Hope - More than a Feeling

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hope more than a feeling.
It's a confident expectation.
Hope is a powerful force in thelife of a believer.
It's not simply wishfulthinking or fleeting emotions.
It's a confident, steadfastexpectation that God will
fulfill His promises, no matterthe circumstances.
In Romans 15, verse 13, we arereminded May the God of hope

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fill you with all joy and peacein believing, so that, by the
power of the Holy Spirit, youmay abound in hope.
This verse reveals that hopecomes from God himself, the
source of all true hope.
When our hope is rooted in him,it transcends the temporary
challenges we face and becomes aconfident expectation that he

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is at work fulfilling Hispromises in our lives.
The hope that we have in Christis not a vague longing for
something better.
It's an assurance that God isfaithful and that, through Jesus
Christ, we have a living hopethat sustains us through life's
trials.
This hope leads to peace andjoy, not because our

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circumstances are perfect, butbecause we know that God will
never fail us.
Hope is vital for navigatinglife's challenges and hardships.
It keeps us grounded in thebelief that God's plans for us
are good and that he is workingall things together for our good
.
And now here's the call toaction.

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Are you walking in theconfident expectation that God
will fulfill his promises inyour life?
Let his hope fill your hearttoday.
For more encouragement andinsights into the hope that we
have in Christ, why not considergoing to my website,
jameslongjrorg?
That's jameslongjrorg.

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We look forward to being withyou next time.
Be blessed, take care.