2. THE IMPORTANCE OF HOPE

3. The Importance of Hope  Romans 15:13 – “may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace”  Hebrews 6:17-20 – “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul”

4. The Importance of Hope  To Talk About

5. To Talk About  John 14:1-6 – “I go to prepare a place for you”  Philippians 1:19-26 – “to die is gain”  I Peter 1:3-6 – “to a living hope”

6. To Talk About  I Peter 3:15 – “be ready to give a defense”  I Thessalonians 4:13-18 – “Therefore comfort one another with these words”

7. The Importance of Hope  To Talk About  To Work Toward

8. To Work Toward  Titus 1:1-2 – “in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began”  I Peter 1:13 – “gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace…”

9. To Work Toward  I John 3:1-3 – “everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself”  I Corinthians 15:57-58 – “knowing that your labor is not in vain”

10. The Importance of Hope  To Talk About  To Work Toward  To Hang Onto

11. To Hang Onto  Romans 5:1-5 –“we also glory in tribulations”  Philippians 3:13-14 – “reaching forward to those things which are ahead”

12. To Hang Onto  Romans 8:18 – “not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us  Romans 8:31-32 – “If God is for us, who can be against us?”

13. The Importance of Hope  Hebrews 6:18 – “lay hold of the hope”…