# Hope Against Hope ![rw-book-cover](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61rkkXP9+gL._SY160.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[Nancy Missler]] - Full Title: Hope Against Hope - Category: #books ## Highlights - Hoping in His Love and knowing we are His agapetos truly becomes the “anchor of our soul.” ([Location 311](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=311)) - Without hope, it’s a proven fact we will become barren, infertile and totally lifeless, and the enemy will come in, kill our dreams and destroy our faith. ([Location 330](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=330)) - Proverbs 13:12 ([Location 331](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=331)) - “You don’t die if you lose your faith, but you do die if you lose your hope.” ([Location 334](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=334)) - Charles Spurgeon once said: “Hope…is like a star, not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, but only to be discovered in the night of adversity.” ([Location 361](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=361)) - Hopelessness occurs when you pray and pray and pray and nothing happens—nothing changes. In fact, just the opposite occurs. ([Location 375](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=375)) - The question on all of our minds is: How do we reconcile God’s Word with the traumatic things that so many of us are going through right now? ([Location 381](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=381)) - Hope means trust! ([Location 386](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=386)) - Philippians 1:12–14 ([Location 392](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=392)) - Hebrews 11:27.4 ([Location 396](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=396)) - Second Corinthians 4:17–18 ([Location 397](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=397)) - Hebrews 12:1 explains ([Location 403](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=403)) - Philippians 3:14 ([Location 406](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=406)) - “Hope” is a vital part of God’s plan. Without hope, we’ll never reach that goal or that finish line. ([Location 408](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=408)) - As we will see, hope finds its fullest expression in endurance under trial.5 That’s why hope must be a “living hope.” 6 Like faith, hope cannot depend upon something we experienced three years ago. It must be a living day-to-day hope based upon God’s Love and His faithfulness today. ([Location 413](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=413)) - Proverbs 13:12 ([Location 417](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=417)) - So, remember, “acknowledging Him” means seeing Him in the little things. And this is what will give us the endurance to persevere on. ([Location 706](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=706)) - Furthermore, speaking forth (not just reading) the Word of God and pleading the Blood of Christ over us are two more ways we can change WHO is in control. Then it’s important to walk in that freedom, no matter how difficult. ([Location 2805](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=2805)) - The absolute “core” foundation of our faith and the only way our hope will be restored is the knowledge that God loves us and that He will be faithful to us no matter what. ([Location 2824](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=2824)) - Faith choices are simply “choices” we make to follow God’s will, regardless of our own negative thoughts or emotions. ([Location 2855](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00P32ZTOW&location=2855))