Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-11
Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage: anger at the way things are and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.”
Augustine
“Faith without works is dead (James 2: 17), and the same goes for hope. Without costly action, hope can soften into sentimentality. With costly action, hope may harden into reality . . . Hope is the reach of our hearts for the cure. It’s the reach of our hearts toward what we think will fulfill us, secure us, save us – and not just us, but also the whole world . . . Classical Christian hope centers on Jesus Christ alone, rejecting his rivals as pseudo-saviors.”
Cornelius Plantinga
“O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.”
Psalm 131: 3
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