ENDLESS
HOPE NOT A HOPELESS END
BREAD
3 No one
whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame
who are treacherous without excuse. Psalms
25:3 (NIV)
20 We
wait in hope for the Lord; he is
our help and our shield. 21 In him
our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. 22 May your unfailing love rest
upon us, O Lord, even as we put
our hope in you. Psalms 33:20-22 (NIV)
5 Find
rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. 6 He alone is my rock and my
salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. Psalms 62:5-6 (NIV)
5 Blessed
is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, 6 the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them-- the Lord,
who remains faithful forever. Psalms
146:5-6 (NIV)
11 the Lord delights in those who fear him, who
put their hope in his unfailing love. Psalms
147:11 (NIV)
30 Even
youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 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. Isaiah 40:30-31
(NIV)
11 “For I
know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord,
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
9 This
is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance 10 (and for this we labor and
strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all
men, and especially of those who believe. 1 Timothy 4:9-10 (NIV)
23 Let us
hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 (NIV)
BUTTER
“The future belongs
to those who belong to God. This is hope.” W.T.
Purkiser
“Hope
is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.” G. K.
Chesterton
“Other
men see only a hopeless end, but the Christian rejoices in an endless hope.” Gilbert Brenken
“Seeking
with faith, hope, and love pleases our Lord; and finding Him pleases the soul,
filling it full of joy.” Julian of Norwich
“Canst thou answer this,
believer? Canst thou find any reason why
thou art so often mourning instead of rejoicing? Why yield to gloomy anticipations? Who told thee that the night would never end
in day? Who told thee that the winter of
thy discontent would proceed from frost to frost, from snow and ice, and hail,
to deeper snow, and yet more heavy tempest of despair? Knowest thou not that day follows night, that
flood comes after ebb, that spring and summer succeed winter? Hope thou then! Hope thou ever! For God fails thee not!” Charles H. Spurgeon
HEART
SAVOR
- · I will never be put to shame in placing my hope in the Lord. He is God and true to His Word. My hope comes from Him and I will not be disappointed. I can count on it.
- · Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12.
- · Hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But is we hope for what we do not have we wait for it patiently…….22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. Romans 8:22-25 (NIV)
