Today’s key Bible reference is Lamentations 3:40 KJV The book Lamentations consists of five poems regarding the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 BC. Misery, grief and overwhelming anguish because of Jerusalem’s destruction is bemoaned during the first part of Lamentations, and then a new promise of HOPE is unfolded in the middle of the book. Lamentations 3:22 and 23 says, “It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” This should be encouraging to us in the midst of trials today, because we can know that God is ever merciful and…
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15 Bible Verses About Hope
Today, I thought I’d share some simple, but good Bible verses about HOPE that you can write in your journal or memorize… God wanted us to have HOPE, and the word is mentioned at least 133 times in the KJV Bible. Furthermore, there are hundreds of additional Bible verses that give significant meaning of adding HOPE to our Christian life and walk with the Lord. First, let’s look at the definition of HOPE…. HOPE noun a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Similar words: aspiration, desire, wish, expectation, ambition, aim, plan, longing, yearning a feeling of trust. verb want something to happen or be the…
