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  1. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” 1 Peter 1:3-5.

We have an incredible hope. But sometimes life can “get in the way” and it can be hard to hold on to that hope. There are many Bible verses about hope that encourage us and remind us of how much we have to hope for!

Our hope is that after we have lived this life for Jesus we will be like Him and we will be with Him eternally. That’s what we live for.

This requires that we don’t have our focus on things of the earth, but that we have our eyes set in the heavenly places.

  1. “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.” Colossians 3:1-2.

Sometimes this can be hard to do, as the cares of this world threaten to choke out our hope and draw our sights down to an earthlyRefers to everything of this earth, as opposed to heavenly things. Example: Earthly treasures/heavenly treasures. The earthly things pass away (are temporal), but the heavenly things are eternal. (Matthew 6:19-21; level. But we know we have a better hope than that! Here is a collection of Bible verses about hope that can be used as a weapon to fight back those threats and help us to see past this world to the eternal.

  1. “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.” Ephesians 1:18.
  2. “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:17-18.