“Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’s loving devotion we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!” – Lamentations 3:21–23 (BSB)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” – 1 Peter 1:3 (BSB)
“I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.” – Psalm 130:5 (BSB)
“Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:23 (BSB)
Hope is also deepened through suffering. When trials come, hope teaches us not to despair but to endure with expectation. Bishop Stephen Leung (ANiC, Diocese of Western Canada and Alaska) writes, “Suffering presses us into God’s faithfulness. When everything else is shaken, hope clings to the One who never changes.” (Hope in Affliction, 2020)
Worship and prayer nourish hope daily. Liturgy lifts our vision beyond the present moment and anchors us in God’s eternal purposes. Fr. Matthew Munn (ACNA, Church of the Redeemer, NC) explains, “Every time we say the Creed, we confess hope. Every time we receive the Eucharist, we taste a foretaste of glory. The Church trains us to hope through repetition and remembrance.” (Living the Coming Kingdom, 2022)
Community also plays a vital role. Canon George Grant (ACNA, Parish Presbyterian Church, TN) notes, “Hope is contagious. It grows in the company of those who sing through sorrow, who pray through pain, and who believe together that Christ will come again.” (Recovering Anglican Piety, 2019)
Bishop Charlie Masters (ANiC, Diocese of the Living Word) reminds us, “Hope grows not by denying reality but by affirming a greater one: Christ is risen, Christ will come again, and in Him, all things will be made new.” (The Joy of Expectation, 2023)
“To grow in hope, let your memory be filled with the mercy of God. What He has done, He will do again.” – John Chrysostom, Homily on Romans, c. 390 AD
“He who prays continually will not lose hope. For every cry to God strengthens the cord by which the soul is anchored.” – Basil the Great, Homily on Faith and Endurance, c. 375 AD
“Hope does not come from ease but from endurance. It is the flower that blooms in the soil of perseverance.” – Cyprian of Carthage, On Mortality, c. 250 AD
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