WHAT IS HOPE?
- Proverbs 13:12. “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”
- Romans 8:23-25. “And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.”
- Romans 8:28 “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
WHERE DOES HOPE COME FROM?
- Psalm 39:7. “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.”
- Ephesians 2:12. “. . . remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.”
HOW DO WE GET HOPE?
By Believing Patiently.
- Hebrews 6:11-20. “And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
By the Word.
- Romans 15:4. “through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
By the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 5:5. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
