The Profitability Of Hope (1&2) By Pastor Paul Enenche

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HOLY GHOST SERVICE – SUNDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER 2020
ANCHOR SCRIPTURE(S): ROMANS 5:1-2; 1 THESSALONIANS 1:3
MESSAGE TOPIC: THE PROFITABILITY OF HOPE (1&2)
By: Dr. Paul Enenche

SERVICE OBJECTIVE(S): Understanding what hope has to offer to the hopeful
Hope is a spiritual virtue of great asset that stands in the company of faith and love in spiritual value (1 Cor. 13:13)
Hope was and is the strength of the saint.

THREE THINGS THAT DEFINE A CHILD OF GOD:

1. Work of faith
2. Labour of love
3. Patience of hope

SCRIPTURAL EXAMPLES OF THE PROFITABILITY OF HOPE:
i. Abraham had a secret called hope that ushered him into his destiny in God (Rom. 4:17-18)
ii. Job (Jam. 5:11)

• To hope now is to end well; to lose hope is to miss it
  The hope of man connects man to the mercy of God

WHAT IS THE PROFITABILITY OF HOPE?

1. Hope is the bedrock of faith (Heb. 11:1; Col. 1:23)
   1a. Hope that is concretised equals faith
   Nobody can be in faith who is without hope
   Faith is only grounded and settled if hope is in place
   1b. Hope is the building block of faith
   The scarcity of hope is the bankruptcy of faith
2. Hope is the magnet of help (Ps. 121:1-2; 42:5; 146:5)
   2a. Hope in God attracts the help of God; for as long as your hope is in place, your help is on the way
   2b. The help of God travels in the direction of hope in God
   Why everybody is not helped equally is because everybody does not hope equally
   Hopelessness is the doorway to helplessness; those who lose hope miss help
3. Hope is a tonic for health (Ps. 42:11; 43:5; Prov. 13:12)
   3a. Hope is a vitalizer of health
   3b. There is a direct relationship between hope and health – no hope no health, some hope some health, full hope full health!
   The end of hope is the beginning of the end of health
   Optimism is the fuel for energy
4. Hope is key to life (Ps. 16:8-11; Eccl. 9:4; Job 14:14, 6-7)
   4a. Hope is fuel for life
   To have the reason to live is to lack the reason to be cut short before your time
   4b. Where there is hope there is a will, and where there is a will there is a way!
   Hope des not just affect durability of life but also quality of life
   What you don’t see coming never comes
   Don’t behave and act for where you are, behave and act for where you are going
   If the devil can’t stop you from behaving it, the devil can’t stop you from becoming it!
5. Hope is a secret of joy (Prov. 10:28; Rom. 5:2; 1Thess. 2:19; Heb. 3:6; Rom. 12:11-12a)
   5a. Hope keeps the tap of joy flowing
   You can’t be hopeful and be ‘sad-full’
   Anywhere you see hope you see joy; if your joy is dying it is because your hope is disappearing
   5b. Hope is the twin of joy
   Whatever affects your hope affects your joy
6. Hope is key to rest (Ps. 16:9; Acts 2:26; Job 11:18)
   6a. Hope establishes the platform for rest
   Hopelessness automatically equals restlessness
   6b. Hope establishes assurance and certainty and frustrates anxiety
7. Hope guarantees access to and answers from God (Ps. 38:15; 17:6; 147:11)
   7a. Confidence in God guarantees audience with God
   7b. To look up to God is to gain access to His ears
8. Hope is cure for shame (Rom. 5:5; Phil. 1:20)
   8a. To possess hope is to be dispossessed of shame
   8b. Hope is a clothing of nakedness against reproach and shame in life
   He who serves God can never be ashamed
   It doesn’t matter how hard the devil tries, if he cannot take your eyes off God, he cannot clothe you with shame. Selah!

COUNSEL:

1. Never allow your hope to be lost irrespective of whatever was lost (Job 14:14; Ruth 1:16-17)
   If hope is not lost, joy is not lost and if joy is not lost, your portion is intact (Job 14:14)
   Your destiny is connected to your destiny; if you don’t lose hope you won’t lose your destiny
2. Always keep hope alive through the ministry of the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:5; Eph. 4:4)
   Anytime you see the Spirit move, something is about to change
   So if you want to see something change, get the Spirit moving!
   The Holy Spirit assists in optimism, enthusiasm, and positivism
   When you pray in the Spirit, you recharge your hope batteries
3. Maintain hope beyond the scope of this life (1Cor. 15:19)
   Anytime you see the Spirit move, something is about to change

PRAYERS

Father, thank You for Your Word to me today. I refuse to lose hope because my hope is in You. I refuse to place my hope on anything in this life, in Jesus’ Name.

Father, my hope is placed in You. I refuse to place it on any man, system or expectation. I receive Your grace, help and mercy today, in Jesus’ Name.

Lord Jesus, I place my hope in You alone. I am sorry if I have placed my hope in anybody and anything else. Today, Holy Spirit I welcome you to quicken my hope, move it to the next level, in Jesus’ Name,

FRESH IMPARTATION OF THE FIRE OF THE HOLY GHOST – FOCUS:
Quicken Your prayer life
Bring insight into the Word of GOD
Bring revelative gifts, light and insight
Physical healings to bodies and deliverance to the souls
Kill depression and hopelessness

PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS:

• The spirit of widowhood is arrested! You won’t lose your spouse and you won’t lose your children in Jesus’ Name!
• Every arrow from your father’s house looking for who to kill is retrieved and refired back to sender!
• The spirit of confusion, despair and despondency is arrested!
• God will give you an encounter under 24hours that will give you direction and show you what to do!
• God will give you a sign that will grant you direction!
  -Something important that was missing has been restored!
• A major restoration is happening after this service and you shall testify
• A challenge with going to the toilet is flushed out right now!
• Everything tampering with your system is arrested right now!
• You are preserved!
• This month of hope is birthing something in you!