Jeremiah 29:11
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.
God's intentions toward us are good, securing a hopeful future even through hardship.
Biblical hope is confident expectation grounded in God's faithfulness. These verses lift the eyes from present trouble to a sure future.
Jeremiah 29:11
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.
God's intentions toward us are good, securing a hopeful future even through hardship.
Romans 15:13
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.
Hope overflows when the Spirit fills believing hearts with joy and peace.
Romans 5:5
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.
Hope anchored in God's love will never disappoint us.
Lamentations 3:22-23
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.
Each morning renews the evidence of God's mercy, refueling our hope.
Psalm 42:11
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?... hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Hope speaks to a discouraged soul, reminding it that praise will return.