These scriptures on hopelessness will give you hope and will build your faith. Confess and meditate on them to win the fight against hopelessness. The whole fight is about not losing Hope. Allow the hope of God to flow into you. Remember, there is a real Person (God) behind each and every one of these promises. He promised them to you for a reason – to help you.
Depression is the emotional result of hopelessness. Joy is the emotional result of hope. Peace is the emotional result of faith.
God’s hope encourages, motivates, and keeps you on the road to faith, peace, and victory. Hopelessness breeds and creates the ‘feeling‘ of depression. Fight it with the Word of God. And if you suffer from deep ongoing depression, PLEASE READ THIS – Helping Others Is God’s Prescription for Depression. Send me a comment, we love you and we want to help you. You are important and you have value. You will get out of this hole.
Anyone who is among the living has hope. Ecclesiastes 9:4
Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 23:18
No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame. (Psalm 25:3)
You are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. (Psalm 25:5)
May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you. (Psalm 33:22)
Those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land. (Psalm 37:9)
Why are you downcast, o my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. (Psalm 42:5)
In your name I will hope, for your name is good. (Psalm 52:9)
Find rest, o my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. (Psalm 62:5)
You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas. (Psalm 65:5)
For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth. (Psalm 71:5)
But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. (Psalm 71:14)
I have put my hope in your word. (Psalm 119:74)
Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed. (Psalm 119:116)
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. (Romans 15:4)
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13)
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. (2 Corinthians 3:12)
I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. (Ephesians 1:18-19)
There is one body and one Spirit – just as you were called to one hope when you were called– one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. (Ephesians 4:4-6)
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ form the dead. (1 Peter 1:3)
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Comments
I feel so empty and lost, it’s like everything is crashing down on top of me. Sometimes I just feel like giving up. I have given so much of myself to people and now I am so tired that I just want to be left alone, it’s like nobody seems to care about all my hurt and pain I’m dealing with.
It seems you are depending to much on yourself and others. You need to be still and seek God for your strength to continue to carry on.
I feel hopeless in love and have been used a lot, these helped immensely.
Beka I can feel you are a loving person. So sorry you were mistreated keep your eyes on Jesus. You are on the right track speak the scriptures on Scriptures on Healing From Abuse as stated on these site. As you declare these scriptures you will see and feel the Lord helping you. Your spirit will start to get stronger scriptures tell us when the heart is turned to the Lord. The veil is taken away and you are able to experience His Presence. God bless you on your journey with the Lord.
Praise the Lord!
Yoli
I am having a rough night, and this helped. Even if just a little. I am glad I clicked this one, of all links.
I need the prayer of hope to keep striving. I recently lost a job after 3 weeks and have been severely depressed and low confidence trying to figure out why they let me go. They just said it wasn’t working out
But GOD is my refuge and we see me through this hardship.
I need prayer because i am going thru a bitter divorce. He is trying to take my home and he has been out of the home for two and a half years.
Faye, please trust in Jesus that he will put you where he wants you, humble yourself, who knows maybe its in the Lord’s plan, although not yours, for you all to maybe even make it as impossible as that may seem to you. I know it may just make your skin crawl right now, but if you pray about it because it’s the commandment of God to not divorce maybe just maybe it will end the fairy tale as it absolutely will in the very near future when Jesus comes for us so please just be patient and humble and submit as a wife if you only will start by asking Jesus to open your heart, just please ask on faith don’t think about the outcome that is for the mighty Lord to do, grace and blessing from our Lord Jesus Christ…stay in the word, stay in the word! Stay in the word!!!
