Hope Maketh Not Ashamed

Romans 5:1-5  – Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith[b] into this grace in which we stand, and we[c] rejoice[d] in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.]

Romans 4:18 – In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” 

Psalm 32:1-2 – Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Satan would like the obstacles we see today to prevent us from seeing the hope of or the hope in the future. 

Proverbs 4:23 – Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
  – Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

The conclusion is we build character by faith in God’s promises and who God says He is: in doing so we have hope for the future