Real life • God’s word

Hope.

Biblical hope is not pretending a hard situation will definitely end the way you want. It is confidence that suffering is not the whole story and that God remains worthy of trust inside uncertainty.

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Open the app with the question, prayer, or part of life you are carrying. AskJesus helps you move into Scripture, reflection, prayer, and a faithful next step.

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Hope
Ask what you’re carrying.
How do I hold on to hope when nothing around me looks hopeful?
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How do I hold on to hope when nothing around me looks hopeful?

Hope can be practiced through remembering, prayer, community, service, gratitude, and attention to the next faithful step rather than constant prediction of the future.

Try this today: Write down one evidence of grace from the past, one truth for the present, and one faithful action for the next twenty-four hours.
Scripture to open

Read the passage, not only the verse.

Romans 5:3–5

Start here. Read the surrounding paragraph and ask what it shows about God, people, and the next faithful response.

Romans 15:13

Read the surrounding verses and write one truth, one question, and one faithful response.

Psalm 42:11

Read the surrounding verses and write one truth, one question, and one faithful response.

Lamentations 3:21–24

Read the surrounding verses and write one truth, one question, and one faithful response.

1 Peter 1:3

Read the surrounding verses and write one truth, one question, and one faithful response.