I have a friend that thinks i dont want to be her friend because of me distancing myself, she thinks i want her to change, which is not true, i just wanted her to stop some things i dont want her to do to me, not changer her, since we have an age gap. But i only did my actions so that she will understand that i really dont like what she’s doing to me. Because it seems that even i said it in front of her face, she still wont stop and thought im kidding, i try telling her subtly so that i wont hurt her feeling, but then shes taking it lightly and thought i was not serious, so when i took drastic actions like distancing myself, which i told her i would if she dont stop, she thought i was kidding, and now that i did, i think she’s offended and thought i dont want her to be my friend and that i wanted to change her. I’ve been praying to jesus to help and guide me on what actions to take to fix our friendship. Ive been giving her messages to justify my actions, she replies telling me she understands. But then she’s aloof and doesn’t seem to be like we used to be. And i also read some post on her page. That she’s tired of listening on useless words. I thought she’s pertaning to my messages, i fell depressed, and i don’t know if staying friends would still be healthy for both of us. But thinking of losing her as a friend saddens me. I thought opening up to her and justifying my actions would make her understand me, i thought i was doing the right thing since i was confident that its right thing for i ask jesus guidance for my actions. But it seems me opening up with her hurt her, making our friendship turn for worse. Should i just let her go? Or should i keep struggling, making her see what she means to me? Please help me be enlightened on what would be better for both of us. Im 23 yrs old. And shes 18 years old. Were both on college, weve known each other for 3 years, were very happy before doing childish things, we dont mind other thinking like were kids. I was having fun and free with her, i never had a friend like her, and i never opened to anyone other than her, shed the first person that i tried to make understand me, i have previous friends but i never let them see the real me. I was so nervous at first telling her about myself and i thought we would be great friends, i thought she understands me, i know im a bit of a mess as a friend but i want to try having someone know me. So its realy sad that she like this now. Please guide me.
I just wanted to express my gratitude and appreciation to prophet salifu for bringing my husband back to me,I was married to my husband for 4 years and all of a sudden he started seeing another lady (his mistress).he started hailing at me and he was abusive.. and he hated me , but I still loved him with all my heart . the situation made me unsettle and not to focus at work .so a friend told me about trying (prophet salifu )spiritual means to get my husband back and introduced me to him ? i did not listen to her and hoped that my husband will come back home . after 9 month of seperation and depression , it got out of hand and my husband came back home to break the news to me that he want a divorce that he is getting married to his mistress .Hmmm it was so shocking to me ,i felt sad and more depressed ,so i contacted my friend again and decieded to try to use spiritual means reluctantly..although I didn’t believe in all those things? I never thought in a million years that i will get my husband back to me a again. but I was proved wrong.after 24 hours, my husband came back and was pleading..he had realized his mistakes..i just couldn’t believe it that we are back together. I am deeply satisfied and thankful with prophet salifu work .if you also want to fix you marriage or relationship email him at or , his work is for a better life .
I enjoyed the scriptures and reading many of the comments. I’d add a few—i.e. several verses tell us things like, “set your hope” on the Lord and the grace we will recieve.. I find this both challenging and assuring. I.e. it’s challenging when you feel depressed. It’s assuring that, with God’s help and by his grace, we can decide where to put our hope. A phrase adjacent to that one (in 1 Pet. 1:13) is “prepare your minds for action”. We don’t work our way to salvation. but we work in our salvation if we want its blessings to control our perspective. And of course “it’s” not an “in”, it’s about realizing more and more the empowering presence of our Savior.
I too ask for prayer. The man I loved walked out on me I became depressed found out tho I had no money I must move or I will be homeless with my little girl and found out that though the last two years I quit my job went to school applied for the medical assisting program and didn’t make it in. God is good I know he needs me somewhere else just need his help. Need guidance and direction.Thank you.
Dear Faith Mechanic…..
I am in desperate need of prayer……I wouldn’t say a relationship….I don’t even know what to call it…..but I met this man on the internet that I came very close to. We became to get to know each other and decided that we wanted to try a relationship. He was in between jobs and fell on hard times….I’ve helped him out numerous times….not because I wanted him to like me…but I have a very giving heart. But on the other hand….he has not shown his appreciation for anything that I have done…not that I look for repayment (which would be nice) but he hasn’t taken time to visit or show me that he cares about me. I’ve shared with him several times that I feel as if I am being used and he says that is not the case. He’s told me several times that he loves me and that he wants to spend the rest of his life with me…but his actions don’t match up with what he says. I’ve found out that he is separated from his wife….and that took me back a little….I’m so confused right now….My mind is telling me to leave him alone….but my heart is telling me to stay……I gave him and ultimatum and he admitted that he has not done right be me and that he will. He says that I need to give him time to make his situation right…but I feel that I have given him enough time already. I’ve prayed and prayed and prayed for the Lord to fix this situation but I don’t know what to do. Usually I would have left this situation alone…but I feel that I need to stay. But one thing is certain….I’m not happy and I feel like I am depressed…..I need some help because I feel like all hope is gone. Please pray for me on my behalf!!!
Thanks and God Bless you In Advance
Bunny – I will pray for you. I will pray that you get delivered from what sounds like an obsessive and addictive one-way relationship. You are worth much more than this. Get out and get free. Look to Jesus in faith and He will bring someone who will treat you with love, respect, and appreciation. He does not care about his wife and he does not care about you. Get out now!
