Hope and Faith, which is which?

Hope and Faith

Hope and Faith are two very different things.  You can have Faith and Hope together or you can have one or the other, but I find it very difficult to have Faith without having Hope.

I seem to have Hope more strongly often times than I have Faith.  Although it is not that I don't have Faith, it is just that I have Faith that God can do all things, sometimes I just don't have Faith that He will do some of those things for me. 

Obviously I am unworthy and therefore I usually fall down in my Faith because of my undeserving human self.  But I always Hope the God will answer the way I want Him to.  And that is another issue with Faith.  

The bible says that if we have Faith as big (or small) as a mustard seed, we can move mountains.  Faith in what? In God most likely, but will God, just because we asked, move a mountain when it shouldn't be moved?  Will God give me a job that I think is perfect for me, even if it isn't, if I have enough Faith?

What happens when two baseball teams are playing in a championship game and both are asking God in Faith, to let them win?  Who wins?

And yet, do believe in praying for specifics.  I want God's will to be done but I believe He expects us to ask for and pray about our needs specifically in Faith.

 When the bible tells us to have Faith, is it talking about Faith that God can or Faith that God will?
Are trusting and believing the same as Faith?  I'm not a bible scholar by any means but I did find that the words Trust and Belief in the bible are often also Pistis as found below.

In Strong's Concordance I found this...

The original word for Faith is pístis be persuaded, come to trust; faith.  Faith (pistis) is always a gift from God, and never something that can be produced by people. In short, pistis ("faith") for the believer is "God's divine persuasion" – and therefore distinct from human belief (confidence), yet involving it. The Lord continuously births faith in the yielded believer so they can know what He prefers, i.e. the persuasion of His will (1 Jn 5:4). 

 

I often feel like the father of the boy with the evil spirit in Mark 9:23 who said "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!". (persuade me perhaps)

The Greek word Pistis seems to say that God gives us the Faith we need when we need it.

Hope is easy.  Unless things are really going downhill fast, I most always have Hope.  We need to have Hope.  Without Hope, life is miserable.  Hope tells us that things can turn around in a day or an hour or even with just a phone call.    Hope is glorious.  Faith is hard unless we understand that Faith comes from God not the other way around.

In Strong's Concordance I found this...
The original word for Hope is ἐλπίς (sometimes written ἐλπίς; s2. much more frequent in the classics, and always in the New Testament., in a good sense: expectation of good, hope; and in the Christian sense, joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation: Acts 23:6; Acts 26:7; Romans 5:4; Romans 12:12; Romans 15:13; 1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 3:15; 




Christian you decide.  I would love to have your thoughts on this.

Questions:
How do you pray?  Specifics or God's will or both?
Do you have Faith that God can do what you ask?
Do you have Faith that God will do what you ask?
What about Hope?
 And What about Love?  Ah that's a blog for another day.

  REMINDER - when you read scripture always know who is speaking and who they are speaking to.  The bible is a mixture of literal truth, parables, examples, exhortation to specific groups of people for a specific issue, prophecy for the future, and writings about things in the past.  Jesus wants you to have a relationship with Him even if you don't believe or understand every word of the bible.

And please read the entire scripture before and after these references. 

The Hope scriptures follow the Faith scriptures.

What the Bible Says about Faith:

Matthew 21:22 ESV

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Romans 10:17 ESV 

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV 

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Mark 11:22-24 ESV 

And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

James 2:19 ESV 

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

Hebrews 11:1 ESV 

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Luke 1:37 ESV 

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV 

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Hebrews 11:1-13:25 ESV 

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...

Ephesians 2:8 ESV 

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

1 Corinthians 2:5 ESV 

That your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV 

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

James 2:14-26 ESV 

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ...

James 2:24 ESV 

You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

James 1:5-8 ESV 

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

John 3:16 ESV 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Philippians 4:13 ESV 

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Matthew 21:21-22 ESV 

And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Luke 17:5 ESV

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV 

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Galatians 2:16 ESV 

Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Hebrews 11:7 ESV

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Romans 12:3 ESV 

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

Mark 9:23 ESV 

And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Romans 4:20-21 ESV 

No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.

