What is Hope? Hope – Christmas in 4 Words I hope I get good grades I hope I get a raise I hope I don’t get sick I hope my team wins I hope I get what.

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What is Hope? Hope – Christmas in 4 Words I hope I get good grades I hope I get a raise I hope I don’t get sick I hope my team wins I hope I get what I want for Christmas All of these are not certain

God speaks of a different kind of hope… Hope – Christmas in 4 Words Romans 15:13  A hope that gives joy and peace

God speaks of a different kind of hope… Hope – Christmas in 4 Words Psalm 31:24  A hope that gives us strength and courage

God speaks of a different kind of hope… Hope – Christmas in 4 Words 1 Thessalonians 4:13  A hope that gives us endurance and comfort even as we face death

God speaks of a different kind of hope… Hope – Christmas in 4 Words Matthew 6:19-21  A hope that changes what we value

How do we experience this kind of hope? Hope – Christmas in 4 Words By knowing hope is found in a person: Jesus Matthew 1:18-23

How do we experience this kind of hope? Hope – Christmas in 4 Words By believing without Jesus we have no hope In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope. Ephesians 2:12 NLT

How do we experience this kind of hope? Hope – Christmas in 4 Words By depending on God’s Word and His Spirit Romans 15:4, 13