Hope For Nought

"Hope For Nothing"

Have you ever heard people say "Expect the worst, hope for the best". This never sounded quite right to me. It sounds like you are just waiting for disaster. Talk about not even giving yourself a chance to get the best out of life. Can you imagine the impact if you said this to yourself all the time. How we talk makes all the difference when we are expecting results from the Almighty. When you have true hope in your heart inspiring you to keep keepin' on then, at some point that hope becomes belief. When you are simply hoping it is usually accompanied by doubt and doesn't really accomplish anything. It is to Hope for nothing.

How do we "Hope For Something"?

We have to recognize the two factors that play into stealing our belief and hope. Those two factors are doubt and discouragement.

In difficult times it can seem overwhelming to find the positives. It is challenging to be able to get your mind thinking the opposite way from what it may be used to. When you began to speak the promises of God, your spirit becomes lifted, you become encouraged and recognize the God possibilities and solutions to your trials. In fact you start to believe the truth that, "With God All Things Are Possible". A dramatic shift takes place, the confusion clears, the doubt disappears, and you feel good in your heart. You feel hope in your heart and faith rise in your spirit.

Recognize = When you find yourself talking negative, feeling negative, or your hope slipping away this is an alert that you need to begin to combat these things with Gods promises.

Speak Promises = Dig in and begin to speak scriptures for your situation that will help you climb out of the negative thinking. Speak them out loud to God. The Word is powerful. It will come out of your mouth and begin to change even the air around you. You will become encouraged and Gods peace will immediately begin to remove the heaviness you feel about not being able to handle the trial.


Breakthrough = Once you start speaking those promises, you will be able to overcome the doubt and discouragement. The negative feelings may start to creep back and when they do repeat the same scriptures. Don't back down and don't give in to those negative thoughts.

The most important key to all your hope in God is understanding who you are in God. Recognizing your worthiness to boldly go to God about what you are struggling with. God loves you. He has a plan just for you. He turns everything around for His good and His glory. Don't beat yourself up. Take a bold stand in recognizing that God sees you for all you are going to be and not at all how you may see yourself. You are worth it to God. He is your friend and wants you to know that you can talk to Him about anything. He is there for YOU! God is about answers and solutions not problems and struggles. Be encouraged and expect God results for your life problem. Lets make a new saying! "Expect God's Best, He Will Deliver Even Better!"