We all need HOPE to survive

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We all need HOPE to survive to thrive!
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We all need HOPE to survive to thrive!

• Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a
  longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverb
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We all need HOPE to survive to thrive!

• God is our ultimate hope

May the God of hope fill you with all joy
peace as you trust in Him, so that you may
overflow with hope by the power of the Holy
Spirit. Romans 1513
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We all need HOPE to survive to thrive!

• Hope is a major Biblical theme

(95 O.T. 85 N.T. passages)
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People in many nations seem to be searching with
new intensity for spiritual moorings these days.
Why is that? One of the key factors prompting
this search is a need for hope in these troubled
times. Gallop poll
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Poor Substitutes for Hope

• wishful thinking

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Poor Substitutes for Hope

• wishful thinking

(e.g.) Scuba Diver When I first see them,
usually they dont have much color at all, but
within 5 or 10 seconds, they are as brilliant as
I know them to be.
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Poor Substitutes for Hope

• wishful thinking
• blind optimism

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Poor Substitutes for Hope

• wishful thinking
• blind optimism
• ambitious dreams

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True, Biblical Hope Is
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True, Biblical Hope Is

• Something I can have!

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True, Biblical Hope Is

• Something I can have!
• Confident expectation God will fulfill His
  promises to me!

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul,
firm secure. Hebrews 619
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True, Biblical Hope Is

• Something I can have!
• Confident expectation God will fulfill His
  promises to me!
• A living hopecertified by Jesus resurrection

In great mercy He (God) has given us new birth
into a living hope through the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead, into an inheritance
that can never perish, spoil or fade - kept in
heaven for you. 1 Peter 14
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Romans 8
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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST (v.1-2)

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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST

v.1We no longer have to live under a
continuous, low-lying black cloud.
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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST

v.2 - A new power is in operation. The Spirit of
life in Christ, like a strong wind, has
magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a
fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of
sin death.
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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST

This I call to mind therefore I have hope.
Because of the Lords great love were not
consumed for His compassions never fail. Theyre
new every morning. Lamentations 321
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Ive committed adultery before this trip. My
wife found out so shes going to leave me. When
I go home my wife is going to be gone. I may
never see my children again. My boss is my
wifes dad so Im going to lose my job. Im
going to be unemployed. Im going to be lonely.
Im at a dead end. Im almost 40 years old
Ive wasted my life.
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Do you remember when we were playing baseball as
kids the ball would get stuck up in a tree?
Remember what wed yell? Do over! Youre
right. Its a Do over. I need a fresh slate.
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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST

• Jesus is lifes Do Over specialist

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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST

• Jesus is lifes Do Over specialist

When theres guilt
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I was living with this guy I got pregnant. I
wanted to keep the baby. I wanted to raise the
baby. He didnt want me to hes a very
controlling kind of a guy he coerced me
convinced me that I should have an abortion. So I
did. Then afterwards he left me anyway. For years
I was miserable. I was so utterly ashamed of
myself for not being strong enough to stand up
for myself or stand up for my baby.
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I just cant thank God enough for all the grace
Ive received from Him. The kind of God who gave
me a Do Over, this is the God Who I am going to
follow the rest of my life. If He loves me that
much how could I not love Him.
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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST

• Jesus is lifes Do Over specialist

When theres guilt
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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST

• Jesus is lifes Do Over specialist

When theres guilt
You dont have to wonder if Ill forgive you.
Just ask Me. Confess your sins I will forgive
you. 1 John 19
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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST

• Jesus is lifes Do Over specialist

When theres been neglect
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Command those who are rich in this present world
not to put their hope in wealth which is so
uncertain. But to put their hope in God who
richly provides us with everything for our
enjoyment. 1 Timothy 617
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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST

• Jesus is lifes Do Over specialist

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I Can Have Hope Because

• Im being EMPOWERED for My PRESENT

Romans 83-4, 15, 26-27, 37
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I Can Have Hope Because

• Im being EMPOWERED for My PRESENT

I can do all things through Christ Who gives me
strength. Phil. 413
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GODS GIFT OF STRENGTH FOR YOU!
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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST
• Im being EMPOWERED for My PRESENT

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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST
• Im being EMPOWERED for My PRESENT
• Ive been ASSURED of My FUTURE (v.13-25)

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I spent about the first 30 years of my life as
an atheist. I remember so many times waking up
in the middle of the night with a start. Its all
black you look into the blackness thats how
your heart feels, thats how your soul feels
because you realize theres nothing after I die.
This is it. Youre snuffed out. Theres no
existence beyond this. When you die everything
you have, everything you are is buried in a
casket thats it. Lee Strobel
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Poor Substitutes for Hope

• wishful thinking
• blind optimism
• ambitious dreams

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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST
• Im being EMPOWERED for My PRESENT
• Ive been ASSURED of My FUTURE

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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been ASSURED of My FUTURE

God saved us in His mercy, not by virtue of any
moral achievement of oursWe are acquitted by His
grace, can look forward in hope to inheriting
eternal life. Titus 35, 7
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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST

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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST
• Im being EMPOWERED for My PRESENT

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I Can Have Hope Because

• Ive been FORGIVEN for My PAST
• Im being EMPOWERED for My PRESENT
• Ive been ASSURED of My FUTURE