God of Hope

[God] comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us (2 Corinthians 1:4).  

Oh, that we might know the Lord!   Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring (Hosea 6:3).

God . . . will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them (Hebrews 6:10).

It is a sweet thing, friendship, a dear balm, a happy and auspicious bird of calm. (Percy Bysshe Shelley, 19th century English romantic poet) 

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11).

Free those who are wrongly imprisoned . . .  Let the oppressed go free and remove the chains that bind people (Isaiah 58:6).

Jesus shouted to the crowds, “If you trust me, you are trusting not only me, but also God who sent me (John 12:44)

All must repent of their sins and turn to God—and prove they have changed by the good things they do (Acts 26:20).

And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us (Hebrews 12:1).

Don’t put it off; do it now! Don’t rest until you do. (Proverbs 6:4).

Love prospers when a fault is forgiven (Proverbs 17:9). Make allowance for each other’s faults and forgive anyone who offends you (Colossians 3:13).

We have so mixed love with beauty and charm and sensuality and contact that we’ve robbed it of its higher call of cherishing and nurturing. (Late apologist)