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Hungry for Hope
Victoria Boyson
www.boyson.org
Dear Friends,
My mother-in-law, Shirley Boyson, explains
hope this way...
The
H oly Spirit will
O versee and
P rovide
E verything you need.
Hope Builders
The world is hungry for hope. We've got
to tell them the good news and give them the hope of Jesus Christ. We must tell them of the love of God and that friendship with Him is available to them. We need to focus on faith, hope and love to bring the release of God's
power into the lives of others. We've got to impart to them faith that they can do all things through Christ - all things are possible if they only believe in God.
We should use every moment God gives us on this
planet to build up our hope and the hope of others. We must fight against doubt, fear and unbelief with all our might. They are the enemies of our faith and without faith it is impossible to please our God (see Hebrews 11:6).
Faith in God breaks through the cage of reason and believes for the impossible to be possible.
God is building us into great men and women of faith - a strong tower that others can run into and find safety, strength and
compassion. The enemy's job or assignment is to throw absolutely anything at us - any lie or deception that would destroy, diminish or extinguish our faith in God - because Satan is terrified of faith. He knows, even better
than we do, what great power is in our faith.
The truth is: faith + favor = fulfillment!!!
Knowing that we have favor with God leads to our faith in Him which explodes into our seeing God pour His blessings
into our lives and the fulfillment of more than we could ever dream. This is a powerful truth, one on which our whole life and happiness is built.
What will we believe, God or humanity?
It seems to me that God
has a much better view from where He is sitting than the person who thinks they know all about everything here on earth. The faithless or naturally minded man sees us from a flat, one dimensional view, but God sees our heart
and judges us accordingly.
If God loves me and thinks I can do the impossible, what does it matter what anyone else thinks. He knows my heart, my past and my future. People in the natural are filled with their own
wisdom and are bound by the spirit of this world, because they have no faith. The very best that they can give us is their own opinion (which sometimes seems like fact), but if it does not line up with what God says about us,
then it is a lie.
IF we are truly going to be like Christ we must HAVE FAITH above all else. But the reason Jesus had faith in God was because He was more than a God to Him, He was His Daddy. His very loving, personal
Daddy, and He knew that He loved Him and He knew that He could count on His Daddy to bless Him and back Him up. He knew that if His Daddy was going to bless anyone, it would be Him, His most loved and favored Son.
Yes,
Jesus suffered and died, but that was not the end for Him. He suffered for a little while and He was able to do it because He knew the purpose of His suffering and His love for His Father and for us carried Him through it. Now
He does not suffer, for He reigns over all and there is nothing His Daddy wouldn't give Him. Gone are the days of His shame and torment. Now He walks in power! Now He lives as a conqueror and He has given us His victory and
power to be more than conquerors; to rule and reign with Him; to call those things that be not as thought they were!
That is where you and I come in! We must continually build our faith and trust in God and not listen to
the lies of Satan's "wisdom." God is real and He loves us more than anyone else. If He is going to bless someone, why not us? We are His kids and He loves us so much. He is waiting for us just to ask Him for something; to
believe Him for anything or for any soul; to bless us!
The world says, "Don't get your hopes up!" Well, that stinks and you know it! God is all about HOPE and FAITH, and if we don't get our hopes up, we cannot please
Him, and I do so want to please Him and I know you do too.
"Hope deferred make the heart sick" (Proverbs 13:12). That is why we must encourage one another with words of faith and HOPE!!! Many times when others have
shared "words of encouragement" with me, it has actually discouraged me. Of course they did not mean to discourage me, but their belief of what God will do for me and what I can accomplish through Christ are based on their level of faith. But, I believe that "I can do ALL things through Christ" (Philippians 4:13 NKJV). That means ALL THINGS!!!
Who do you Believe you are?
Simply, I believe what the Word of God says I can do and be: that I will go into all the world and preach the gospel and set the captives free (see Matthew 28:19 and Isaiah 61:1). I believe that I am the light of the world and the salt of the earth (see Matthew 5:13-14). I believe that I am special to God and that He has an amazing purpose and plan for my life (see Jeremiah 29:11). Believing this gives me strength of purpose. God has the same incredible plans for your life if you will believe what His Word says about you and not the opinions of man.
I love it when people tell me I can't do something. Well, actually I don't really love it, but I try to take their discouraging words and use them as a challenge - something to fight against; a target to aim at. If they
say I can't do something, then I am stubborn enough to go out and do it.
I have seen God do amazing things in my life. He has blessed me with many seemingly impossible blessings. But I must fix my mind on the
victories He's given me and not think on past defeats. If we focus on our past shame we will continue to carry it into our future which will destroy our faith.
The enemy fights against your attempts to believe God, with
shock waves of disappointment that look like the opposite of what we have asked for. If we believe Satan, we will lose heart and believe the lie that we would be better off not to get our hopes up. But that is were the patience
of faith works great miracles.
Let the enemy scream out your destruction, because faith is patient. Cling to the love you have found in your Daddy who you know wants to bless you. Choose to hold on to God and let the
fires of doubt and fear pass over you. And in the end your faith will become stronger if you do not give up!
So basically friends, we are clinging to the love of God. Those He loves, He favors and that is YOU!!!
He favors you because you have touched His heart. You give Him great joy!!!
Love and Blessings, Victoria
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