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Hope, Suffering
Hope consists of three things: Certainty, the assurance that it is mine, Expectation, living with a view to the day when, we shall receive our hope, and Longing, an intense desire to possess the hope, so that we live for the very purpose of possessing it. The object of our hope is Salvation in the f
To us who believe, therefore, hope is most precious. We rejoice in hope, for by means of hope we are blessed (Rom. 12:12; Jer. 17:7). The Lord takes pleasure in and His eye is upon those that hope in His mercy (Ps. 33:18; 147:11). Through hope, God gives us good courage and strengthens our heart, so
So we hope, but we don’t know. These examples demonstrate two aspects of hope. One is desire. We want the A on the biology test, and we want the girl to accept a date. The other aspect is that of the future. While we may want the A and the date, we don’t know if we will be successful in either insta
Well, that is hope. Hope is an anchor for you and me in this life. It is that which keeps us from drifting through life without any aim or purpose, without any direction. When we have hope, immediately our life is anchored and this lends purpose and meaning to our lives. Why? Because of what hope is
It is not just an expectation of good, but a joyful and confident expectation of it. Hope is trust! Hope therefore rises above to an object beyond self; it is that to which one flees for refuge. (The God of Hope.) When the word is used in its worldly and common colloquial sense to express doubt and
And there are many things like that in life. where we say hopefully, hopefully, hopefully. Every language has a word for hopefully. The Filipinos have a word for that as well. And you find that word used so often in common everyday language, that word that means hopefully. But the hope that God
They were hoping that they would arrive at their destination without harm, without destruction. But of course they had no basis for that. They had no certainty that they would arrive. And so they set out in that uncertain wish and hope. But as you know, the Lord sent a powerful wind. And the ch
So it's not an uncertain hope. It's not like we say, I hope it doesn't snow tomorrow, but I'm not sure if it will. No, this hope is certain. And it's a longing. I want it to come. And it's a good thing. It's a good thing we're looking for. That's what hope is in the Bible. The Christian has hope
Hope is that which looks for final deliverance. It is that spiritual characteristic within the child of God whereby he knows assuredly that he will be taken from this vale of tears and brought to glory. It is the longing to be delivered. Hope anticipates the glory that shall be, and expects it witho