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Christian hope, endurance, expectation, and encouragement
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Psalm 96
Psalm 96
… He hastens to add, that "we are saved by hope." It is true of the soul individually, we are saved by hope. It is true of our race …
CHAPTERLater Services at the Music Hall
… Their presence and aid were hopeful signs that the building of our permanent house of prayer would be the provision of a necessity, and that we could accomplish …
COMMENTARYPsalm 63
Psalm 63
… a soul hopeful in God and full of his favour is thus represented as feeding upon the best of the best, the dainties of a royal banquet. And …
CHAPTERThe Pastors’ College, 1861-1878 (Continued)
… It has often been a hard task for me to discourage a hopeful young brother who has applied for admission to the College. My heart has always leaned …
COMMENTARYPsalm 90
Psalm 90
… True in its conception of the Eternal—the Sovereign and the Judge; and yet the refuge and hope of men, who, notwithstanding, the most severe trials of their …
COMMENTARYPsalm 126
Psalm 126
… we were sadly low, sorely distressed, and completely past hope, but when Jehovah appeared he did not merely lift us out of despondency, he raised us into wondering …
COMMENTARYPsalm 38
Psalm 38
… Prayer, the offspring of hope. Hope strengthened by confidence in God's answering prayer. Verse 17. Mr. Ready to halt. His pedigree, and infirmity; his crutches, and his …
COMMENTARYPsalm 34
Psalm 34
… Men seek a patron and hope to prosper; he prospers surely who hath the Lord of Hosts to be his friend and defender. Verse 10. The young lions …
COMMENTARYPsalm 84
Psalm 84
… No, my soul, they are rather helps, for by this means we go from strength to strength, from strength of patience, to strength of hope; from strength of …
BOOKJohn Ploughman's Talk
… Up among the hopeful I will ascend, Up among the joyful sing without end. HOPE. EGGS are eggs, but some are rotten ; and so hopes are hopes, but …
COMMENTARYPsalm 27
Psalm 27
… Here is a third glowing epithet, to show that the writer's hope was fastened with a threefold cord which could not be broken. We may well accumulate …
COMMENTARYPsalm 17
Psalm 17
… No; our hope does not lie in the prospect of favouritism from God, and the consequent suspension of his law; we expect to be judged on the same …
COMMENTARYPsalm 88
Psalm 88
… This is a hopeful title by which to address the Lord, and it has about it the only ray of comfortable light which shines throughout the Psalm. The …
COMMENTARYPsalm 25
Psalm 25
… A special grace of hope— My hope is in thee , Ps 25:21. 5. A special grace of continual living in God's sight, and dependence upon God …
COMMENTARYPsalm 103
Psalm 103
… If he were not "merciful" we could hope for no pardon; and if he were no more but merciful we could hope for no more but pardon; but …
COMMENTARYPsalm 102
Psalm 102
… Not, however, without hope does the patriot mourn; he has faith in God, and looks for the resurrection of the nation through the omnipotent favour of the Lord …
COMMENTARYPsalm 37
Psalm 37
… How can it be otherwise? If the stubble dares to contend with the flame, to what end can it hope to come? They shall consume. As dry wood …
COMMENTARYPsalm 106
Psalm 106
… His desire for the divine favour was excited by the hope that he might participate in all the good things which flow to the people of God through …
COMMENTARYPsalm 119
Psalm 119
… Upon which thou hast caused me to hope. The argument is that God, having given grace to hope in the promise, would surely never disappoint that hope. He …
SERMON • SERMON 1438The Hope Laid Up In Heaven
Colossians 1:5
… First, it is a very marvelous hope. Secondly, it is a very secure hope. And thirdly, it is a very powerfully influential hope. May the Holy Spirit bless …
SERMON • SERMON 1384A Round of Delights
Romans 15:13
