{"id":725,"date":"2007-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2007\/12\/thursday-day-18.html"},"modified":"2007-12-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-15T00:00:00","slug":"thursday-day-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2007\/12\/thursday-day-18.html","title":{"rendered":"Something Better Day 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Nancy Guthrie’s guided journal “Hoping for Something Better,” which she based on her book of the same title<\/a> (Tyndale 2007).
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\nDay 19<\/strong>
\nThere is something better than depending on what we can see. It is being certain of what we can\u2019t see.<\/i>
\nRead Hebrews 11:1-7.
\nTypically when we say we \u201chope\u201d for something, what we\u2019re really saying is that we\u2019re not sure it is going to happen, but we want it to. We have no sense of confidence that it will come about. Of course, what we\u2019re really talking about is wishful thinking.
\nBut that is not biblical hope. There is nothing uncertain about biblical hope. It speaks of something that is certain but not yet realized. We haven\u2019t experienced it yet, but there is no question that it will happen.
\nFaith is being convinced that the promises of God we have placed our hopes in are true. It is stepping out to follow a God we have never seen with our eyes, whose voice we have never heard with our ears, trusting a reality that the collective voice of the world says does not exist and does not matter. Faith is believing that there is something more durable, more dependable, and more delightful than anything in this world. Faith is believing that something more can be found only in God\u2014and then living like we believe.
\nWhat are some ways people today would define faith?
\nBased on Hebrews 11:1, how would you define faith (in your own words)?
\n–Nancy Guthrie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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