REWIND… THE
CONTINENTAL SINGERS OPENING NIGHT JUNE 1998
HIGH HOPES
Our album that year was called “Give
‘Em Hope”. There were three rehearsal
camps. This talk is from one of them:
We, the
leadership of The Continental Singers, have High Hopes for you this
summer. This could be the best summer of
your life if you decide you want it to be, so get your hopes up… we are heading
up…way up, over the top!
Here’s what
happens when people have high hopes:
1. When athletic teams have it, they win
and keep on winning.
2. When students have it, studies show
that their grade point average goes up.
3. When artists, writers and inventors
have high hopes, they get more creative.
4. With high hopes, we will see our
dreams fulfilled and we will be able to press on through any situation, even
when it seems impossible.
5. Hope is the wind beneath our wings.
Hope is a
gift from God. David said in Psalm 62:5 “Find rest, O my soul, in God alone, my hope
comes from Him.”
And we all
find hope in the promise God made in Jeremiah Chapter 29, Verse 11, “For I
know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE, and a future.”
Our High
Hopes for you are captured in three things:
First, we pray that you have put your personal trust in the “Hope of the
Universe”, Jesus Christ, and that His spirit lives in you. Second, we hope and plan that you will have
the opportunity to bring hope to someone else through your music ministry this
summer. And third, we hope that this
experience of a lifetime will give you hope to follow the call on your life for
the future.
My friend,
Tim Hansel, wrote, “On one side is the message of hope. The scriptures say the righteous shall
flourish like the palm tree. Remember
palm trees grow in the desert, not in beautiful forests. And we are called to bear fruit and fruit
trees grow in the valleys, not the mountain tops.”
So you have
to just remember that you can do anything through Christ. He is your real hope. Paul said it best in Romans 15:13, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may OVERFLOW WITH HOPE, by the power
of the Holy Spirit.”
SO JUST OVERFLOW WITH HIGH
HOPES
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