… We hope for pardon through the Atonement which is in Christ Jesus and when we have it, we hope for sanctification by the Spirit. Our hope never ceases …
SERMON • SERMON 1616Saved In Hope
Romans 8:24
… We are saved in hope. What kind of hope is it in which we are saved? First, our hope consists of three things—belief, desire, expectancy. Our hope …
SERMON • SERMON 3235The Hope That Purifies
1 John 3:3
… To begin, then, let us look at THE BELIEVER'S HOPE. The text speaks of men that have hope—"hope in Him"—which I understand to mean hope …
SERMON • SERMON 1904The Personal Pentecost and the Glorious Hope
Romans 5:5
… Our first head will be the confidence of our hope—the hope makes not ashamed. Secondly, the reason of this confidence, which I hope we are enjoying, today …
SERMON • SERMON 1688Stand Fast
Colossians 1:23
… What is your hope? First, it is the hope of full salvation—the hope that, inasmuch as you have believed in Jesus Christ, you are free from all …
SERMON • SERMON 3167The Christian's Helmet
1 Thessalonians 5:8
… This helmet is made up of an actual hope that, being already saved in Christ Jesus, you should abide unto eternal life. It is a personal hope, founded …
SERMON • SERMON 2750A Door of Hope
Hosea 2:15
… Do you not see this to be a door of hope? It is not the hope, but the door of it. Christ comes to you through the door …
SERMON • SERMON 2524Fearing and Hoping
Psalm 147:11
… And as to hope, Beloved, why, we had hope when we began our spiritual life, and we still have hope—and that hope will continue with us—I …
SERMON • SERMON 1228Salvation by Faith and the Work of the Spirit
Galatians 5:5
… Let me DECLARE THE CHRISTIAN'S HOPE. "We, through the Spirit, wait for the hope of righteousness by faith." Concerning the Christian's hope, let us notice, first …
SERMON • SERMON 2199Israel's Hope—Or, The Center of the Target
Psalm 130:7
… When our hope is in God through the Mediator whom He has appointed, we hope in Him in a way which renders our hope sure and steadfast—and …
SERMON • SERMON 2455A Cure for a Weak Heart
Psalm 31:24
… You have a hope, a good hope, a hope of good things to come in the hereafter, in the islands of the blessed, where you shall be forever …
SERMON • SERMON 3179A Comprehensive Benediction
2 Thessalonians 2:16
… But to have a good hope through Divine Grace—such a hope as this—that I, a poor unworthy sinner, have been invited by God to put my …
SERMON • SERMON 1294The Anchor
Hebrews 6:17-20
… It needs a God-given hope on our part to seize the God-given promise of which our hope is made! The right mode of procedure is to …
SERMON • SERMON 1897Holding Fast Our Profession
Hebrews 10:23
… We have a blessed hope, a hope most "sure and steadfast, which enters into that which is within the veil." If I begin to describe our hope, I …
SERMON • SERMON 2991What We Have, and Are to Have
2 Thessalonians 2:16
… And as God is true, the hope is a good hope. A hope that is founded upon a lie is a vain hope, but a hope that is …
SERMON • SERMON 731A Word in Season
Job 22:29
… As long as a man has hope for himself you may have hope of him. But Satan's object is to drive out the last idea of hope …
SERMON • SERMON 948A String Of Pearls
1 Peter 1:3-5
… A third blessing strictly connected with this new life, is A LIVELY HOPE. "He has begotten us again unto a lively hope." Could a man live without hope …
SERMON • SERMON 2579Waiting, Hoping, Watching
Psalm 130:5
… But make sure that your hope is a good hope, that it is a well-founded hope, that it is a happy hope, that it is a hope …
SERMON • SERMON 1466The Three Whats
Ephesians 1:18-20
… What was the hope of that calling? It was the hope that God would give him a seed and give to that seed a land to dwell in …
SERMON • SERMON 1096Divine Love and Its Gifts
2 Thessalonians 2:16
… The next is, He has given us "good hope." Consolation for the present, hope for the future. "Good hope," the hope when days and years are past we …