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IN A BOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF A LAKE Patrick and Ruth Schwenk 30 SCRIPTURES FOR HOPE IN HARD TIMES
IN A BOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF A LAKE
Patrick and Ruth Schwenk
30 SCRIPTURES FOR
HOPE IN HARD TIMES
30 SCRIPTURES FOR
HOPE IN HARD TIMES
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In the middle of the hard stuff, it’s easy
for us to focus on how we feel, but one
of the greatest sources of hope and
encouragement, is the truth of God’s Word.
The following are thirty verses to help you
turn toward what God’s Word says in
the middle of your hardest times. We are
praying that as you open your heart and
mind to our Heavenly Father, He will
increasingly fill you with His Spirit,
giving you more of His grace, love, and truth!
IN A BOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF A LAKE
30 SCRIPTURES FOR HOPE IN HARD TIMES
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30 SCRIPTURES FOR HOPE IN HARD TIMES
Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of
them. The Lord your God, who is going before you, will
fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your
very eyes, and in the wilderness. There you saw how
the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son,
all the way you went until you reached this place.”
DEUTERONOMY 1:29-31
“Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord,
have never forsaken those who seek you.”
PSALM 9:10
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“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me
beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me
along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though
I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil,
for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort
me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of
my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days
of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
PSALM 23
“The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold
of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”
PSALM 27:1
“Be strong and take heart,
all you who hope in the Lord.”
PSALM 31:24
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“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”
PSALM 56:3
“Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation
comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.”
PSALM 62:1-2
“When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation brought me joy.”
PSALM 94:19
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways
submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
PROVERBS 3:5-6
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“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds
are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
ISAIAH 26:3
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed,
for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
ISAIAH 41:10
“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.”
ISAIAH 41:13
“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are
no grapes on the vines,though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food, though there are
no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.”
HABAKKUK 3:17-18
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30 SCRIPTURES FOR HOPE IN HARD TIMES
“For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish
but have eternal life.”
JOHN 3:16
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you
and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
MATTHEW 11:28-30
“I am the resurrection and the life.
The one who believes in me will live, even though
they die; and whoever lives by believing in me
will never die. Do you believe this?”
JOHN 11:25-26
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“My Father’s house has many rooms;
if that were not so, would I have told you that
I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go
and prepare a place for you, I will come back and
take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”
JOHN 14:2-3
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
ROMANS 5:1
“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth
comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”
ROMANS 8:18
“He who did not spare his own Son,
but gave him up for us all—how will he not also,
along with him, graciously give us all things?”
ROMANS 8:32
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“If only for this life we have hope in Christ,
we are of all people most to be pitied.”
1 CORINTHIANS 15:19
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles,
so that we can comfort those in any trouble
with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly
we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed
day by day. For our light and momentary troubles
are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs
them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,
but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary,
but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18
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“For it is by grace you have been saved,
through faith—and this is not from yourselves,
it is the gift of God— not by works,
so that no one can boast.”
EPHESIANS 2:8-9
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation,
by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God. And the peace of God,
which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7
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“Set your minds on things above,
not on earthly things.”
COLOSSIANS 3:2
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess,
for he who promised is faithful.”
HEBREWS 10:23
“Keep your lives free from the love of money
and be content with what you have,
because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.’”
HEBREWS 13:5
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30 SCRIPTURES FOR HOPE IN HARD TIMES
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living
hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or
fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through
faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the
salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
“In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little
while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds
of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness
of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes
even though refined by fire—may result in praise,
glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
“Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though
you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled
with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving
the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
1 PETER 1:3-9
“To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat
from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”
REVELATION 2:7
