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  • Our Hope Of Rescue  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2003
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    OUR HOPE OF RESCUE Did you see the story on CNN this past Sunday of the rescued POWs? When Kenneth Krueger pulled his big rig in front of former POW Shoshana Johnson’s home and began whooping and blowing on the horn, I understood the joy and relief that she was alive and would be home soon. ...read more

  • A Hope Beyond This Life  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 8, 2003
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     | 2,517 views

    A HOPE BEYOND THIS LIFE Russell Davis was a 10-year-old boy who knew a hope that went beyond this life. He had fought cancer for 4 years when he wrote this note to his best friend. Dear Brian, How are you doing? I’m alright in the hospital but a little sleepy. I know that you worry about me some ...read more

  • Hope Is A Powerful Thing….

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Oct 31, 2007
     | 1,376 views

    Hope is a powerful thing…. A number of years ago researchers performed an experiment to see the effect hope has on those undergoing hardship. Two sets of laboratory rats were placed in separate tubs of water. The researchers left one set in the water and found that within an hour they had all ...read more

  • Poem Called Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 26, 2007
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    Poem called Hope It’s magic and it’s free. It’s not in a prescription. It’s not in an IV. It punctuates our laughter, it sparkles in our tears. It simmers under sorrows, and dissipates our fears. Do you know what Hope is? It’s reaching past today. It’s dreaming of tomorrow. It’s trying a ...read more

  • Hope Is Certain, Not Uncertain

    Contributed by John Boquist on Jul 25, 2008
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    HOPE IS CERTAIN, NOT UNCERTAIN Our use of the word "hope" is usually based on uncertainty. Suppose an engaged couple says, "We have an outdoor wedding planned for Saturday; we hope it doesn't rain." In saying this, they are saying that the possibility of rain is there, but their preference is for ...read more

  • We Need Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    WE NEED HOPE Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Dusk was falling on the Saturday before Christmas in 1927 the S-4 submarine (S-class submarines, were the first class of submarines built ...read more

  • Hope Is Not The Conviction That Something Will ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes ...read more

  • Where There Is No Hope In The Future, There Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Where there is no hope in the future, there is no ...read more

  • Living Without Hope

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Mar 17, 2011
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    LIVING WITHOUT HOPE There was one TV spot which we leased and in my opinion crossed all barriers being the most thought-provoking. It pictured a man sitting in a room by himself with the camera coming up from behind him slowly. As the picture slowly panned past the man to show his dejected face, ...read more

  • The Story Of Faith Hope

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    THE STORY OF FAITH HOPE Myah Hope was given the news that she was pregnant. Like most mothers to be, she dreamed of what giving birth to a child and raising them would be like. But when she was 19 weeks pregnant, she was told that something was wrong with her baby's head. The doctor said that ...read more

  • Hope Is The Dream Of A Soul

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2011
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    HOPE IS THE DREAM OF A SOUL When a member of my congregation, 18-year-old Heidi, was thrown from a car back in May and suffered a head injury, it was a real miracle that she recovered and was soon in rehab at Crystus Santa Rosa. She was learning to walk again through rehab and therapy when a young ...read more

  • The Harp String Of Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
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    THE HARP STRING OF HOPE G.F. Watt has a famous painting entitled Hope. It pictures a poor woman against the world. Her eyes are bandaged so that she cannot see ahead. In her hands is a harp, but all the strings are broken save one. Those broken strings represent her shattered expectations, her ...read more

  • Tomorrow Brings Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2011
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    "TOMORROW" BRINGS HOPE In late March of 1993, a sudden snowstorm covered the East coast of the U.S. Over in the Smoky Mountains, it was the snow of the century. Many hunters and hikers were trapped in the park. Four doctors from Knoxville had chosen that weekend for a hunting trip to the Smokies. ...read more

  • The World Is Without Hope

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
     | 3,282 views

    THE WORLD IS WITHOUT HOPE In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, Cat’s Cradle, an important book comes to light. It is titled, "What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?" The chief character is anxious to read it. But when he does, he finds that it ...read more

  • Hope Is A Source Of Life

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
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    HOPE IS A SOURCE OF LIFE Hope prays for God’s "will to be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:10) and then seeks to be God’s agent of change! One writer says: "Biblical and Christian hope does not mean living in the clouds, dreaming of a better life. It is not merely a projection of ...read more

  • Persecution Means Hope

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 25, 2011
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    PERSECUTION MEANS HOPE Genuinely persecuted Christians see judgment on their persecutors as a sign of hope. There is a story of Polish slave laborers working in munitions factories for Germany toward the end of WWII being bombed by allied planes. Some were killed, more were wounded. And yet ...read more

  • Wishing Vs. Hoping  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Dec 3, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
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    WISHING VS. HOPING Eugene Peterson (Living the Message: Daily Help for Living the God-Centered Life) points out that what a lot of people call hope is in reality something different. It's wishing, not hoping: and wishing and hoping are not the same thing. "Wishing," Peterson says, "is something ...read more

  • Is There Hope For The Next Generation Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2013
    based on 13 ratings
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    IS THERE HOPE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF EVANGELICALS? Russell Moore recounts a conversation with the evangelical theologian Carl Henry. As Moore and some of his friends were lamenting the miserable shape of the church, they asked Dr. Henry if he saw any hope in the coming generation of ...read more

  • Deep Wells Of Hope.

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 9, 2021
    based on 1 rating
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    MIA: MISSING IN ACTION… WHAT DO YOU SEE? MAN IS SHORT OF DAYS AND FULL OF TROUBLE… Years ago I read where a farmer in California was having a terrible time. They had had 4 years of drought in their area and many farmers spoke of leaving farming and moving back into the city. So the exodus began. ...read more

  • Hope And A Grateful Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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     | 3,802 views

    HOPE AND A GRATEFUL HEART There is an old legend of a man who found the barn where Satan kept his seeds ready to be sown in the human heart. On finding the seeds of discouragement more numerous than others, he learned that those seeds could be made to grow almost anywhere. When questioned, Satan ...read more