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THE ROADS CHURCH - NORRIS CITY & MT. CARMEL

JOURNEY OF HOPE

JOURNEY OF HOPE

Sunday Sept 29, 2019 - Part 1

Locations & Times

The Roads Church - NC

583 US-45, Norris City, IL 62869, USA

Sunday 9:00 AM

Sunday 10:45 AM

Journey - Webster - Travel or passage from one place to another

Confident - peitho - To believe in, be persuaded or sure to the extent of placing reliance or trust in or on something or someone; be convinced

Better - kreisson - Something superior in quality, condition or effect
Diligence - spoude - To be eager or ready to expend energy and efforts to do something or accomplish some end

Full assurance - plerophoria - Absolutely sure, certain, firmly persuaded and confident

- plero - To be completely filled or covered over
- phoria - To wear as clothing or constant accompaniment

Hope - elpis - Look forward with confident expectation, anticipate
- Not full assurance of END RESULTS but of HOPE!

End - telos - The point aimed at as a limit, the conclusion or result
Sluggish - nothros - Lazy, slow to become involved and apathetic

Imitate - mimetes - Follow as a pattern, copy the words and behavior of another

Faith - pistis - State of certainty in regard to belief; complete trust and reliance

Patience - makrothumia - State of emotional calm in the face of misfortune, or provoking without complaint or irritation

Inherit - kleronomeo - To be an heir; to receive something given, to gain possession by legal right from someone after their death

Promise - epangellomai - A verbal commitment with certainty by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future.
I will… or I will not…

Patiently endured - makrothumeo - To exhibit internal and external control and be even tempered and patient while enduring trying circumstances; long-minded, long-suffering
Ruth Barton - "We sit set young leaders up for a fall if we encourage them to envision what they can do before they consider the type of person that they should be"
Immutability - ametathetos - Unchanging nor subject to change

Counsel - boule - Purposes, plans or intentions

Confirmed - mesiteuo - Ratified, a mutually accepted agreement between two parties

Oath - horkos - Fence, limit or restraint; A solemn promise, usually invoking a Divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; often including penalties for failure within the contest of the oath

Consolation - paraklesis - Earnestly supporting, to encourage, comfort

Lay hold - krater - To hold on to, seize, grab; remain firmly committed to

Hope - elpis - Basis of hope, something on which expectations are centered.
Anchor - ankura - Heavy object that prevents a boat or vessel from moving

Sure - asphales - Certain, worthy of being believed beyond doubt

Steadfast - bebaios - Stable, firm, durable, steady
Doubting - diakrino - To withdraw or hesitate; to separate from

Tossed - rhipizo - To be forcibly tossed back and forth

Double-minded - dipsuchos - Vacillate, two thoughts or desires that oppose one another; indecisiveness

Unstable - akatastatos - Constant motion that cannot be controlled lacking stability or firmness; fickle
APPLICATION:

Are you confident of better things ahead in your life?

What challenges are you facing in putting on your hope until “the end”?

In what areas have you become lazy spiritually? Lost faith and patience?

What areas do you need to strengthen by resisting temptation?

Is your hope in His promise or in a desired outcome?

Where do you need to “drop anchor” and not be tossed anymore?