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Bible verses for when it feels like nothing will get better

Hope isn't a feeling you have to work up. It rests on who God is, and He hasn't changed.

Hopelessness tells you today is how it will always be. These verses come from people who felt that too, and kept talking to God.

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What it sounds like

  • “Nothing will ever get better.”
  • “What's the point?”
  • “It's always going to be like this.”
  • “I've lost all hope.”

Four verses for today

  1. 1Psalm 42:11

    Read in context
    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

    The psalmist talks back to his own downcast soul: put your hope in God, I will yet praise Him.

  2. 2Psalm 40:1-2

    Read in context
    I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

    David waited, and God lifted him out of the pit and set his feet on a rock.

  3. 3Romans 15:13

    Read in context
    Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

    God is called the God of hope. Hope is something He gives, not something you have to produce.

    What Romans 15:13 means

  4. 4Revelation 21:4

    Read in context
    ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.

    The story ends with God wiping away every tear. Pain doesn't get the last word.

Verses from the Berean Standard Bible.

Say it out loud

My hope is in God, and He hasn't changed. I will yet praise Him. One day He will wipe away every tear.

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A prayer

God, I can't see how anything will get better. I'm putting my hope in You, even though I don't feel it. Lift me out of this pit, and give me enough for today. Amen.

Questions people ask

What does the Bible say about hopelessness?

It doesn't pretend it away. Psalms 42 and 88 are honest prayers from people in the dark. The Bible's answer is a person: the God of hope (Romans 15:13), who lifts people out of the pit (Psalm 40:2).

Is it a sin to feel hopeless?

No. The psalmists felt it and told God so. Bring it to Him. And please don't carry it alone: talk with a counselor, your doctor or a pastor.

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