When sharing God's Word with a congregation, we're not just talking to a group of people, but to every individual. Every person has different needs, with only the same Source for an answer. God's Word can and will answer every need, if we will only go to Him one on One, for that answer. God doesn't give the pastor an individual answer for every person there, but He will give the answer in His Word for every person.
We live in a world where there seems to be no hope. The real hope can only come from God's Word. Jesus spoke about the woman who suffered twelve years with an issue of blood, in Mark5:25-34(Amp). She had a flow of blood for all those years and the doctors couldn't cure it and instead she was getting worse. She had heard "good reports" about Jesus and after touching His garment, she was made whole.
She wouldn't have been allowed to be near other people, according to the Law. She was probably very tired after losing blood for so long. I would have felt hopeless, alone and exhausted. Heb.11:1(Amp) tells us that, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." The woman had no hope, until she heard about the healings Jesus had done. When she heard that maybe Jesus would and could heal her, hope rose up in her. After twelve years of despair and hopelessness, faith began to grow because she had hope. When faith came, she moved on that faith towards Jesus with the confidence that the hope God inspired in her and she was healed.
God's Word is always there to inspire us to hope against hope, like it did in Abraham's life. When there was no hope in the natural, Abraham held out hope that God's Word and His Promise would come to pass. Faith rose up in him and God's Promise came forth in Abraham's life. You might find yourself in the place like the woman of blood or Abraham, and believe there's no hope for you but. God's Word though, is full of multitudes of Promises that can inspire hope, even when the world cannot do so. Jer.12:1(Amp) tells us that, "God watches over His Word to perform it." When the world has no hope, then we must go to God's Word and find hope, so that faith has something to perform and bring substance in our lives.
God has made Promises concerning our healing, health, our family including our children and even our great great grandchildren. 2Cor.1:20(Amp) tells us, "For as many as are the Promises of God, they all find their Yes (answer) in Him (Christ). For this reason we also utter the Amen (so be it) to God through Him (in His Person and by His Agency) to the glory of God." People aren't trying to be mean when they tell us "There's no hope." They just don't see the way out. Our help doesn't come from this world, but from God Himself.
Your life and your future doesn't depend on what others say about, but what our Heavenly Father says about you. If you're like the woman with the issue of blood and everyone has given up hope, then you must put hope in Jesus and His Word, like she did. You must let hope bring forth faith to put substance to and let God's Word work for you. The alternative is to stop hoping and trusting and quit. If I'm to lose anything, I will at least be fighting and not quitting. Paul writes to Timothy in 1Tim.6:12(Amp) saying, "I have fought a good fight, I have run a good race and I have kept the faith." Don't quit and wait for the rapture, but let's fight the good fight of faith, like Paul did.
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