6.21.15 // The Power of Hope

THE POWER OF HOPE

Believe – Say – Do: Week 2

Scott Young.com ~ Pastor of Hope

1 Corinthians 13:13 - And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

 Hope - Is What You Believe

 Faith - Is What You Say

 Love - Is What You Do

Romans 15:13 - 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.

HOPE BRINGS US POWER

1. The Power To Change Your Perspective 

Psalm 42:5 - Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I should put my hope in God and keep praising him, my Savior and my God.

Psalm 31:24 - Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord.

2. The Power To Change Your Emotions

Romans 12:12 - Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Psalm 146:5 - Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God.

3. The Power To Shape Your Future 

Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Romans 8:24 - For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? [25] But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

4. The Power To Connect With God

1 Peter 1:3 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord 

Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,