Psalm 42:5
Why are you downcast,
O my soul?
Why so disturbed
within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise
him,
my Savior and 6 my
God.
Psalm 62:5
Find rest, O my soul,
in God alone;
my hope comes from
him.
Romans 4:18-25
Against all hope,
Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it
had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
HOPE: the feeling
that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best
You see faith is when you are sure. It’s 100 percent belief…
no doubt, no fear! Hope may be 75%, 50%, or even 2% belief. It may be mixed
with doubt, fear, dread, or weariness. Hope is the substance used to construct
viable faith. Faith is hope that has been purged of all conflict. But please
understand that Jesus honors hope as well as faith. The prophet said in Isaiah
42:3 that the messiah would not snuff out a smoldering wick or break a bruised
reed. Meaning Christ sees and honors the smallest percent of belief.
Here is what Matthew Henry says...
"When the prayer
made in faith is not answered, and the healing for which many have sought does
not come, we are not to look for someone to accuse of failure in faith.
Rather we are to remember that besides faith there is hope.
Hope has to do with God's promises that are still future and hidden, just as
faith has to do with God's promises that are here and now.
To the person who has believed for today but has not seen the answer come
today, there comes the call to hope.
Hope says, 'Tomorrow also is God's. Enough has happened already to assure you
that the rest is on the way.'"
Thank you Phil for the coverage. It would indeed be great to meet on Tuesday evening and discuss your experience.
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Posted by: True Religion Outlet | September 15, 2011 at 10:25 PM