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Day 1: Get Your Hopes Up (Introduction) 
Day 2: The Three Most Powerful Forces in the Universe (Ephesians 2:12) 
Day 3: It Matters Which Hope You Choose (Philippians 1:20)
Day 4: Painting an Inner Image (Hebrews 11:1)
Day 5: Imaginations (Psalm 146:5) 
Day 6: Trusting God (Isaiah 43:26) 
Day 7: Taming the Tongue (Hebrews 4:14)
Day 8: Break Through Barriers (2 Thessalonians2:16-17) 
Day 9: Love Is Power (1 John 4:8) 
Day 10: Defeating Giants (Romans 15:13) 
Day 11: Launch the Counterattack (Romans 15:4) 
Day 12: Hope Set Before Us (Proverbs 13:12) 
It’s THE Way of Life (Guide) 
Prayer of Salvation/Recommitment 

Day 9
Love Is Power (1 John 4:8)   

“But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is Love.” 1 John 4:8 (NLT)

Hope and faith work together. Neither work, though, without the God-kind of love. The Greek word for God’s Love is agape. It is His unconditional, selfless and giving nature. The Hebrew word is hesed. God’s hesed-agape transcends human love. It is His lovingkindness, His goodness.

He does not have hesed-agape for you. He is hesed-agape, and He loves you with an everlasting, Covenant love that will never change. There is nothing you can ever do that will make Him love you any more or any less than He already does. His love never fails, and everything He does and says is born from His nature of love.

Love is the greatest spiritual force in the universe because Love created all matter. That’s why the other spiritual forces won’t work without it. It is the primary spiritual force and serves as the foundation for all the others. Without it, faith won’t work, and hope won’t work. Since God is Love (1 John 4:8),

It’s right to say that without God, faith won’t work, and without God, hope won’t work. Love is critical to their operation (Galatians 5:6). Let’s look at how these three work together. Hope is the blueprint, or the inner image.

 Faith is the substance. And love is the power, the motive or driving force, behind what you’re believing for. You could say it this way: Get your hope up. Fill it with faith, and back it with love. It will never fail! This process begins with you reading, meditating and praying God’s WORD over yourself.

Start with this prayer that the Apostle Paul prayed over the church at Ephesus:
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God
(Ephesians 3:14-19, KJV).

First Corinthians 13:4-8 in the AMPC, gives us another great picture of the God kind of love. Confess this over yourself until these verses affect your life and govern your relationships: Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.

It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice

Day 9 and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].

Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. Where this scripture says love does something, insert the word “I.” For example, when you confess these verses over yourself, personalize it.

Say, “I endure long, and I am patient and kind; I never am envious, nor do I boil over with jealousy. I am not boastful or vainglorious, and I do not display myself haughtily,” etc. If you’ll stay with it, you’ll see profound changes in your life. When you’re tempted to snap back at something someone says, for example, the words from your confession of faith will rise up from your spirit: “No! I endure long, and I am patient and kind….”

You’ll catch yourself before you step out of love toward that person. Knowing God’s love is vital to your hope. When the devil is beating you over the head, telling you that your prayers won’t be answered, rest in the reality of His unconditional, hesed-agape love for you.

You’ll be able to stand up and shout: “You’re a liar, devil! God loves me, and I love Him. I don’t care whether I feel like He does or not. God loves me!” You can get right in the devil’s face with that, because you know the TRUTH. That will feed your hope, make it strong and affect the course of your life.

Points of Hope:
» The Greek word for God’s love is agape. It is His unconditional, selfless and giving nature.
» God’s hesed-agape transcends human love. It is His lovingkindness, or His goodness.
» Hope is the blueprint, Faith is the substance, Love is the power.

Father, I thank You for Your hesed-agape toward me. I am so thankful that there is nothing I can ever do to make You love me any more or any less. Give me revelation of what is the breadth, the depth the length and height, and to know Your love that passes understanding so that I may be filled with all Your fullness (Ephesians 3:14-21). In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Paint the Picture (Journaling):
Do you struggle to comprehend God’s love?
How does it affect you to know that God won’t ever love you any more or any less than He already does?
What does it mean for God’s love to flow out from His people to others?