hope

The Power to Hope

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Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

What struck me reading that verse was that it takes power to hope.

God gives grace for everything we need, even for the hope to look forward to having every need and promise met in Christ.

We have abounding hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. We can hope. We can rejoice in hope. We can have peace in our hope. We can be unwavering in holding onto hope. Because we aren’t holding on by our own power. God provides the power to hope.

And He provides in abundance. Abound in hope!

Hope that Can’t Disappoint

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Hope does not disappoint us. It doesn’t disappoint, according to the very Word of God in Romans 5:5, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit. How can we be disappointed by God’s love? It’s the most powerful thing in the world. Verse two says we’re to hope in the glory of God. God’s glory is revealed in the redemption of everything. Christ’s death on the cross and then rising again, the restoration of all creation — these are acts that reveal the glory of God. We cannot be disappointed in the hope offered us through Christ. God’s full redemption plan will come to completion. It’s a hope that cannot disappoint.