Journey of Hope Part 3 Sermon Chad Everett Mt. Carmel Illinois Church
Hope is an Anchor of the Soul
He watches over his word to perform it. That hope, not in the hope of it’s going to turn out like I want it to. Not that kind of hope. Not the hope that’s based on when I see things changing, I get excited. No, not that kind of hope.
When I see nothing, this hope is still alive inside of me when I hear nothing. This hope is still I’m expecting what? Because God never fails.
He had never changes for me. He watches over his word to perform it. I don’t see anything. I don’t hear anything, but I believe my expectation is in God is able. This hope Mt. Carmel Illinois Church we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, which enters the presence behind the veil.
This hope Mt. Carmel Illinois Church we have as an anchor, is an anchor.
I just happened to have an anchor. Giving me sharp objects is dangerous, but this hope Mt. Carmel Illinois Church we have is an acre, Mt. Carmel Illinois Mt. Carmel Illinois Church.
I wanted to illustrate this point to you. This hope, is our anchor. What is our hope? Remember trying to teach this. I want you to get this down in your home. What is the hope? Our hope is based on the fact that he never changes.
He’s No Respecter of Persons
He’s no respecter of persons, that he watches over his word to perform and he tells the truth. He does not tell a lie. That’s what my hope is in. My hope is not in its going to work out the way I want it to work out.
My hope is not in that there is no promise or guarantee guaranteed to me in the Bible that God will do what I want him to do. He will do what he promises to do. My hope says this, hope Mt. Carmel Illinois Church we have as an anchor.
Now, I’m not a captain of a sea vessel by any stretch of the imagination, but I did watch some YouTube videos.
There’s a couple of things about an anchor. It has to be heavy. It has to be a good Mt. Carmel Illinois Church weight for you, depending on the size of the boat. Is it the size of your anchor?
This is a very common type of anchor and this Mt. Carmel Illinois Church weight is important. It has to be heavy enough. It has to be heavier than other things so that when it goes down to the bottom it’s going to be able to hold the vessel in place, and here’s where Mt. Carmel Illinois Church we’re taking our hope.
Our hearts have to be heavy, Mt. Carmel Illinois Church.
It has to be heavy. It doesn’t mean there aren’t going to be oppositions or opposing thoughts or disputes in my mind. It’s just that my hope has to outweigh Mt. Carmel Illinois Church them.
I’m going to have discouraging thoughts. I’m going to have disputes that come to my mind, but when I’m anchored, my hope outweighs Mt. Carmel Illinois Church my confusion.
I’m still not certain about how. I’m still not certain about what I’m still not certain about. I’m not certain about this or that, but my hope outweighs Mt. Carmel Illinois Church it. You have to have a hope in God that outweighs Mt. Carmel Illinois Church your doubts.
It doesn’t mean doubts aren’t going to be there, just make sure your hope outweighs Mt. Carmel Illinois Church him. It goes down to the bottom. It outweighs Mt. Carmel Illinois Church it. It goes down to the bottom.
One of the important things about an anchor, and again, I didn’t know this, but I understood about anchors, Mt. Carmel Illinois Church.
How to Set Your Anchor of Hope
I thought you would just take the anchor and just throw it over the side. That’s not how you do it. You actually have to lay it down and set it down the water by hand over hand, easing it down into the bottom of the river or lake.
Then you can see it when it gets to the bottom. How this mechanism works is it hinges like this because you’re supposed to, after you drop anchor, you set the anchor. You don’t just drop it in the water, you have to set it.
How you set the anchor is, once you get where the wind is, blowing this way. Then you want to get where you’re in. Get the anchor at the bottom and if the wind is blowing you, you want to actually pull the anchor away from the direction the wind is blowing to set it. As this goes down into the ground, you begin to pull on it. This point down here digs in to the bottom of the water. It digs into it so you actually want to set that anchor.
Why? Because there’s going to be adversity and opposition. It’s going to blow against you, and if you don’t set your anchor, even though you have an anchor, it will not hold you Mt. Carmel Illinois Mt. Carmel Illinois Church.
Mt. Carmel Illinois Church we have to set our hope. It’s one thing to have hope. It’s one thing to have an anchor on your boat, but you notice it says, Mt. Carmel Illinois Church we have this anchor.
Mt. Carmel Illinois Church we can have an anchor, but it doesn’t guarantee Mt. Carmel Illinois Church we’re going to use the anchor. Mt. Carmel Illinois Church we can have hope in our life, but if Mt. Carmel Illinois Church we don’t set it on the right thing, it will never hold us. What are you setting your hope on Mt. Carmel Illinois Church?
I’ll tell you where I’ve made many mistakes in my life. I’ve set my hope on a desired end. When I set my hope on this thing happening the way I want it to happen, I’m often discouraged because my desires will never hold my hope. I have to set my hope in something a little firmer.
I have to set my hope in God. I have to set my hope that Jesus is the same yesterday, today forever.
Thanks so much for watching with us. We love our online Mt. Carmel Illinois Church and Norris City Illinois Church family and we invite you to connect with us. We have a few different ways you can do that. Our website is theroads.church. We are on social media as well.
We’d love to pray for any needs you might have. So send us a message and let us know how we can partner with you in bringing the light and love of Jesus to your world.
Website: https://theroads.church
Podcast: https://theroads.church/subscribe-to-our-podcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theroadschurch
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theroadschurch