctrine of self-crucifixion. That is to imitate Saul and spare the best of the sheep and the oxen.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Holiness, as taught in the Scriptures, is not based upon knowledge on our part. Rather, it is based upon the resurrected Christ in-dwelling us and changing us into His likeness.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“The only cross in all of history that was turned into an altar was the cross on which Jesus Christ died. It was a Roman cross. They nailed Him on it, and God, in His majesty and mystery, turned it into an altar. The Lamb who was dying in the mystery and wonder of God was turned into the Priest who offered Himself. No one else was a worthy offering.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise himself unto godliness, let him seek to develop his powers of spiritual receptivity by trust and obedience and humility, and the results will exceed anything he may have hoped in his leaner and weaker days.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“If you were fine like an archangel, made thousands of dollars, never failed and never fumbled, you would be a saint, and there would be no place in God’s grace for you. Because you are the kind of person you are and have fits of slipping back a little, the grace of God operates toward you. This is your hope. So I say, be cheerful, be hopeful, dare to rise and say, “I’ll not sit and be gloomy anymore. I will dare to believe that the grace of God, that vast grace of God, is big enough for me.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Let us be alert to the season in which we are living. It is the season of the Blessed Hope, calling for us to cut our ties with the world and build ourselves on this One who will soon appear. He is our hope—a Blessed Hope enabling us to rise above our times and fix our gaze upon Him.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer

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Questions And Answers About Hope

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Questions And Answers About Hope.

What does hope mean in the Bible?

“Hope” is commonly used to mean a wish : its strength is the strength of the person’s desire. But in the Bible hope is the confident expectation of what God has promised and its strength is in His faithfulness.  Online Library 

“Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.
19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, 20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” Hebrews 6:17-20

What does hope mean in English?

Old English hopian “wish, expect, look forward (to something),” of unknown origin, a general North Sea Germanic word (cf. Old Frisian hopia, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch hopen; Middle High German hoffen “to hope,” borrowed from Low German). Dictionary 

What is the difference between faith and hope?

Faith and hope are defined in the dictionary as follows; Faith is confidence or trustin a person or thing or a belief not based on proof and Hope is an optimistic attitude of mind based on an expectation or desire. Faith says it is so now, andhope says in the future it could happen. Huffington Post 

Why hope is important in our life?

Having goals is not enough. One has to keep getting closer to those goals, amidst all the inevitable twists and turns of life. Hope allows people to approach problems with a mindset and strategy-set suitable to success, thereby increasing the chances they will actually accomplish their goals.” Noemi Photography 

Is hope an attitude?

Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one’s life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: “expect with confidence” and “to cherish a desire with anticipation”. Wikipedia 

What does hope mean to you?

Hope is the state of mind that believes and desires a positive outcome to situations in your life. It is the feeling that things will turn out for the best. It is consistently looking forward to that positive outcome to something planned in our life. Quora 

Is a dove a symbol of hope?

It seems that they derived this image from the simile in the Gospels, combining it with the symbol of the olive branch, which had been used to represent peace by the Greeks and Romans. The dove and olive branch also appeared in Christian images of Noah’s ark.  Wikipedia 

What is false hope?

If you’re trying to lull someone into hopefulness you don’t want to give them a sense of false hope. Rather, you want to make them feel really hopeful, although such hope is unjustified. So what you should say is “a false sense of hope.” Brians 

What is false hope syndrome?

It is argued, though, that self-change attempts provide some initial rewards even when unsuccessful. Feelings of control and optimism often accompany the early stages of self-modification efforts. NCBI 

Is hope an emotion?

It is also generally accepted that happiness is an emotion and that hope and optimism are not (at least not fundamental emotions). … Optimism is an overall explanatory style (global condition) that positive things will occur independent of one’s ability (external condition). CSUN 

What is the difference between trust and hope?

The key difference between hope and trust is their base; trust is based on reliability, confidence or belief in someone else whereas hope is not based on such qualities. Hope is merely a desire and expectation for a particular thing to happen. Quora 

What is the hope scale?

The adult hope scale (AHS) measures Snyder’s cognitive model of hope which defines hope as “a positive motivational state that is based on an interactively derived sense of successful (a) agency (goal-directed energy), and (b) pathways (planning to meet goals).”  PPC 

What is hope theory?

Hope is defined as the perceived capability to derive pathways to desired goals, and motivate oneself via agency thinking to use those pathways. … Processes that lessen hope in children and adults are reviewed. Using the hope theory definition, no evidence isfoundfor ‘false ” hope. JSTOR 

What is hope in recovery?

Recovering from an addiction is a complex process. … But it’s a journey that everyone hoping to recover from addiction must make. It is the only way to move from a life of destruction to life of health, wellness and joy. While there are many paths to recovery, there is one constant-and that’s hope.  EdgeWood 

Where is hope in the brain?

The orbitofrontal cortex is located just above the orbits of the eyes and goes back several centimeters into the frontal base of the brain. The scientists discovered that the hope trait worked as a “mediator” between mOFC activity and anxiety. Big Think 

What does I hope mean?

Hope. It’s a simple word and yet can mean so much to anyone going through a difficult time. It can mean the difference between hanging on and giving up. It canmean a tiny smile in the face of a devastating diagnosis. It’s one word with no true definition — hope can mean anything you want it to. Roswell Park 

What is a sign of hope?

Symbolism. The swallow has been a symbol of hope, in Aesop’s fables and numerous other historic literature. It symbolizes hope, in part because it is among the first birds to appear at the end of winter and the start of spring. Other symbols of hope include the anchor and the dove. Wikipedia 

What bird is a symbol of hope?

