The Promises

of Hope

30 Day Devotional

By

Gregory Dickow

The Promises of Hope

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Introduction

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Hope is a gift. It is one of the greatest gifts God gives. It is not something we have to earn or deserve. And because He gives hope as a gift, we can expect to receive it anytime we need it. As we look at what is going on in the world today, there has never been a better opportunity and greater need for hope than now. We need it more than ever. And the good news is God has it in ample supply! All we need to do is receive it! Breathe it in as you read and declare these 30 great promises of HOPE!

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Day 1

Hope is a Gift

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Jeremiah 29:11

Scripture:

“For I know the thoughts I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to GIVE you HOPE and a future.” (WEB) Declaration of Hope:

I receive the gift of Hope from God. I don’t have to earn it or deserve it. It is a gift, and I walk in it today.

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Day 2

Your Hope Will

Not Be Cut Off

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Proverbs 24:14

Key Scripture:

Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Declaration of Hope:

My hope will never be cut off because I have the wisdom of God. I receive wisdom by faith according to James 1:5, and I receive God’s unending hope!

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Day 3

God Is Watching

Over His Word

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Proverbs 13:12

Key Scripture:

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Declaration of Hope:

My desires come from the promises of God; and He is watching over His Word to perform it.

Therefore, my desires are fulfilled & my hopes will not be deferred, in Jesus’ Name!

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Day 4

Put Your

Hope in God

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Psalm 42:5

Key Scripture:

Why are you cast down, O my inner self?

And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, my Help and my God. (AMP) Declaration of Hope:

I will no longer be discouraged. I will no longer be downcast, because I put my hope in God.

I cease putting my hope in other people’s promises. I put my hope and expectation in God and His promises.

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Day 5

Hope In His

Steadfast Love

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Psalm 33:18

Key Scripture:

Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love. (ESV)

Declaration of Hope:

My hope is in God’s steadfast love. His eye is always on me, and I expect His favor today!

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Day 6

Praise God For

Continual Hope

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Psalms 71:14

Key Scripture:

But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

Declaration of Hope:

I have continual hope. God has given me the gift of hope; and I praise Him continually for it.

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Day 7

Receive Renewed

Hope & Cheer

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Psalm 94:19

Key Scripture:

When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. (NLT) Declaration of Hope:

I have new hope every day, because of the comfort of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God!

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Day 8

I Am As Immovable

As A Mountain

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Psalm 125:1

Key Scripture:

Those who trust in, lean on, and confidently hope in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides and stands fast forever.

Declaration of Hope:

I hope in the Lord and am as immovable as a mountain. I abide. I stand fast, because I trust in & confidently hope in God.

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Day 9

I Receive

New Strength

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Isaiah 40:31

Key Scripture:

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (KJV) Declaration of Hope:

I wait on the Lord, which means I hope in the Lord, and I receive new strength. Because I hope in the Lord, I will not be weary & I will not faint. I rise up like the eagles!

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Day 10

God’s Love

Is Unfailing

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Lamentations 3:22-24

Key Scripture:

The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day. I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!” (NASB) Declaration of Hope:

God’s love is unfailing and unceasing toward me, therefore I have hope. His mercy never comes to an end, therefore I have hope! The Lord is my inheritance, therefore I have hope!

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Day 11

Rejoice In Hope

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Romans 5:2-5

Key Scripture:

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in HOPE of the glory of God.

More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces HOPE, and HOPE does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (ESV) Declaration of Hope:

I rejoice in the hope that God’s glory will manifest in my life. And my continued endurance is producing hope today. I have this hope, that I will not be disappointed or put to shame, because the Love of God has been poured into my heart.

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Day 12

Put Your Hope In

God’s Promises

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Romans 8:24-25

Key Scripture:

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we HOPE for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. (ESV) Declaration of Hope:

I put my hope in the promises of God; and EVEN when I don’t see what I’m hoping for yet, I will wait for it, with patience, endurance & expectation, in Jesus’ Name.

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Day 13

Things Are Turning

For My Good

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Romans 8:28

Key Scripture:

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. (NLT)

Declaration of Hope:

I look to God today to cause all things to work together for my good. I love Him because He first loved me. He chose me & called me to His purpose, therefore things are turning for my good, today!

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Day 14

The Scriptures

Give Us Hope

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Romans 15:4

Key Scripture:

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. (ESV) Declaration of Hope:

I walk in divine encouragement today. My encouragement comes from the Scriptures filled with the promises of God, therefore I have hope, in Jesus’ Name!

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Day 15

The God of Hope

Fills You

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Romans 15:13

Key Scripture:

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. (ESV) Declaration of Hope:

My God is the God of hope. He fills me with hope. He fills me with joy. He fills me with peace. I am ever increasing in hope, because of the power of the Holy Spirit within me.

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Day 16

We Do Not

Lose Heart

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2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Key Scripture:

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (NIV) Declaration of Hope:

I do not lose heart. I am being renewed day by day. The momentary troubles of my life, are bringing about a greater glory. Whatever doesn’t line up with God’s Word in my life is changing, in Jesus’ Name.

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Day 17

Put Your Hope

In His Grace

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Ephesians 3:20

Key Scripture:

Now to Him Who, by the action of His power that is at work within us, is able to carry out His purpose and do superabundantly, far over and above all that we dare ask or think infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams. (AMP) Declaration of Hope:

I believe in the God of hope who is able to do INFINITELY beyond my highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes & dreams! My hope is in His grace, His ability to abundantly exceed my wildest dreams, in Jesus’ Name.

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Day 18

Hope is a Helmet

of Protection

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1 Thessalonians 5:8

Key Scripture:

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

(ESV)

Declaration of Hope:

Hope is a helmet of protection over my mind and my emotions. Because I am saved, I have divine hope, and nothing can take it from me, in Jesus’ Name.

