We all need encouragement and the best place to go is to the Bible.
In this blog Post I have tried to gather some Bible passages or Bible verses which will encourage us all to have true Hope.
I do believe that we should not just grab a verse and read it on its own but we should always lift our bibles and read a passage of scripture to make sure that we know the real meaning and context of each of the verses we are putting our trust in.
I pray that you will do the same and only use this list to guide you as to where you may find help.
So here are 10 Bible verses or short passages for us to turn to in times when we need hope.
1. Ephesians 1 v 18
Firstly I want to make sure you know something very important.
The Apostle Paul wrote something to the Ephesian church which is ultimately meant that it is written to us as well.
It was to tell us that his prayer was that we would know the hope we have been called to
We are Holy People and we have a glorious inheritance because we are in the family of God.
2. Jeremiah 29 v 11
Our Hope is based on God's Peace and it is not in any way linked to any evil for us in the future because God is Good not evil.
When we have trusted in God we have a great future with Him and all our Hope is in Him and only in Him.
3. Psalm 9 v 18
We all have a need at one time or another.
Sometimes we don't recognise what our greatest need is, which is Christ.
This verse tells that that God never forgets us or our need so we need never worry about the Hope we have in God.
4. Psalm 33 v 18-22
18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope is in his mercy19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine
20 Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name
22 Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, just as we hope in You.
At the start of this section of Psalm 33 we are told that God's favour is on those who place their hope in His mercy.
With this we know we have His protection.
We then end with a prayer for that mercy we claim because of our hope in Him.
Why do we know we have this hope?
Because we have trusted in Him - without that trust we have no claim on His mercy and hence we have no hope.
Have you trusted in Him?
If so you can have this assurance of this great Hope in the mercy of the Lord.
5. Psalm 147 v 11
Fearing God means to be in awe and reverence of God.
This is all part of recognising His great love that will never let us down so when we have our hope grounded in the Lord we will fear Him and He will delight in us.
Oh what a wonder to know He delights in us because we place our Hope in Him.
6. Romans 5 v 1-5
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;
4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope.
5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Hope is mentioned three times here.
Verses 1 & 2 are one complete sentence leading from faith & ending with how we rejoice in our hope in the Glory of God.
Verses 3 & 4 together form another sentence telling us that perseverance leads to character and that leads to hope.
The final verse then shows how we trust in that hope because we have experienced the loving character of God.
Another verse telling us to rejoice in the Hope we have is
Romans 12 v 12
7. Romans 15 v 13
We often talk about God as a God of Peace, Love, Power, Grace & Mercy but forget He is also the God of Hope.
We have a hope throughout everything because He is our Hope.
8. Psalm 119 v 114
The basis of our faith is in the true Word of God.
As well as our hope being in Him we also can place our trust and hope in His Word. What God has said will come true.
9. Hebrews 10 v 23
God has proved His faithfulness so many times in the bible that there is no doubt that we can trust Him and He will not change so in that knowledge we can keep that hope within us throughout everything.
10. Romans 8 v 24-25
Here we see that the hope we have been thinking about is the eternal hope of the Glory of Christ.
It is not something we have witnessed physically
24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
But rather it is something we await for in God's Kingdom
25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
The most important thing to long for because it keeps us looking to Christ.