Sparrows are sweet, gentle, little birds that symbolize companionship, and a symbol of hope. They are also a sign of fertility, intelligence, ancestral knowledge, renewal as well as rejuvenation of the spirit. The stork came visiting! Seeing a stork symbolizes a creative and speculative individual. MystiCurious 

What color symbolizes hope?

Green suggests stability and endurance. Sometimes green denotes lack of experience; for example, a ‘greenhorn’ is a novice. In heraldry, green indicates growth and hope. Green, as opposed to red, means safety; it is the color of free passage in road traffic. Color-Wheel 

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So The Poor Have Hope – Hope Bible Verses

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So The Poor Have Hope – Hope Bible Verses.

Biblical Job lost his children, his wealth and his health. And yet despite the cruel blows life dealt him, he held onto Hope for better. He trusted that his God and redeemer would rescue him. And God did indeed restore back to him all he had lost.

So what lessons can we learn from Job about Hope in the midst of despair, hopelessness, pain and suffering?

1. However difficult the situation, however tempting it maybe please don’t let go of your integrity. Integrity is a part of righteousness which is also a component of the full armor of God for spiritual warfare. Maintain your integrity because someday it will give you hope for better times. 

Is not your reverence your confidence?

And the integrity of your ways your hope?

Job 4:6

2. If you are poor. Whether spiritually, materially, emotionally or in any way, have Hope and assurance that the Lord God almighty will save you from your poverty and need if you maintain your trust in him.

15 But He saves the needy from the sword,

From the mouth of the mighty,

And from their hand.

16 So the poor have hope,

And injustice shuts her mouth.

Job 5:15-16

3. If you put your trust in God and his promises you have cause to Hope because the Lord makes secure those who seek him for help and trust in him.

18 And you would be secure, because there is hope;

Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety.

19 You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid;

Yes, many would court your favor.

Job 11:18-19

4. If there is Hope for a Tree which can be easily cut down, there is Hope for you and whatever situation you are facing right now.

7 “For there is hope for a tree,

If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,

And that its tender shoots will not cease.

8 Though its root may grow old in the earth,

And its stump may die in the ground,

9 Yet at the scent of water it will bud

And bring forth branches like a plant.

Job 14:7-9

5. If you find yourself questioning life and God like Job when life deals you a cruel hand, please put your Hope and trust in the Lord Jesus because he never fails and he will never fail anyone who comes to him for help.

11 “What strength do I have, that I should hope?

And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

12 Is my strength the strength of stones?

Or is my flesh bronze?

13 Is my help not within me?

And is success driven from me?

14 “To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend,

Job 6:11-14

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Facing Persecution With Courage And Confidence – Boldness, Grace And Grit To Stand – Spiritual Warfare

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Facing Persecution With Courage And Confidence – Boldness, Grace And Grit To Stand – Spiritual Warfare.

Sometimes it’s tough to stand against popular trends and say NO.

Sometimes its hard to tell people the truth about their actions with no fear.
Sometimes its exhausting to refuse to let go of your values against the pressures.

Sometimes it’s difficult to resit the urge of the shinny knowledge and mystic of New Age.

Sometimes it’s taxing to resit the appeal of universalism, one world religion and other fancy ideas.

They will label you
They will pile abuses
They will exclude you
They will lie about you
They will try to break you
They will try to change you
They will throw stones at you
They will slander your reputation
They will insult you and your God
They will call you unsavory names
They will spread falsehoods against
They will tarnish and garnish your name

They will beat your confidence and self esteem

They will accuse you of wrongs you never committed

You will lose family
You will lose friends
You will lose opportunities
You will lose relationships
You will lose a lot,  count on it

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 13 Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Mark 13:12-13

In fact it’s not a matter of IF, it’s a matter of WHEN some of these things will come your way. Following the way of Jesus Christ, following the way of the cross is not easy. Jesus never said it would be easy. But he promised to be with us through it all.

Sometimes it will feel like life is passing you by.
Sometimes it will feel like Jesus short-changed you about what the Christian walk is all about.
Sometimes you will even question your decision to follow Christ.

Somedays will cold

Somedays will be lonely

Somedays will be painful

Somedays will be difficult

Somedays will be exhausting

But when you face  these kinds of situations and circumstances;

When you feel sad,

When you feel weak,

When you feel broken,

When your faith is faltering,

When your hope is flying low,

When your love stores are dry,

When you feel you can’t possibly go on,

Please I beseech you in such moments to choose praise and worship!

Yes rejoice!
Be joyful! Be Happy!

Like the Apostle Paul gladly boast and say,

“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. ” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 12:9

And like the Apostle James goes on to add:

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

James 1:2-4

Lest, we so easily forget that the Man we love and chose to follow, the Man himself: Jesus Christ of Nazareth endured much much worse.

He was born in a manager,

He was rejected by his own people

He didn’t always have a roof over his head

He was persecuted and vilified by the Pharisees

He was insulted, abused and slandered by the world

He was mocked and ridiculed by the Pharisees and Saduccees

He was beaten and wounded and nailed to a cross for our salvation

And before he left this world, he told his followers that they would face similar perils from the world.

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.

John 15:18-21

So take heart! Pick courage! Don’t dare quit! Don’t dare lose your faith which is very precious! Hold onto Hope! Jesus is alive and he got you! Jesus conquered this world with all it’s pain, suffering and persecution. Yes! The King of Kings has his people! You are not alone!

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33

You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy.

Psalms 45:7

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

Hebrews 12:12-13

So go ahead like the Victor in Christ you are.

Get up if you are down.

Stand up if you are sitting.

Walk if you are standing.

Jog if you are walking.

Sprint if you are jogging.

Fly if you are sprinting!

And remember always that:

Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

Zechariah 4:6

Jules

Servant for the glory of Jesus. A Woman after God’s own Heart. A friend of Jesus. A Child of Abba Father.

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