A Prayer for Hope

God of all hope, I am running low on it. I have been looking at the horizon for a while now and I cannot see anything good coming. So I am coming to You, because You see farther than I do.

I am not asking You to pretend things are fine. You never do. You met people in prisons and storms and graveyards, and You did not scold them for despairing — You gave them a future. Give me one, Lord.

Put a small, stubborn light back on my horizon. It does not have to be a sunrise yet. A candle will do. Something to walk toward.

Remind me that my story is not over, that You write good chapters after bad ones, and that hope is not wishful thinking — it is a Person who has never once let go of me.

Anchor me there. And tomorrow morning, when I wake up, let hope wake up with me.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

When to Pray This

Pray this when the future feels closed — after bad news, in a long waiting season, or on mornings when getting up feels pointless. Pray it as many days in a row as you need to.

A Verse to Hold On To

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God." — Psalm 42:11 (KJV)