BEING A PRISONER OF HOPE 1-2-26 VIDEO DUMBER HOPE
Dont let go of your in Christ. Though it may be unseen yet it represents your future. Dont let time cause you not to hope. Gods always on time. Hope is rooted and Gods faithfulness and his good plans for peoples futures. Any place we have no hope is being influenced by a lie. God has given us hope no matter what things may look like. We are victorious.
Jer 51:46 Don't lose hope. Don't ever give up when the rumors pour in hot and heavy. One year it's this, the next year it's that rumors of violence, rumors of war.
LAM 3:21 But there's one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:
22 God's loyal love couldn't have run out, his merciful love couldn't have dried up.
23 They're created new every morning. How great your faithfulness!
24 I'm sticking with God (I say it over and over). He's all I've got left. MSG
LAM 3:28 When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence.
29 Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions: Wait for hope to appear.
30 Don't run from trouble. Take it full-face. The "worst" is never the worst. MSG
HEB 6:19 It's an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God
20 where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek. MSG
RO 12:12 cheerfully expectant. Don't quit in hard times; pray all the harder. MSG
ZECH 9:12 Return to the stronghold [of security and prosperity], you prisoners of hope; even today do I declare that I will restore double your former prosperity to you. AMP
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ZECH 9:12 Come home, hope-filled prisoners! This very day I'm declaring a double bonus - everything you lost returned twice-over! MSG
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ACTS 28:20 I did it for Israel. I asked you to come and listen to me today to make it clear that I'm on Israel's side, not against her. I'm a hostage here for hope, not doom." MSG
1 Sam 17:11 When Saul and his troops heard the Philistine's challenge, they were terrified and lost all hope.
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1 Sam 17:32 "Master," said David, "don't give up hope. I'm ready to go and fight this Philistine."
2 COR 4:18 because we dont focus our attention on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but the unseen realm is eternal. TPT
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2 COR 4:18 There's far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever. MSG
ROM 15:4 Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it's written for us. God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next. MSG
Ps 146:5 Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is he who has the God of [special revelation to] Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God, AMP
PRO 23:18 Your future is bright and filled with a living hope that will never fade away. TPT
PS 62:5-6 God, the one and only - I'll wait as long as he says. Everything I hope for comes from him, so why not?
6 He's solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I'm set for life. MSG
1 TIM 4:10 With a view to this we toil and strive, [yes and] suffer reproach , because we have [fixed our] hope on the living God, Who is the Savior (Preserver, Maintainer, Deliverer) of all men, especially of those who believe (trust in, rely on, and adhere to Him). AMP
MICAH 7:7-8 But me, I'm not giving up. I'm sticking around to see what God will do. I'm waiting for God to make things right. I'm counting on God to listen to me. Spreading Your Wings
8 Don't, enemy, crow over me. I'm down, but I'm not out. I'm sitting in the dark right now, but God is my light. MSG
ROM 5:3 Our blissful boasting in him remains uninterrupted in times of trouble; we know that pressure reveals patience. Tribulation does not have what it takes to nullify what hope knows we have!
4 Patience provides proof of every positive expectation.
5 This kind of hope does not disappoint; the gift of the Holy Spirit completes our every expectation and ignites the love of God within us like an artesian well.
6 Gods timing was absolutely perfect; mankind was at their weakest when Christ died their death.
7 It is most unlikely that someone will die for another person, even if they are righteous; yet it is remotely possible that someone can brave such devotion that one would actually lay down ones own life in an effort to save the life of an extraordinary good person.
8 Herein is the extremity of Gods love gift: mankind was rotten to the core when Christ died their death. MIRROR
JOB 11:18-19 Full of hope, you'll relax, confident again; you'll look around, sit back, and take it easy.
19 Expansive, without a care in the world, you'll be hunted out by many for your blessing. MSG
MATT 12:18 Look well at my handpicked servant; I love him so much, take such delight in him. I've placed my Spirit on him; he'll decree justice to the nations.
19 But he won't yell, won't raise his voice; there'll be no commotion in the streets.
20 He won't walk over anyone's feelings, won't push you into a corner. Before you know it, his justice will triumph;
21 the mere sound of his name will signal hope, even among far-off unbelievers. MSG
ACTS 2:26 I'm glad from the inside out, ecstatic; I've pitched my tent in the land of hope. MSG
1 COR 13:13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love. MSG
1 THES 5:11 So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you'll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you're already doing this; just keep on doing it. MSG
2 Kings 7:3 It happened that four lepers were sitting just outside the city gate. They said to one another, "What are we doing sitting here at death's door?
4 If we enter the famine-struck city we'll die; if we stay here we'll die. So let's take our chances in the camp of Aram and throw ourselves on their mercy. If they receive us we'll live, if they kill us we'll die. We've got nothing to lose." MSG
Ezek 37:11 Then God said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Listen to what they're saying: 'Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, there's nothing left of us.'
12 "Therefore, prophesy. Tell them, 'God, the Master, says: I'll dig up your graves and bring you out alive O my people! Then I'll take you straight to the land of Israel.
13 When I dig up graves and bring you out as my people, you'll realize that I am God.
14 I'll breathe my life into you and you'll live. Then I'll lead you straight back to your land and you'll realize that I am God. I've said it and I'll do it. God's Decree.'"
Ps 71:5 You keep me going when times are tough my bedrock, God, since my childhood.
6 I've hung on you from the day of my birth, the day you took me from the cradle;
I'll never run out of praise. MSG