10 Reasons for Hope

"Our Father who art in Heaven..."1.

From the Lord's Prayer - Matthew 6:9-13

TO OVERCOME 10 COMMON CAUSESOF HOPELESSNESS

Feeling aloneMy Loving Father will never abandon me

2. "Hallowed by thy name!"

Feeling life is out of controlGod's power is greater than any problem

3. "Your kingdom come"

Feeling without purposeGod fits everything into His plan

4. "Your will be done, on earth as

it is in heaven"

Grieving a lossGod has a greater purpose for my life

5. "Give us this day our daily bread"

Not having what we needGod has promised to sustain us

6. "And forgive us our trespasses"

Feelings of guilt, shame, regret orremorse

Jesus died to pay for all I've done wrong

7. "As we forgive those who

trespass against us"

Feeling deeply woundedGod never tires of forgiving

8. "And lead us not into temptation"

Being tempted or pulled in the wrongdirection

God has promised to help me

9. "But deliver us from evil"Feeling hounded by fear

Jesus in me is greater than any other

power

10. "For yours is the kingdom, and

the power, and the glory, forever!"Feelings of defeat

This is not the end of the story