“But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.” 1 Peter 5:10. “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” Romans 8:18. “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14. “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6. Hope causes us not to get discouraged, not to give up, because we have something to keep going for. The promises that help us to keep our hope “To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs-heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.” Romans 8:16-17.
For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.” Romans 8:28-29. “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.” 1 John 3:2-3. “Beloved, now we are children of God and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Hope is what causes us to take each step on the way. We purify ourselves, are sanctified, and make progress because we have hope. “He who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.” Galatians 6:8. “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.” 1 John 5:13-14. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. Hope will not disappoint us during our walk, nor will it disappoint us on that day when hope realizes its final fulfillment and we shall be like Him and see Him as He is. What is our hope? That we will have eternal life For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:17-18. “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.
“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.” Ephesians 1:18. But we know we have a better hope than that! Here is a collection of Bible verses about hope that can be used as a weapon to fight back those threats and help us to see past this world to the eternal. Sometimes this can be hard to do, as the cares of this world threaten to choke out our hope and draw our sights down to an earthly level. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.” Colossians 3:1-2. “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. This requires that we don’t have our focus on things of the earth, but that we have our eyes set in the heavenly places. Our hope is that after we have lived this life for Jesus we will be like Him and we will be with Him eternally. There are many Bible verses about hope that encourage us and remind us of how much we have to hope for! But sometimes life can “get in the way” and it can be hard to hold on to that hope. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” 1 Peter 1:3-5.
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