{"id":284,"date":"2021-02-22T07:03:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T07:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/129-josh-sommerville-exhortation-hope\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T23:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:47:31","slug":"129-josh-sommerville-exhortation-hope","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/129-josh-sommerville-exhortation-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"129: Josh Sommerville – Exhortation: Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation given by Bro. Josh Sommerville that was given this Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021 at the Verdugo Hills Ecclesia.<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

Send talk suggestions or comments to: GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nnow let’s talk more about this
\nweek’s talk <\/p>\n

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\nfor this week’s talk.
\nWe are listening to an <\/p>\n

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\nexpectation.
\nThat was given by brother Josh <\/p>\n

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\nSomerville at the Verdugo Hills,
\nEcclesia This very Sunday on <\/p>\n

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\nFebruary 21st.
\nThis was one as soon as I heard <\/p>\n

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\nit it was such a powerful
\nexcitation that I really wanted <\/p>\n

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\nto share it and he’s talking
\nabout the concept of Hope. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this originally I had
\ndifferent talk lined up to share<\/p>\n

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\nfor everyone this week but as I
\nwas listening to it spoke to me <\/p>\n

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\nand it was so applicable to
\nwhat’s going on in the world <\/p>\n

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\nright now and kind of a phrase
\nthat I’ve been hearing. <\/p>\n

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\nPeople use more and more that I
\ntotally Vine Brian. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m calling an audible I really
\nwant to use this this excitation<\/p>\n

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\nhopefully.
\nEveryone isn’t isn’t tired of <\/p>\n

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\nhearing expectations from
\nVerdugo because I know sometimes<\/p>\n

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\nI tend to share more of them,
\nbut that’s where I go. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I hear a lot of talks on
\nthere, obviously that I enjoy <\/p>\n

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\nvery much.
\nAnd this excitation that brother<\/p>\n

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\nJosh was giving was so powerful.
\nHe’s looking at the concept of <\/p>\n

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\nHope.
\nAnd one of the things that he <\/p>\n

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\nkind of was making a point
\nabout, is he starts by looking <\/p>\n

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\nat a poem that was even turned
\ninto an animation by by Disney <\/p>\n

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\ncalled.
\nCasey At The Bat. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd basically, without taking
\neverything from what brother <\/p>\n

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\nJosh mentioned, the idea about
\nit is that the concept of Hope <\/p>\n

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\nis something that always Springs
\nEternal in humans, we always <\/p>\n

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\nfeel hopeful.
\nIt’s a natural way that we think<\/p>\n

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\nwe wake up every day.
\nHoping that the next day is <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to be better than the
\nprevious one. <\/p>\n

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\nBut What brother Josh is looking
\nat, is the difference between <\/p>\n

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\nthe hope that we talked about as
\nchristadelphians and his <\/p>\n

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\nBelievers of Christ.
\nWhen we say, you know, I we have<\/p>\n

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\na hope kind of almost we have a
\nhope, right? <\/p>\n

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\nAlmost as we talk about the
\ntruth, right? <\/p>\n

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\nWe have a hope of the coming
\nKingdom and how does when we use<\/p>\n

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\nthe word in that sense?
\nIs it different from when <\/p>\n

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\nsomebody says, you know, I, you
\nknow, when you’re wrapping up a <\/p>\n

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\nrough day at work and you say, I
\nhope tomorrow’s better Or, you <\/p>\n

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\nknow you said like oh, you know,
\nwhen the weather is really bad <\/p>\n

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\nass.
\nLike I hope it’s warmer <\/p>\n

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\ntomorrow, it’s the same word
\nhope but the meaning is very, <\/p>\n

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\nvery different for what we mean
\nby it. <\/p>\n

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\nOne of the other examples when
\nhe was looking at the concept of<\/p>\n

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\nhope that he mentions is hoping
\nthat when you’re playing sports <\/p>\n

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\nthat your team does well and
\nit’s kind of a funny little <\/p>\n

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\naside brother Josh and I used to
\nplay on a Church intramural <\/p>\n

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\nsoftball league here in Simi
\nValley. <\/p>\n

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\nWe haven’t played for since the
\npandemic, but we had played <\/p>\n

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\ntogether with several other
\nbrothers in around Simi Valley <\/p>\n

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\nfor Five or six seasons.
\nAnd I think I could count on one<\/p>\n

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\nhand, the number of times we
\nwant out of a eight to ten Game <\/p>\n

