{"id":15060,"date":"2026-11-09T09:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=15060"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:07:19","slug":"the-anchor-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2026\/11\/the-anchor-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anchor (Hope)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>2026 THEME: Still the ONE!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>SERIES THEME: The Big Three<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Title: The Anchor (Hope)<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Scripture: I Cor. 13:13b; 15:12-20; Heb. 6:16-19<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4>I. HOPE VS HOPELESSNESS<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">There is a difference:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Cultural<\/strong><\/span>) hope- a boatload of wishful thinking.<br \/>\n2. (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Christian<\/strong><\/span>) hope- certainty &amp; an anchor<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Broken down a little more:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. Optimistic (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>desire<\/strong><\/span>) that something will be fulfilled<br \/>\n2. Optimistic (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>assurance<\/strong><\/span>) that something will be fulfilled<\/p>\n<h4>II. THE IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN HOPE<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">How does having hope change things?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1) Jesus offers (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>contentment<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n2) Jesus offers (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>courage<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n3) Jesus offers (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>confidence<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n4) Jesus offers (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>comfort<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n5) Jesus offers (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>conviction<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n6) Jesus offers a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>challenge<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>Series Theme: The Big Three<br \/>\nNext week: The Greatest<br \/>\nScripture: I Cor. 13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 THEME: Still the ONE! SERIES THEME: The Big Three Title: The Anchor (Hope) Scripture: I Cor. 13:13b; 15:12-20; Heb. 6:16-19 I. HOPE VS HOPELESSNESS There is a difference: 1. (Cultural) hope- a boatload of wishful thinking. 2. (Christian) hope- certainty &amp; an anchor Broken down a little more: 1. Optimistic (desire) that something will &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2026\/11\/the-anchor-hope\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-15060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","tag-theres-no-place-like-home","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15063,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060\/revisions\/15063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}