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2. I hope I get _____________ for Christmas. I hope things work out the way I want. I hope I win the lottery. I hope I can get that girl to marry me. I hope my marriage works out. I hope I can get a good job after I graduate. I hope I can get a parking spot near the door. Jesus Returns
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I hope I get _____________ for Christmas. • I hope things work out the way I want. • I hope I win the lottery. • I hope I can get that girl to marry me. • I hope my marriage works out. • I hope I can get a good job after I graduate. • I hope I can get a parking spot near the door.
Jesus Returns Restores Faith Hope Jesus born Jesus died Jesus rose Heaven Hope Hope Resurrection Eternal Life God’s Promise Eternity 30 ad 2009 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16-17
Hebrews 11:1-2 • Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. NIV • Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. NKJV • Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. NLT
Jesus Returns Restores Faith Hope Jesus born Jesus died Jesus rose Heaven Hope Resurrection Eternal Life God’s Promise Eternity 30 ad 2009 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16-17
Hope Based upon God’s Promises? • I hope I get _____________ for Christmas. • I hope things work out the way I want. • I hope I win the lottery. • I hope I can get that girl to marry me. • I hope my marriage works out. • I hope I can get a good job after I graduate. • I hope I can get a parking spot near the door.
Hope Based upon God’s Promises • "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. Matthew 7:24-27
Hope Based upon God’s Promises • I hope my house will stand in the storm since I’ve built it on God’s Word. • I hope God will be with me no matter what I go through. • I hope God will work in and through me for His Glory. • I hope that Jesus will return, restore all things and that I’ll spend eternity in His presence.