Stories of Hope

Foundations of Hope      Colossians 1:24-29

 

“Men are God's method. While the church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.” - E.M.Bounds

 

Hope Defined

Worldly - “a feeling that what is wanted will happen.” Understood in this way, hope can denote either a baseless optimism or a vague yearning after an unattainable good.

 

Biblical hope is the anticipation of a favorable outcome under God’s guidance. More specifically, hope is the confidence that what God has done for us in the past guarantees our participation in what God will do in the future. - Holman Bible Dictionary.

 

Hope’s Paradox

Paradox = a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

 

 “Biblical faith grows in the garden of adversity.” - Greg Laurie

 

Hope Revealed

“God will only give you what you   would have asked for if you knew everything he knows.”

- Tim Keller

 

Hope Personified

 

Hope Powered

 

Sermon by Pastor Dave Morley