Amen.
God Bless.
The Importance of Hope
Let us hold fast our confession without wavering.
Most Christians have heard much preaching about faith and
love, but, in many cases, they have heard comparatively
little about hope. Such was my own condition many years
ago when I was in desperate need of help from God. I had
heard many messages on faith and some preaching on love;
but what I needed in that particular situation was hope, and
the Holy Spirit had to take me directly to the Scripture
because I had never heard a sermon about hope. It was
there that the Holy Spirit met my need. For this reason, I
am particularly concerned that people understand the
importance of hope. I want you to grasp what hope is, how
important it is, and how you may have it.
Hope is necessary if we are to maintain both faith and
love. Unless we have hope, our faith will “leak out” and our
love will fail. Hope is not optional; it is essential to the
fullness of the Christian life.
People often say, “Where there’s life, there’s hope.” I
think there is a good deal of truth in that statement. But the
opposite is also true: Where there’s hope, there’s life—and
where there is no hope, there is no life. In my opinion,
hopelessness is one of the saddest conditions in human
experience. I can hardly think of anything sadder than being
hopeless. Yet, countless people in our world today are
completely hopeless. When I am sitting in an airport, taking
a walk, or dining in a restaurant, and I look at the faces of
other people, I find that many of them have a blank stare of
hopelessness. But, thank God, we do not need to be
hopeless.
Thank You, Lord, that You are faithful—You
give me hope. I proclaim that where there is
hope, there is life. I shall hold fast my
confession without wavering. Amen.
Derek Prince Ministries
