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*LIVING HOPE*
 
*INTRODUCTION*
Text: The following passages give us an overview of Hope:
1 Peter 1:3 (NIV); Ecclesiastes 9:4 (NIV);  Acts 2:26; 1 Timothy 4:10 (NIV) \\ \\
*Hope* is one of the 3 pillars of the Christian way of life.
So we go through life by hoping.
We go from hope to hope as our aspirations change.
The bible says that we are saved by hope and wait for promises by hope in Romans 8:24-25 (KJV) \\ \\
*HOPE TAKES ITS SOURCE FROM A PROMISE *
The source of Hope is a Promise.
The source of Promise is diverse: Promises from God or A Material Goal or Personal DESIRE, Promises from Satan or Mammon, Promises from Man.
Note also that the nature of the Promise can be divine, eternal, temporal or carnal.
*TECHNICALITIES OF HOPE*
So because we have the promise of an expectation we have hope and immediately become Prisoner of that Hope (Zech 9:12).
The source of the promise determines the source of help you get.
A Prisoner needs help to get out of prison.
Yes?
For us as Christians when we choose God’s promises then He becomes the God of hope (Rom 15:13) with power sufficient to bring us out of that prison and call those things that be not as though they were.
For unbeliever, if he chooses the devil’s promises he could have mammon for the god of his hope or demons.
Or if you believe in other gods, they become the god of your hope.
If a person chooses the promises from man then he has man for the god of his hope.
Only the living God gives real, tangible and living hope.
All others only give false hope because the promises never last and never satisfy.
They are carnally driven and only embrace the values of this world which will perish.
But living hope embraces eternal values and eternal promises.
Am I saying we cannot have hope for material things?
No, we can but we must not be lustful about material things.
Secondly, when we embrace God’s eternal promises they embody temporal blessings on which we might have placed our hope in a carnal sense.
Eternal promises are so awesome they are beyond human ability and therefore we need God to call them into being.
After that they then take on a life of their own.
The manifestation of Abraham’s Promise has continued for over 4,000 years.
*FROM HOPE TO HOPE *
So we go through life from one prison of hope to another because material and financial desires are never satisfied.
It is time to stop, and reflect on the true promises of God for our life.
Note however that the moment hope is ignited the devil sends hopelessness along side so that Man can lose the hope of that promise.
He does this so that man can turn to him as the source of worldly desires.
Once hope is lost the promise is aborted.
The joy of that promise is lost and that believer never attains the best that God has planned.
Christians lose God’s promise when hope is lost through weak faith because with God all things are possible.
This is what happened to Israel in the wilderness.
This is what happens to a couple who have waited long for a child.
This is what happens to a ministry that is not growing, this is what happens to a business that never breakthrough.
This is what happens to a marriage ending in divorce for lack of Christ.
It is also pertinent to know that a person can also release himself from the prison of hope through hopelessness, through discontinued interest in the promise of God.
Right now, I am a Prisoner of Hope because God has given me an awesome promise….
I want to think that we are in Prison within a Prison.
The largest prison is that of the eternal purpose of God for our life and the smaller prisons become our continued earthly desires.
*CASE FOR HOPELESSNESS:*
Let us examine the case for hopelessness.
Opportunities for hopelessness come to every one in life because the god of this world has a ministry, which is to kill, to steal and to destroy (John 10:10).
So he comes to throw difficulties and discouragement against the promises of God.
There is a place in Switzerland where Hopeless people are being helped to die because there is no hope for a turnaround in their medical dilemma.
Take a look at the reversal of fortune for Job, look at the warfare of Saul against David and the challenges of life experienced by Joseph.
Jeremiah passed through much affliction as prophet of God.
These were difficult times for them and are typical cases for Hopelessness to triumph.
Hopelessness can be described as:
v       Having no expectation of good or success
v       Not susceptible to remedy or cure
v       Incapable of redemption or improvement
v       Giving no ground for hope
v       Incapable of solution, management, or accomplishment
 
Look at yourself and the challenges of life you now endure, can you see the attack of hopelessness on your mind?
Have you not considered to give up or backslide or curse God?
There are people sick unto death and people without any idea how they will survive today.
There are prayers that people have prayed for which the answer appears not forthcoming for long periods.
Families have lost loved ones and bread winners.
Some have become orphans at tender ages?
How does a Christian stay alive and not give up on life and on God?
I remember when my thriving business collapsed in 1999~/2000; friends disappeared, money short supply, court case hot, spiritual warfare was hot, life must go on, attack on my body, demands for money etc
It is very easy at such times at this for a person to cry out: where is my hope, I am done.
Where will my help come from; how can I survive this situation?
At times like this we start to look at family curses and imagine all kinds of evil in our hearts as to how we got here.
I remember, my wife would tell me my sin has caught up with me or did we failed to pay correct tithes and then pray together for strength.
We held on to God of Hope.
The devil’s strategy is to cut off people’s hope in their low to their lowest situation.
Or he can lead them to false hope by shifting focus from God.
In all cases, people fail to develop faith in God, slide into despair of life to commit suicide; people can make decisions to stab God, people can backslide into the world and deny God.
Hopelessness has set in.
 
HOW DOES AN AVERAGE PERSON RESPOND IN SUCH HOPELESS SITUATION?
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Some people go into depression because of discouragement and failure to see a way out of their difficulty.
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Hope is lost and people can commit suicide or seek the promise from the devil
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Once hopelessness sets in, faith being the substance of hope, dies and God is out of the picture because faith goes down with hopelessness
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Hope is seen deferred by some and this makes their heart sick to do anything ungodly.
Prov13:12
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Some will release themselves from the prison of hope in which case they never attain the best from God.
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Some pursue false hope only to dive into more hopelessness, idol worship, wealth seeking etc
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Some walk in their own devices and in the imagination of their evil heart
 
The end result is separation from God and hopelessness sets in, hope is lost and the promise is lost.
Ephesians 2:12 (NIV)
 
*Once Hope is lost, Faith is dead and Promise is Aborted*
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*CASE FOR HOPE*
Let us build a Case for Hope.
If there is no promise there is no case for Hope (Romans 8:24-25 (KJV)).
However, the moment there is a Promise, Hope is ignited.
Apart from God, Man can promise, Devil too can promise but hoping on their promises invariably leads to False Hope.
Definition of Hope:
Hope is an essential and fundamental element of Christian life.
v       To cherish a desire with anticipation of future manifestation
v       To desire with expectation of obtainment, to expect with confidence
v       The expectation of a favourable future under God’s direction
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