Your longing for heaven is good, because it is an extension of your
yearning for Me. The hope of heaven is meant to strengthen and encourage
you, filling you with wondrous Joy. Many Christians have misunderstood
this word hope, believing that it denotes wishful thinking. Nothing
could be farther from the truth! As soon as I became your Savior, heaven
became your ultimate destination. The phrase hope of heaven highlights
the benefits you can enjoy even while remaining on earth. This hope
keeps you spiritually alive during dark times of adversity; it brightens
your path and heightens your awareness of My Presence. My desire is
that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
—Romans 8:23–25
God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is
impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope
offered to us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor
for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the
curtain.
—Hebrews 6:18–19
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
—Romans 15:13.
Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
—Romans 8:23–25
—Hebrews 6:18–19
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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