Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land and thou shalt be fed with its riches. (Ps. xxxvi. 3.)
With that all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and they blessed God, Who saveth them that trust in Him. (Dan. xiii. 60.)
Wherein God, meaning more abundantly to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of His counsel, interposed an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest comfort, who have fled for refuge to hold fast the hope set before us. Which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and which entereth in even within the veil; Where the forerunner Jesus is entered for us, made a high priest forever according to the order of Melchisedech. (Heb. vi. 17-20.)
Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer. (Rom. xi. 12.)
For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men; Instructing us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and justly, and godly in this world, Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Who gave himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse to Himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works. (Titus ii. 11-14.)
Advantages of Hope
WE are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for? But if we hope for that which we see not, we wait for it with patience. (Rom. viii. 24, 25.)
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me? Hope thou in God, for I will still give praise to Him: the salvation of my countenance, and my God. (Ps. xli. 12.)
Or doth he say this indeed for our sakes? For these things are written for our sakes: that he that plougheth should plough in hope; and he that thrasheth, in hope to receive fruit. (1 Cor. ix. 10.)
