The Truth About Hopelessness

"The Father has given me a living hope through Jesus"

1. The Father is trustworthy in times of difficulty.
*Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

*Isaiah 50:10 Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.

*Psalm 42:11Why are you downcast , O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

2. God is always faithful, even when I'm not.
* Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.

*1 Corinthians 1:9 God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

*Psalm 36:5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.

3. My Father is greater than my troubles.
*John 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

4. My Father's loving heart has planned help for me.
*Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

*Isaiah 41:13 For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, do not fear; I will help you.

5. The Father makes a way for me through depression.
*Psalm 18:28 You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

*2 Corinthians 7:6 But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us.

6. The Father is pouring out fresh mercy for me today.
*Lamentations 3:21-24 This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him."

*Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

7. My Father's thoughts toward me are always good and filled with hope for me.
*Jeremiah 29:11 “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.”

8. I can do all things in Christ.
*Philippians 4:16 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

9. My Father is walking before me, preparing my way.
*Isaiah 43:18,19 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.

10. The Father gives me His comfort and encouragement.
*Isaiah 61:2,3 … to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion-to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.

*2 Thessalonians 2:16,17 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.

*2 Corinthians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.