- Do you need hope this morning?
- The Greek definition of hope means "to be intensely expectant, to be confidently looking forward to something you fully expect to happen."
- What are your expectations and what are they anchored in?
- This verse says that "this hope is an anchor for our souls."
- An anchor is something that holds an object firmly in place.
- An anchor keeps you from drifting.
- Hope can keep our soul - which is made up of our mind, will, emotions - at rest through the storms of life.
- When the waves are crashing against you, and you're in the middle of the storm, the anchor of hope keeps you at rest.
- That hope keeps you from drifting off into troubled waters.
- The greatest battle you will face is the battle in your mind.
- Battles are won and lost in your mind.
- If the enemy of your soul (Satan) can get you discouraged then he can begin to win the battle.
- Have you prayed and believed God for something?
- Maybe its your health.
- Maybe its a relationship.
- Maybe its your finances.
- Maybe its for a friend or loved one to come to know Jesus Christ.
- Has your head starts telling you there's no way this is going to happen?
- Hope is the expectation that will anchor your soul and straighten up your thinking.
- Hope will keep you at rest, firm and steady, when your mind is being bombarded by thoughts of giving up.
- Our Hope is in the Lord, the Creator and sustainer of ALL things!
- Jeremiah 17:7 says, “blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.
- Remember all those times God answered your prayers and performed miracles in your life.
- Remembering those impossible situations He brought you out of will cause hope to rise up on the inside of you and anchor your soul!
- You have to make your mind, will, emotions line-up with what the Word of God says.
- You have to tell your soul to have hope, to not give up, and to trust God!
- He is your Healer.
- He is your Redeemer.
- He is your Restorer.
- He is you Life Giver!
- He is your HOPE!
- Thank God this morning that we have the "giver of hope" on the inside of us.
- As long as you have hope in God, you have an anchor for your soul.
- Have a great Thursday!