Bible Verses About Hope In God In Hard Times
Jesus said, If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. Jesus answered them, Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. - John 8:31-34
Going Through Addiction & Being Addicted
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. - Rom 12:2, cf. 2 Cor 3:18
Going Through Confusion & Being Confused
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair - 2 Corinthians 4:8
Going Through Crisis & Hard Times
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. - Matthew 7 13:14
Going Through Disaster
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation. - Psalm 149:4
Going Through Grief Or Sadness
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words. - 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
Imprisonment Or Doing Hard Time
And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. - Acts 12:3-19
Going Through Oppression
Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart. - Zachariah 7:10
Poverty, Being Poor Or Financial Hard Times
If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you. - Leviticus 25:35
Tiredness Or Being Tired
Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed. -Hebrews 12:12,13
Weakness Or Being Weak
Have I not commanded you, to be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. - Joshua 1:9
