A blog by Steve Backlund\u00a0 14th November 2023<\/p>\n
The statement \u201cfaith without hope is weird\u201d<\/strong> captures an important truth for those who want to have a healthy faith.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Hope is an overall optimistic attitude about the future based on the goodness and promises of God.<\/strong> I am not a proponent of simple positive thinking, but I do ascribe to biblical optimism. \u201cLet us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful\u201d Hebrews 10:23<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We are all waiting on something. Whether it\u2019s a promise from God, restoration for our family, breakthrough in our finances, or physical healing, things are not where we\u2019d like them to be. Although faith keeps us focused on the breakthrough that is coming for us, hope helps us thrive in the season we\u2019re in right now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Without hope, it is impossible to thrive until things are perfect. Hope says the future will be better than the present and I have the power to help make it so. You don\u2019t have to wait a single day to have radical hope. It might not be a convenient time to stir up radical hope, but you can thrive right now, even in the season of waiting for what\u2019s to come.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When we add hope to our faith, we become adaptable and live with many option.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A blog by Steve Backlund\u00a0 14th November 2023 The statement \u201cfaith without hope is weird\u201d captures an important truth for those who want to have a healthy faith.\u00a0 Hope is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,51,71,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope","category-identity","category-kingdom","category-mindset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10408,"href":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10407\/revisions\/10408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFaith is very specific while hope is more general.<\/b> Faith says, \u201cGod is going to do this !\u201d Hope says, \u201cI don\u2019t know what God is going to do but good things are coming.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nLet\u2019s explore more about the difference between faith and hope:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nFaith-people with hope are living while they are waiting.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
\nHope-people are adaptable and believe they can thrive in whatever situation they face.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n