12 Scriptures to Renew Your Hope

Is your hope tank running on low—or even empty?

We’ve all experienced this feeling. But we aren’t meant to stay there!

God has given us so many reasons to have hope no matter what, so all we have to do is stir up the hope that came to live inside us when we were born again.

Today, if you’re facing challenges as the parent of a teen or in any other area of your life, you can renew your hope.

Start today with these 12 scriptures to renew your hope:

1. Deuteronomy 28:13

And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.

2. Deuteronomy 31:8

And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.

3. Job 8:7

Though your beginning was small…your latter end [will] increase abundantly.

4. Psalm 18:29

For by You I can run against a troop, by my God I can leap over a wall.

5. Psalm 27:13-24

I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!

6. Psalm 31:24

Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord.

7. Isaiah 40:31

But those who wait on 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.

8. Jeremiah 29:11

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

9. Romans 4:18

Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping…(NLT)

10. Romans 8:31

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

11. Romans 15:13

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

12. Hebrews 6:19

This hope we have [is] an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast…

Make these 12 scriptures to renew your hope a part of your daily routine until your mind is renewed and your hope is restored. You can even find more to add to your collection! Remember, there is always a reason to have hope. Trust in Jesus. He wants to do miraculous things in your life.

 *All scriptures referenced are in the New King James Version unless otherwise noted.

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