PROMISE 51 – HOPE IN GOD

"For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born, that they may arise and declare them to their children, that they may set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments."- Psalm 78:5 – 7

Hope has been defined as desire married to expectation. Tertullian, one of the early church fathers said, "Hope is patience with the lamp lit." According to our key passage, one of the primary reasons God gave us his word was to transfer hope to future generations. It is not enough for this soul-warming sunshine to reach the full-grown "trees", it must shine down to the forest floor and nurture the "saplings" as well.
Life is often unpredictable. At times we may even face what appears to be a hopeless situation – but we are in covenant with the "God of hope", who fills us with "all joy and peace in believing" that we may "abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Romans 15-13)
Though this generation is careening downhill toward a time of tribulation unlike anything the world has ever seen, we have a "blessed hope" (Titus 2:13): The glorious appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ. Scripture promises that when we see him, "we shall be like him", and "everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure" (1 John 3:2-3). Yes, of all the promises we can pass to our children, this is one of the most important – that Jesus is coming again to establish himself once and for all as Lord of lords and King of Kings, in heaven and on earth!

PRAYER DECLARATION

LORD, I SET MY HOPE IN YOU – ALWAYS AND IN ALL THINGS. I DECLARE THAT THERE IS NO HOPELESS SITUATION. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE COURAGE TO EXPECT YOUR PROMISES TO BE FULFILLED. THIS HOPE IS THE "ANCHOR" OF MY SOUL IN STORMY SEAS. BY FAITH I PASS THIS SPIRITUAL CAPACITY TO MY CHILDREN – THE ABILITY TO HOLD ON TENACIOUSLY TO THE PROMISES OF GOD, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN LIFE. I BELIEVE YOU WILL FEEL JOSHUA AND MIKAYLA "WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING" THAT THEY MAY ALWAYS "ABOUND IN HOPE" THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AS WE BOTH LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BLESSED HOPE OF YOUR RETURN, AND THE HOPE OF GLORY THAT RESIDES IN US. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN (LET IT BE SO)! (SEE HEBREWS 6:19; ROMANS 15:13; COLOSSIANS 1:27)