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\nseason every year, but we kept
\ncoming back. <\/p>\n

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\nWe really enjoyed the
\ncamaraderie, but he makes a <\/p>\n

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\nmention of that which I enjoyed,
\nand it reminded me of how much I<\/p>\n

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\nmiss being able to do that.
\nBut even that the showing up and<\/p>\n

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\nalways being hopeful even though
\nwe always lost, we would always <\/p>\n

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\nshow up every Monday night when
\nwe were going to play, hoping <\/p>\n

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\nthat we would somehow do things
\ndifferently in be able to, to <\/p>\n

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\nwin the game that even That
\nsense of hope and almost <\/p>\n

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\noptimism.
\nIs different than the hope that <\/p>\n

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\nwe talk about when we talk about
\nour hope kind of with a capital <\/p>\n

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\nH.
\nRight? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what brother Josh was
\npointing at is that our hope <\/p>\n

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\nwhen we hope in God and in the
\nreturn of the kingdom and the <\/p>\n

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\nhope that we have through
\nChrist, it’s a hope where we <\/p>\n

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\nhave a confidence.
\nIt’s our faith driven hope and <\/p>\n

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\nhe goes into a lot of different
\npassages and versus when he’s <\/p>\n

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\nkind of flipping around in that.
\nLooking at that idea of our hope<\/p>\n

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\nis driven by our faith in God.
\nAnd almost that that unshakable <\/p>\n

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\nconfidence that we have in God
\ncan be something that we lean on<\/p>\n

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\nand strengthens Our Hope in a
\nway that is far beyond anything <\/p>\n

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\nthat anybody in the world might
\nsay. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen you might hear someone say,
\nwell, you know, I hope that you <\/p>\n

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\nknow, this new politician is
\ngoing to make things better in <\/p>\n

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\nthe world.
\nOr, you know, I hope that this <\/p>\n

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\nnew law is going to fix a
\nproblem or anything that someone<\/p>\n

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\nmight say, I hope that, you
\nknow, I do well in this <\/p>\n

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\ninterview.
\nAnd I can get this job that I <\/p>\n

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\nwant or I hope that I do well in
\nschool so I can get the career <\/p>\n

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\nthat I want.
\nAll those things are more <\/p>\n

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\nfleeting, they’re not as
\nconcrete as the hope that we <\/p>\n

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\nhave in Christ and I just found
\nthe the concept of it to be a <\/p>\n

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\nreally good reminder, to reflect
\non how we think of Our Hope <\/p>\n

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\nbecause that word can get used
\nand you hear it in the news and <\/p>\n

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\nyou hear other people talking
\nabout it, And people can use the<\/p>\n

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\nword hope, almost casually in
\nconversation. <\/p>\n

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\nThat term it was a good reminder
\nto me at least that the hope <\/p>\n

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\nthat we have in Christ and that
\nGod has promised to us is so <\/p>\n

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\nmuch more impactful than just a
\ncasual while. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope the weather’s better
\ntomorrow type of usage of the <\/p>\n

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\nword and instead and we talked
\nabout, you know, our Shared Hope<\/p>\n

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\nor the love that that we have in
\nour one hope how much <\/p>\n

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\nMeaningful.
\nThat word hope is in that <\/p>\n

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\ncontext, even after the
\nexcitation, the presenting <\/p>\n

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\nbrother was trying to figure out
\na way, a different word to <\/p>\n

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\neither describe, Our Hope or a
\ndifferent word to differentiate <\/p>\n

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\nthe Hope in that more casual
\nsense and we couldn’t really <\/p>\n

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\ncome up with a good word for it,
\nbut you know, the difference, <\/p>\n

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\nwhen you hear it in the usage,
\nIt was just an like I said, it <\/p>\n

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\nwas just such a good reminder
\nthat we should have such a <\/p>\n

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\nconfidence just as Paul talks
\nabout having a confidence <\/p>\n

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\nbecause of the faith that drives
\nthe hope that we have. <\/p>\n

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\nSo like I said, I really thought
\nthis excitation was powerful. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was a good reminder for me.
\nI know brother Josh he’s a he’s <\/p>\n

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\na very good friend and brother
\nof mine and hearing him talk <\/p>\n

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\nabout going through different
\ntrials and things that he’s gone<\/p>\n

