Hope: A Favorable Expectation

This is the same principle God used in creation. He had an inner picture of what He expected the universe to look like. He knew what He expected man to look like. He had a hope, or a goal, and He released faith with His words which created the images He had within Him.
Hope is a confident and favorable expectation. When you allow the Word to create a favorable expectation, then add your faith to that expectation, you have a winning combination.
There is little anyone can do for a person who has laid down his hope for receiving from God.
This helps to explain why many people fail to receive healing in their bodies, even though they believe in the principles of faith and healing. Some have even died. Somewhere along the way, they lose their hope. They lose sight of their “confident and favorable expectation.” They become hopeless. They don’t see themselves getting well.
They don’t see themselves getting out of bed. They have lost all hope of being healed. Their goal is no longer to continue the fight of faith, but to simply go on to be with Jesus.
There is no prayer of faith that will change that. There is little anyone can do for a person who has laid down his hope for receiving from God.
Proverbs 13:12 says, “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.” Unless you make the effort to keep your hope and expectation in God’s Word, you will become sick and weak in your heart. It is vitally important to have a strong and active hope.