PROPERLY
PLACED HOPE
BREAD
17 Though
the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive
crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls, 18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. 19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet
like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights. Habakkuk 3:17-19 (NIV)
3 No one
whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame
who are treacherous without excuse. 4 Show me your ways, O Lord,
teach me your paths; 5 guide
me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you
all day long. Psalms 25:3-5 (NIV)
13 From
heaven the Lord looks down and
sees all mankind; 14 from
his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth-- 15 he who forms the hearts of
all, who considers everything they do. 16 No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior
escapes by his great strength. 17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all
its great strength it cannot save. 18 But the eyes of the Lord
are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, 19 to deliver them from death and
keep them alive in famine. 20 We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. 21 In him our hearts rejoice, for
we trust in his holy name. 22 May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Psalms 33:13-22 (NIV)
5 Find
rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. 6 He alone is my rock and my
salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. 7 My salvation and my honor
depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. 8 Trust in him at all times, O
people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalms 62:5-8 (NIV)
17 Do not
let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord. 18 There is surely a future hope
for you, and your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 23:17-18 (NIV)
29 He
gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and
weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like
eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:29-31 (NIV)
21 Yet
this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness. 24 I say
to myself, “The Lord is my
portion; therefore I will wait for him.” 25 The Lord
is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; Lamentations 3:21-25 (NIV)
13 May
the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that
you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are
centered in anything short of God and His will for us.” Billy Graham
“Our Christian testimony, as Peter reminded his
readers, is that, ‘we have been born again to a living hope through the resurrection of
the dead’. Who else has the answer to the frailty of life, the
reality of death and the certainty of judgment than Jesus, who by His death
destroyed him who holds the power of death and frees those whose lives are
enslaved by the fear of death?” Alistair Begg
“The
Christian is suspended between blessings received and blessings hoped for, so
he should always give thanks.” M. R. Vincent
“We
shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doings, or our
feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the
soul. If we would at once overcome Satan
and have peace with God, it must be by ‘looking unto Jesus’. Keep thine eye simply on Him; let His death,
His sufferings, His merits, His glories, His intercession, be fresh upon thy
mind; when thou wakest in the morning look to Him; when thou liest down at
night look to Him. Oh! Let not thy hopes or fears come between thee
and Jesus; follow
hard after Him, and He will never fail thee.”
C. H. Spurgeon
“Other
men see only a hopeless end, but the Christian rejoices in an endless hope.” Gilbert Brenken
“It's a promise that whatever you might be experiencing today is
just one chapter in a story that He is writing, and that story isn't over
yet....extract the precious from the worthless (Jeremiah 15)..Life has far more sticky
situations than miraculous moments. As you encounter challenges, difficulties,
and setbacks, train your eyes to ‘extract
the precious.’ Train your ears to hear the promise. And train your heart to
pursue relentless hope.” Beth Guckenberger
“Canst thou answer this, believer? Canst thou find any reason why thou art so
often mourning instead of rejoicing? Why
yield to gloomy anticipations? Who told
thee that the night would never end in day?
Who told thee that the winter of thy discontent would proceed from frost
to frost, from snow and ice, and hail, to deeper snow, and yet more heavy tempest
of despair? Knowest thou not that day
follows night, that flood comes after ebb, that spring and summer succeed
winter? Hope thou then! Hope thou ever! For God fails thee not!” Charles H. Spurgeon
“My hope is not in a cure today. My hope is not the
absence of suffering and comfort returned. My hope is in the presence of the
One who promises never to leave or forsake, the One who declares nothing “will
be able to separate us from the love of God.” (Romans 8:39). Nothing. Your
story is a good story. In the grief, pain and hard, the Author has a plan. It
may feel like a desperate breaking of your very heart, but suffering is not the
absence of God or good.” Kara
Tippetts
HEART SAVOR
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“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and
righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus'
name. When darkness veils His lovely
face, I rest on His unchanging grace; in every high and stormy gale my anchor
holds within the veil. His oath, His
covenant, and blood support me in the whelming flood; when every earthly prop
gives way, He then is all my Hope and Stay. When He shall come with trumpet
sound, oh, may I then in Him be found, dressed in His righteousness alone, faultless
to stand before the throne! On Christ,
the solid Rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand. All other ground is sinking sand.” Edward Mote
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As I hope in the Lord He enables me to soar on eagle’s
wings.
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I remember the Lord’s great love for me and I place my hope
in Him.