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Day 19

The Gift of a

Wonderful Hope

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2 Thessalonians 2:16, 17

Key Scripture:

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. (NLT) Declaration of Hope:

I receive the gift of a wonderful hope! By God’s grace, I walk in hope & therefore I am comforted and strengthened to speak good and do good, in Jesus’ Name!

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Day 20

We Have Been Given

A Living Hope

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1 Peter 1:3

Key Scripture:

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 from the dead.

(NIV)

Declaration of Hope:

Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ I have a living hope. Every day, my hope is alive. I have anticipation & expectation of something great happening in my life, in Jesus’ Name!

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Day 21

My Hope Is Not In

My Strength

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1 Peter 1:13

Key Scripture:

So brace up your minds; be sober (circumspect, morally alert); set your hope wholly and unchangeably on the grace (divine favor) that is coming to you when Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is revealed.

Declaration of Hope:

I set my hope completely on the grace of God.

It is His unmerited divine favor by which I receive salvation & every gift God promises in His Word. My hope is not in my strength or holiness, but in His grace!

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Day 22

We Have Hope

Beyond The Grave

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1 Thessalonians 4:13

Key Scripture:

Now also we would not have you ignorant, brethren, about those who fall asleep [in death], that you may not grieve [for them]

as the rest do who have no hope. [beyond the grave] (AMP)

Declaration of Hope:

I do not grieve like the world grieves, because I have hope beyond the grave. My hope is in the resurrection of Jesus and the eternal glory that awaits me, as a child of God!

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Day 23

Hold Fast To The

Hope Set Before Us

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Hebrews 6:18-19

Key Scripture:

... 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. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain... (ESV) Declaration of Hope:

My hope comes from the very presence of God, and fills my heart to the point that it is a steadfast anchor of my soul. I am immovable. I am a rock. I have divine hope!

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Day 24

He Who Promised

Is Faithful

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Hebrews 10:23

Key Scripture:

So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word. (AMP)

Declaration of Hope:

I will not waiver in my faith or hope, because He Who promised is faithful, reliable and sure!

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Day 25

Light Helps You

Have Hope

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Ephesians 1:18

Key Scripture:

By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints.

(His set-apart ones) (AMP) Declaration of Hope:

The eyes of my heart are enlightened and flooded with light, so I can fully know the hope to which I have been called. I am called by God to walk in His glorious inheritance in this life and the life to come!

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Day 26

Hope Comes From

God’s Promises

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Hebrews 11:1

Key Scripture:

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. (ESV) Declaration of Hope:

My hope comes from the promises God has made in His Word. And that hope produces faith to bring those promises to pass.

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Day 27

We Have Hope

That Is Fadeless

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1 Corinthians 13:7

Key Scripture:

Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. (AMP).

Declaration of Hope:

I thank God that the love of God is in me, therefore I have hope that is fadeless under all circumstances & I endure everything without weakening, in Jesus’ Name!

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Day 28

Our Hope Rests

On Him

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1 John 3:3

Key Scripture:

And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless) (AMP) Declaration of Hope:

My hope is firmly fixed and resting on Jesus Christ and Him alone. Not my righteousness, but His. Therefore I am cleansed, made whole, made holy & guiltless, in Jesus’ Name.

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Day 29

Sorrow And Pain Are

Coming To An End

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Revelation 21:4

Key Scripture:

He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. (NLT)

Declaration of Hope:

I look forward to the day that is coming when every tear is wiped from my eyes. Sorrow and pain are coming to an end forever, swallowed up by Jesus’ presence! Amen.

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Day 30

We Can Hope

In The Lord

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Psalm 130:7

Key Scripture:

Hope in the LORD! For with the LORD

there is gracious love, along with abundant redemption.

Declaration of Hope:

My hope and expectation is in the Lord. Because of His gracious love, I expect His unmerited favor to show up in my life. I expect His love to flood me with redemption—to turn things around in my favor; to restore all that has been lost in my life; and to bring supernatural abundance, in Jesus’ Name.

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Prayer of Salvation

If you have never made Jesus the Lord of your life, never surrendered your life completely to Him and said, “God take out my old heart and give me a new heart, and make me born again”—do it now. Or perhaps you have tried to be good and you thought, “If I am good enough, if I go to church, or if I do these things, then I will be saved.” None of that will save you.

Only the blood of Jesus will save you. I want to lead you in this prayer of faith and something miraculous is going to happen in your heart.

Pray this out loud:

“Heavenly Father, I invite Jesus Christ into

my life as my Lord and as my Savior. I

believe Jesus died for my sins. His blood was

shed so that I could be forgiven and I believe

that He has been raised from the dead. I

declare Jesus Christ is my Lord from this

moment forward. I receive the forgiveness of

my sins through the blood of Jesus. Take

out my old heart, Lord, and give me a new

heart, a new spirit, a new life and I will

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follow You, with Your help, by Your grace,

all the days of my life. In Jesus’ Name.”

Now listen, that is just the beginning. There is something that God wants to do now in your life. He wants you to grow. He wants you to move forward. He doesn’t want you to live like you used to live. When we get born again we have a new life. But with that new life, we need a new lifestyle. If you have just made Jesus your Lord, contact my prayer center at 847-645-9700 and let us know. I want to help you grow in your new relationship.

Next Steps: Read the Bible and talk to God.

God has a great plan for your life. He loves you and wants the best for you. You are His child now. You are in the family of God today. Your life will never be the same again!

Now thank Him for making you His child.

And don’t doubt! You are a child of God right now! I John 3:2 says, “Beloved now are we the children of God.”

It is my pleasure to welcome you into the family of God!

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