Blessings Above & Beyond

Hope

The Christian life is essentially a life of hope. The word "hope" occurs 52 times in the New Testament alone. And if you look up those 52 passages, you will find that it is always connected in some way to God. God is the author of hope.

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1.	a) According to Romans 15:13, the God of hope will fill us with _____,
	b) so we will abound in _____ through the power of the Holy Ghost.
2.	2 Thessalonians 2:16 tells us that we can be recipients of good hope through ...
3.	According to Titus 3:7, what is the basis for our hope of eternal life?
4.	According to 1 Peter 1:3, what is the basis for our living hope?
5.	Because we know that our Hope is real we are willing to wait _____ for it to come to pass. (Romans 8:24-25) We count it as certain and real, as something valuable.
6.	Romans 12:12 tells us we are to ...
	a) rejoice in ...
	b) be patient in ...
	c) and continue in ...
7.	The blessing of hope not only refers to our sure hope of salvation. It is also a blessing that we hope for and expect to have a good life. Read Jeremiah 29:11.
	a) What are the thoughts God has for His children?
	b) What is the expected end?
8.	What did the following Bible heroes do when things got bad and it seemed like their hope was in vain?
	a) David (Psalm 42:5):
	b) Job (Job 1:21):
	c) Paul & Silas (Acts 16:25):
9.	In the end, what happened to them?
	a) David (2 Samuel 5:3-4):
	b) Job (Job 42:10):
	c) Paul & Silas (Acts 16:35):


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Prayer

Lord, Lord Jesus, I believe in my heart that You were raised from the dead, and that this guarantees that Your death was sufficient to pay for all my sins. Therefore I know that God is for me and not against me, and that You yourself are alive today and with me to help forever. I pray that You will help me now to hope fully in Your promises, so that I am freed from any lingering doubts or fear.

Continue to Joy

Memory Verse:
Romans 8:24-25

"For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."

The Motivation:

Don’t bury me in this cemetery! The name seems to imply there is little to no hope for all the dead people who were buried there. But I know that’s just not true.

People use the word “hope” rather loosely these days. If they say, “I hope my car starts,” or “I hope the check comes in the mail today,” they mean that the thing they are hoping for might happen or it might not. It’s not a sure thing either way. But the Christian’s way of thinking is one of radical hope. A believer’s hope is not hope that rests on what man might or might not do. It is based on a solid conviction about what God, and God alone, can and will do.

Because I know the resurrection of Jesus Christ is real, I also know that my future is not in the hands of fate or destiny, or in the hands of a man. It is in God’s hands. I may face sickness, problems on the job, or financial problems — but I know for sure that God is looking out for me. I have a radical “living hope,” because I have a living Savior.

My living hope for eternal salvation is fixed on Jesus Christ. I know that, although my body will end up buried in a cemetery somewhere one day, I won’t really be there. I’ll be busy singing praises to my Lord and Savior, up in heaven.

Hope

Memory Verse:
Romans 8:24-25

"For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."

The Motivation:

Don’t bury me in this cemetery! The name seems to imply there is little to no hope for all the dead people who were buried there. But I know that’s just not true.

My living hope for eternal salvation is fixed on Jesus Christ. I know that, although my body will end up buried in a cemetery somewhere one day, I won’t really be there. I’ll be busy singing praises to my Lord and Savior, up in heaven.

Video: Biblical Hope

Listen to the difference between what the world knows as "hope" and what the Bible tells us about "hope".

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Hope

Memory Verse: Romans 8:24-25

"For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."

The Motivation:

Don’t bury me in this cemetery! The name seems to imply there is little to no hope for all the dead people who were buried there. But I know that’s just not true.

My living hope for eternal salvation is fixed on Jesus Christ. I know that, although my body will end up buried in a cemetery somewhere one day, I won’t really be there. I’ll be busy singing praises to my Lord and Savior, up in heaven.

Video: Biblical Hope

Listen to the difference between what the world knows as "hope" and what the Bible tells us about "hope".

Validating People - One Degree at a Time

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Memory Verse:
Romans 8:24-25

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