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\nthrough in his life and being
\nable to have this concrete. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’d hope in a faith-driven
\nhope that you can rely on during<\/p>\n

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\nyour struggles and difficulties,
\nno matter what they may be was <\/p>\n

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\nincredibly powerful.
\nI know I felt it and I hope that<\/p>\n

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\nwhen you’re listening to it it
\nis just as impactful to you as <\/p>\n

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\nalways, thank you for everyone
\nwho continues to send in <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendations.
\nWe get them every week and we <\/p>\n

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\nappreciate those and also the
\nencouragement and everybody who <\/p>\n

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\nenjoys listening to the podcast
\nmeans a lot to us. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you find anything here <\/p>\n

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\nuseful, we encourage you to
\nshare it with other people that <\/p>\n

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\nyou think might be able to be
\nencouraged by it. <\/p>\n

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\nSo with that, I’m going to turn
\nit over to brother Josh for his <\/p>\n

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\nexcitation which was titled
\nhope. <\/p>\n

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\nMorning.
\nEverybody want to share with <\/p>\n

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\nyou, some of my thoughts that
\nI’ve been having about Hope and <\/p>\n

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\nI want to kick it off by just
\ntalking about one of my favorite<\/p>\n

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\npoems.
\nIt’s called Casey At The Bat by <\/p>\n

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\nErnest Lawrence Thayer and I’m
\nsure that many of you are very <\/p>\n

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\nfamiliar with the poem.
\nIt’s very popular where it was <\/p>\n

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\nvery popular.
\nAnd I believe Disney even turned<\/p>\n

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\nit into a cartoon, because I
\nremember seeing it as a kid, a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle story about it.
\nAnd it tells the story of a <\/p>\n

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\nstruggling baseball team that
\nwas losing a game. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the events, which lead to
\ntheir possibly coming back and <\/p>\n

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\nwinning but and this is a
\nspoiler alert. <\/p>\n

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\nTheir best player, Casey lets
\nhis pride and ego, get the best <\/p>\n

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\nof him, and ultimately brings
\nhim and his team to failure. <\/p>\n

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\nBut as I was thinking about hope
\nthere was a it reminded me of <\/p>\n

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\nthis line in the poem.
\nAnd I want to read it to you. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says a straggling few.
\nGot up to go in deep despair, <\/p>\n

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\nthe rest clung to the Hope which
\nSprings Eternal in the human <\/p>\n

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\nbreast.
\nThey thought, if only Casey <\/p>\n

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\ncould get a whack at that, we’d
\nput up even money now with Casey<\/p>\n

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\nAt The Bat.
\nI love that line. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Hope which Springs Eternal
\nin the human breast. <\/p>\n

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\nHow true that statement is.
\nEvery day, whether we realize it<\/p>\n

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\nor not, we wake up with hope.
\nI hope I feel better today. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope today is less stressful
\nthan yesterday. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope today is the day Jesus
\nreturns. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope it doesn’t rain today.
\nI hope this or I hope that This <\/p>\n

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\ntrait of hope that God has given
\nto us, is something that lives <\/p>\n

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\nin each of us and it carries us
\nthrough our lives, you know? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we say things like, you
\nknow, it’s never over until it’s<\/p>\n

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\nover, that’s hope.
\nWhen you go in for a job <\/p>\n

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\ninterview and it goes really
\nwell. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now you’re at home, waiting
\nfor that call back. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s hope.
\nWhen you lose every softball <\/p>\n

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\ngame with your team, but you
\nkeep playing every week <\/p>\n

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\nthinking, you might win the next
\none, right? <\/p>\n

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\nChris, that’s hope.
\nHope is that intangible feeling <\/p>\n

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\nthat will not allow us to give
\nup its part of our internal <\/p>\n

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\nmakeup.
\nIt’s one of our character traits<\/p>\n

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\nthat keeps us putting one foot
\nin front of the other day after <\/p>\n

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\nday, year after year, to get up
\nto get through the day to do it <\/p>\n

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\nagain.
\nAnd again, for our lifetimes, no<\/p>\n

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\nmatter the circumstances that
\nwe’re in, it’s defined as a <\/p>\n

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\nfeeling of expectation and
\ndesire for certain thing to <\/p>\n

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\nhappen, a feeling of trust, or
\nwant something to be the case. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, as I was thinking about
\nthis, I was asking myself a <\/p>\n

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\nquestion.
\nIs there a difference between My<\/p>\n

