advent09 | hope is...

Hope is...believing that something good is going to happen -- Luke 1

Hope is...a seed, something that is planted, for which we must await the promised result -- Isaiah 61

Hope is...knowing that this world is not all that there is -- Hebrews 10-12

Hope is...an invitation; it cries out "Come!" -- Revelations 22

Hope...leads to preparation -- Revelations 21.2, Luke 1.17

Hope...does not depend upon science or reason to be fulfilled -- Luke 1

Hope...waits together, sharing life with others who hope -- Luke 1.39-45, Hebrews 10.24-25

Hope is...active. It leads to love and goodness. It is strong -- Hebrews 11.24, 12.33-34

Hope is...confident that the best is yet to come -- Hebrews 10.35

Hope...endures. It waits through seemingly unchanging circumstances -- Hebrews 10.36

Hope is...believing that dreams become reality -- Hebrews 11.12

Hope is...confident in God's goodness. Even when His plan doesn't seem good -- Luke 1, Hebrews 11

Hope is...looking to what cannot be seen -- Hebrews 11.26