Whatever a man’s past life may have been, there is hope and a remedy for him in Christ.
If he is only willing to hear Christ’s voice and follow Him, Christ is willing to receive him at once as a friend, and to bestow on him the fullest measure of mercy and grace.
– J. C. Ryle
What gives me the most hope every day is God’s grace; knowing that his grace is going
to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.
– Rick Warren
The joy and peace of believers arise chiefly from their hopes.
What is laid out upon them is but little, compared with what is laid up for them;
therefore the more hope they have the more joy and peace they have.
– Matthew Henry
Confident hope breeds inward joy.
– Charles Spurgeon
Brian J. Mikul 
“Whatever a man’s past life may have been, there is hope and a remedy for him in Christ.
If he is only willing to hear Christ’s voice and follow Him, Christ is willing to receive him at once as a friend, and to bestow on him the fullest measure of mercy and grace.”
I tell my guys in jail, that the circumstances of years of bad decisions are not automatically erased when we come to God. What took years to create will take years to undo. Whatever our circumstances, Jesus meets us there; and step by step by sometimes agonizing step, He shows us the way back if we are willing to follow His lead.