Thursday, May 26, 2011

7 Hope Bible Verses

How do you find hope when life seems unbearable? The Bible is a great source of hope for those struggling. The truth found in the Bible is everlasting and life changing. I pray that these Bible verses about hope are helpful to you today. Please add any other verse that you might love when it comes to seeking hope to the comments so this may be a better resource for all.

Hope Bible Verses

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

1 Corinthians 15:19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

Romans 12:12  Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Numbers 23:19  God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

John 4:13-14 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Hebrews 11:1  Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Mark 5:35-36  While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”

Other Resources around the web:

Bible Verses about Hope and Love

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Friends and Friendship Bible Verses

The Bible is a guidebook for every aspect of life. The words are powerful and should be used to make decisions. Friendship is no exception as those seeking to find the right friends can be guided by these Bible verses. Besides showing what friends to have, the Bible teaches you about how to treat your friends and what an important friend we have in Jesus. The Bible verses on friendship will be helpful to you today if you read through them slowly and put them into action.

Friends and Friendship Bible Verses

John 15:12-15 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

Proverbs 13:20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Romans 12:10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Out do one another in showing honor.

Ephesians 4:29-32 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Proverbs 19:20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.

Christian Friendship Quotes

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature. ~Abraham LincolnHe who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson"The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are."
C.S. LewisResources and Other Friendship Articles from around the Web:

Friendship Bible Verses

Bible Advice for Friendship