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Silver Lining Inspirations

"There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off." Proverbs 23:18 (NIV)

HOPE -"to cherish a desire with anticipation"

WE KNOW THAT SUFFERING PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE; PERSEVERANCE, CHARACTER; AND CHARACTER, HOPE.
(Romans 5:3)

BUT THOSE WHO HOPE IN THE LORD WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.
(ISAIAH 40:31)

"There is never a time when we may not hope in God."
(George Muller)

"It is hope alone that makes us willing to live!"
(old proverb)

"Each of us has the capacity to create the world we want by starting with the most ordinary of human acts."
(from the magazine HOPE)

"Learn from yesterday, live for today,, hope for tomorrow. Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. Hope is from God.
(Rev. Silas Mueller)

"If we get hold of truth and hope, we are able to stem the tide to be an overcomer. Build on what God has given us and on the hope that is set before you. Hold fast to the standard of the truth of God, and do not accept anything less, even though you may be alone."
(C. H. MacIntosh)

TIPS TO AWAKEN HOPE IN YOUR HEART

VISUALIZE your dreams for the future.

RELAX and see your burdens dropping away.

STRETCH mentally to challenge yourself for the good that is yours.

BREATHE IN all the beauty that surrounds you.

BREATHE OUT and look for one good quality in each person you meet.

WALK with your head up, looking for the joy in life.

TALK with kindness to one less fortunate than you.

LOVE others to exercise your heart.

PRAY and ask God for direction.

(From March 2005 Prevention magazine's editorial by Ardath Rodale)