HOPE

Advent HOPE 2025

 

John 8:12 ESV

 

12…Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

 

 

Genesis 3:15 ESV

 

I will put enmity between you and the woman,

 

and between your offspring and her offspring;

 

he shall bruise your head,

 

and you shall bruise his heel.”

 

 

 

Genesis 12:7 ESV

 

7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

 

 

 

Galatians 3:16 ESV

 

16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.

 

 

 

Genesis 49:10 NASB

 

“The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

 

 

 

Isaiah 7:14 ESV

 

14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

 

 

 

Micah 5:2 ESV

 

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,

 

who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,

 

from you shall come forth for me

 

one who is to be ruler in Israel,

 

whose coming forth is from of old,

 

from ancient days.

 

 

 

Isaiah 35:5-6 ESV

 

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,

 

and the ears of the deaf unstopped;

 

6 then shall the lame man leap like a deer,

 

and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.

 

 

 

Psalm 41:9 ESV

 

Even my close friend in whom I trusted,

 

who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

 

 

 

Psalm 22:16-18 ESV

 

For dogs encompass me;

 

a company of evildoers encircles me;

 

they have pierced my hands and feet—

 

17 I can count all my bones—

 

they stare and gloat over me;

 

18 they divide my garments among them,

 

and for my clothing they cast lots.

 

 

 

1 Peter 3:15 ESV

 

15 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,

 

 

 

Titus 2:11-13 ESV

 

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

 

 

 

Ephesians 1:18 ESV

 

18 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,

 

 

 

1 Peter 1:3-7 ESV

 

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

 

 

 

Hebrews 6:13-14, 17-19 ESV

 

13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.”

 

 

 

17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, 18 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. 19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,