- For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.
- Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God. - But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength,
they shall mount up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint. - The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time on and forevermore. - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
- And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
- Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
- And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
- You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in your word. - Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.
- Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the Lord. - But as for me, I will look to 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, we wait for it with patience.
- Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. - “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.” - Lead me in your truth, and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all day long. - And hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
- Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
even as we hope in you. - I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope. - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
- The spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and release to the prisoners. - But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you.
- To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling.
Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, you will find a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
“Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,”
which means, “God is with us.” And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.Next verse!With image