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\nHope and someone else’s and at
\nfirst I thought there was But <\/p>\n

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\nthe truth of the matter is,
\nthere’s no difference in my <\/p>\n

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\nability to hope versus anyone
\nelses, everyone has the same <\/p>\n

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\ncapacity and ability to hope.
\nThe only difference is, is what <\/p>\n

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\nwe are hoping for.
\nSo in my naivete or just <\/p>\n

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\nunknowing or not, really
\nthinking about it too much, I <\/p>\n

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\nthought there was something like
\nGodly hope, you know, that made <\/p>\n

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\nour hope different than
\neverybody else’s. <\/p>\n

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\nBut when I started kind of
\nlooking into it, I realize <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s not true.
\nThere’s, I don’t think there’s a<\/p>\n

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\nthing called Godly hope.
\nIt’s just only Our Hope in God. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what I was realizing is
\nwhat it’s what we hope for. <\/p>\n

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\nThat sets us apart from
\neverybody else. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause people in the world
\nobviously have hope it good. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, they’re motivated to
\nget involved in the political <\/p>\n

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\nArena or to protest and fight to
\nmake the world a better place to<\/p>\n

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\nmake our society more equal.
\nThey have hope in the government<\/p>\n

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\nhoping the leaders of our
\ncountry to set things, right to <\/p>\n

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\nmake it better for all of us.
\nThey have the same confidence <\/p>\n

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\nthat we do.
\nThe same desire to improve the <\/p>\n

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\nworld in which we live, but
\nthat’s not where we’re putting <\/p>\n

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\nour hope.
\nSo we are instructed to put our <\/p>\n

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\nhope somewhere else.
\nPsalm 31 24, be strong and take <\/p>\n

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\nheart all of you who hope in the
\nLord Isaiah 40:31. <\/p>\n

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\nBut those who hope in the Lord
\nwill renew their strength, they <\/p>\n

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\nwill soar on wings, like eagles,
\nthey will run and not grow <\/p>\n

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\nweary, they will walk and not be
\nfaint Mica. 747, but as for me, <\/p>\n

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\nI watch in Hope for the Lord, I
\nwait for God my savior, my God <\/p>\n

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\nwill hear me.
\nSo that’s the difference between<\/p>\n

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\nMy Hope and everyone else’s.
\nOur hope is in the Lord God and <\/p>\n

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\nit needs to be that way.
\nIt needs to be focused on the <\/p>\n

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\nreturning of Jesus Christ and
\nthe establishment of our <\/p>\n

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\nHeavenly father’s Kingdom, we
\ncan’t allow ourselves to get <\/p>\n

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\nmired in the hope that everyone
\nelse has because we’ve been <\/p>\n

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\ncalled to something better.
\nAnd that’s the Fatal flaw in <\/p>\n

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\nhaving hope in the current state
\nof our world. <\/p>\n

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\nThe world is run by sinful, man.
\nI can never be fixed, no matter <\/p>\n

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\nhow much we might hope it to be
\nchanged. <\/p>\n

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\nBut we can rely on God.
\nSecond Timothy, 2:13, if we are <\/p>\n

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\nfaithless, he remains faithful
\nfor. <\/p>\n

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\nHe cannot disown himself.
\nAnd we can’t hope for man’s <\/p>\n

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\nJustice to make things right,
\nbut we can rely on God’s. <\/p>\n

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\nDeuteronomy, 32 verse 4.
\nHe is the rock. <\/p>\n

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\nHis works are perfect.
\nAnd all his ways are just a <\/p>\n

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\nfaithful.
\nGod, who does no wrong, upright.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd just is he But again, hope
\nyou know, in my thoughts and <\/p>\n

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\ntrying to think about it, is
\nHope just that desire for a <\/p>\n

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\ncertain thing to happen.
\nWell, I can flip a coin and hope<\/p>\n

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\nfor heads and tails come up is
\nthat all it is to it. <\/p>\n

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\nI kind of want it to be more
\nthan that. <\/p>\n

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\nI think it needs to be more than
\nthat because we know that <\/p>\n

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\nscripture tells us, hold is
\nreally important in Romans 15 <\/p>\n

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\nverse 13.
\nIt says, may the god of Hope <\/p>\n

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\nfill you with all joy and peace
\nas you trust in him so that you <\/p>\n

