Lesson: Hope Shrinks Trials<br>
Reading: Hope against hope<br>
Reference:  Rom. 4:16-22<br><br>
Romans 4:16: Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,<br>
Romans 4:17: ( As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.<br>
Romans 4:18: 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.<br>
Romans 4:19: And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:<br>
Romans 4:20: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;<br>
Romans 4:21: And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.<br>
Romans 4:22: And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.<br>
(KJV)<br>