The Impact of Hope
12/5/2021 - Dave Riddle
Psalm 42:11 - why are you overcome with despair? Hope in God!
We are the people of Hope.
Surrounded by despair, but not living in despair.
How is it that we can be legitimately hopeful?
God is.
He exists
Jeremiah 10
The worthlessness of idols compared to a true God. (10:10)
Jeremiah 10:16
God is here.
Matthew 1:23 - God is with us.
Hebrews 1:3a - Jesus is God in the flesh
Philippians 2:5-7
God is love.
1 John 4:8-9 - God is love.
John 3:16-17 - How much God loves us.
Titus 3:4-7 - what it means for us.
God is Salvation.
Roman 8:38-39 - there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God.
Hebrews 1:3 - God the Savior
God is King.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 - don’t live as those who have no hope
Ephesians 2:12 - We were… without Christ, without God, without hope. No longer!
1 Timothy 6:13-15 - Celebrating his first coming while awaiting his second coming!
God will make all things new!
Hebrews 10:23 - hold tightly, without wavering, to the hope we affirm…
How can we embrace hope today?
Receive this truth in faith
1 Peter 5:7
Reflect on how God is providing hope in your life
Psalm 9:1
Encourage another Jesus-follower you’ve seen exhibiting hope.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Share hope with someone in your missional context.
1 Peter 3:15