Unwavering Hope: Hold on to the Father's Hand: 40 Days Journey of Psalm 37

By Hope Gibson

We all think about hope. Hope. Hope? Hope! How can we acquire hope and use it to help us in our daily life's challenges or struggles? When we acquire a hope that is unwavering, it provides that peace--the peace that we want to have in our lives on a consistent basis.

On a daily basis, we see some shaky circumstances or situations that have our lives out of alignment and robbing us of our peace. Is there a stronghold that has entered your life, hijacked your peace, and created a sense of hopelessness?

Unwavering Hope provides you with the tools that allow you to live a life with true deep understanding and emotional support. Unwavering Hope is designed to guide you in the process of evaluating and applying skills as well as providing reading materials that will support you in your daily life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Sep 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9798886857702

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Unwavering Hope

Hold on to the Father's Hand: 40 Days Journey of Psalm 37

Hope Gibson

ISBN 979-8-88685-769-6 (paperback)

ISBN 979-8-88685-770-2 (digital)

Copyright © 2023 by Hope Gibson

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

Christian Faith Publishing

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Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

A Special Note from the Author

Psalm 37

Amplified Bible (AMP)

Section Focus: 37:1

Wrong Alignment Versus Right Alignment with Lasting Effects

Section Focus: 37:2

Trust and Righteousness Goes with Delights and Desires

Section Focus: 37:3

Commitment and Justice for Your Innocence

Section Focus: 37:4

Be Still and Sit Down

Section Focus: 37:5

Possess Your Endurance so Your Hindrances Can Disappear

Section Focus: 37:6

Existing in Meekness to Gain Success

Section Focus: 37:7

Judgment Coming, Attack from All Sides

Section Focus: 37:8

Living with Their Entrapment, Better to Do What Is Righteous

Section Focus: 37:9

The Father's Loving Hand: Gift That Lasts a Lifetime

Section Focus: 37:10

Hard Times: You Won't Be Ashamed

Section Focus: 37:11

Taker Versus Giver: Father's Confirmation

Section Focus: 37:12

Ordered Steps: Father's Protective Hand

Section Focus: 37:13

Not Abandoned by the Blessing

Section Focus: 37:14

Turn to a Future of Hope Where Justice Will Be Released

Section focus: 37:15

What You Create, You Live in It, and Who Are Your Advisers?

Section Focus: 37:16

Slippery Slope: What's the Excuse?

Section Focus: 37:17

While You Wait: Travel Steadily

Section Focus: 37:18

Cruel People: Look Around; They're Gone!

Section Focus: 37:19

Stay in Peace or No Future

Section Focus: 37:20

Times of Trouble: Finding Shelter

Section Focus: 37:21

Outcome of the Perfect Accommodations

19-Day Challenge (Day 22)

Begins on the 22nd Day of the Journey

19-Day Challenge (Day 22)

Challenge 1

19-Day Challenge (Day 23)

Challenge 2

19-Day Challenge (Day 24)

Challenge 3

19-Day Challenge (Day 25)

Challenge 4

19-Day Challenge (Day 26)

Challenge 5

19-Day Challenge (Day 27)

Challenge 6

19-Day Challenge (Day 28)

Challenge 7

19-Day Challenge (Day 29)

Challenge 8

19-Day Challenge (Day 30)

Challenge 9

19-Day Challenge (Day 31)

Challenge 10

19-Day Challenge (Day 32)

Challenge 11

19-Day Challenge (Day 33)

Challenge 12

19-Day Challenge (Day 34)

Challenge 13

19-Day Challenge (Day 35)

Challenge 14

19-Day Challenge (Day 36)

Challenge 15

19-Day Challenge (Day 37)

Challenge 16

19-Day Challenge (Day 38)

Challenge 17

19-Day Challenge (Day 39)

Challenge 18

19-Day Challenge (Day 40)

Challenge 19

Unwavering Hope: Closing Words

Appendix A

Developmental Stage Descriptions

Appendix B

Fulfillment and Internal Growth Guide

Appendix C

Prayer to Accept Christ as Savior

Appendix D

40-Days Communion Prayer

Appendix E

Trinity Diagram

About the Author

Foreword

Psalm 37:3

Trust in the Lord and do good.

Dwell in the land and enjoy safe pastures.

Colleagues, looking for answers and solutions to challenges (both at work and in their lives), who leave Hope's office armed and ready to tackle those challenges—after seeking Hope.

Parents, overwhelmed by parenting and life, who now lift their heads and their eyes toward a different future—after encountering Hope.

Students, who now believe in themselves enough to change their life, their circumstances and ultimately the world—after being blessed by Hope.

These are just some of the things that I have observed Hope Gibson accomplish daily over the years that I have known her.

I met Hope Gibson 4 years ago, after being told by my principal that, You're going to really like the Dean of Students here. She is just like you, no nonsense, and really cares about the kids. Those words were true about Hope then and are still true today.

Psalm 37:4

Take delight in the Lord,

and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Hope Gibson is aptly named. I have literally watched her give and share hope with everyone that she encounters while working in the educational system of the metropolitan Detroit area. Hope for the future, hope for the plans that they may have, and hope that life can and will get better.

I have personally observed Hope address a challenge, organize a team around that challenge and quickly get to the root of the issue and develop strategies to face and to overcome the challenge. During the 2020–2021 school year, an extremely challenging year, in which our school district, like many others across the globe, were thrust into the virtual setting, it was often Hope who organized and/or instituted innovation, creativity and energy into the entire school community. One of the more important policies that Hope encouraged was the understanding and implementation of self-care by the staff; something that is still being regularly discussed, encouraged, and practiced by the staff.

Psalm 37;23

The Lord makes firm the steps

of the one who delights in him.

The book that you now hold in your hands was supposed to be finished in 2020, however like many things planned for the last three years, it has had starts, stops, holds, and changes. However, it is now here and Hope's voice and ability to offer simple solutions to complex problems will bless every reader of this book in special ways.

Hope accomplishes this with an intentionality and confidence that is rooted in her faith—a faith demonstrated and lived out every day by walking boldly in who she is and whose she is. To paraphrase John 1: 6-8,

6 There was a woman sent from God, whose name was Hope. 7 She came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through her. 8 She was not the light but came to bear witness about the light.

I am honored and grateful to have been chosen to write the forward for this important book, Unwavering Hope, and I am confident that the words and voice of my friend Hope Gibson, will bless you now and into the future.

Roger K. Johnson, MA, LPC

Acknowledgments

To my dad, my god-dad, my brothers, my male best friends, and all the men who mentored me along my journey—thank you for being that male figure reaching out in