12.13.20 Notes

Our Mission: Leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus

12.13.20 NOTES

Keep Hoping!

Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope. 1 Peter 1:3 (GNT)

Hope = constant ________________ that ________________________.

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick …(“when hope is crushed the heart is crushed.” Proverbs 13:12 (NKJ)V

Three different times I begged God to make me well again. Each time he said, “No. But I am with you; that is all you need. My power shows up best in weak people.” 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 (LB)

HOW TO MAINTAIN HOPE WHEN PRAYERS ARE NOT ANSWERED:

1. ________________________ AS LONG AS YOU CAN

Lord, sustain me as you promised, that I may live! Do not let my hope be crushed. Psalm 119:116 (NLT)

2. GIVE GOD THE RIGHT TO __________________

He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” Matthew 26:39 (NKJV)

3. ________________________ WHAT YOU KNOW TO BE ______________

Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping… Romans 4:18 (NLT)