{"id":1242,"date":"2020-03-30T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lcimdet.org\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2020-03-30T13:46:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:46:00","slug":"what-is-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lcimdet.org\/index.php\/2020\/03\/30\/what-is-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hope<\/p>\n<p>What is HOPE?<\/p>\n<p>Merriam Webster defines hope as:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>hope noun<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>1a: desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment also: expectation of fulfillment or success<\/p>\n<p>b: someone or something on which hopes are centered<\/p>\n<p>c: something desired or hoped for<\/p>\n<p>2 TRUST<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>hope verb<\/p>\n<p>1: to cherish a desire with anticipation: to want something to happen or be true.<\/p>\n<p>2 TRUST<\/p>\n<p>transitive verb<\/p>\n<p>1: to desire with expectation of obtainment or fulfillment<\/p>\n<p>2: to expect with confidence<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Think back on any situation that you gave up on.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Why did you give up?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Because you lost hope.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You had faced disappointment so great or so long that you no longer believed that the thing you hoped for would ever happen.<\/p>\n<p>I want to share a short story with you:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A missionary was in an orphanage in Uganda, and he has been in many before, but this one was different. He walked into a nursery with over 100 filled cribs with babes. He listened in amazement and wonder as the only sound he could hear was silence. A sound that is beyond rare in ANY nursery, let alone a nursery where over 100 new babes laid. He turned to his host and asked her why the nursery was silent. She looked at him and said, &#8216;After about a week of them being here, and crying out for countless hours, they eventually stop when they realize no one is coming for them&#8230;&#8230;They stop crying when they realize no one is coming for them. Not in 10 minutes, not in 4 hours, and maybe, perhaps, not ever&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When a child cries out in anguish, their hope is that someone will hear them and help them, rescue them, save them!<\/p>\n<p>Without hope we give up; our heart grows sick, we stop crying out and we die!<\/p>\n<p>So again, I ask you, what it HOPE? Hope is more than just a word.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Hope is more than just a feeling. True hope is a choice. True hope is a discipline! <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Hope is the small word so but hope makes all the difference! It\u2019s that serious!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s that essential that we have our hope in the right place, or I should say the right person, our Lord, our Savior, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Understand beloved, having hope is the only thing that can and will keep us going strong and allow us to continue to live an abundant life!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Keeping hope alive is what keeps you alive! But make sure that your hope is centered on God.<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah 40:31 New International Version (NIV)<\/p>\n<p>31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>they will run and not grow weary, <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>they will walk and not be faint.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Much love,<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Minister Dawn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hope What is HOPE? 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