{ Hillsong Conf 2013: “Anchored Hope” – B. Houston }

·         An anchored hope is very different

·         Hebrews 6:19 (NLT)

·         Anchored hope is built on two unshakable and unchangeable things – An oath and a promise

·         Hebrews 6:13

·         “Those who receive the promise can be perfectly sure that He will never change His mind”

·         It is impossible for God to lie

·         The anchored hope is the hope that anchors the soul

·         The oath is something that God took

·         When God gave Abraham a promise, He wanted to give an oath but He couldn’t take an oath that is higher a name than His own, and what He did, was He took an oath on His own name which is the highest authority there is

·         The oath is buildt on God’s name, and the promise is buildt on God’s word

·         A hope that can take us through the storm

·         His name is higher, His name is greater, His word unfailing, His promise unshaken – all my hope is in You and that is called anchored hope

·         It is on God’s name and on God’s word

·         Any authority is on your name and your word

·         We can fulfill gods purpose on our life and walk into a new situation

·         There is  no greater authority then the word of God

·         The truth is there is no name there is greater than Jesus

·         We can do so much with a comforting word, but we can also represent the unchangeable truth that is where real anchored hope lies right there

·         What if you put your trust in God’s word and name and God does not do it in your way? If we want to know gods way in our life, we have to take on his thinking which he does not always do it in our way

·         Daniel 3:17

·         Trust him even when it seems He does not do in your way – in the truth God does do it

·         Still believe in His unchanable truth – whether He does it or don’t that our trust is in Him

·         We always want the best way in miracles

·         Have your heart set in the right place

·         “Your delight is in the word of the Lord…”

·         Mediate on the word that is sun failing and full of promise day and night

·         Whatever you do does prosper, and exactly what prospers, is determined by what you do – where is your hope, where is your heart set, where do you run to

·         Anchored hope is steadfast and sure, taking us out of the natural and into the eternal, out of the presence and into the veil

·         Our foundation is going to have the right thing prospering in our lives and we shall bear fruit in our season

·         We can find ourselves standing on a name that is above others that is an anchor to our soul

·         Psalm 112:6 “Surely he will never be shaken”

·         Often in life we feel in the shaking, but we will never be shaken lose

·         When we build our hope on the right things, we will feel the shaking, but by God’s grace we will never be shaken lose

·         We shall not have vain hope that one day destiny just flows your way for once, but a hope on who God is, what His name is, and even if He does not, we will not bow down

·         We will not be afraid of bad news or evil tidings

·         Our heart is established and will not be fearful

·         The hope will get us through, overcoming and be victorious

·         Fill your heart and soul with hope

·         Psalm 42:5 “Hope in God for I shall yet praise Him…”