Principle
Lessons on Hope
God keeps His promises, so we can look forward with hope.
10 lessons
In the BeginningThe First Sin and God’s PromiseGenesis 3:1-24Sin broke God's good world, but God came looking for His people and promised a Rescuer.Old TestamentHope
Elijah Hears the Gentle Whisper1 Kings 19:1-21After God sent fire on Mount Carmel, Queen Jezebel threatened Elijah, and he ran away, tired and afraid. He felt so hopeless that he wanted to give up. God sent an angel with food and let him rest. Then on Mount Horeb, God came to him, not in a wind, an earthquake or a fire, but in a gentle whisper. God gave Elijah new hope, new work and a new friend.Old TestamentHope
The Armor of GodThe Armor of God: Helmet of SalvationJeremiah 32:1-17, 26-27, 36-44; Ephesians 6:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:8; 1 Peter 1:3-5The Babylonian army was all around Jerusalem, and everyone knew the city would fall. Then God told Jeremiah to buy a field! Jeremiah paid for it, signed the papers and sealed them in a clay jar so they would last a long time. It was God's promise in a jar. "Houses and fields will again be bought in this land." The helmet of salvation is our hope in Jesus. Because He saved us and holds our future, our minds are guarded against hopelessness.Old TestamentHope
With NatureSmall Seed, Big Kingdom: The Mustard Seed and the YeastMatthew 13:31-33; Luke 13:18-21; Mark 4:30-32; Ezekiel 17:22-24Jesus said God's kingdom is like a tiny mustard seed that grows into a plant big enough for birds to nest in, and like a little yeast that works through a whole batch of dough. God's kingdom starts small, but it always grows, so we can have hope.New TestamentHope
Jesus the KingJesus Is Alive!Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18On the third day, the women found Jesus' tomb empty. Angels said, "He is not here; He has risen!" Jesus is alive, and because He lives we have hope.New TestamentHope
The Road to EmmausLuke 24:13-35On the first Easter afternoon, two of Jesus' followers walked sadly from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus. They thought their hope had died with Jesus. Jesus Himself came and walked with them, but they didn't recognize Him. He explained how all the Scriptures, from Moses to the prophets, pointed to Him. When He broke bread at their table, they suddenly saw it was Jesus! They ran back to Jerusalem to tell everyone. God's Word gives us hope because it shows us Jesus.New TestamentHope
Get Up and Walk: Jesus Heals at the Pool of BethesdaJohn 5:1-15In Jerusalem there was a pool called Bethesda, with five covered walkways where many sick people lay. One man had been unable to walk for thirty-eight years. Jesus saw him and asked, "Do you want to get well?" The man said no one would help him into the water when it was stirred. Jesus didn't take him to the pool. He said, "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk." At once the man was healed! Our hope isn't in a pool or a helper. Our hope is in Jesus.New TestamentHope
Jesus Raises LazarusJohn 11:1-53Jesus' friend Lazarus got sick and died. When Jesus came, He cried with Lazarus's sisters. Then He stood at the tomb and called, "Lazarus, come out!" and Lazarus walked out alive. Jesus is the resurrection and the life, so we have hope even when someone dies.New TestamentHope
With Building BricksEutychus Falls AsleepActs 20:7-12; John 11:25; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14; 1 Corinthians 15:20On the first day of the week, the believers in Troas gathered in an upstairs room to break bread. Paul was leaving the next day, so he kept talking until midnight. A young man named Eutychus sat in the window and fell sound asleep – and fell three stories to the ground. They picked him up dead. But Paul went down, hugged him and said, "Don't be alarmed! He is still alive!" Everyone went back upstairs, ate together and talked until morning, and they took Eutychus home alive. Jesus is the resurrection and the life, so we have a living hope.New TestamentHope
The Church BeginsJesus Makes All Things NewRevelation 21:1-7; Revelation 22:1-5, 20; Genesis 2:8-10God showed John a vision of the future. Jesus will make a new heaven and a new earth, with no more tears, sickness or death. God will live with His people forever, and they will see His face.New TestamentHope