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For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction,<\/span>
\n so that through perseverance
\nand the encouragement of the Scriptures<\/span>
\n we might have hope.<\/span>
\n Romans 15:4 NASB<\/span><\/p>\n

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Have you ever noticed when we have God our hope is extended? \u00a0Our hope expands as we study Scripture. \u00a0The verse above breaks it down like this:<\/p>\n

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Scripture
\nPurpose = Instruction
\nResult = Hope<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The purpose of Scripture is our instruction. \u00a0The Scriptures encourage us to persevere, to endure. \u00a0They offer us comfort and give us hope. Psalm 119 reiterates how closely hope is tied to the instruction of Scripture. Look at the following verses:<\/p>\n

Do not snatch Your Word of truth from me,
\nfor Your regulations are my only hope.
\nverse 43 NLT<\/p>\n

You are my Refuge and my Shield;
\nYour Word is my source of hope.
\nverse 114 NLT<\/p>\n

This is the circle of hope\u2014the more we seek God through His word…the stronger our hope becomes; the stronger our hope…the more we seek God. \u00a0This serves us well in times of trouble. \u00a0Instead of being filled with despair, we can remember the nature of God and be filled with hope. \u00a0Psalm 94:19 NLT puts it this way: “When doubts filled my mind, Your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.” \u00a0And Lamentations 3:21 NASB says, “This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope….” \u00a0When we recall the comfort and encouragement of the Scriptures, our hope abounds.<\/p>\n

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Lord, thank You so much for the hope we find in Your Word. \u00a0Thank You for providing Scripture for my instruction. \u00a0Help me to recall Your Word when troubles abound and my hope begins to fade. \u00a0In Your holy name – Amen, it is so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:4 NASB *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * Have you ever noticed when we have God our hope is extended? \u00a0Our hope expands as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[8949,5889,3367,1287,425,8947,8946,8945,8805,7565,8948,3174],"class_list":["post-26090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-circle-of-hope","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-lamentations-321","tag-psalm-119114","tag-psalm-11943","tag-psalm-9419","tag-romans-154","tag-scriptures-give-us-hope","tag-seeking-him-devotional","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6MO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26092,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26090\/revisions\/26092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}