Intensive Faith Therapy » faith great expectations http://intensivefaiththerapy.com/blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:32:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Great Expectations http://intensivefaiththerapy.com/blog/11/great-expectations/ http://intensivefaiththerapy.com/blog/11/great-expectations/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 21:53:37 +0000 Vancollins http://intensivefaiththerapy.com/blog/?p=11 In chapter 5 of “Intensive Faith Therapy“, we learned that hope is the initial element of faith. Hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for. We also learned that the biblical definition of hope is very differently than the worldly view of hope. Although the word “hope”, according to the dictionary means “to desire with expectation of fulfillment”, we often use the word in a tone of defeat. We will say, “I really hope something works out me”, in a way that speaks of defeat and failure. Many of us rarely us the word hope to mean great expectation.

Has your hope been destroyed? Are you at the point where you don’t expect anything from God? Get up from that place!!! That is not a good place to be. If we do not have hope, there is nothing for our faith to be the substance of. When that happens, we become depressed and hopeless. Hopelessness leads to faithlessness.

Well, that is changing today. We are going to recommit our “hope” to the Lord. We are going to have GREAT EXPECTATION of all that God has for us. We are going to line up our thoughts and our speech with our new found hope. When we say, “I hope it works out for you”, we are expecting to here some praise reports. We are not going to entertain doubt and unbelief and we will not act like those that have no hope. Each day we are eagerly looking and receiving the wonderful changes in our lives and circumstances.

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