hope

HOPE, n. [L. cupio.]

1. A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. Hope differs from wish and desire in this, that it implies some expectation of obtaining the good desired, or the possibility of possessing it. Hope therefore always gives pleasure or joy; whereas wish and desire may produce or be accompanied with pain and anxiety.

The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job.8.

He wish'ed, but not with hope--

Sweet hope! kind cheat!

He that lives upon hope, will die fasting.

2. Confidence in a future event; the highest degree of well founded expectation of good; as a hope founded on God's gracious promises; a scriptural sense.

A well founded scriptural hope,is, in our religion, the source of ineffable happiness.

3. That which gives hope; he or that which furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good. The hope of Israel is the Messiah.

The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel 3.

4. An opinion or belief not amounting to certainty, but grounded on substantial evidence. The christian indulges a hope, that his sins are pardoned.HOPE, v.i.

1. To cherish a desire of food, with some expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable.

Hope for good success.

Be sober and hope to the end. 1 Pet.1.

Hope humbly then, with trembling pinions soar.

2. To place confidence in; to trust in with confident expectation of good.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul,and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. Ps.43.HOPE, v.t. To desire with expectation of good, or a belief that it may be obtained. But as a transitive verb, it is seldom used,and the phrases in which it is so used are elliptical, for being understood.

So stands the Thracian herdsman with his spear,

Full in the gap,and hopes the hunted bear.HOPE, n. A sloping plain between ridges of mountains. [Not in use.]

SCRIPTURES:

Romans 8:24

• New Testament

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 

1 Corinthians 9:10

• New Testament

Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. 

Romans 4:18

• New Testament

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 

Job 17:15

• Old Testament

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 

Acts 26:7

• New Testament

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. 

Moroni 10:20

• Book of Mormon

Wherefore, there must be faith; and if there must be faith there must also be hope; and if there must be hope there must also be charity. 

Moroni 7:42

• Book of Mormon

Wherefore, if a man have faith he must needs have hope; for without faith there cannot be any hope. 

Moroni 7:40

• Book of Mormon

And again, my beloved brethren, I would speak unto you concerning hope. How is it that ye can attain unto faith, save ye shall have hope? 

Romans 15:13

• New Testament

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 

Ether 12:32

• Book of Mormon

And I also remember that thou hast said that thou hast prepared a house for man, yea, even among the mansions of thy Father, in which man might have a more excellent hope; wherefore man must hope, or he cannot receive an inheritance in the place which thou hast prepared. 

Moroni 7:41

• Book of Mormon

And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise. 

Jacob 4:4

• Book of Mormon

For, for this intent have we written these things, that they may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming; and not only we ourselves had a hope 

Articles of Faith 1:13

• Pearl of Great Price

We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope 

Ether 12:4

• Book of Mormon

Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God. 

Proverbs 19:18

• Old Testament

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. 

Psalms 119:49

• Old Testament

Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. 

Psalms 119:81

• Old Testament

My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 

Psalms 119:114

• Old Testament

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. 

Psalms 119:116

• Old Testament

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 

Lamentations 3:18

• Old Testament

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord: 

Hope

• The Guide to the Scriptures

The confident expectation of and longing for the promised blessings of righteousness. The scriptures often speak of hope as anticipation of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. 

QUOTES:
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert Einstein

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

 My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
Maya Angelou

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
Martin Luther

PERSONAL DEFINITION:
I think hope is looking forward and walking toward the light, even when all around it seems dark.
I think that faith and hope are inseparable. You can't hope without faith, and you can't have faith without hope.
You have to want to believe in something to believe it.
Hope always comes with joy. :)

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

Maya Angelou

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