God of Hope

To learn, you must love discipline. (Proverbs 12:1)

If a soldier demands that you carry his gear for a mile, carry it two miles. (Matthew 5:41)

I know all the things you do. I have seen your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance. And I can see your constant improvement in all these things. (Revelation 2:19)

What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck. (Proverbs 1:9)

If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. (James 3:13)

What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again. (Ecclesiastes 3:15)

Trust in your money and down you go!  . . . (Proverbs 11:28)
Teach those who are rich in this world … not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God … (1 Timothy 6:17)

Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people. . . . The godly are directed by honesty; the wicked fall beneath their load of sin. (Proverbs 11:3, 5)

Dear friends, 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)

Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, . . . I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving. (2 Corinthians 8:7)

Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is. (Psalm 39:4)
Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life. (Proverbs 9:11)

My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9)