God of Hope

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy. Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe. (Proverbs 2:10-11)

Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. (Romans 6:16)

The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. (Psalm 19:1-2)

Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me. . . . Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may live according to your truth! (Psalm 43:3; 86:11)

There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. (John 15:13)

By truth spoken in love, we are to grow in every way into Him—the Anointed One, the head. (Ephesians 4:15)

God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. . .  So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:26, 27)

A truly wise person uses few words. (Proverbs 17:27)

We prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, . . .  and by our sincere love. (2 Corinthians 6:6)

Jesus . . .  said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible. (Matthew 19:26)

Understand this: You must all be quick to listen [and] slow to speak. (James 1:19)

The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results. (James 5:16b)