A Hopeful Heart

I want to talk to you today about a hopeful heart by first opening to Romans 15:13. This verse is part of a benediction that Paul wrote as he was winding down his letter to the Romans, writing: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace and believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." God is a God of hope, and He is capable of filling us with joy and peace and wishes that we would abound with hope. To be hopeful is to have a positive expectation about one's future, and God's vision for believers is not that they would look to the future with despair but instead with gladness, faithful in what He can do for his children.