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You Have To Have Hope To Give Hope! Be A Hope Giver!
Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 22, 2022 (message contributor)
Summary: There is an all out attack against hope in the hearts and minds of believers. We must have hope against hope. We need a ministry of HOPE GIVERS in the church and the family. Hope is an essential.
BE A HOPE GIVER! YOU HAVE TO HAVE HOPE TO GIVE HOPE!
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (This is a several part lesson.)
THERE ARE 3 ESSENTIALS TO HEALTHY GROWTH!
1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT SAID: WE HAVE ALWAYS HELD TO THE HOPE, THE BELIEF, THE CONVICTION THAT THERE IS A BETTER LIFE, A BETTER WORLD JUST BEYOND THE HORIZON.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS? GOD DOES NOT WANT YOU TO DIE FOR HIM… GOD DESIRES YOU TO LIVE DAILY FOR HIM. GOD WANTS YOU! THE CROSS CAN GIVE US GREAT HOPE… THE EMPTY GRAVE IS WHERE OUR HOPE HAS GAINED BIRTH.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
ARE WE THINKING RIGHT IN OUR DAILY LIFESTYLES? YOU EVER THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT? CONTAGION: LIFE IS A MIRROR: LIFE CAN BE A PERSONAL DISEASE… PESTILENCE.
The human mind is an amazing thing. God gives us the gift of the brain. We develop the ability to think, talk and walk. Your facial expressions, your attitudes, your actions and your thought patterns BECOME A REAL REFLECTION OF WHO YOU REALLY ARE. AS A MAN THINKS SO IS HE… AURA!
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Our words, deeds and attitudes do not always align with what we say. Your habits and mind SHAPE WHO YOU REALLY ARE. Your thinking patterns shape who you really are. Jesus clearly teaches us we will be known by our fruit bearing…
Luke 6:44. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
THERE IS A MOVIE CALLED CONTAGION... ARE WE SPREADING HARMFUL EMOTIONAL IDEAS?
Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
It is a realistic story. There is a lady that has been to Hong Kong and she travels back to Minnesota… She is sick. The next thing you know she is dead. Then many others start dying. There is an explosion of deaths from this one lady… THE LETHAL pandemic becomes worldwide…
CONTAGION MEANS: contagious, communication of disease from one, to spread by close contact, TO SPREAD HARMFUL IDEAS OR PRACTICES… What attitudes are you passing to others?
WHAT KIND OF SIGNALS DO YOU SEND? YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS? YOUR STATE OF MIND? YOUR AURA? YOUR PROJECTION? YOUR ATTITUDES, THE WORDS YOU SPEAK AND YOUR EMOTIONS AFFECT THE WAY OTHERS SEE YOU. YOUR EMOTIONS ALSO HAVE AN AFFECT ON HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF.
Psalm 26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Life is about how you ACT and HOW YOU REACT to situations. Your family? Your church? Your work? ALL THESE THINGS CAN BE DAMAGED BY YOUR CONTROL OR LACK OF CONTROL OF YOUR EMOTIONS. Your face has 40 different muscles that PROJECT YOUR BODY LANGUAGE. The volume and intonation reveal your emotions.
ARE YOUR EMOTIONS DEPICTING HOPELESSNESS? ARE YOU PROJECTING AND AURA OF FEAR, PANIC, DEPRESSION? Will we honestly EXAMINE OUR EMOTIONS AND BY FAITH CORRECT OUR HEARTS TO SPEAK HOPE!
OUR HOPE IS KIND OF LIKE A KID WAITING ON CHRISTMAS DAY. GOD GIVE ME PATIENCE RIGHT NOW! WE SEARCH FOR FAST CURES AND REMEDIES.
Study the HOPE OF THE FATHERS OF OUR FAITH: ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JOB, AND DAVID… THEY HAD HUGE PROBLEMS BUT THEY LEARNED IN HOPE TO WAIT. WE MUST WAIT ON THE LORD… God’s work is not instant coffee, instant mashed potatoes or instant oats. We must know HOPE COMES TO THOSE THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD.
Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
My friends, we must endure hardships and stay cool. We must keep on keeping on. We must stay with GOD! This is a battle set your mind. Take heart. Don't quit. HOPE COMES WHEN WE STAY WITH GOD. For God is patient and gracious. GOD GIVES HOPE. God is compassionate and gives to us HIS TENDER MERCIES.
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
