Verses

These are some of my favorite verses that have strengthened my heart when I feel like I can't wait any longer. I have personalized them in my devotion times, so do the same for yourself! It is so comforting to claim his promises as your own and be flooded with His peace. :)


Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
Psalm 28:6-7

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:4-7

Be strong, and let you heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!
Psalm 31:24

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Proverbs 3:5

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all of your heart.
Jeremiah 29:11-13

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Isaiah 40:29

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Psalm 51:10-12

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Matthew 7:7-8

Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
Psalm 27:14

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20

Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9

But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
Psalm 3:3-5

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to weep and a time to laugh.
Ecclesiastes 3:1,4

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways, declares the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8

Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm 25:4-5