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Psalm 9:18
But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
God keeps hope alive for those in need who look to Him.
Ecclesiastes 9:4
Anyone who is among the living has hope—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
Once there is life, there is hope.
Romans 4:18
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Just like Abraham even when things look impossible, we must keep hope.
Isaiah 40:31
but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
God promises that while we wait for him, we will be empowered and gain a young eagle’s strength.
Isaiah 38:18
For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
When you have troubles, death is not the answer. Pray for life and overcoming power. Here, the psalmist is making a case to God to spare him so he may continue to serve him.
Romans 8:25
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Hope must be accompanied by waiting. We must learn to wait in hope on God. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit helps us to hope.
1 Corinthians 15:19
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
We must not only hope for earthly things but eternal things as well. The Christian is not promised a bed of roses on earth. Yes, God will bless us on earth but we must also keep our hope eternal.
1 John 3:3
All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
Hope is powerful. It inspires and strengthens us to purify ourselves.
Ephesians 2:12
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
This is the state of the ungodly – without hope and without God.
Romans 8:24
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
After we get what we hope for we do not need to hope anymore.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hope helps us to endure hard times. It helps us to endure the waiting period for God’s promises to us to be fulfilled.
Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
Do not give up hope; God will bring what he promised to pass. To lose hope in God’s promises is to question God’s faithfulness.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
In order to really make faith work, you must have hope. Faith and hope go together. Can you ever have faith if you do not have hope? Faith leads to hope.
Hebrews 6:19-20
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.
Hope makes us firm, strong, rooted, and grounded Christians. We can have hope because one of the most powerful places in the spiritual world is the presence of God, and Jesus is standing right at that throne where he interceded on our behalf. Our names are being mentioned in the most powerful place in existence.
Romans 5:5
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
We will never be disappointed when we hope in God. We can hope in God because he loves us. Another aspect of how hope connects to love is that those who love God put their hope in Him.