Having Confident Hope

I learned early on the power of hope. You could be exhausted and ready to give up, but the moment you got the tiniest bit of hope, you got a second wind. Hope gives you strength to move forward despite whatever circumstances you’re facing. It is the possibility of a chance even though the odds are stacked against you. While confidence is the belief that something will happen favorably. You trust in the outcome before it happens no matter what. The Bible talks a lot about confident hope. That is where we trust in the promises of God. The outcome doesn’t rely on chance, but rather the character of God. The more we know God, the more we will know His character. The more we know His character, the more confident our hope will be in the outcome.

Here are some Bible verses on having confident hope.

1. I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13 NLT

2. “There is [confident] hope for your future,” says the Lord; “Your children will come back to their own country.”

Jeremiah 31:17 AMP

3. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.

Ephesians 1:18 NLT

4. O Lord of hosts, How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation].

Psalms 84:12 AMP

5. Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.

Romans 12:12 NLT

Bonus: Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping—believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him, “That’s how many descendants you will have!”

Romans 4:18 NLT

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