
At some point in our lives, all of us will find ourselves in a
Why do we get so hopeless?
We experience
Hope - joyful expectation
How do you maintain hope in a hopeless situation?
47As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. 48They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.” —Luke 6:47-49 NIV
If you want to have hope, what you
Jesus is an
Jesus heals a man with leprosy.
1When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” —Matthew 8:1-2 NIV
“… it was forbidden for the leper to come into the city at all [or] to live with any others, as if they were in effect dead persons.” —Josephus, Jewish historian
45“Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of their face and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46As long as they have the disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp. —Leviticus 13:45-46 NIV
A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.” —Mark 1:40 NIV
The danger of
Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. —Matthew 8:3 NIV
You don’t have to know
We arent surrendering
24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. —Matthew 7:24-25 NIV