Vine's Expository of Greek Words lists hope as "the favorable and confident expectation, the happy anticipation of good."
Paraphrasing -- The confident expectancy that something good is going to happen.
PRIMARY SCRIPTURE VERSES
Zechariah 9:12 - "Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope; this very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you."
Hebrews 11:1 - "Now faith is the substance of thing hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
Colossians 1:27 - "...God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
1 Thessalonians 5:8 - "...as a helmet, the hope of salvation."
Before we can ever walk in true Biblical faith, it is imperative that we first be a people of "hope," possessing a happy anticipation that something good is about to happen.
WAYS TO OBTAIN HOPE
1. Be a person of the Word of God! Romans 15:4 - "...that through the perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope."
2. Lamentations 3:21-23 - "This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope." The Lord's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. "The Lord is my portion," says my soul. "Therefore, I have hope in Him!"
3. Romans 15:13 - "...[Through faith] the power of the Holy Spirit [enables us to] abound in hope."
Yes, we have a sure expectation of unending ages of glory in the presence of the Lord. But we do not have to wait till we arrive in Heaven – we get to bring Heaven to earth. Let us return to the Stronghold of Hope and receive a double portion from the Lord!
DAILY CONFESSION: I will hope in the Lord! Amen and Amen!
Paraphrasing -- The confident expectancy that something good is going to happen.
PRIMARY SCRIPTURE VERSES
Zechariah 9:12 - "Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope; this very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you."
Hebrews 11:1 - "Now faith is the substance of thing hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
Colossians 1:27 - "...God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
1 Thessalonians 5:8 - "...as a helmet, the hope of salvation."
Before we can ever walk in true Biblical faith, it is imperative that we first be a people of "hope," possessing a happy anticipation that something good is about to happen.
WAYS TO OBTAIN HOPE
1. Be a person of the Word of God! Romans 15:4 - "...that through the perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope."
2. Lamentations 3:21-23 - "This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope." The Lord's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. "The Lord is my portion," says my soul. "Therefore, I have hope in Him!"
3. Romans 15:13 - "...[Through faith] the power of the Holy Spirit [enables us to] abound in hope."
Yes, we have a sure expectation of unending ages of glory in the presence of the Lord. But we do not have to wait till we arrive in Heaven – we get to bring Heaven to earth. Let us return to the Stronghold of Hope and receive a double portion from the Lord!
DAILY CONFESSION: I will hope in the Lord! Amen and Amen!
