Bible verses for when you feel hopeless
When hope feels out of reach, let these words hold on to it for you.
Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name. May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.
being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
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