Hark the Herald Angels Sing CHRISTMAS CAROL. Jesus Saves Jeremy Camp We Cry Out: The Worship Project

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1 Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song. Hark the Herald Angels Sing CHRISTMAS CAROL Jesus Saves Jeremy Camp We Cry Out: The Worship Project He Has Come For Us (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen) Meredith Andrews Come Now Our King Offering (Christmas Version) Paul Baloche Songs 4 Worship: Christmas Joy In Christ Alone Keith & Kristyn Getty In Christ Alone

2 A SEASON OF ANTICIPATION Advent

3 Definition of Hope Webster (verb): To cherish a desire with anticipation; to want something to happen or be true Dictionary.com (noun): The feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best

4 Desired outcome Joy, Peace fulfilled Hope

5 Desired outcome Joy, Peace fulfilled Hope Desired outcome Disappointment

6 Desired outcome Joy, Peace fulfilled Hope Desired outcome temporarily fulfilled or not fulfilled

7 A Living Hope Advent (week 2) 1 Peter 1:3-9

8 1 Peter 1:3-9 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.

9 1 Peter 1:3-9 This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

10 1 Peter 1:3-9 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.

11 1 Peter 1:3-9 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

12 1 Peter 1:3-9 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

13 Biblical Definition of Hope

14 Biblical Definition of Hope Formal Definition: Hope is the confident expectation of the future as we eagerly anticipate what God has promised

15 Biblical Definition of Hope Formal Definition: Hope is the confident expectation of the future as we eagerly anticipate what God has promised Practical Definition: Hope is trusting God that the best is yet to come

16 Our hope is based on the resurrection of Jesus Christ

17 Our hope is based on the resurrection of Jesus Christ 1 Peter 1:3 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

18 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance

19 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance 1 Peter 1:3b-4 3b In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.

20 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance 1 Peter 1:3b-4 3b In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.

21 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance Philippians 3:20 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.

22 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance There will always be a holy discontent with our circumstances here on earth which points our hearts to the hope we have in our eternal inheritance

23 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance Hebrews 11: By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.

24 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance Hebrews 11: By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

25 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance Hebrews 11: For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

26 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance Hebrews 11: All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;

27 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance Hebrews 11:8-16 they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.

28 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance Hebrews 11: People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

29 Our hope is secure in our eternal inheritance Hebrews 11: Instead, they were longing for a better country a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

30 Our hope anticipates Christ s return

31 Our hope anticipates Christ s return 1 Peter 1:4b-7 4b This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

32 Our hope anticipates Christ s return 1 Peter 1:4b-7 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.

33 Our hope anticipates Christ s return 1 Peter 1:4b-7 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

34 Our hope stands firm amidst trials because our tested faith will bring glory to God

35 Our hope stands firm amidst trials because our tested faith will bring glory to God 1 Peter 1:6-7 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.

36 Our hope stands firm amidst trials because our tested faith will bring glory to God 1 Peter 1:6-7 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire

37 Our hope stands firm amidst trials because our tested faith will bring glory to God 1 Peter 1:6-7 may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

38 conclusion Hope is trusting God that the best is yet to come!