PRAYER and FASTING
12 noon - 3pm
Session Three - HOPE
And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. Romans 5:4-5
REFLECTION
One of the most dangerous things we can do is to give up hope. We all know that failure doesn’t spell defeat. So many people have rescued victory from the jaws of failure but sadly the day we quit, that is when we are truly defeated. Hope is what stops us from surrendering to despair and giving up on our dreams and vision. Hope is what makes us go to bed believing that we’ll rise the next day to continue the fight. It was of Abraham ‘when there was no reason for hope, he kept hoping – believing that he would become the father of many nations.
QUOTES
We must accept finite disappointments, but never lose infinite hope. Martin Luther King
PRAYER
Abraham never wavered in believing God’s promise. As his body grew old his faith and hope in what God could do grew strong. Let’s use this session to rekindle our hope in God. If you are sitting on God’s promise, lift it up to God today. If you’ve given up, ask God to rekindle hope in you. Lift up hopes of family and friends and the church to God. Remind God that his promise says ‘hope will not disappoint’.
