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that seed. So, if you plant your hope, if you focus it on a particular problem in your life, it will grow up and become greater. Greater than what? Greater than the problem! Once it's planted, you have to feed and water it with The WORD of God. The WORD is what energizes hope and makes it strong. It has the supernatural ability to stir up inside you a sense of expectancy about what God has promised. If you feed on God's promises, hope grows. As you spend time in The WORD and meditate on those promises, you begin to expect them to happen. The "earnest expected" mechanism within you—this supernatural force called hope—takes over your imagination and causes you to see God's promises fulfi lled in your life. It paints images in your heart and mind that will eventually become reality in your life. Thus, as you feed on God's promises, hope grows. But that process also works in reverse. If you feed on the world's junk, that same "earnest expected" will begin to partake in the despair of the world. If you feed it enough of the world's information, you'll begin to earnestly expect your children to get hooked on drugs. You'll earnestly expect to lose your job, and earnestly expect to get the fl u. You will join in on the recession everyone is talking about and fully expect it to ruin your fi nances. Once you start earnestly expecting those things, you'll start talking about them, "for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh" (Matthew 12:34). You'll start calling things that are not as though they were—and you know what will happen after that? Those things will start happening in your life! That's how your "earnest expected" mechanism works. It's a fl awless system that never breaks down. But you're the one who determines which direction it goes. It's your choice. You can feed it with The WORD of God and get hope or feed it with the words of the world and get despair. You may think your circumstances are tearing you apart, but I have news for you: Your circumstances are not the problem! All circumstances, I don't care what they are, must bow their knees and submit to the Name of Jesus and The WORD of God when faith, hope 6 : B V O V because we need one another. Faith, hope and love need one another in much the same way. They abide together because they need each other's assistance to carry out what they are designed to do. Importance of Hope Most people understand how crucial faith and love are. But few understand the importance of hope. They've never realized that without hope, faith and love simply can't function e¢ ectively. Biblical hope is more than just wishing for something. Wishing carries an element of doubt. Biblical hope carries no doubt. In fact, the word hope in Greek indicates "earnest expectation of something about which there is no doubt at all." This isn't a human kind of hope. It is God's kind. It's one of the supernatural forces He used to create the universe and He put it inside you when you were born again. What I want to teach you today is how to use this hope. But before you can use it, you have to be absolutely certain you have it. "But, Brother Copeland, you don't understand. My circumstances have been so bad for so long, I don't have any more hope!" Yes, you do! Hebrews 6:19 says, "Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast." You may feel totally hopeless right now. This may be the most hopeless moment of your entire life. But, according to The WORD of God, you have hope. So the fi rst thing you need to do is acknowledge that. Say, "Thank God, I have hope!" You may be in the deepest hole of your life. But if The WORD says you have hope, then glory be to God, you have hope! Plant the Seed of Hope The next thing you need to do is plant that hope so it can grow. Jesus told us the whole kingdom of God is compared to a man who plants a mustard seed in the ground. Even though that seed is the smallest seed there is, it grows up and becomes greater. Hope is of the kingdom of God so it works the same as Hebrews 11:1 says that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith gives substance to hope—the inner image or blueprint. Kenneth Copeland shares how divine hope builds that inner image through meditation of God's Word. Hope—The Blueprint of Faith 8 messages on 15 CDs Build Up Your Hope used to create the universe and He put it inside you when you were born again. What I want to teach you today is how to use this hope. But before you can use it, you have to be absolutely certain you have it. understand. My circumstances have been so bad for so long, I don't have any more hope!" hope we have sure and stedfast." This may be the most hopeless moment of your entire life. But, according to The WORD Hebrews 11:1 says that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith Your Hope KCM.ORG/MAG 1-800-600-7395 (U.S. only) FREE standard shipping included. Offer price valid through March 31, 2024 $ 24 99 reg $40 #B240301

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