God of Hope

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you (1 John 2:15).

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me (1 Corinthians 13:11).

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold (Proverbs 22:1).

Wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it (Luke 7: 35).

Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves (Romans 12:3). Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too (Philippians 2:3-4).

Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper (Proverbs 11:11).

A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls (Proverbs 25:28).

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance (Romans 5:3).

Pay to all what is due them . . .  respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor (Romans 13:7).

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

For the Scriptures say, “If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies (1 Peter 3:10).

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