James 2:18 ESV 

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

1 John 5:1 ESV 

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

Habakkuk 2:4 ESV 

“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

Romans 5:1-5 ESV

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

John 3:36 ESV / 73 helpful votes

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Romans 10:9 ESV

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Luke 13:3 ESV 

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

John 6:47 ESV 

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

Luke 18:27 ESV 

But he said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”

John 20:31 ESV

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Psalm 37:5-6 ESV 

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

Mark 11:22 ESV 

And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.

Proverbs 3:6 ESV 

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...

1 Timothy 6:12 ESV 

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV 

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

James 2:17 ESV

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Mark 4:38-41 ESV

But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Matthew 17:20 ESV 

He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

2 Peter 1:5-8 ESV

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV 

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 Timothy 1:19 ESV 

Holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith,

Galatians 3:26 ESV

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

Romans 14:23 ESV

But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

Acts 14:22 ESV

Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

Matthew 15:25-28 ESV 

But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” And he answered, “It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.” Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.

2 Peter 1:1 ESV 

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

Hebrews 10:38-39 ESV

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

Romans 12:1-21 ESV

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. ...

Acts 28:1-31 ESV 

After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta. The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold. When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand. When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.” He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. ...

James 2:26 ESV 

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

Romans 4:20 ESV 

No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,

Mark 5:36 ESV 

But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”

Genesis 15:6 ESV

And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

1 John 5:4 ESV 

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

Matthew 8:5-13 ESV

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ...

Romans 3:1-31 ESV

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? ..

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What the bible says about Hope:

Romans 12:12 ESV 

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Romans 15:13 ESV

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV

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.

Romans 5:2-5 ESV

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV 

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Isaiah 40:31 ESV

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Psalm 39:7 ESV 

“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Romans 8:24 ESV

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

Hebrews 11:1 ESV 

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Proverbs 23:18 ESV

Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Romans 8:25 ESV 

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Psalm 71:14 ESV 

But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more.

Proverbs 13:12 ESV

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Romans 8:24-25 ESV

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

1 Peter 3:15 ESV 

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Proverbs 10:28 ESV

The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

Hebrews 6:19 ESV 

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,

Psalm 71:5 ESV 

For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.

Psalm 43:5 ESV 

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Job 14:7-9 ESV

“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put out branches like a young plant.

Lamentations 3:24 ESV

“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”

Romans 15:4 ESV 

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Psalm 33:18 ESV 

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

2 Corinthians 3:12 ESV

Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,

Psalm 33:22 ESV 

Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.

Romans 5:4 ESV 

And endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

Zechariah 9:12 ESV 

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.

1 John 3:3 ESV

And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Psalm 9:18 ESV

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

Psalm 130:7 ESV

O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.

Proverbs 24:14 ESV 

Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Psalm 119:114 ESV 

You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.

Acts 24:15 ESV 

Having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.

1 Peter 1:13 ESV

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:1-21 ESV

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. ...

Titus 2:13 ESVs

Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Titus 3:7 ESV 

So that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Psalm 146:5 ESV 

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Psalm 119:81 ESV 

My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 ESV

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

1 Corinthians 15:19 ESV 

If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

1 John 4:18 ESV / 70 helpful votes

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

Ephesians 1:18 ESV 

Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

Hebrews 6:18-19 ESV

So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,

Colossians 1:27 ESV

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Romans 5:5 ESV 

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Psalm 119:116 ESV

Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!

Titus 1:2 ESV

In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

Hebrews 6:11 ESV 

And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,

Ephesians 4:4 ESV 

There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—

Romans 5:3-5 ESV 

More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Romans 4:18 ESV 

In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”

Colossians 1:5 ESV

Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,

Hebrews 10:23 ESV 

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

Ephesians 2:12 ESV

Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Job 8:13 ESV 

Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.

Hebrews 6:18 ESV 

So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Psalm 119:49 ESV 

Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV 

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

1 Peter 1:21 ESV 

Who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

1 Timothy 1:1 ESV 

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

Psalm 119:166 ESV 

I hope for your salvation, O Lord, and I do your commandments.

1 Timothy 4:9-10 ESV 

The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

Colossians 1:23 ESV 

If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Romans 8:28 ESV

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Philippians 1:20 ESV

As it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

Job 11:18 ESV 

And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security.