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Hope Erases Discouragement

June 28, 2026

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Romans 15:13,

Hope Erases Discouragement

June 28, 2026 / Brian Clark / Romans 15:13 / The River Community Church

What do we need most in this ominous, threatening, discouraging world?

The answer is HOPE!

Read Romans 15:13

What has been your source of discouragement most recently?

I’ve been feeling discouraged lately by .

Today, you’re going to leave having your discouragement erased by .

So what does Paul want us to understand?

The first thing Paul wants us to understand is WHO our God IS.

Our God is THE GOD of HOPE.

What did Paul mean when he wrote, God is THE God of HOPE? What is hope?

Expectations based on God’s .

Hope is expecting God to do what He said He will do…in me…in you…and in US.

Read Romans 15:8-12

God keeps His promises.

Read 2 Corinthians 1:18-20

Who is the most reliable human being you know?

Paul wants us to what our God DOES.

Romans 15:13 – May the God of hope FILL YOU with all JOY and PEACE.

God’s greatest desire is to fill you with supernatural joy and supernatural peace that is beyond your circumstances.

Read John 14:27

Read John 16:33

Read John 15:11

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Paul wants us to understand how HOPE, PEACE, and JOY are .

Romans 15:13 – May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace IN BELIEVING.

Read 1 Corinthians 13:13 – So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Faith, hope, and love are so deeply intertwined, you can’t have one without the other two.

Romans 8:24 – For in this hope we were saved.

In the KJV, it says: For we are saved by hope.

Paul wants us to understand the result of hope in Jesus Christ.

Romans 15:13 – …so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may ABOUND in hope.

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