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Hold On To Hope


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Proverbs 13:12 NKJV

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

Mark 11:24, KJV

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Hebrews 11:1 NKJV

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

The Greek word for “hope” is (elpis).

– Confident, forward-looking trust in God. – Confident expectation of God’s promises. – A deep, forward-looking trust in what God will fulfill in the future – Not wishful thinking, but assured trust rooted in faith Hope (elpis) stands as a kind of spiritual perseverance—the trust that sustains believers between now and the fulfillment of God’s promises.

1 Samuel 30:4–6 NKJV

Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David’s two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken captive. 6 Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

NEVER SURRENDER YOUR HOPE

Proverbs 29:18 KJV

Where there is no vision, the people perish…

Romans 15:13 NKJV

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF

Jeremiah 29:11 NLT

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

Psalm 42:11 NKJV

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

Psalm 18:2 NKJV

The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

1 Samuel 30:18–19 NKJV

So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives. 19 And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had taken from them; David recovered all. You need hope for your soul

Hebrews 6:19 NKJV

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast…

Romans 4:18 NKJV

who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”

Ephesians 3:20 AMPC

Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]—

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Covenant Life ChurchBy Pastor Dave Crammer

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