“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare[b] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV)

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 (ESV)

"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." John 1:5 (ESV)

“For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? Romans 8:24 (ESV)