Hopelessness

They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them. — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me? — read the full passage →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

so, then--not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.'

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

I sought Jehovah, and He answered me, And from all my fears did deliver me. — read the full passage →

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

And Jesus immediately, having heard the word that is spoken, saith to the chief of the synagogue, `Be not afraid, only believe.'

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

Turn to Me, and be saved, all ends of the earth, For I <FI>am<Fi> God, and there is none else.

And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope--it <FI>is<Fi> of Thee.

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself, — read the full passage →

If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me. — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.

Also let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed.

no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.

Only--for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him <FI>is<Fi> my hope.

Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou <FI>art<Fi> the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.

who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

So <FI>is<Fi> the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry, — read the full passage →

From Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth. — read the full passage →

for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for <FI>it<Fi> ? — read the full passage →

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

By David, in his changing his behaviour before Abimelech, and he driveth him away, and he goeth. I do bless Jehovah at all times, Continually His praise <FI>is<Fi> in my mouth. — read the full passage →

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

And it cometh to pass, when their heart <FI>is<Fi> glad, that they say, `Call for Samson, and he doth play before us;' and they call for Samson out of the prison-house, and he playeth before them, and they cause him to stand between the pillars. — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

Thou wilt say, then, to me, `Why yet doth He find fault? for His counsel who hath resisted?' — read the full passage →

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them.

and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, — read the full passage →

Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

according to a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied!

But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

And the salvation of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> from Jehovah, Their strong place in a time of adversity. — read the full passage →

Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!

Many <FI>are<Fi> the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.

Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age. — read the full passage →

Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me? — read the full passage →

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren; — read the full passage →

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done <FI>it<Fi> , And I wait <FI>on<Fi> Thy name for <FI>it is<Fi> good before Thy saints!

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

And we--we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known--in Elijah--what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort, — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

And Thou, O Jehovah, <FI>art<Fi> a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, — read the full passage →

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time, — read the full passage →

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down; — read the full passage →

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,