Weekly Memory Verse

"For __ ____ ____ we ____ saved. Now ____ that __ seen is ___ ____. For ___ hopes ___ what __ sees? ___ if __ hope ___ ____ we __ not ___, we ____ for it with ________."

Romans 8:24-25

Prayer

You are the God of hope.

In a world often downhearted and filled with despair, You remind me that hope is never scarce. When I look at my circumstances with weary hesitation, I remember that hope in You is offered in abundance.

You are Living Hope—hope personified. Even when it seems as if darkness is winning,

or when I stumble or fall, or when I am facing suffering, pain, trials, or persecution, I must never give up on You. 

No matter how bleak my things may seem, I must cling to the fabric of your garment.

Because You are a sun and shield; You bestow favor and honor; and no good thing do You withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

So, I pray that I will rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, and be constant in prayer.

I choose to believe that when You say You will do something, it will surely come. 

Not because of anything I have done but because of how good You are.

I trade in my cynicism for the highest expectations, trusting that You can do immeasurably more than all I ask or imagine, according to Your power that is at work within me.

In Jesus name, Amen.

Adapted from A Liturgy of Hope by Giovanna Bovero