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Question: What is the difference between hope and faith!?
Hope and Faith

If hope is not rooted in faith
are you not wasting energy
throwing empty
hope to the wind!?

And if your hopes
are grounded in faith,
doesn't your faith
eliminate the need to hope!?

Since faith is believing
in things unseen
and claiming them
as done!?

Yet here I sit
filled with faith
and belief
hoping!.

Does my hope
make a mockery
of both and offend
the One who hears!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Faith is the belief in the evidence of things not seen!.
Faith also has no time line
Faith, your faith is not immediately transferable
!.!.!.but it can rub off on those close to you!.

Hope is more connected to the natural world
like if I run really fast down the field !.!.!.!.!.!. I hope Ma's
arm is still strong enough to hit me with the long passWww@QuestionHome@Com

Perhaps hope is an inappropriate term, because the word in English implies uncertainty!. However, the term as it is originally used in some sources (such as the Bible) empathically does not imply uncertainty!.

Therefore, when hope is used in conjunction with faith, think of it as "expectation" or "look forward to", rather than the English concept of "hope", which is more like "wish"!.

Therefore, do not sit with faith and belief and hoping-wishing!. For that you would be correct, it would be a contradiction!. Rather honour the intented meaning, with faith and belief and hoping-expecting!.

As much as faith precludes wishing-hope, it makes possible expectation-hope!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hope is not faith it is only hope but when you pair it up with faith it becomes greater but it is still hope!.Faith is the evidence of things not seen the substance of things hoped for!. Faith hope and love and the greatest is love!. Love will not leave you hopeless!. That is why I can say something good is going to happen to me and because I have faith in God's love and hope something special happens it makes me feel better when some hopeless thought was trying to make me feel bad !. Jesus is the rock and the stone thrower is the devil so I have a bigger ammunition than he has!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Faith is belief in God
Hope is belief in Dreams

Prayer is God's modem wherby we communicate those dreams and plead our case to God for him to make them into realities!. God gives people the opportunity to have what we hope and dream, but also the free will to choose not to do same!. The people we pray for get the message, but sometimes they don't listen!.!.!. if you don't pray they might not ever get the email that finally changes their lives!.

This is my way of commenting on your poem, not necessarily on what my religious preferences are!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

forget it i won't read it all!. but i'll answer!. the hope it is hoping for betterment but faith is to believe in future!. having both of them is important!. the faith is the seed and the hope is the water for making it grow!. i hope that this the answer!. but have faith that this will be the best answer with five star!. :-)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Therefore, do not sit with faith and belief and hoping-wishing!. For that you would be correct, it would be a contradiction!. Rather honour the intented meaning, with faith and belief and hoping-expecting

kwaaikat, a great answerWww@QuestionHome@Com

Hope a lady is over there
Faith her sister is over here
together they're quite a pair
upon which we give prayer

Interesting poem, especially when you ask someone to explain the difference in usage of the words: hope and faith!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If your faith is in God, you know that he will answer your prayer!. That is faith!. But you are hoping that his answer will be the one you want!. That's hope!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hope is Faith holding out it's hand in the dark!.

You have Faith that there is someone out there, you Hope you can reach them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Faith is a belief that is not based on proof!. Hope is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best!. So our faith (that a God exists) - allows us to have hope!. ?

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The universal questions!. You have phrased them well!. They cannot be answered through logic!. "There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy!." -- Shakespeare!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Gidday Ma
Sorry am not good at poetry
But know of 3 Gloster Gladiators that defended Malta against the might of the Italian Air Force WW2, they were named " Faith - Hope & Charity"Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hope and faith walk hand in hand, one can not have one without the other!. Blessings Be!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I am not qualified, as I have little, if any, faith!. I try to have no expectations, while keeping hope alive!Www@QuestionHome@Com

This was a great poem, which sets the mind in motion and the brain activity heightened to the question you have put forth!
Cheers!

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hope is the beginning of faith

and faith is the reward of hopeWww@QuestionHome@Com

there is a diffrence its just not easy to say, everyones has its one!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

hmmm!.!.!.!.!.great point made!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

1 start wif a H n' 1 start wif a F







duh!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

My faith is in hope!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I hope in faith and faithfully hope!. Great poem, ma!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Faith That Shocked Jesus
"When Jesus heard these things, He marveled at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that followed him, 'I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!.'" (Luke 7:9)

What is faith!? It's a pretty mysterious term, and is often defined in different ways by different people!. For most, it conjures up warm fuzzy feelings of good days in life, believing the future looks bright!. In America, religious and non-religious people both throw the term around with phrases like, "Keep the faith!" But what is it, really!?

In Luke 7, if you read the whole passage (Luke 7:1-10), a Roman centurion (a leader of soldiers) sends along some messengers to Jesus requesting a miraculous healing for his beloved servant!. Something happens in this story that so amazes Jesus, He hits the pause button on life for a moment, just to draw the attention of the crowds to this man's faith!. He makes it a classroom, using this man's faith as a lesson for everyone!.

What shocked Jesus so much about this man's faith!?

Contrary to what so many believe about faith, it it not a noun!. Faith is a verb!.!.!.an action word!. This story teaches us that!. Jesus was impressed with this man's faith because the man did not sit idly wondering why God wasn't doing something!. His faith caused him to take action, believing that God could do anything if he would simply do his part!.

This is why Paul said "faith is the evidence of things unseen" (Hebrews 11:1)!.!.!.because faith looks like something!. It is more understood by what it looks like than by what it feels like!. It looks like action!. One of my favorite sayings is, "Fear looks!. Faith jumps!."

So many say they have faith, but will not "jump"!.!.!.they will not obey what the Lord is telling them to do, or trust Him enough to take the steps they're being asked to take!. This is not what faith acts like!. I've found that on my worst day, when I feel completely unspiritual, I can still live by faith because it's more about how I'm acting than what I'm feeling!.

If faith is just a feeling to you, you walk on dangerous ground!. Because now, what you believe will not guide and govern you, but your feelings become your Lord!. Beware of living this way! It never leads you down the right path!.

The other thing that amazed Jesus was that the centurion knew that faith needed an object; but not any object!.!.!.the right object! So many have "faith" but the object of their faith does not produce what it promises!. When I was a young boy, I once bought a pair of Reebok sneakers when they were hot, thinking they'd make me a better basketball player!. Boy was I wrong!.

I had "faith" but the object of my faith did not produce for me that which it promised!. So then, "faith" alone is not enough!.!.!.you need to have the right object!. The only object of faith that will truly cause the life of God to flow into you is Jesus Christ and His work on the cross!. The centurion understood this!. He not only knew his faith needed action, but His faith needed to go to the right place to look for the miracle!. He knew it was Jesus Christ!.

Where do you go!? What do you trust in!?

Is your trust in your feelings!? Is it in your performance!? Your rituals!? If it does not lie in the power of Jesus Christ, you'll find nothing, and your faith is useless!.

Finally, Jesus was shocked probably because this man was non-Jewish!. This was important in those days because the Jews alone were considered to be "God's people!." Until Jesus the Messiah came, Israel was pretty convinced that the Messiah would be for the Jews only, but Jesus taught us that He came for all people!. This Roman centurion (a tough Italian dude), went against the grain of common thinking, and believed Jesus would accept His request anyway because of His humble faith!.

Jesus will accept you too if you come to Him, even if you've never come before, or prayed before!. Just believe that He will receive you, and let your faith give you wings!. Who knows if your faith will shock Jesus again!
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