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\nmay overflow with hope by the
\npower of the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nI love the way that sounds.
\nHe is a god of Hope. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat a beautiful prayer here by
\nPaul calling God, a god of hope <\/p>\n

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\nGod is the foundation on which
\nour hope is based. <\/p>\n

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\nHe is the creator of it for,
\nhe’s the creator of us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo when we hope, we should only
\nbe hoping in him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd of course, First Corinthians
\n13 verse 13. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now these three remain
\nfaith, hope, and love. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the greatest of these is
\nlove. <\/p>\n

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\nThe fact that hope is listed
\nout, here is one of the three <\/p>\n

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\nthings should be a signal to us.
\nThat this is something that’s <\/p>\n

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\nreally important.
\nAnd when we look at these three,<\/p>\n

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\nwe notice the first two are very
\nsimilar Faith and Hope. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if you if you look at
\nsynonyms, like I did for hope <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re going to find the word
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if you look at synonyms for
\nFaith, obviously you’re going to<\/p>\n

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\nfind hope they’re very similar.
\nSo how do we differentiate <\/p>\n

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\nbetween the two?
\nWell, I hope your mind is taking<\/p>\n

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\nyou where mine did and that’s
\nHebrews chapter 11. <\/p>\n

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\nNow Faith is the substance of
\nthings hoped for and the <\/p>\n

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\nevidence of things not seen as a
\ndefinition for pay the NIV <\/p>\n

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\nStates it.
\nNow. <\/p>\n

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\nFaith is confidence in what we
\nhope for and Assurance about <\/p>\n

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\nwhat we do not see.
\nI really like that the way it’s <\/p>\n

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\nsaid they’re in the NIV and
\nHebrews there. <\/p>\n

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\nThat faith is the confidence and
\nassurance. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the belief.
\nIt’s the trust and the loyalty. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, I don’t think we have
\nhope for the sun to come up <\/p>\n

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\ntomorrow, but I think we have
\nfaith that it will we have a <\/p>\n

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\nconfidence?
\nWe don’t have to have hope that <\/p>\n

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\nthe world is going to keep
\nrevolving, but we have faith <\/p>\n

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\nthat it will.
\nAnd that’s what faith is. <\/p>\n

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\nIts complete trust or confidence
\nin something or someone. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if hope is the expectation
\nfor something, faith is the <\/p>\n

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\nconfidence that it will happen.
\nThat’s the critical ingredient <\/p>\n

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\nthere.
\nIt takes hope for being just <\/p>\n

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\nnothing more than the flipping
\nof a coin and it really brings <\/p>\n

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\nthe substance into it.
\nSo we almost can’t have one <\/p>\n

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\nwithout the other because we
\nwant to have the faith that <\/p>\n

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\ngives us the confidence in Our
\nHope. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s take a couple minutes
\nand talk about, well, how do we <\/p>\n

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\nincrease our faith?
\nVery simplistically. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s just talk about four
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\nFirst of all, you have to read
\nthe Bible Romans 10:17. <\/p>\n

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\nSo then Faith cometh by hearing
\nand hearing by the word of God <\/p>\n

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\nsimple.
\nHow else can we have? <\/p>\n

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\nHope if we don’t know what the
\nBible is telling us, we have to <\/p>\n

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\nread God’s word.
\nAs often as we can to continue <\/p>\n

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\nto strengthen our faith.
\nWe have to listen and do what we<\/p>\n

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\nread.
\nJames 1:22, but be doers of the <\/p>\n

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\nword, not hearers only deceiving
\nyourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that takes, you know, it
\ntakes my mind at the parable of <\/p>\n

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\nthe sower who’s casting seed,
\nright? <\/p>\n

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\nWe have to be that soil, that
\ntakes in the word and allows it <\/p>\n

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\nto grow in us and produce fruit.
\nDo things that we read about in <\/p>\n

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\nthe Bible.
\nPrayer. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have to talk to God.
\nWe have to bring our problems <\/p>\n

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\nand I needs to him.
\nPsalm 34 verses 17 and 18, the <\/p>\n

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\nrighteous cry out, the Lord
\nhears them, he delivers them <\/p>\n

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\nfrom all their troubles, the
\nLord is close to the <\/p>\n

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\nBrokenhearted and saves those
\nwho are crushed in spirit, God <\/p>\n

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\nis listening to us.
\nHe’s waiting for us just to talk<\/p>\n

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\nto him.
\nTo come to him in prayer and <\/p>\n

