{"id":10700,"date":"2022-07-18T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=10700"},"modified":"2022-07-18T09:01:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T13:01:04","slug":"even-when-there-was-no-reason-for-hope-abraham-kept-hoping-romans-418-nlt-2","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/even-when-there-was-no-reason-for-hope-abraham-kept-hoping-romans-418-nlt-2","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping&#8221; (Romans 4:18 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HOPING AGAINST HOPE<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>When there was no physical or circumstantial reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping in God&#8217;s promise. As the KJV has it: &#8220;Who against hope believed in hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What is hope? It is the feeling of expectation that a desirable outcome will take place in the future. But Abraham had more than just a positive feeling. He had hope in God. Having his hope anchored in God&#8217;s promises and God&#8217;s goodness, Abraham never stopped believing, in fact his hope and faith increased as the years went by.<\/p>\n<p>There is a hope that is merely a wish. Such as &#8220;I hope it doesn&#8217;t rain today.&#8221; But Abraham&#8217;s hope was more than a wish. His hope was in God. And with God all things are possible.<\/p>\n<p>PRAYER: Dear Father, our hope is in You today. All our hopes and dreams are in You. For You have given us a hope and a future through faith in Jesus. In His name we pray, amen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOPING AGAINST HOPE When there was no physical or circumstantial reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping in God&#8217;s promise. As the KJV has it: &#8220;Who against hope believed in hope.&#8221; What is hope? It is the feeling of expectation that a desirable outcome will take place in the future. But Abraham had more than just<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1312],"scripture-chapter":[1337],"oyb_day":[1726],"location":[],"class_list":["post-10700","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-romans","scripture-chapter-1337","oyb_day-july-18"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/10700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10700"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=10700"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=10700"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=10700"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=10700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}