Hope
Looking beyond what you see right now.
- He knew, and wept anywayI am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.John 11:25
- God with us, to the endAnd surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.Matthew 28:20
- It is doneIt is finished.John 19:30
- An ending that came laterFor thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.Matthew 6:13
- By her nameMary.John 20:16
- A small beginningThe kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.Matthew 13:31
- Little girl, ariseTalitha koum! … Little girl, I say to you, get up!Mark 5:41
- Someone beside youBut the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all…John 14:26
- Life more abundantlyI have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.John 10:10
- Not staying in the darkI have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in…John 12:46
- Another helperAnd I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—John 14:16
- Better that I goBut I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the…John 16:7
- Rivers of living waterWhoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: Streams of living water will flow from…John 7:38
- Why are you weeping?Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?John 20:15
- LeavenThe kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of…Matthew 13:33
- Oil in your lampTherefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.Matthew 25:13
- A place for youIn My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am…John 14:2
- I have prayed for youBut I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned…Luke 22:32
- Wine at a weddingWoman, why does this concern us? My hour has not yet come.John 2:4
- In three daysDestroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.John 2:19
- Let them grow togetherLet both grow together until the harvest.Matthew 13:30
- A net full of fishOnce again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all…Matthew 13:47
- The master who servesBlessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you,…Luke 12:37
- The rejected stoneHave you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the…Mark 12:10
- Words that remainHeaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.Mark 13:31
- Young man, ariseYoung man, I tell you, get up!Luke 7:14
- The sign of JonahFor as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of…Matthew 12:40
- Their angelsSee that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels…Matthew 18:10
- Already passed overTruly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal…John 5:24
- His brothers didn't believeAlthough your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.John 7:6
- Before Abraham wasTruly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham was born, I am!John 8:58
- The grain of wheatTruly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains…John 12:24
- All to meAnd I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.John 12:32
- The kingdom is hereNor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God…Luke 17:21
- ImpossibleWith man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.Mark 10:27
- The stones would cry outI tell you, if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.Luke 19:40
- A God of the livingHe is not the God of the dead, but of the living.Mark 12:27
- Coming in the cloudsAt that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.Mark 13:26
- A place at the tableSo that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones.Luke 22:30
- Joy no one can takeSo also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no…John 16:22
- At Rome tooTake courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.Acts 23:11
- Comfort for those who grieveBy the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming…1 Thessalonians 4:15
- The keysDo not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I…Revelation 1:17 and 18
- Thyatira: the morning starAnd I will give him the morning star.Revelation 2:28
- Philadelphia: an open doorSee, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a…Revelation 3:8
- As a thiefBehold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed.Revelation 16:15
- All things newBehold, I make all things new. … I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To…Revelation 21:5 and 6
- The last wordYes, I am coming soon.Revelation 22:20
Reading plans with this theme
- Forty days to EasterThe life of Jesus in forty words, from the temple in Jerusalem to Easter morning. Start on Wednesday 17 February 2027 and read every day, Sundays included. Day 33 then falls on Palm Sunday, day 38 on Good Friday and day 40 on Easter Sunday, 28 March 2027. Lent itself begins a week earlier, on Ash Wednesday, because its Sundays are not counted.40 days
- Jesus in GalileeMiracles, conversations and hard sayings around the lake. Forty-three words from the time in Galilee, roughly in the order the Gospels tell them.43 days
- The great discourses in JohnBread, light, the door, the shepherd, the resurrection. The long conversations of the fourth Gospel, in four weeks.27 days
- The last weekFrom the entry into Jerusalem to two days before Passover. What Jesus said in the temple and on the Mount of Olives.19 days
- All the parablesForty-three stories and images Jesus used, roughly in the order of the Gospels. Just over six weeks, one story a day.43 days
- The Holy SpiritWhat Jesus said about the Comforter, the wind and the living water. Nine days, leading up to Pentecost.9 days
- The last eveningTwenty-four words from the evening before his death, from his longing to share the meal to his prayer for us.24 days
- After the resurrectionFrom the empty tomb to the promise of the Spirit. Fourteen words of the risen Jesus.14 days
- The voice in RevelationThe seven letters to the churches and the last words of the Bible. Eleven days.11 days