06/07/2025
5th ITIAM AREA CONVENTION 2025
DIVINE SERVICE
Exhortation
Apostle E .E.Duke (Uyo Field Superintendent)
THEME: THIS HOPE SHALL NOT DISAPPOINT US
Text: Roman 5:2-5, Hebrew 6:19, Philippians 1:19, Jeremiah 17:7-13, John 14:2
INTRODUCTION:
Hope according to romans dictionary is the confidence or optimism about the future, it is also a feeling of trust or reliance on a positive outcome.
Through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
perseverance, character; and character, hope.
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
This hope is not based on circumstances. It is rooted in the personal, inner witness of the Holy Spirit, affirming God's love. It’s not a hope that might fail—it’s a sure hope, because it’s anchored in God’s faithfulness.
Nuggets
1.many believe in different things, but he's here to encourage you that hope in Christ Jesus never fails .
2. Christian hope is the gift of God , we have this hope as a firm anchor of God .
3.The hope you have in Christ Jesus will never fails.
4.The hope of eternity ( the lord is ever ready for those that are spiritually ready )
Summary: The lord says if you are looked up to any human or any other thing as hope , He says you should go back and build our hope on Christ Jesus, as he will never fails the believers.
Takeaway:
No matter what trials you are facing, remember:
This hope shall not disappoint you.
God is at work. His love is real. His Spirit lives in you. And the end of your journey is glory.