Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Three habits for a hard stretch: rejoice in hope, be patient in trouble, keep praying.
KJV9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; 11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. 14Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. 15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Paul’s fullest letter on grace, faith and life in the Spirit, written to the church in Rome.
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? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Hope is for what you cannot see yet, so waiting does not mean it has failed: we wait for it with patience.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith gives substance to what you hope for, even before you can see it.