So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. – Matthew 17:20 (NKJV) What Jesus has made possible for you is beyond what you can imagine. So many incredible promises are yours in Him! As you study God’s Word and begin to realize what you’ve inherited through Christ, hope will rise in you. But if you want to hang onto that hope, you need to continually look to His Word. This hope is the key to developing faith. As you choose to believe that what you’re hoping for is yours, …

Hope is crucial, and it’s something you can develop. But first, what is hope? Hope is getting up again after the hundredth fall. It’s walking around with a smile because you expect something great to happen to you. Without hope, you’ll walk through life with a knot in your stomach, always wondering what will go wrong next. But if you have hope, you expect good things. Hope and faith are not the same, but hope is the mother of faith. Hope is how faith starts. Hope rises as you begin to gather evidence from God’s Word, and it turns into faith when you become fully persuaded. Regardless of how messed up things get, you can always have hope with God’s promises. Remember Jesus’ words. He said that this world …

Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping— believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him, “That’s how many descendants you will have!” – Romans 4:18 (NLT) God loves you. You may have heard this before, but you need to increase your realization of it. You see, an awareness of God’s love for you helps you to have hope, which is vital. How exactly does God’s love lead to hope? Well, as you focus on how valuable you are to God, hope begins to rise in your heart. You start to think, If I’m this valuable to God, He must have a plan for me. If I’m this valuable to Him, He must not …

Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love. – 1 John 4:18 (NLT) Are there things you would like to change in your life? Maybe you’re struggling with a bad habit you’re trying to break or a dark cloud that seems to be hanging over you. While there are a lot of practical things you can do to change your habits and your thinking, you need to realize something really important. You need to realize how much God loves you. That’s what empowers you to change. Instead of just focusing on the problem, realize God loves you and receive the help …

Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. – 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NLT) To make right choices in life, you need a foundation of love. To be able to love others, for example, it’s important to remind yourself daily of God’s promise that He loves you. The more you accept that truth, the more you can walk in it every day. His love empowers you to love others. Choosing to trust in God’s love is one of the most important choices. When you’re rooted in His love for you, you’ll trust that God’s promises are always accessible to you. As an example, you won’t hesitate to pray and believe for healing because you know God wants you to be healed. …