HOPE!!!!!!!!!

In today's world, with Covid, increasing crime, possible war, etc.---    We need HOPE!!!!!!!!!

HOPE is a VITAL NEED for ALL of us!!!

WITHOUT   hope...we will fall into despair, depression and other        destructive difficulties.

In this world, when we have difficult times (like sickness, injuries, etc.), we have hope for  "when this is over".                                            In Hell there will NEVER be hope of it ending!!! 

WITH hope we can live lives of peace, and have victories, and joy!!!

When I was a young man...I often would put my hope on my expec-    tations...then when my expectations did not happen.....that led to        frustration, anger, and bitterness!  And that caused very negative effects to the people close to me!!

The DEFINITION of HOPE in the NEW TESTAMENT of the BIBLE is:                                                                                                              "hope, el pis ("el peece"), Strongs # 1680.                                              "Hope, NOT in the sense of an optimistic outlook or wishful thinking  without any foundation, but in the sense of Confident expectation based on SOLID CERTAINTY.  Hope rests on GOD'S Promises, particularly those pertaining to JESUS CHRIST'S RETURN!!! So      CERTAIN is the future of the REDEEMED that the New Testament sometimes speaks of future events in the past sense---as if they were already accomplished!!!

"For when GOD made a promise to Abraham, because HE could swear by none greater, HE swore by HIMSELF, saying, 'Surely Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you!!!            And so, after he (Abraham) had patiently endured, he obtained the      promise.  Thus GOD, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of Promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, confirmed it by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for GOD to lie, we have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.

This HOPE we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the PRESENCE  beyond the veil, where the Forerunner has entered for us, even JESUS, having become HIGH PRIEST Forever..." (Hebrews 6:13-20).  (From BIBLE study notes:     "An Anchor is only as secure as that to which it is attached."

So, we must put our Hope in GOD-WHO is Almighty, Unchanging, and HE loves us with His perfect love, and on His SON JESUS.

"For all the promises of GOD in HIM (JESUS) are Yes, and in HIM AMEN." (2 Corinthians 1:20).

Let it be SO in our hearts and our lives!!!

"...By the commandment of GOD OUR SAVIOR and the LORD JESUS CHRIST, our Hope." (1 Timothy 1:1)