WHERE IS YOUR HOPE? (3 OF 4)
by Spike Hogan
Scripture: Matthew 12:20-21
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Where Is Your Hope? (3 of 4)
Series: Hope Has a Name
Spike Hogan
Matthew 12:20-21
''A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he leads justice to victory. In his name the nations will put their hope.'' Matthew 12:20-21 (NIV)
(What is Hope? If I were to ask you to fill in the blank for this question... ''Next year I Hope _______'' what would you put there? For some it is more money, or better relationships, or something new in our lives, but what if we recognized that all those things are secondary to something far better. This morning I want to challenge each of us to consider the foundation of our hope...if it IS in something that will not last it doesn't offer us much hope does it. Let's look at a Hope that will carry us for the rest of our lives PRAY
What the World Calls Hope?
''Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the Lord.'' Jeremiah 17:5 (NIV)
(So many put their hope in so many things without realizing that real hope is waiting for them. So where is your hope? Who or what do you turn to when you are losing hope?)
''Remember that at that time you were separate from Christ... without hope and without God in the world.'' Ephesians 2:12 (NIV)
(Its clear that without God, without Christ in our life there is no hope. Let's do a self-check and see if maybe we've fallen into the trap of looking for hope in all the wrong places)
The World usually puts its hope in HUMAN WISDOM
''For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.'' Romans 1:21-23 (NIV)
(The Bible says that we are without excuse when we deny God's existence, God's creation, God's ...
Series: Hope Has a Name
Spike Hogan
Matthew 12:20-21
''A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he leads justice to victory. In his name the nations will put their hope.'' Matthew 12:20-21 (NIV)
(What is Hope? If I were to ask you to fill in the blank for this question... ''Next year I Hope _______'' what would you put there? For some it is more money, or better relationships, or something new in our lives, but what if we recognized that all those things are secondary to something far better. This morning I want to challenge each of us to consider the foundation of our hope...if it IS in something that will not last it doesn't offer us much hope does it. Let's look at a Hope that will carry us for the rest of our lives PRAY
What the World Calls Hope?
''Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the Lord.'' Jeremiah 17:5 (NIV)
(So many put their hope in so many things without realizing that real hope is waiting for them. So where is your hope? Who or what do you turn to when you are losing hope?)
''Remember that at that time you were separate from Christ... without hope and without God in the world.'' Ephesians 2:12 (NIV)
(Its clear that without God, without Christ in our life there is no hope. Let's do a self-check and see if maybe we've fallen into the trap of looking for hope in all the wrong places)
The World usually puts its hope in HUMAN WISDOM
''For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.'' Romans 1:21-23 (NIV)
(The Bible says that we are without excuse when we deny God's existence, God's creation, God's ...
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