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December 6, 2020
Ryan Vinson | Lead Pastor

For the grace\xa0of God has appeared\xa0that offers salvation to all people.\xa0It teaches us to say \u201cNo\u201d to ungodliness and worldly passions,\xa0and to live self-controlled,\xa0upright and godly lives\xa0in this present age while we wait for the blessed hope\u2014the appearing\xa0of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. who gave himself for us\xa0to redeem us from all wickedness\xa0and to purify\xa0for himself a people that are his very own,\xa0eager to do what is good.
Titus 2:11-14 (NIV)

\u201cBehold,\xa0I am coming soon,\xa0bringing my recompense with me,\xa0to repay each one for what he has done.\xa0I am the Alpha and the Omega,\xa0the first and the last,\xa0the beginning and the end.\u201d
Revelation 22:12-13

I\xa0wait for the\xa0Lord,\xa0my soul waits, and\xa0in his word I hope; my soul\xa0waits for the Lord more than\xa0watchmen for\xa0the morning.
Psalm 130:5-6 (ESV)

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of\xa0things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 (ESV)

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for\xa0he who promised is faithful.\xa0And\xa0let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and\xa0all the more as you see\xa0the Day drawing near.
Hebrews 10:23-25 (ESV)

1. A life of hope is cultivated by what we confess
2. A life of hope is cultivated by what we do
3. A life of hope is cultivated by who we are with

\u201cHoping is not dreaming. It is not spinning an illusion or fantasy to protect us from our boredom of our pain. It means a confident, alert expectation that God will do what he said he will do. It is imagination put in the harness of faith.\u201d
- Eugene Peterson