Hope Now. Hope Always!

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How you can have hope while you wait.

Psalm 131:3 (MSG)
Wait, Israel, for God. Wait with hope.
Hope now; hope always!

Prayers may not get answered as quickly as we want them to be answered.

You wait longer than you want.

In the waiting, you must do the work.

Psalm 131:1-2 (NLT)
Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
I don’t concern myself with matters too great
or too awesome for me to grasp.

Waiting either creates impatience or humility.

Prayer works every time… in me.

When you try to control the uncontrollable the waiting is long and full of stress.

Romans 8:24-25 (TPT)
For this is the hope of our salvation. But hope means that we must trust and wait for what is still unseen. For why would we need to hope for something we already have? So because our hope is set on what is yet to be seen, we patiently keep on waiting for its fulfillment.

Patience in the Bible means, “Obedience until”

Our Work: Change your thinking.

Do you know that God is far more interested in changing you than changing your circumstances?

Proverbs 4:23 (NCV)
Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.

During the waiting, we must work on our thought life. How?

1) Feed your mind with truth

2) Avoid negativity

3) Think about Jesus

Hope comes when we pray.

Hope comes when we try not to control and speed things up.

Hope comes when we do the work of managing our minds.

Psalm 131:3 (MSG)
Wait, Israel, for God. Wait with hope.
Hope now; hope always!

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