Why We Have HOPE!

24 Reasons to Have Hope  By Pastor Jim Leggett

1.Have hope because God/Jesus is your hope (Psalm 71:5; 146:5; Romans 15:13; 1 Thess. 1:3; 2 Thess. 2:16; 1 Tim. 1:1; 1Peter 1:21)

2. Have hope because God's Word contains hope (Psalm 119:49,74,81,114,147;130:5; Romans 15:4)

3.  Have hope because God is going to help you (Psalm 33:20; 42:5; 2 Corinthians 1:7,10)

4. Have hope because God is going to save you as you place your faith in Him (Psalm 25:5; 62:5; 130:7; 147:11; Micah 7:7; 1 Thess. 5:8; 1 Tim. 4:10)

5. Have hope because hope is one of the keys to getting your heart well (Proverbs 13:12; Isaiah 40:31)

6.  Have hope because hope is an anchor for your soul (Hebrews 6:19)

7.  Have hope because God says there is hope (Jeremiah 29:11; Lam. 3:19-26; Hosea 2:15)

8.  Have hope because hope will not disappoint you (Romans 5:5)

9.  Have hope because God wins (Romans 5:2; Col. 1:27), and He will lift you up as you place your trust in His Son Jesus (2 Corinth. 3:7-12; Col. 1:27)

10.  Have hope because it is the purpose-filled end result of your suffering (Romans 5:3-5)

11.  Have hope because hope lasts (1Cor. 13:13; 15:19)

12.  Have hope because God is giving you righteousness as you trust in Jesus (Galatians 5:5)

13.  Have hope even though you cannot see it - by definition hope is something you cannot see right now (Romans 8:24:25)

14.  Have hope because it is the first step towards faith (Hebrews 11:1)

15.  Dead people do not have the capacity to hope (Isaiah 38:18)

16.  There is no hope apart from Jesus Christ (1 THess. 4:13)

17.  Have hope because God has eternal life/heaven in store for you as you believe in His Son Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:5,23; Titus 1:2; 3:7)

18.  Have hope because Jesus Christ is coming again! (Titus 2:13; 1 Peter 1:13)

19.  Have hope because you will see believing loved ones and friends at Christ's second coming (1 THess. 2:19)

20.  Have hope because a 100 year old man hoped that he would have a child and he did (Romans 4:18)

21.  Have hope because the greatest human example of suffering in the Bible, Job dared to hope in God (Job 13:15)

22.  Have hope because God has a calling on your life (Jere. 29:11; Eph. 1:18; 4:4)

23.  Have hope because hope in Jesus purifies you (1 John 3:3)

24.  Have hope because, in Christ, you are a living hope! (Peter 1:3; 3:15).

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