{"id":3913,"date":"2014-11-23T12:02:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T17:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=3913"},"modified":"2014-11-23T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T17:02:22","slug":"the-miracle-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2014\/11\/the-miracle-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"The Miracle of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"greatbaner960w\"<\/a>SERIES: The Great Adventure: Miracles (Luke)
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

TITLE:\u00a0 The Miracle of Hope
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Scripture: Luke 7: 1-17
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cA man can live 40 days without food, about 3 days without water, about 8 minutes without air\u2026but only for one second without hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HOPE LOST<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u00a0A centurion was the backbone of the Roman army. He was so named because he was in charge of approximately 100 soldiers. A centurion is described \u201cnot so much as venturesome daredevils as natural leaders of a steady and sedate spirit, not so much men who will initiate attacks and open the battle as men who will hold their ground when worsted and hard pressed and be ready to die at their posts.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0II.\u00a0\u00a0 HOPE FOUND \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Luke\u2019s use of a two word phrase gives us some insight into the centurion: (highly valued).<\/p>\n

\u00a0Also appears this centurion was a true (God-fearer).<\/p>\n

\u00a0The word for \u201ctroubled\u201d means \u201cto be (bothered, annoyed, or agitated).<\/p>\n

Contrasts between two stories:<\/p>\n

1. Sick vs. dead<\/p>\n

2. Request vs. no request<\/p>\n

3. Never meeting centurion vs. meeting widow<\/p>\n

4. Expression of faith vs. can\u2019t speak at all<\/p>\n

Jesus touched the casket. What was wrong with that?<\/p>\n

\u00a0Romans 8:26-27<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

NEXT WEEK: TGA: I AM<\/p>\n

Title: Bread<\/p>\n

Scripture: John 6:22-40<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SERIES: The Great Adventure: Miracles (Luke) TITLE:\u00a0 The Miracle of Hope Scripture: Luke 7: 1-17   \u201cA man can live 40 days without food, about 3 days without water, about 8 minutes without air\u2026but only for one second without hope.\u201d   I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HOPE LOST \u00a0A centurion was the backbone of the Roman army. He was … <\/p>\n

Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3913","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=3913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3915,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3913\/revisions\/3915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}