And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future

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And we believers also groan, even though we have
the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of
future glory, for we long for our bodies to be
released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait
with eager HOPE for the day when God will give us
our full rights as his adopted children,
including the new bodies he has promised
us. Romans 823
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And this HOPE will not lead to disappointment.
For we know how dearly God loves us, because he
has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts
with his love. Romans 55
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Hold on to your fork. Theres much, much
more. -Dr. Victor D. Pentz
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The Scriptures give us HOPE and encouragement as
we wait patiently for Gods promises to be
fulfilled. Romans 154
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HOPE
departure is at hand.
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Look forward to the future
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Somehow we have allowed Satan to rob us of what
God intends to be the sizzle and salsa of the
Christian life
- our HOPE of heaven.
-Dr. Victor D. Pentz
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We were given this HOPE when we were
saved. Romans 824
We are waiting for the day when God the Creator
turns his face toward us and welcomes us into his
Kingdom. -Dr. Victor D. Pentz
Rejoice in our confident HOPE. Romans 1212
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Our future is as bright as the promises of God.
Hold on to your fork the best is yet to
come. -Dr. Victor D. Pentz
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And if our HOPE in Christ is only for this life,
we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.
1 Corinthians 1519
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I pray that your hearts will be flooded with
light so that you can understand the confident
HOPE he has given to those he calledhis holy
people who are his rich and glorious
inheritance. Ephesians 118
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For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you
have been called to one glorious HOPE for the
future. Ephesians 44
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We pray that you would awaken in us this day a
hope of heaven...
-Dr. Victor D. Pentz
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To live in the hope of heaven, then, is at least
a six-step process.
We must recognize the gap between what the world
is and what it was created to be
lament that gap
realize that Christs cross served to close that
gap in part for now and in full eventually
anticipate this by starting to close this gap
ourselves
be frustrated by our inability to do so in any
decisive way
and let this lead us to long for God to close the
gap for good with the coming of heaven,
the return of shalom on the new earth.
-Nathan Bierma
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one of these days Ill finally be in a place
where theres no more need no more pain and no
more grief no more foolish disbelief and all the
joy there will be when at last we finally see
one of these days
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one of these days im gonna see the hands that
took the nails for me one of these days im
gonna hold the key to the mansion built for
me one of these days im gonna walk the streets
of gold that were paved for me one of these
days im gonna see my Jesus face to face
one of these days
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We thank you for the powerful word you give us
not to fear but to live and even die in hope,
with eager anticipation of what is to come. How
we thank you for our anticipation of the great
reunion party you are planning for us in heaven,
the hugs and kisses, the wiping away of every
tear from every eye. In light of your promise, we
look forward to the greater joy to
come. Amen. -Dr. Victor D. Pentz
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