We need to realize that we cannot substitute hope for faith and get answers from God. Now don't misunderstand me. If you keep hope in the right place, it is a most blessed and wonderful reality to you. Paul said in: 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NKJV) And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

The apostle Paul was not inferring that hope and faith are not important. Each has its place, and one cannot be substituted for another. We cannot substitute love for hope. Neither can we substitute hope for faith.

If our prayers don’t work, it isn't God's fault because God never fails. If our prayers don't work, it is not Jesus' fault, because Jesus never fails. God doesn't change, and prayer doesn't change God. He is just the same before you pray, when you pray, and after you pray. Prayer doesn't change God. Prayer changes circumstances, but prayer doesn't change God.

He is always the same and that means He is always faithful to His Word. Hebrews 10:23 (NKJV) ²³ Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

Someone said, "I believe God is going to heal me." But that isn't faith. That's hope. Anything that points to the future or looks to the future is hope. It is not faith because faith is now: Heb. 11:1 says: "NOW faith is ...". Faith says, "It is mine. I have it now.”

Hope says, "I'll get it sometime." But as long as you are in hope and not in faith, whatever it is you are desiring will never materialize - it will never come into being. But the moment you start believing and acting like God's Word is so, your faith will work for you.