HOLDING ONTO OUR HOPE

I Sam 1:1-18

 

Hope Stealers

1. Criticism of (by) Other People

2. Circumstances

3. Bad Counsel

4. Self-Doubt, especially with passing of time. "No one can take hope away, one must choose to give it up."

Hope Promoters

1. Prayer. Able to talk with the One that can make hope a reality. Can alter circumstances instantly. Jer 33:3

2. Faith - Heb 11: 1

3. Perseverance - Ro 8:24-25, Ro 5:3-5

4. Spirit of Sacrifice - I Cor 6:20 Give my hope into the hands of God that it will glorify Him - Jer 29:11-13 Col 1:27 - Christ in you, the hope of glory Without Christ, there is no hope.