1. We long for what we hope for.

1. We long for what we hope for.

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.”

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.”

~ Proverbs 13:12

2. We wait for what we hope for.

2. We wait for what we hope for.

“But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.”

“But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.”

~ Romans 8:25

"...continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel."

"...continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel."

~ Colossians 1:23

3. We work for what we hope for.

3. We work for what we hope for.

“To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.”

“To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.”

~ Colossians 1:29

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to Jesus Christ.”“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to Jesus Christ.”

~ David Livingstone