Do not look to your feelings. Look to what you know. If Jesus was standing in front of you right now and asked you what the right thing was, what would you say? You just have to do it. We love you. You really are valuable and precious. We will pray for you. If you do not have one, find a good Bible believing church to attend. God bless
Thank you Soo Much…..
Hi. I recently applied to a program at my school (radiologic tech.) with a 3.07. This program is based on the highest gpa. I know we are suppose to have faith in God. But it gets hard sometimes. And sometimes I question if I’m actually good enough. I tried nursing, did not work. Disappointment after disappointment.
I am sorry you have disappointments. I know how you feel. I want to this person in Germany to be my mentor and I pray and pray and yet nothing. I pray with John 14. 12-14 and still nothing. Christ PROMISED in John 14. 12-14 and yet I am trying to trust and it is hard. Everything I pray for has been a big letdown. I will pray for your dream will be met with a “yes” from Christ.
Hi Pam,
I have quit smoking and drinking, but it was not in my wife’s time line, instead it was in the time line that God gave me. So it really does not matter much, as she still says she has made up her mind and refuses to even try marriage counseling. Thanks for your kind words. I just keep praying about hope that she changes her mind, but that will have to be God’s will.
i been reading the bible for about a month now. the reason for this is because i feel lonely unloved hopeless and very depressed. sometimes i just dont want to live anymore.it seems i will never find a man that would love me.
For God so loved the world (you as well Gwen) that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him would not persish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Continue to seek God in his word. Psalms 119:28 says My soul weeps because of grief;
Strengthen me according to Your word. Gwen. The devil is a liar…. connect with a church where scripture is taught and receive Gods love through his church. No church is perfect, but allow the Lord to love you through them. If you dont have a church, look up AG.ORG and with your zipcode you can find some churches. Jesus died to give you hope and to set you free from depression. Will be praying for you.
God loves you….reading the bible is a good start but what you need right now is fellowship. Go to church sign up for a group and attend…even on the days you dont feel like it. Dont worry about finding a man…find God and he will bless you with what you need. My best friend was murdered and i started to seek Him. He healed things i had no idea i needed healed. Still dealing with the loss but i have the support from my church group to get through. You feel less alone this way
i began to read the bible not to long ago. the reason for that was i been feeling so depressed and so alone. i do have faults and i ask god for forgiveness. but right now i am the point where i dont want to live anymore.
Please pray that my current separation from my wife end and that we may reconcile and fix our marriage by going to counseling. That my wife Jennifer take me back and that we together to fix our marriage. Please Lord my God help me in fixing myself and that i continue to not drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes. I suffer from post dramatic stress because i was sexually abused by a man when i was 10 years. I would drink to make me forget about the abuse, I have done this for about 4 years and each time i went to counseling and was ok, but most recently in late September i went back to my old ways of drinking and my wife told to get help and i didn’t . She told me on January 20 at night that she is done with me and that she has told the kids that we are separating. The next day i didn’t go to work but instead i tried to kill myself. I spent 4 hours in the garage with the car running and when i woke up after 3 hours of being knocked out i woke up and was still alive and the car was still running. After i came back from the hospital my wife told to get my stuff and stay at my parents place. It has been since January 25 that i have stayed at my parents place, she does not want to even try marriage counseling and said that the marriage is over. I am now getting professorial help by a psychologist and i have stopped drinking and smoking. But she still does not want to go marriage counseling. My wife has given me many chances, but this time i am getting professorial help. Please pray for me and Jennifer.
will be praying for you Eric
Thank You, yolanda, i need all the praying and help i can get.
I’ve always been an firm believer that god puts you right where you need to be in life … I just came from church … But let me back track a little I’m 31 with four children I’m raising on my own . May 20th makes 10 years since god called my only sister home so I’m raising her two boys also so that’s a total of 6 children. April 22nd made 8 years since my mother passed . So I’m raising these children alone with only help coming from God alone. I suffer from asthma depression and an heart condition. Now I write all this not for sympathy but fir empathy. I must admit I’m very blessed my my lord.. And highly favored . My problem is not money nor any worldly things. I’m struggling with my children. I don’t feel appreciated at all I do the best I can and they just demand for me. They are 14,13,12,11,9 and 5. I no it may not seem that big to a lot of problems today .. We a far from rich but my god handles all we need to survive as humans . It’s just I’m doing it alone I would image they would see my struggle and not just take advantage of me .
