{"id":26104,"date":"2015-06-02T00:20:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T04:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26104"},"modified":"2015-06-01T14:33:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T18:33:57","slug":"spiritual-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/02\/spiritual-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For everything that was written in the past
\nwas written to teach us <\/span>
\nso that through endurance
\nand the encouragement of the Scriptures <\/span>
\nwe might have hope.<\/span>
\nRomans 15:4<\/span><\/p>\n

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These words came as I was addressing an issue at hand. \u00a0Reference was made to that which is written in the Old Testament. \u00a0The Word of God always gives comfort and strength. \u00a0The Word of God is an oasis of hope.<\/p>\n

Believing the Word of God and living by it takes us from the arena of hope into faith.<\/p>\n

And hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God
\nis shed abroad in our hearts
\nby the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
\nRomans 5:5<\/p>\n

That means hope never disappoints. The reason it does not disappoint is that the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. \u00a0Hope is one of the three creative principles of the human spirit. They are also abiding principles.<\/p>\n

And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three;
\nbut the greatest of these is love.
\n1 Corinthians 13:13<\/p>\n

Meaning that when all else fails, these three principles will remain and not pass away. \u00a0They are given to us and are in our spirits. \u00a0We are to choose to act on faith, to always be hopeful towards God, and to walk in love. \u00a0Hope does not function on its own; it must be applied or acted upon.<\/p>\n

The kind of hope that always produces results is the one that has its roots in God\u2019s Word. \u00a0No man should hope in himself for there is no strength in such hope. \u00a0However, to hope in God is to trust entirely in Him for your provision. \u00a0Yet hope is not enough to change circumstances until its given substance. \u00a0This substance is the faith.<\/p>\n

For faith is the substance of things hoped for….
\nHebrews 11:1<\/p>\n

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Dear heavenly Father, I declare that by the entrance of your Word in my spirit let my faith grow. \u00a0I should live by Your Word for it gives comfort and strength. \u00a0Let me not trust and hope in chariots, as some others do, but let all my hope be in You in every area of my life. \u00a0I pray all this in Jesus\u2019 name. \u00a0Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:4 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * These words came as I was addressing an issue at hand. \u00a0Reference was made to that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"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":[1867,3188,3367,8957,1287,425,490,7565,4582,3174,8958],"class_list":["post-26104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-1-corinthians-1313","tag-ann-mwafulirwa","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-faith-hope-love","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-hebrews-111","tag-romans-154","tag-romans-55","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-three-abiding-principles","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-6N2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26104","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\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26104"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26107,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26104\/revisions\/26107"}],"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=26104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}