Quotes About Hope

Christian faith, as I understand it, is not primarily a matter of signing on for the proposition that there exists a Supreme Being, but the kind of commitment made manifest by a human being at the end of his tether, foundering in darkness, pain, and bewilderment, who nevertheless remains faithful to the promise of a transformative love.

Many men have robbed themselves of their destiny because they have allowed discouragement to rob them of their dreams.

I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they're really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring to readers a connection to the wonder of life. A good novel shows how life can and ought to be lived. It not only entertains but energizes and uplifts readers.

borrowed time. Therefore, embrace the fact that God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son, and that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life (John 3:16). Respond to the Holy Spirit's

Phase 9: God will establish the Millennial Kingdom at the Second Coming of Jesus.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:16–18)

And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.

We will find out. It will all become clear. Heaven is involved, and heaven never leaves anything in which it is involved unresolved.

It is very painful to love someone and believe you cannot be with them.

Only that Name, the name of Jesus, is worth praising in the middle of your situation.

Our moments of insurmountable circumstances are actually invitations from the Lord to choose to praise Him.

King David knew that the way out of depression was to exchange the spirit of heaviness for a garment of praise, because he was a covenant child of God.

Thanksgiving triggers faith for miracles.

the greatest ministry opportunities I've ever seen have followed the two big tragedies in my life.

But even when we give up on God, He does not give up on us.

Peter's greatest years in serving God came after his greatest failure,

I personally believe in the power of second chances.

I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.

I hope you meet somebody and get married and then they fucking disappoint you and you have to go through a divorce, and then maybe you'll get it.

I had been on a whole lot of folks' prayer lists and God had known for years my address was still 111 Unlucky-in-LOve-Avenue.

Malus: 'You look like a person with doubts.' Zoe: 'I wonder sometimes if any of this is real - or is it just a business, selling hope to people who can't afford it?' Malus: 'Clever people have been asking that question since the iron age, Zoe. The answer remains the same.' Zoe: 'And... ?' Malus: 'Business is good.' (A dialogue regarding the Church between a demon and a human.)

In all my lives, the only thing I've seen save people from themselves is hope. Hope beyond logic. Hope beyond what the eye can see. Filled with hope, the human spirit is an insatiable force of energy, transcending biology to embrace something eternal. Without hope, the spirit dies and nothing awaits but death.

hard times. He said: "Keep your eyes on the resurrection, and you can endure the cross." The cross is not a burden; it's the call of God on our lives.

Several years ago the Lord said something to me that has helped me during hard times. He said: "Keep your eyes on the resurrection, and you can endure the cross.