- ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’
- Why are you in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me?
Wait for God, for I will again praise Him
For the help of His presence, my God. - Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary. - The Lord will protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul.
The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in
From this time and forever. - Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- And not only this, but we also celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope.
- Now faith is the certainty of things hoped for, a proof of things not seen.
- But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
- You are my hiding place and my shield;
I wait for Your word. - Let’s hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
- Be strong and let your heart take courage,
All you who wait for the Lord. - But as for me, I will be on the watch for the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me. - But if we hope for what we do not see, through perseverance we wait eagerly for it.
- Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But desire fulfilled is a tree of life. - “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I wait for Him.” - Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You I wait all the day. - And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
- Let Your favor, Lord, be upon us,
Just as we have waited for You. - I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
And I wait for His word. - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
- The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord anointed me
To bring good news to the humble;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim release to captives
And freedom to prisoners. - But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, but with gentleness and respect.
- To whom God willed to make known what the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles is, the mystery that is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling.
Know that wisdom is the same for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.