Hope means certainly with anticipation.
Titus 1:2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago. NAS
Alexander Raleigh once said, “God is love…He puts His love into promises to give our dull minds something to look at, and our unready hands, something to hold.”
PURIFY HOPE
Because we are sons of God and we are to live like Jesus.
I John 3:2-3 Beloved, now we are children of God and it has not appeared as yet, what shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be just as He is. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him, purifies himself, just as He is pure.
Give Encouraging Hope
Are you encouraging others to Christ? Why?
Colossians 1:16-17 For by Him all things were created, both in the heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things have been created by Him and for Him. And He is before, and in Him, all things hold together.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him, should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him.