Become New with John Ortberg 8. Keep Hope Alive
Aug 18, 2021
A reflective look at what keeps hope alive and how to measure its strength. Conversations about gratitude, the living hope tied to resurrection, and the blessed hope of a future restoration. Explores dream, desire, and faith as hope’s ingredients and the challenge of holding belief when reality doubts. Ends with a call to nurture enduring trust in God.
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Hope Rooted In The Living Resurrection
- Christian hope is grounded in the resurrection, not vague wishing.
- John Ortberg cites 1 Peter: a new birth into a living hope because Jesus is alive, making hope personal and durable.
The Blessed Hope Connects Beginning And End
- The Christian future is described as the blessed hope tied to God's original blessing on creation.
- Ortberg references Titus calling the expected appearing the blessed hope, connecting the end to God's initial goodness.
Hope Requires Dream Desire And Faith
- Lou Smead frames hope as threefold: dream, desire, and faith.
- Ortberg emphasizes you need eyes to see the dream, a genuine visceral desire, and faith that the dream can come true.
