HOPE LIVES HERE.

12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 13:12 [NLT]

1 Now it happened, when David and his men came to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire, 2 and had taken captive the women and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way. 3 So David and his men came to the city, and there it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive. 4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David’s two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken captive. 6 Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. 7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” And Abiathar brought the ephod to David. 8 So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?” And He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.”

1 Samuel 30:1-8 [NKJV]

17 Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled. 18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives. 19 And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had taken from them; David recovered all.  

1 Samuel 30:17-19 [NKJV]

3 Hope-Filled Truths For Your Family Dream.

1. Delays Don't Cancel God's Promise.

4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

1 Samuel 30:4 [NKJV]

1 When the Lord brought back His exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream!... 5 Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. 6 They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.

Psalm 126:1, 5-6 [NLT]

34 “Where have you put him?” [Jesus] asked them. They told Him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Then Jesus wept.

John 11:34-35 [NKJV]

2. Pain Doesn't Define The Future.

6 David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. 

1 Samuel 30:6 [NLT]

4 Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.

Psalm 4:4 [NKJV]

3 People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord.

Proverbs 19:3 [NLT]

3. God Can Restore What Was Lost.

8 So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?” And He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.” 9 So David went… 18 David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives. 19 And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had taken from them; David recovered all.

1 Samuel 30:8-9, 18-19 [NKJV]

37“Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that You, O Lord, are God, and that You are turning their hearts back again.” 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell...

1 Kings 18:37-38 [NIV]

3 God, your God, will restore everything you lost; He’ll have compassion on you; He’ll come back and pick up the pieces from all the places where you were scattered. 4 No matter how far away you end up, God, your God, will get you out of there 5 and bring you back…

Deuteronomy 30:3-5 [MSG]

11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people… 

Isaiah 11:11 [NKJV]