Praying to Overcome Hopelessness

Father, I give You all my worries and cares, for You are always thinking about me and watching everything that concerns me (1 Peter 5:7).  You, O God, are full of kindness through Christ Jesus, and Christ Jesus in me is the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27).

I will praise You forever for what You have done; in Your name I will hope, for Your name is good. I will praise You in the presence of Your saints (Psalm 52:9). We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. In Him our hearts rejoice; for we trust in His holy name. May Your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in You (Psalm 33:20-22).

Remember Your Word to Your servant, for You have given me hope (Psalm 119:49). Because my hope comes from You (Psalm 62:5) and You are always with me, I know I can always have hope (Psalm 71:14). I know I can now answer the evil one who taunts me, for I trust in Your Word (Psalm 119:42). You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in Your Word (Psalm 119:114).

Let Your mercy be upon me, O Lord.  I know that no one whose hope is in You will ever be put to shame (Psalm 25:3). I will be strong and take heart, like all those who hope in You (Psalm 31:24), knowing that those who hope in You will not be disappointed (Isaiah 49:23). On You I have set my hope that You will continue to deliver me (2 Corinthians 1:10).

Lord, I thank You for being my Shepherd, champion, counselor, leader…  You are the God of all hope; please fill me with all joy and peace as I trust in You, so that I may overflow to others with hope by the power of Your Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13).  Because I hope in You, I have renewed strength (Isaiah 40:31).  Simply expressing this to You in prayer lifts the hopelessness from my soul.  Thank You, O Lord my God.

I must be self-controlled and alert, for the enemy prowls around looking for someone to devour.  By Your grace I will stand firm in my faith, trusting You, and remembering that other Christians around the world are going through these kinds of sufferings too (1 Peter 5:8-9).  So, I will be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer (Romans 12:12).

Thank You for giving me everlasting consolation and good hope through Your graces (2 Thessalonians 2:16).  I put on the hope of my salvation as a helmet (Ephesians 6:17), and I will prepare my mind for action; being self-controlled and setting my hope fully on the grace to be given me when Christ Jesus is revealed (1 Peter 1:13). I now wait for the blessed hope – the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus (Titus 2:13).

I have fled and abandoned my old habits and now take hold of the hope offered to all, and I am greatly encouraged (Hebrews 6:18). Even now, as I pray, I have this hope as an anchor for my soul, firm and secure (Hebrews 6:19).  From now on, because of Your kindnesses, I will praise You more and more (Psalm 71:14).  Father, thank You for exchanging my sense of hopelessness with Your abiding hope.