Reflection
Hope is not wishful thinking — it is a confident expectation in the promises of a God who cannot lie. Even in the darkest valleys, hope holds out the lamp of His faithfulness.
"Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost."
Romans 15:13
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."
Jeremiah 29:11
"It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."
Lamentations 3:22-23
"Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD."
Psalm 31:24
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
Romans 8:28
"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles."
Isaiah 40:31
"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised."
Hebrews 10:23
"I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope."
Psalm 130:5
"And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."
Romans 5:5
"But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more."
Psalm 71:14