Hope for You and Me

verb. As a noun, hope means “the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will 

turn out for the best”. As a verb, hope means, “to look forward to with desire and reasonable 

confidence; to believe, desire, or trust” (definitions from dictionary.com).

What does the Bible tell us? The word “hope” is found 151 times in the NKJV. 

“Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; 

For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God” (Psalm 42:11). Trusting 

in God for our salvation, for our strength, for our guidance, and for our eternal reward gives us 

what we need to survive and thrive in this challenging world in which we live.

So often, life disappoints us through friends who are not what they seem, jobs that bring heartache rather than satisfaction, material things that breakdown, and the choices we make that turn out wrong. It is not so with God. Romans 5;5 tells us our hope in God does not disappoint.

We love reading the Bible because it gives us instruction, comfort, and hope. Please note 

Romans 15:4, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we 

through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope”.

Our hope is in our God through His Son, Jesus Christ. We have hope (blessed assurance) that 

if we have believed and obeyed the gospel of Jesus, we are saved and have eternal life as we 

continue to stay faithful in Jesus (Ephesians 1:22,23).

Dear friends, what about you? Where is your hope at? In yourself? In the world? Why not put 

your hope in the One who never disappoints? 

Stay true to the Word,

Brother Travis