SCRIPTURAL PASSAGES OF HOPE
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that
whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God
sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that so the world
might be saved through him. He (She) who believes in him is not condemned; he
who does not believe is condemned already because he has not believed in the
name of the only Son of God."
--John 3:16-18
" God, who knows the heart, showed that He accepted them by giving the Holy
Spirit to them, just as He did to us." --Acts 15:8
"I am the Good Shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known by them ... And
other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they
shall hear my voice: and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd."
-- John 10:14, 16
"He brought me out into an open place; He rescued me because He delighted in
me." -Psalm 18:20
"Beloved, Let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that
loves is born of God, and knows God. He that loves not knows not God; for God is
love." --1 John 4:7-8
"For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any
other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord." --Romans 8: 38-39
"Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name, thou
art mine. When you walk through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the
rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when you walk through the fire, you shall
not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy
God, the Holy One of Israel..." --Isaiah 43: 2-3a
"For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my
mother's womb. I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are
thy works! Thou knowest me right well; My frame was not hidden from thee, when I
was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth. Thy
eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them."
-- Psalm 139: 13-16
"Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; the one who comes to me shall not
hunger, and the one who believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you
that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me
will come to me; and those who come to me I will not cast out."
--John 6:35-37
"He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who
loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to
him (her)." --John 14:21
"If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it
shall be done for you." --John 15:7
"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and
bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father
(Heavenly Parent) in my name, God may give it to you. This I command you, to
love one another.
--John 15:16-17
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you
were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the
world, but I chose you of the world, therefore the world hates you." --John
15:18-19
"Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove
you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice in so far as
you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his
glory is revealed. If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are
blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you."
--1 Peter 4:12-14
"See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of
God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not
know him. Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear that we
shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall
see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is
pure."
---1 John 3:1-3
"If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who
does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God who he has not
seen."
--1 John 4:20
"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce that you
will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get."
--Matthew 7:1-2
"Teacher, what is the great commandment in the law?" And he said to him, "You
shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and
with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is
like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments
depend all the law and the prophets." --Matthew 22:37-40
"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom
of heaven against (humanity); for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those
who would enter to go in." ---Matthew 23:13-14
"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you,
pray for those who abuse you. To those who strike you on the cheek, offer the
other also." --Luke 6:27-29
"For I am persuaded, that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height,
nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of
God which is in Christ Jesus." -- Romans 8:38-39
"Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer."
--Romans 12:12
"Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them."
--Romans 12:14
"Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free.
With the Lord on my side I do not fear. What can man do to me? The Lord is on my
side to help me; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me."
--Psalms 118:5-7
"The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O Lord, has not
forsaken those who seek thee." --Psalms 9:9-10
"The Lord will cause your enemies to rise against you to be defeated before you;
they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.
--Deuteronomy 28:7
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but
now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling. --Philippians 2:12
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
--Ephesians 2:8-9
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then
Christ is dead in vain. --Galatians 2:21
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither
male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
-- Galatians 3:28
Put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of
salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation
through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we wake or sleep
we might live with him.
--1 Thessalonians 5:8-10
See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one
another and to all. Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all
circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
--1 Thessalonians 5:15-18
The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that
God has made clean."
-- Acts 10: 15
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who
are called according to his purpose.
--Romans 8: 28
