That is why our trust in God is so important for a life that is truly based on hope. We can see this principle in the book of Romans: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13). Here, Paul clearly tells us that we will be filled subject, and faith and hope are actions performed by it. Faith and hope, then, are in some sense dependent upon love.16 This may provide part of the answer for why Paul emphasizes love in v. 13, but as we will see shortly, it would be wrong to single out love as the ultimate empowering principle within the triad, because in other contexts Paul Our text is the first phrase in Romans 12:12 — “Rejoice in hope!”. We could paraphrase it like this: “Let your joy be the joy that comes from hope!”. Or: “Bear the fruit of joy in the branch of hope!”. Or: “Be glad because you have hope!”. The text establishes a firm relationship between joy and hope! Instead you relax, and float." - Alan Watts. "Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish." - Brad Henry. "Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith." - Garth Brooks. Faith and hope are complementary. Faith is grounded in the reality of the past; hope is looking to the reality of the future. Without faith, there is no hope, and without hope there is no true faith. Christians are people of faith and hope. We have “the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time In fact, faith, hope, and love directly oppose the three main fleshly keys to worldly success. I began thinking about this a few years ago when I realized that the opposite of love is not hate. According to the apostle John, “There is no fear in love. Perfect love casts out fear” (1 John 4:18). The biblical opposite of love is not hate then dlFrTU.