God of Hope

“Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water” . . . At the end of the ten days, Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and better nourished . . . “(Daniel 1:8, 12, 15).

Add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control, perseverance, to perseverance godliness . . . (2 Peter 5b-7).

For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7).

[Those who fear the Lord] share freely and give generously to those in need. Their good deeds will be remembered forever. They will have influence and honor. (Psalm 112:9)

For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. . . . Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11)

He led his own people like a flock of sheep, guiding them safely through the wilderness (Psalm 78:52).

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. (Ephesians 2:8).

The Lord . . .  delights in those with integrity. . . . People with integrity walk safely (Proverbs 11:20; 10:9). Joyful are people of integrity (Psalm 119:1). 

I have learned the secret of living in every situation (Philippians 4:12).  Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us (Romans 12:3).

Indeed, we all make many mistakes (James 3:2). A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes (Ecclesiastes 10:4).

A glad heart makes a happy face; a broken heart crushes the spirit (Proverbs 15:13).