What do you hope for? Do you hope for a new job? A new relationship? A new adventure in life? A new smartphone? But first let me ask you this question, what is hope? Hope looks at the future. You are hoping because there is something to look forward to. Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Singles individual might hope in their work to achieve their goals and dream. Or they might hope for a relationship where they would receive the love they need. These can be the wrong anchors or sources of our hope. Hebrews 12:2 says keep your eyes on Jesus who perfects our faith. It is actually also saying that we are to hope in God. Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Wherever there is full assurance of hope, there is faith. Faith is the full assurance of hope. Hope is part of Faith. Therefore, in Hebrews 12 God is the one who initiates, He is the author or source of our faith and He is the one who is the source of our hope. He is the one we are to hope for because he will be one who will make what we hope for come into a reality. Look at what Romans 15:13 says also. Romans 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. God of hope means God is the source of hope. I like how its translated in the NLT version, it says this: “God, the source of hope, will.” Hope here in Greek is elpis meaning expectation, trust, confidence and expectation of what is sure or certain. We can now relate this to God the source of hope as God our source of confidence as we expect something to be sure or certain That’s why I would like to define hope as CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE ANCHORED ON GOD WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS Great Expectations because God can do more than what we could think of our imagine and because we expect it to actually happen. As one famous preacher said, biblical hope is just not a desire but it expects it to happen

1. HOPE IN GOD

2. May the God of hope
fill you with all joy
and peace in
believing, so that by
the power of the
Holy Spirit you may
abound in hope.
Romans 15:13

3. May the God of hope
fill you with all joy
and peace in
believing, so that by
the power of the
Holy Spirit you may
abound in hope.
Romans 15:13

4. May the God of hope
fill you with all joy
and peace in
believing, so that by
the power of the
Holy Spirit you may
abound in hope.
Romans 15:13

5. May the God of hope
fill you with all joy
and peace in
believing, so that by
the power of the
Holy Spirit you may
abound in hope.
Romans 15:13

6. Why, my soul, are
you downcast? Why
so disturbed within
me? Put your hope in
God, for I will yet
praise him, my
Savior and my God.
Psalms 42:5

7. Why, my soul, are
you downcast? Why
so disturbed within
me? Put your hope in
God, for I will yet
praise him, my
Savior and my God.
Psalms 42:5

8. Why, my soul, are
you downcast? Why
so disturbed within
me? Put your hope in
God, for I will yet
praise him, my
Savior and my God.
Psalms 42:5

9. HOPE IS CONFIDENCE IN
THE FUTURE ANCHORED
ON GOD WITH GREAT
EXPECTATIONS

10. 1. OUR HOPE IN OUR WORK

11. 1. OUR HOPE IN OUR WORK
2. OUR HOPE IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS

12. 1. OUR HOPE IN OUR WORK
2. OUR HOPE IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS
3. OUR HOPE IN OUR FUTURE

13. HOPE IN OUR
WORK

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16. DROPBOX

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18. LEGO

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20. 23 Whatever you do, work
at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord,
not for human masters
24 since you know that
you will receive an
inheritance from the Lord
as a reward. It is the Lord
Christ you are serving.
Colossians 3:23-24

21. 23 Whatever you do, work
at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord,
not for human masters
24 since you know that
you will receive an
inheritance from the Lord
as a reward. It is the Lord
Christ you are serving.
Colossians 3:23-24

22. 17 Command those who
are rich in this present
world not to be arrogant
nor to put their hope in
wealth, which is so
uncertain, but to put their
hope in God, who richly
provides us with
everything for our
enjoyment.
1 Timothy 6:17

23. HOPE IN OUR
RELATIONSHIPS

24. Marriage Isn’t For You

25. “I want you to know that marriage isn’t
for you. No true relationship of love is for
you. Love is about the person you love.”
Seth Adam Smith

26. 4 When one of you says, “I
am a follower of Paul,”
and another says, “I
follow Apollos,” aren’t
you acting just like
people of the world?
1 Corinthians 3:4

27. 5 After all, who is
Apollos? Who is Paul? We
are only God’s servants
through whom you
believed the Good News.
Each of us did the work
the Lord gave us. 6 I
planted the seed in your
hearts, and Apollos
watered it, but it was God
who made it grow.
1 Corinthians 3:5-6

28. HOPE IN GOD

29. HOPE IN OUR
FUTURE

30. 4 For we have heard of
your faith in Christ Jesus
and your love for all of
God’s people, 5 which
come from your confident
hope of what God has
reserved for you in
heaven. You have had this
expectation ever since
you first heard the truth
of the Good News.
Colossians 1:4-5

31. 4 For we have heard of
your faith in Christ Jesus
and your love for all of
God’s people, 5 which
come from your confident
hope of what God has
reserved for you in
heaven. You have had this
expectation ever since
you first heard the truth
of the Good News.
Colossians 1:4-5

32. 1. HOPE IN GOD
• IN OUR WORK

33. 1. HOPE IN GOD
• IN OUR WORK
2. HOPE IN GOD
• IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS

34. 1. HOPE IN GOD
• IN OUR WORK
2. HOPE IN GOD
• IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS
3. HOPE IN GOD
• IN OUR FUTURE

35. “We are going through many
problems, but still we have
Jesus Christ. We have peace
through Him, and we have
hope that when we die we
will go to heaven.”
Milon G.
Bangladesh, 1996

36. HOPE IN GOD

37. 1. Why is it so easy to loose our
hope at times?
2. With your answer on “What
do you hoped for?” Do you
think it is anchored on God?
Why and Why not?
3. What do you think we need
to do to constantly remind
ourselves about our hope in
the future?

38. Assorted Ideas is a personal blog by Marc
Sorongon which aims to share his thoughts about
God, his ministry (B1G South), how much God loves
you, and other assorted ideas. This blog hopes to
encourage Christians in their walk with God and
hopes to bring others in the knowledge of who
Jesus Christ is.