The document discusses the concept of hope from a Christian perspective. It provides several Bible verses that discuss hope and define it as a permanent trust in God, rather than positive thinking. Hope is described as an anchor for the soul, changing one's perspective and preparing them for God's promises. Having hope means trusting in what God is doing rather than focusing on outcomes.

1. www.newdayunited.org

2. Romans 15:13
Now may God the inspiration and
fountain of hope, fill you to
overflowing with uncontainable joy
and perfect peace as you trust in Him.
And may the power of the Holy Spirit
continually surround your life with His
super-abundance until you radiate
with hope.

4. confident expectation of
what God has promised
& strength in His
faithfulness

5. faith hope love

6. "the prisoner who had lost faith in the
future, his future, was doomed.
With his loss of belief in the future, he also
lost his spiritual hold; he let himself decline
and became subject to mental and physical
decay.“
Victor Frankl : Man’s search for meaning

7. Hope
is not ‘positive thinking’
but permanent trust

8. Heb 6:9
We have this HOPE as an
anchor for the soul, firm and
secure. It enters the inner
sanctuary behind the curtain,

9. Romans 15:13
May the God of hope
fill you with all joy and peace as
you trust in him, so that you
may overflow with hope by the
power of the Holy Spirit.

10. Hope
changes perspective!!!

11. Zechariah 9:11-12
As for you, because of the blood of my covenant
with you,
I will free your prisoners from the waterless
pit.12 Return to your fortress,
you prisoners of hope;
even now I announce that
I will restore twice as much to you....

12. Hope
gets ready!!!

13. Hope
changes generations!!!

14. Heb 11:13
All these people were still living by faith
when they died.
They did not receive the things promised;
they only saw them and welcomed them
from a distance, admitting that they were
foreigners
and strangers on earth.

15. Hope
Has very little,
if anything
to do with outcome,
but
rather trusting what God
is about

16. 1 Pet: 1:3, 4
“Praise to the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ!
In His great mercy He has given us new
birth into a LIVING HOPE through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
and into an inheritance that can never
perish, spoil or fade”

17. 1 Pet: 1:13
“Therefore,
prepare your minds for action,
be self-controlled;
set your HOPE FULLY on the grace to
be given you when
Jesus Christ
is revealed.”

18. 1 Pet.1:21
“…through Him you believe in God,
who raised Him from the dead
and glorified Him,
and so
your faith and hope are in God.”