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\nallow him to help us. 1st Peter.
\n5:7 cast all your anxiety on him<\/p>\n

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\nbecause he cares for you.
\nWhat a powerful verse in today’s<\/p>\n

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\nage.
\nAnd we have to surrender <\/p>\n

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\nourselves to him Romans 12:2 and
\nbe not conformed to this world, <\/p>\n

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\nbut be transformed by the
\nrenewing of your mind. <\/p>\n

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\nThat you may prove what is that
\ngood and acceptable and perfect <\/p>\n

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\nwill of God.
\nAs we see the day approaching, <\/p>\n

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\nwe need to be encouraged to
\nincrease our faith to put our <\/p>\n

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\nhope in him, to allow his words
\nto take root. <\/p>\n

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\nTo overcome our own sinful
\ndesires and wants. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, like I said, four
\nfoundational, simple principles <\/p>\n

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\nthat we can do that would have a
\nhuge impact on our lives, but <\/p>\n

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\nobviously me saying it doesn’t
\nmake it easy. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause it’s not easy.
\nIts it is just the war that we <\/p>\n

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\nwage on a daily basis with
\nourselves right. <\/p>\n

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\nHope is not always an easy thing
\nto hold onto. and there’s many <\/p>\n

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\nreasons why we struggle and
\nthere’s times when we can even <\/p>\n

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\nfind ourselves feeling hopeless,
\nHopelessness, is that condition <\/p>\n

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\nor feeling that conditions will
\nnever improve? <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a feeling of Despair or
\ndesperation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd those are things that we
\nstruggle with. <\/p>\n

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\nI really love this.
\nLittle passage here in 1st <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians chapter 15, which
\nthe whole chapter is amazing. <\/p>\n

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\nBut Paul says here, when he’s
\ntalking about the fact that they<\/p>\n

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\nwere saying there was no
\nResurrection. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says, starting at verse 16,
\nfor if the dead are not raised <\/p>\n

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\nin Christ, has not been raised.
\nEither in a Christ, has not been<\/p>\n

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\nraised.
\nYour faith is futile and you’re <\/p>\n

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\nstill in your sins.
\nThen those also who have fallen <\/p>\n

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\nasleep in Christ are lost.
\nIf only for this life, we have <\/p>\n

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\nhope in Christ.
\nWe are of all people most to be <\/p>\n

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\npitied and that really paints
\nthat hopelessness. <\/p>\n

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\nIf there was no Resurrection
\nright but we struggle with it <\/p>\n

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\ntoo.
\nWe have all kinds of things that<\/p>\n

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\ncan cause us to feel hopeless.
\nDepression is a major problem <\/p>\n

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\nand it’s something that I’m sure
\na majority of us have dealt with<\/p>\n

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\nat one time or another.
\nIt’s a quiet enemy that can be <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:11,100 –> 00:21:14,500
\ndebilitating, and especially
\nduring covid, where we’ve been <\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:14,500 –> 00:21:18,400
\nso separated from each other, it
\ncan cause us to feel hopeless, <\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:18,400 –> 00:21:22,700
\nbut there’s no Escape.
\nThere’s no change. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:24,000 –> 00:21:29,200
\nWe can struggle with addiction.
\nIn all of its forms whether it’s<\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:29,200 –> 00:21:35,000
\nsubstance or an activity and I
\ncan’t claim to it, you know. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:36,100 –> 00:21:38,600
\nBe an expert on these things.
\nBut I know that. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:39,700 –> 00:21:42,200
\nThey can bring about a sense of
\nhopelessness in US. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:44,400 –> 00:21:47,700
\nWhat about physical limitations?
\nSome people struggle every day <\/p>\n

337
\n00:21:47,700 –> 00:21:52,900
\nwhere the body is the enemy and
\nevery day is a new adventure of <\/p>\n

338
\n00:21:52,900 –> 00:21:55,500
\npain.
\nWhere, what am I going to be <\/p>\n

339
\n00:21:55,500 –> 00:21:58,000
\nstruggling with today?
\nHow intense is it going to be? <\/p>\n

