Chris: One way is to pick out all the promises God gave us in his word. Sal: Promises? Chris: Yes. The object of hope is God’s promises. Sal: Hope isn’t just a thing inside of us, then. Chris: No. It’s a response to God’s initiative. Like faith: it’s not our feeling bottled up inside us, but our acceptance of what God has given us. It’s specific, not vague. We don’t just “believe” or just “hope”; we believe what God has told us, and we hope for what God has promised us. Sal: I see. How do you pick
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