Devotionals about Hope

Faith

Hope—A Secure Anchor

Read: Hebrews 6:13-20 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. (v. 19 NIV) When the ocean’s waves swell, bashing and jolting violently against ships,

Faith

Christ Our Rock

Read: Psalm 61 From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (v. 2)

fear

Don’t Follow the Crowds!

Read: Matthew 7:7-14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. (v. 14) As I was visiting

Jesus

With Us Always

Read: Matthew 28:16-20 I am with you always. (v. 20) Has there been a time in your life when you wished you sensed Jesus’s presence with you? I felt Jesus’s

struggle

With Us in Betrayal

Read: Matthew 26:14-16; 47-50 Friend, do what you came to do. (v. 50) Betrayal is never pretty. When someone who was loyal to you turns against you, it hurts. You

Jesus

With Us in Agony

Read: Luke 22:39-46 Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. (v. 44) The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines agony as experiencing “intense pain of mind or body.” Other similar words are

Hope

With Us in Prayer

Read: John 17:20-26 I in them and you in me . . . (v. 23) Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, prayed, “Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind

Jesus

With Us in Anger

Read: Mark 11:15-19 He overturned the tables . . . (v. 15) In Brené Brown’s book Atlas of the Heart, the author defines anger as “an emotion that we feel

Jesus

With Us in Grief

Read: John 11:32-37 Jesus wept. (v. 35) As humans the deep sorrow of grief will be part of all of our lives. We know that death is a part of