Quotes about Hope

Circumstances do not push or pull. They are daily lessons to be studied and gleaned for new knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom that is applied will bring about a brighter tomorrow. A person who is depressed is spending too much time thinking about the way things are now and not enough time thinking about how he wants things to be.

There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.

Prayer keeps the burden fresh. It keeps our eyes and hearts in an expectant mode.

They ask what I often refer to as the best question ever: "In light of my past experience, and my future hopes and dreams, what's the wise thing to do?

Our tendency is to pray for miracles. But in most situations, it is more appropriate to pray for opportunities.

Our faith is anchored to a miscarriage of justice. The worst possible thing happened to the best possible person.

Right standing with God comes through faith in the promises of God.

So, leveraging Jesus' teaching on love, Paul gives us the grown-up version of what love really is. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (1 Cor 13:4 — 8)

But I'm not sitting around praying for revival either. I grew up in the "pray for revival" culture.

You're worse than you thought, but God loves you more than you imagined.

This is what the LORD says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 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. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

When our faith is down for the count, we need people who will speak truth to us, friends who will remind us of God's past faithfulness. We need people who will draw our attention outside of the realm of our immediate circumstances, people to put our circumstances in their proper context.