This triad of exhortations hangs together tightly with Christian hope at its core. The grand arch of the Biblical story is one that moves us to look to the future with tremendous hope — not wishfully but with utter confidence because of what God in Christ has done and what God will yet bring to its appointed end. This hope gives us joy, motivates endurance in the inevitable tribulations we face, and moves us to lean into our dependence on God through prayer.
