*1.* “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” *2* “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” *3* “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” *4* “For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.”