Hope

Instead you must worship Christ as lord of your life and if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it. 1 Peter 3:15

Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm , for God can be trusted to keep his promise.             Hebrews 10:23.

This is why we work hard and continue to struggle, for our hope is in the living God, who is saviour of all people and particularly all believers. 1 Timothy 4:10.

As we pray to our God and father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds and the enduring hope you have because of our lord Jesus Christ. 1Thessalonians 1:3.

And if our hope in Christ is just for this life ,we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world. 1 Corinthians 15:19.

When I was a child I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly as if in a cloudy mirror but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know is partial and incomplete but then I shall know things completely just as God now knows me completely. Three things will last forever-faith hope and love and the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:11-13.

I pray that God, the source of hope will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13.

Such things that were written in the scriptures long ago to teach us. And the scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait for Gods promises to be fulfilled. Romans 15:4.

Rejoice in our confident hope, Be patient in trouble and keep on praying. Romans 12:12.

We were given this hope when we were saved. If we already have something we don’t need to hope for it. But if look forward to something that we don’t yet have we must wait patiently and confidently. Romans 8:24.

Against its will all creation was subjected to Gods curse. But with eager hope the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. Romans 8:20-21.

And endurance develops strength of character and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. Romans 5:4.

Remember your promise to me, it is my only hope. Psalm 119:49.

In those days you were living apart from Christ You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope. Ephesians 2:12

 

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