Although the sun rises up as normal every day, our life may not always be smooth. Living on the earth, we cannot avoid accidents, sickness, or death. In the face of suffering and difficulties we seem not to overcome, we seek help from God.
Not every calling and prayer is "heard" by God. When we pray for the healing of our diseases, again and again, God may not respond to our cries while we are still sick. It is quite normal that we fail to experience miracles or directly hear from God. God, the holy one who sits on the throne, hears our cries, and looks after our situation, may not perform miracles in our lives. However, His promises and answers have been written in the Bible. Thus, we need to often read the Bible as our faith is built on His word.
We should read the following verses in hardship, sickness, or pain, to remain convinced of God's salvation and providence even in a hopeless situation.
* Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
* Psalms 43:5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
* 1 Peter 1:21 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
* Psalms 147:11 The Lord delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.
* Romans 5:3-5 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
* Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
* 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
* Hebrew 6:19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.
* 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
* John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
- Translated by Karen Luo
虽然每天太阳照常升起，但是我们的生活并不像太阳那样，时常阳光普照，总会面临风雨降临。人在这个地上何等的渺小，天灾人祸、生老病死哪一样我们都避不开。当遭遇患难、面对生活里我们实在跨不过去的艰辛时，总会要寻求神的帮助。
但是并不是每一次我们的呼求和祷告，神都会垂听。生病时我们求神医治，在内心一遍又一遍地恳求，然而神似乎并没有理会我们的呐喊，疾病依然还在，困苦也仍环绕着我们。
为什么信仰了基督徒还要面临困境、患难？为什么我们常常呼求却感受不到神的回应？
其实信仰生活中，没有神迹、听不到神的直接回答，这是正常的。神是圣洁的，是坐在高天宝座上的一位，祂听我们的呼求，也看顾我们的处境，但并不代表着祂会直接施展神迹，让我们看到荆棘火焰。因为神对我们的应许和应答，早已写在了圣经里面。只要翻开圣经，里面都是神向着我们的回应。
因此，我们需要常常读圣经。基督徒的信仰和信心，是建立在话语的基础上。如果一个人说：“我有信心”，但他却并不常读圣经，那么这样的信心是很空的，很容易会被环境击倒。
我们常常读以下经文，在面对难处，有疾病、患难、痛苦之时依然相信神的拯救和保守，即便是绝境之中，也依然有盼望。
1.在指望中要喜乐，在患难中要忍耐，祷告要恒切。（罗12:12）
我们的盼望从何而来？乃是在患难中也要相信爱我们的神与我们同在，因着祂的同在，我们依然有指望，有喜乐。同时也要为着脱离困境而多多祷告，求神的能力来帮助。
2.我的心哪，你为何忧闷？为何在我里面烦躁？应当仰望神，因我还要称赞他。他是我脸上的光荣，是我的神。（诗43:5）
灵魂低落时如何得着鼓舞？要仰望神，要赞美神。越是软弱无力的时候越要大声赞美，从赞美里面得着力量，重新振作起来！
3.你们也因着他，信那叫他从死里复活，又给他荣耀的神，叫你们的信心，和盼望，都在于神。（彼前1:21）
耶稣基督是我们信心的来源，因他是道路、真理、生命，他为我们钉死在十字架上，又从死里复活，为我们打开一条全新的道路，使我们能够藉着他到父神那里去。
4.耶和华喜爱敬畏他和盼望他慈爱的人。（诗147:11）
我们靠着自己去争战时，就已经失去了倚靠神的心，这是神所不喜悦的。我们可以有人的能力，但是神更喜爱我们倚靠祂的能力和慈爱。
5.不但如此，就是在患难中也是欢欢喜喜的。因为知道患难生忍耐，忍耐生老练，老练生盼望；盼望不至于羞耻；因为所赐给我们的圣灵将神的爱浇灌在我们心里。（罗5:3-5）
一般来说，患难会使人痛苦。但是基督徒却能藉着患难生发忍耐和老练，以至于生出盼望。这盼望是从神而来的，因着神，我们即便是在患难中也能欢喜。
6.喜乐的心，乃是良药；忧伤的灵，使骨枯干。（箴17:22）
喜乐是从圣灵结出来的果子，顺从圣灵的人自然会喜乐，而喜乐也会带来盼望。盼望不但能使人光明，也能使我们活出属神的荣美形象。
7.把得救的盼望当作头盔戴上。（帖前5:8）
如何在患难中有信心有盼望？不是自己给自己洗脑打气，而是相信无论在怎样的处境里，我们已经靠着耶稣得救。因着这样的信心，我们有力量和盼望。
8.我们有这指望，如同灵魂的锚，又坚固、又牢靠，且通入幔内。（来6:19）
亚伯拉罕因着盼望，坚定地相信神的应许，因此离开本家本地本族，出发的时候还不知道神要他去到那里。我们只要效仿亚伯拉罕的信心便会有满足的盼望。
9.如今长存的有信，有望，有爱；这三样，其中最大的是爱。（林前13:13）
盼望的反义词是失望、绝望。一个没有盼望的人，怎么继续前行？基督徒生活的三件法宝：信心，盼望，和爱。这不是从我们自己来的，乃是有神的能力内助在我们里面。
10.我将这些事告诉你们，是要叫你们在我里面有平安。在世上你们有苦难，但你们可以放心，我已经胜了世界。（约16:33）
信耶稣不代表我们人生从此一帆风顺，患难疾病还是会发生的。但耶稣明白我们的苦楚，他也曾经历苦难，且得胜了苦难。靠着耶稣我们同样能够得胜苦难。
常读十句经文 患难中有从神而来的盼望
Although the sun rises up as normal every day, our life may not always be smooth. Living on the earth, we cannot avoid accidents, sickness, or death. In the face of suffering and difficulties we seem not to overcome, we seek help from God.
Not every calling and prayer is "heard" by God. When we pray for the healing of our diseases, again and again, God may not respond to our cries while we are still sick. It is quite normal that we fail to experience miracles or directly hear from God. God, the holy one who sits on the throne, hears our cries, and looks after our situation, may not perform miracles in our lives. However, His promises and answers have been written in the Bible. Thus, we need to often read the Bible as our faith is built on His word.
We should read the following verses in hardship, sickness, or pain, to remain convinced of God's salvation and providence even in a hopeless situation.
* Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
* Psalms 43:5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
* 1 Peter 1:21 Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
* Psalms 147:11 The Lord delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.
* Romans 5:3-5 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
* Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
* 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
* Hebrew 6:19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.
* 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
* John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
- Translated by Karen Luo
Ten Bible Verses to Receive Hope from God
