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  “ For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit .” Romans 15 : 4 , 13 NKJV While someone says hope is the little sister of the three theological virtues — the other two being love and faith, it does appear that it is more about a lifelong learning  and grabbing of an endless hope from an hopeless end. From a casual reflection on the fundamentals of thermodynamics, love and faith can be best described as possessing the characteristics of state variables; while hope will pass for a process variable. And everyone knows the patience required to underpin and learn the changes and dynamics of process variables, compared to the instantaneous determination of state variables. Well, by transitioning from casual to spiritual, believers in Christ Jesus need...

  “ For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. ” Romans 15 : 3 , 13 NKJV Without genuine faith and sincere love, hope is bound to be self-serving  and resentful with disappointments. Everyone can use the helpful hope of Jesus Christ, while dealing with the realities of life. Rather than walking away by our expectations from relationships, we can focus on discovering the divine purpose in satisfying the expectations of others. Whenever any believer is privileged to find the divine purpose for his existence and assignment in relationships, it becomes engrossed with the realities of being used of God as His battle axe and weapon of wars. Invariably, while helpful hope is focused on the needs of others, hurtful hope is only obsessed by the satisfaction of personal needs. Sin...

"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13 NKJV) The only thing that readily excite self is the pleasurable happenings, and not the unending hoping. Hope defers breed boredom, especially when self's desires are unfulfilled. However, when we look a little deeper than self's glorious expectation from all engagements in life, heart's restlessness become outdated. We all need the grace of God to pass self and its unreasonable demands.