340
\n00:21:59,200 –> 00:22:00,300
\nWhat am I going to be able to
\ndo? <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:00,300 –> 00:22:01,600
\nWhat am I not going to be able
\nto do? <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:03,700 –> 00:22:06,000
\nThose are moments of
\nhopelessness that can be found <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:06,000 –> 00:22:09,300
\nthere as well.
\nAnd what about hardship? <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:10,100 –> 00:22:12,200
\nWe all know that being a
\nfollower of God doesn’t mean <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:12,200 –> 00:22:14,000
\nthat our lives are going to be
\neasy. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:14,800 –> 00:22:17,900
\nIt doesn’t guarantee us that
\nthere are burdens that were all <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:17,900 –> 00:22:20,300
\ngoing to have to face.
\nAnd they come in all different, <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:20,300 –> 00:22:24,000
\nkinds of packages where there’s
\nFinancial marital familial <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:24,000 –> 00:22:28,100
\nprofessional.
\nThere’s times when bat hardship <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:28,100 –> 00:22:32,800
\ncan bring us to our knees But
\nultimately, we do understand <\/p>\n

351
\n00:22:32,800 –> 00:22:36,200
\nthat we are mortal, we are a
\ndying creature. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:22:38,600 –> 00:22:43,200
\nWe are walking and talking
\nMiracles and yet, we break down <\/p>\n

353
\n00:22:43,800 –> 00:22:45,900
\nour muscles and joints hurt in
\nthe eyesight. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:45,900 –> 00:22:49,800
\nWeakens, the hearing goes.
\nBut you have to understand that <\/p>\n

355
\n00:22:49,800 –> 00:22:53,500
\nGod knows this, right?
\nHe knows our weaknesses, he <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:53,500 –> 00:22:56,900
\nknows our frame.
\nHe knows, we’re not perfect and <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:56,900 –> 00:22:59,300
\nhe still loves us, and he still
\nwants us. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:01,400 –> 00:23:05,200
\nThat relationship that we have
\nwith God is really on us to make<\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:05,200 –> 00:23:09,400
\nit work.
\nIt’s like that friendship you <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:09,400 –> 00:23:13,200
\nhad where you were totally on
\nboard with it, but your friend <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:13,200 –> 00:23:15,600
\nwasn’t always reliable, that
\nmaybe they’d ghost you from time<\/p>\n

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\n00:23:15,600 –> 00:23:19,000
\nto time or flake on an activity
\nthat you plan together or maybe <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:19,000 –> 00:23:21,300
\nthey would show up but be
\ndistracted and act like they <\/p>\n

364
\n00:23:21,300 –> 00:23:24,300
\ndidn’t really want to be there.
\nSometimes that’s our <\/p>\n

365
\n00:23:24,300 –> 00:23:28,900
\nrelationship with God, isn’t it?
\nGod is all in and we’re the ones<\/p>\n

366
\n00:23:29,500 –> 00:23:35,400
\nthat sometimes might flake or
\nnot show up or, or be there, but<\/p>\n

367
\n00:23:35,400 –> 00:23:37,600
\nnot really be wanting to be
\nthere. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:23:39,800 –> 00:23:45,800
\nBut he is all in with us.
\nHe is our God of Hope, and all <\/p>\n

369
\n00:23:45,800 –> 00:23:48,900
\nhe’s doing, is waiting for us to
\nput our hope in him. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:23:50,200 –> 00:23:55,000
\nAnd so when we’re feeling weak
\nand down and even hopeless, we <\/p>\n

371
\n00:23:55,000 –> 00:23:57,800
\nhave to try to remember that.
\nNo matter our situation. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:23:57,900 –> 00:24:01,800
\nGod is our God.
\nHe is the god of our Salvation, <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:01,800 –> 00:24:07,900
\nhe is our hope and we can and
\nand he can and will Deliver Us <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:08,100 –> 00:24:11,700
\nfrom all of this.
\nWe know that he will send his <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:11,700 –> 00:24:15,100
\nson and that we will be a part
\nof that glorious Kingdom that’s <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:15,100 –> 00:24:19,200
\nto come.
\nBut we need to have that Faith <\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:19,200 –> 00:24:21,500
\ndriving.
\nHope to help us get there. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:23,600 –> 00:24:26,400
\nPsalm 42 verse 5.
\nWhy am I Soul? <\/p>\n

379
\n00:24:26,700 –> 00:24:30,400
\nAre you downcast why?
\nSo Disturbed within me. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:24:31,200 –> 00:24:36,300
\nPut your hope in God for I will
\nyet Praise Him My Savior and my <\/p>\n

381
\n00:24:36,300 –> 00:24:40,500
\nGod.
\nPsalm 7114 ask for me. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:24:41,300 –> 00:24:45,400
\nI will always have hope.
\nI will praise you more and more.<\/p>\n

383
\n00:24:48,500 –> 00:24:51,900
\nI want to close my thoughts this
\nmorning and bring us to the <\/p>\n

384
\n00:24:52,000 –> 00:24:54,800
\nmemorial table by reading from
\nRomans chapter 5. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:24:55,000 –> 00:25:00,600
\nThe first 11 verses and
\ntherefore since we have been <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:00,600 –> 00:25:05,000
\njustified through faith, we have
\npeace with God through our Lord <\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:05,000 –> 00:25:08,500
\nJesus Christ.
\nThrough whom we have gained <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:08,500 –> 00:25:12,900
\naccess by faith into this grace,
\nin which we now stand. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:13,800 –> 00:25:17,600
\nAnd we rejoice in the hope of
\nthe glory of God. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:18,700 –> 00:25:21,600
\nNot only so but we also rejoice
\nin our sufferings because we <\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:21,600 –> 00:25:26,600
\nknow that suffering, produces
\nperseverance, perseverance <\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:26,600 –> 00:25:31,800
\ncharacter and character hope.
\nAnd hope does not disappoint us <\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:32,400 –> 00:25:35,300
\nbecause God has poured out his
\nlove into our hearts. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:35,300 –> 00:25:37,100
\nBy the Holy Spirit whom he has
\ngiven us. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:25:38,400 –> 00:25:41,100
\nYou see at just the right time.
\nWhen we were still powerless. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:25:41,600 –> 00:25:44,600
\nGod died for the ungodly.
\nVery rarely. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:25:44,600 –> 00:25:47,100
\nWill anyone die for a righteous
\nman, though? <\/p>\n

398
\n00:25:47,100 –> 00:25:49,200
\nFor a good man.
\nSomeone might possibly dare to <\/p>\n

399
\n00:25:49,200 –> 00:25:55,300
\ndie, but God demonstrates his
\nown love for us in this while we<\/p>\n

400
\n00:25:55,300 –> 00:25:58,500
\nwere still sinners Christ died
\nfor us. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:25:59,900 –> 00:26:02,300
\nSince we have now, been
\njustified by his blood. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:02,300 –> 00:26:05,700
\nHow much more shall we be saved
\nfrom God’s Wrath through him? <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:06,900 –> 00:26:09,600
\nFor if, when we were God’s
\nenemies, we were reconciled to <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:09,600 –> 00:26:11,100
\nhim through the death of his
\nson. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:11,600 –> 00:26:14,800
\nHow much more having been
\nreconciled shall we be saved <\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:14,800 –> 00:26:19,900
\nthrough his life Not only is
\nthis so but we also rejoice in <\/p>\n

407
\n00:26:19,900 –> 00:26:22,700
\nGod through our Lord Jesus
\nChrist through whom we have now <\/p>\n

408
\n00:26:22,700 –> 00:26:28,000
\nreceived reconciliation.
\nBrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:26:28,000 –> 00:26:31,600
\nWe are here this morning to be
\nreminded yet again of the <\/p>\n

410
\n00:26:31,600 –> 00:26:33,900
\nincredible act that was done for
\nus. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:26:36,200 –> 00:26:40,000
\nThat we have a God who has given
\nus the ability to Hope in him <\/p>\n

412
\n00:26:41,100 –> 00:26:43,800
\nand not only that.
\nBut to have the faith that what <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:43,800 –> 00:26:48,400
\nhe has promised us will come to
\npass, he allowed his only son to<\/p>\n

414
\n00:26:48,400 –> 00:26:52,100
\nbe sacrificed so that we can be
\nreconciled. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:26:54,200 –> 00:26:58,700
\nHe has told us that even through
\nthe darkest times of <\/p>\n

416
\n00:26:58,700 –> 00:27:03,500
\nhopelessness, he is there and
\nthat our sufferings should build<\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:03,500 –> 00:27:08,100
\nwithin us hope the hope of a
\ntime when all the trials and <\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:08,100 –> 00:27:12,200
\ntribulations we Face will be at
\nan end and we will be with our <\/p>\n

419
\n00:27:12,200 –> 00:27:14,200
\nheavenly father in his glorious
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n

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129: Josh Sommerville – Exhortation: Hope<\/a><\/blockquote>