...who have no hope

[marie glen]

  Amen!!! ..and the Greek word translated Hope isn't merely a vague "hope"
       as we've come to think of the word,
                               but "expectation" ..'trust"  :dsunny:

http://biblehub.com/interlinear/1_thessalonians/4-13.htm
http://biblehub.com/greek/1680.htm

[Dandelion]

Talk about Happy Endings.............. :dsunny:

D.

[marie glen]

Amen! Exactly!  :gimmefive:

..And how could it be any different? Can any human think of a happier ending than Him?

     amen :thumbsup:

[eaglesway]

Hope is the direction of the vision of Him who causes all things to work according to the counsel of His desire.

Hope is the shared anticipation of things that are invisible in the present, but will surely become visible as we trust Him who has promised us that "hope makes not ashamed", which means, "hope never lets you down".

Hope is one of the three great building blocks of the kingdom of God, "Faith, hope and love"

In the kingdom of God hope is fixed on a promise that has been declared by God, who has no variation or shadow of turning and is faithful to do all that He has declared to be His desire and purpose.

Faith is the horse that pulls the cart. Love is the cart that holds the people. Hope is the map that marks out the true destination.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick but when the desire comes it is a tree of life.

Love is the magnetic field and hope is the pointer on the compass.

In the kingdom of God hope sdoes not say, "I wonder if God will do what He said". Hope says, "I eagerly await the fulfillment of what God has promised."

In the kingdom of God, when hope appears far off, we do not give up in discouragement, because we are not empowered by the fruition of hope, we are powered by "fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith."