Are you feeling discouraged and hopeless with all the things that are going on in your life, your country, your world?
Remember who your God is. Remember that Jesus is your Savior and Lord. Remember that God’s spirit lives within you—you are never alone, and you are always and forever connected to Him.
Memorize God’s promises. Claim them. Shout them at Satan when he attacks. Things are not hopeless. We have the greatest hope of all—a Heavenly Father who gave his Son so that we can belong to him forever. Our eternity is sealed.
God is Always With us:
1. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
2. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:20b (NIV)
God loves us unconditionally:
3. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 (NIV)
God is faithful:
4. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 (NIV)
God cares for us:
5. But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish. Psalm 9:18 (NIV)
6. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 (NIV)
God is our Hope
7. 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. Romans 15:13 (NIV)
8. As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. Psalm 71:14 (NIV)
9. 2 . . . And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 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. Romans 5:2-5 (NIV)
God is our Strength
10. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore, I will wait for him.” Lamentations 3:24 (NIV)
11. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2 (NIV)
12. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. Psalm 28:7
God can be Trusted
13. “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. Jeremiah 17:7 (NIV)
God’s Word gives us Hope
14. I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. Psalm 130:5 (NIV)
15. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 (NIV)
God is eternal:
16. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:17 (NIV)
17. No list would be complete without Psalm 23. David reminds us of how great it is to be in the presence of our Heavenly Father and all the gifts that He bestows on us. Our Father blesses us with so much, and He is always with us in every circumstance, good or bad.
The Shepherd’s Psalm
Psalm 23 (AMP)
A Psalm of David
The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me],
I shall not want.
He lets me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still and quiet waters.
He refreshes and restores my soul (life);
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for His name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You have anointed and refreshed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life,
And I shall dwell forever [throughout all my days] in the house and in the presence of the Lord.
See also:
https://journalingbee.com/how-to-have-hope-in-a-hopeless-world/(opens in a new tab)
https://journalingbee.com/a-prayer-for-hope-in-a-hopeless-world/(opens in a new tab)
Resources:
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