God of Hope

Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. (Philippians 2:4)

Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. (Ephesians 4:29)

A fool’s proud talk becomes a rod that beats him, but the words of the wise keep them safe. (Proverbs 14:3)

She carefully watches all that goes on in her household; Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her. (Proverbs 31:27a; 28)

What will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account? (Job 31:14)

I have learned to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything, whether with plenty or little. (Philippians 4:11-12)

Never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the Lord. (Romans 12:19)

Those who are righteous will be long remembered. . . . Their good deeds will be remembered forever. Psalm 112:6, 9)

Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. (Hebrews 10:23)

How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” (James 4:14, 15)

Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. . .  . [I]t is impossible to please God without faith. (Hebrews 11:1, 6)

A glad heart makes a happy face . . . As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person. (Proverbs 15:13; 27:19)