Quotes About Hope

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herodís grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

When she recognized Peterís voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”

But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.

Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.

After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”

From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.

Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

But God raised Him from the dead,

And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ëYou are My Son; today I have become Your Father.í

In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ëI will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.í

So also, He says in another Psalm: ëYou will not let Your Holy One see decay.í

But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ëI have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.í”

And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.

And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

where they continued to preach the gospel.

In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.

In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.