HOPE
PSALM 33:20 (CEB)
We put our hope in the LORD.
He is our help and our shield.
ROMANS 8:24 (CEV)
And this hope is what saves us.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
We can't really see how everything is going to work out, yet our faith in God causes us to be hopeful about what's coming.
PRAYER
God, you are the armor that will protect us when the going gets rough. Forgive me for worrying about the future -- for doubting that you'll look out for me. Restore my hope. Just as I had faith when I began to trust Christ as my Savior so do I have faith in him as I anticipate what's coming. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
