Hope in God is the more purified form of entrusting trust in God. A strong relationship is a result of a growth process. These are its stages.
First you know him then
You understand him then
You see the woks of god in other lives and then in yours with boldly helps you to go to him for the god is good. Then
You entrust trust in him as a result of the above 3
When trust is in force you come to have belief
And finally you belief becomes you faith and you faith becomes you testimony to god and for god.
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hope is symbolicaly explained as:Hope is not the rabbit that come from the magician’s hat; but hope is the strong expatiation that a rabbit can come from a magician’s hat
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Let us read the lyrics of this song, I am sure you will understand what am I trying to make you the reader understand:
Words and music by Lawrence Chewning and Ray Boltz
CHORUS:
The anchor holds
Though the ship is battered
The anchor holds
Though the sails are torn
I have fallen on my knees
As I faced the raging seas
The anchor holds
In spite of the storm
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The anchor of a ship makes sure that the ship does not move with the storms , but if the rope is not tied to the deck it would be next to nothing, we should establish our relationship with god , the word of the Lord says that: Taste and see that the Lord is good. If you have you, you will know without a doubt in you mind that the Lord god is good.
When you know that god is good, by you experience: I would call this experience it the peace in god and joy with god, Joy in the lord is not happiness , joy in the lord is the undesirable joy that we experience what ever our circumstances may me. Joy is lord is like having you mother’s arms around you assuring you that there is noting to fear mummy is hear,
God is telling you to day that he is with you and that when he is with you nothing came happen to you.
Let us look at the lyres of the Chorus, we come to know that the person in spite of the storm experienced a sertion assurance of joy by the hope he had in the lord,
Hope gives patience; purifies and gives steadfast assurance
Abraham was a man of great patience in the hope of god’s promise that he would be blessed as the father of nations, I surreally am not so strong in that now. Abraham had faith to believe in the pomices of god when there was no point to have hope
In the Old Testament the Israelites saw the wonder of the lord in Egypt, and for 40 years in the desert, god gave them food, water, and everything and even more they even asked for where the realties were not very hopeful
Hope is what I would say the refined form of trust, Refined : now we will analyses the concept of purification, Gold is a valuable source of income , and value but did you know the that, the purity of god is attained by refining it in the heat of the fire,
Hope steadfast assurance in faith
The walk with lord is not a one day trip to the moon,
It is life long journey, the bible says that one we children of god now we are made brothers with Christ and to be solders for god,
A solder is not born, but made, an old man in the 60 does not just come from his mother’s womb but, rather grows to be a 60 year old.
We are made by the lord , that the lord might reflect in us, and that something in us grow, how can something which is not in us grow within us,
The seed needs to be planted, for it grow to a tree, for the roots to take hold of the ground in which it was made,
The anchor takes home on ground it laid,
Let us lay our anchors of faith in Christ Jesus