Happy Mother’s Day, Ryshenna! You needed to hear that. And you need to know that you are an honorable, BLESSED woman. Though we don’t feel like it, God sees all you are doing !
I have lost everything! I have been lied too, cheated, stolen from, u name it! It has happened to me. I really don’t want to live anymore. I’ve lost all control of my life and I don’t think I will ever be happy again. I pray everyday that god takes me off this earth.
In life we go through trials and tribulation,that makes us lose hope and faith, that makes us stop believing, that makes us give up life, and we get lost in the pain and suffering. We only see dark and no light, no better tomorrow. I know the feeling believe me BUT i know God is there and will not leave us neither will he forsake us. He only brings good to us and not bad. He is a living God and there is a reason behind every situation. Pray, followship, trust him and never forget his goodness it will help u keep going. Read psalm 143 and Isaiah 40:28-31..
God bless you
Shari Kas
TO ALL JESUS DOESN’T HATE ARE MAD AT YOU. HE HEARS YOU. HAVE FAITH BELIEVE DON’T GIVE UP ARE DOUBT. THE ENEMY WILL MAKE YOU THINK THAT JESUS DOESN’T CARE. BUT IT’S YOUR FAITH THAT HAS TO KNOW GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROBLEMS. JESUS SAID BLESS THOSE WHO HASN’T SEEN BUT BELIEVES. JESUS IS AWESOME PUT ALL YOUR FAITH IN HIM AND WATCH HIM MOVE AROUND IN YOUR LIFE.. IN JESUS NAME AMEN AND AMEN 🙂
Hi everyone, I Love God very much, I believe in him and know that He is real. But lately I feel like He just doesn’t care. I resigned at my previous job last year because I was underpaid, overworked, no growth,ill-treatment, no challenges etc. Since resigning I have been actively seeking work, its been 6 months now and nothing. Once in a while I will get an interview but nothing will come out of it, I pray , I Fast, I try my best to live a God pleasing life. But I still feel like I’m far away from Gods mercy! The worst part is I have friends who are moving up with their lives, they have good jobs , they are getting cars and I’m just stuck. I even fear that I’m starting to burden my Mother who’s a single parent. Please Pray for me! I cry my self to sleep everytime. My debts are piling, I fill useless, if it wasn’t for my mother I would have longed killed myself. I know she loves me but the is only so much she can also do, the said part is I really do apply for jobs. Please Pray for me. I don’t want to go down the depression spiral again, been there and its not a nice place.
I am at my lowest, darkest moment. For 3 years I have been struggling with debt. Everyday I worry about my bills and loans. I have daily expenses on top of my payables. And my oblîgations just keep piling. I’ve been lying to people I love to cover up my financial mess. And add to this, I’ve just been diagnosed with a critical and permanent heart condition, aortic dissection. I’ve been hospitalized twice and if not for my little daughter I would have wanted to die. I dont know what to do. I feel so sinful, careless and useless. I am so unworthy of God’s blessings. I keep praying for a miracle but I think the Lord thinks I dont deserve one. I am desperate. Thank you.
Maritess – God loves you and that makes you deserving of a deliverance and a blessing. There is mercy and protection in God’s hand for you. Turn it all over to God and repent. He can and will work it out when it is totally in His hands. We mess things up and God is the one Who puts it all back together.
I speak grace and mercy and forgiveness and deliverance all over you and your family in Jesus Name. I speak hope and courage and peace and rest to your heart, soul, and mind. I curse embarrassment and shame. You will make it in JESUS NAME.
God, work mightily in Maritess’ life and situation. Show your power and mighty hand to her. Work in her spiritual heart, her physical heart, and in her finances. Take the pressures from her because you paid for them over 2,000 years ago on the Cross. I am believing for you to work in her life in Jesus Name!!
Thank you so much for your inspiring words! May God bless you a hundredfold.
Maritess – Read the uplifting articles on this site about faith and confess (speak out) the confessions and scripture lists that speak to you. Keep faith and peace in your heart, listen to Him and obey, and see the salvation of the Lord.
It takes faith, and faith comes by hearing, so seek Him and listen to Him. He WILL speak to you, be patient. Get the word down inside of you so that it will come out of you to victory. He will do it. You will make it. Read this – Mercy – Bending the Rules of God. God bless
Sir thank you so much. Hope you dont mind if I ask another question. How does one completely surrender? How do I turn everything over to the Lord? I always read complete surrender but I am so lost as to how to do this. Thank you again.
