For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.

There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling.

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.”

Let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”