That is a most beautiful and true response. Your words bring hope where there was none. YOU are a steward of God’s promises and you have presented them to one of Gods people who lost her hope and her will. I too saught comfort tonight while in despair, alone, ashamed, embaressed by poor choices in life, but found at least a moment of reprieve because your kind and caring words. Thank you, your rewards will be great in heaven.
i feel so hopeless right now,.. i had business before but it was affected by a calamity which strike in our place, now i am applying for job but never been hired.. i have a daughter whom i want to support but till now i just feel so helpless and hopeless. ive been praying everyday almost every hour for God’s mercy but till now there is no answer yet.. i know God is real but i just feel like he is so far that i could not feel him.. pls pray for me. thank you and God bless
Dimple – I will pray for you. Don’t lose hope. Cling to Him and speak His word to your heart for courage. Read some of the uplifting articles on this site. Find one that jumps out at you. God is on your side. You might not sense it or feel it, but faith does not work by feelings. It is a knowing deep in your heart.
Read His work, talk to Him, and seek Him till you get the knowing. Faith the Bible says, “Comes by hearing, and hearing by the spoken word of Christ.” Listen for Him, He will speak. God bless you, we love you.
Dear tk, Sorry to hear what has happened to you, It is always hard to deal with break ups, but to be honest God can not go against another persons free will or change a person if they do not want to change. All you can do is ask God to change you. Maybe God is wanting a closer relationship with you and by focusing all your attention on your ex is causing you to with draw from God.By turning to God he will heal yor broken heart but you have to let your ex go. Ask God to bless him and maybe by doing that things may change. read psalms 147:3 GOD BLESS
I wrote inappropriate letter to both my teachers and am on suspension for fighting. My parents don’t know what one of the letters to the teacher is about but I am so afraid to tell them. I don’t know what to do to and the school is investigating..please reply me somebody
Nick – We will pray for favor and mercy on you. The respect to God that you are showing by running to Him will really help you. I cannot say that it will go away, but when and if it does come it will be much better for you. Here read this post – Mercy – Bending the Rules of God. God does on occasion bend, and even break His own rules. He sometimes will break the rules of others.
Cry out to Him and ask Him to be your God and come into your life. He will come in and what He can do will surprise you, read this – Salvation. God bless you Nick, it will be alright. Send me another note.
My boyfriend of 7 years wants to break up with me and I feel so very depressed. He started withdrawing from me 3 years ago and saying that he loves me but will never marry me. 2 years ago, he said he was absolutely convinced that he could never marry me. He says I have not hurt him, disrespected him or treated him badly in any way. He used to care so much about me and my wellbeing. He says we are not compatible and he could not be happy with me. He started looking for other women he will be interested in and who he would want to marry. He even told me about some of them when I started finding out. Now he says he has found someone. He is currently visiting with her in another country and spending time with her. He says he loves and her and it would never work out between us although he cares for me. His heart is so hardened towards me, I cannot believe it. He is rude to me, disrespects me, does not pick up my calls, hangs up on me, is not endearing anymore and breaks my heart over and over again. I have tried many times over the years to break up with him but find it difficult. I have come to the point where God has softened my heart and I am not bitter anymore, I forgive him, but I am very hurt. We loved each other so much and I thought we were going to be together for the rest of our lives. We are both in our middle ages and he is my first real love even though we have both been married before. I am asking God to turn his heart back to me but it is hard! I don’t understand why he turned against. It is as if he is another human being. I am work as I write this and just going through the motions. Can God restore our relationship! Can God turn his hurt back to me! Can God cause him to love me again unconditionally! This has been going on for so long. I wonder, what does God think about all this? I am a christian and I know God loves me. I have confessed, I have prayed, I have faith and I want things to change now. What do I do? I need help and prayer!
Recently every time I’ve been feeling down I’d usually pray and the Lord would answer me and I’d feel relief instantly. Now it’s as if I’m all alone and back where I was 7 years ago. I feel more harassed by thoughts than ever before. I don’t understand the point of feeling like this and what we as people are to learn from it. Bible verses use to lift me up now they have no effect on me what so ever. I use to pray daily many times a day now I just don’t care anymore. I know the Lord is real he’s done more for me than I can write. I just don’t understand this feeling of hopelessness that has recently come upon me and is holding me down.