Hope

Wrecked, But Not reckless

Acts 27:20

… Do not believe what Satan is telling you! There is hope! The hope that you may be saved is not altogether gone—no, I will tell you the …

Psalm 71

Psalm 71

… For thou art my hope, O Lord God. God who gives us grace to hope in him, will assuredly fulfil our hope, and, therefore, we may plead it …

Refuges of Lies and What Will Become of Them

Isaiah 28:17

… If our hope is sound, it is a holy, sanctifying hope which purges us from sin and breeds in us all that is true and good. This is …

An Immovable Foundation

Psalm 11:3

… You and I possess tonight, dear Friends, a hope which is sometimes called "a blessed hope," and at another time, "a good hope." It is a hope partly …

“Alas For Us, If Thou Wert All, and Nought Beyond, O Earth”

1 Corinthians 15:19

… I think you catch my drift—we are not of all men most miserable; apart from the future hope we should be, for our hope in Christ for …

Pleading Prayer

Psalm 119:49

… He never makes His people to hope in anybody else's word. It is in the Lord's Word that the hope of His people finds support. Let …

Letters to Father and Mother, January to June, 1850

… I hope you will forgive me for taking up so much space about myself; but at present my thoughts are most about it. “From the Scriptures, is it …

Death—a Sleep

1 Thessalonians 4:13

… There are some that die without hope and there are others for whom we sorrow not as for them that are without hope. And then, thirdly, there is …

Despair Denounced and Grace Glorified

Ezekiel 37:11

… Here is AN EVIL WORD in the text—"Our hope is lost." It is a good thing if our false hopes are lost, but true hope is still …

Strong Consolation for the Lord's Refugees

Hebrews 6:18

… What is the hope? The hope of final perseverance! The hope of ultimate perfection! The hope of eternal Glory! The hope of being with our Lord where He …

Psalm 131

Psalm 131

… There is room for the largest hope when self is gone, ground for eternal hope when transient things no longer hold the mastery of our spirits. This verse …

The Sinful Made Sinless

1 John 3:4

… And every man that has this hope in Him purifies himself, even as He is pure. The great object of the Christian's hope is perfect purification. If …

Peace By Believing

Romans 5:1

… Oh, how different is this from the way in which some talk—"I hope," "I trust," "I sometimes hope my poor soul may have peace with God." Now …

The Wondrous Covenant

Hebrews 8:10

… And not only so, but we Glory in tribulations, also, knowing that tribulation works patience andpatience, experience and experience, hope. Another hope, or rather the same hope rising …

Solitude, Silence, Submission

Lamentations 3:28

… This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. Notice that in all his sorrow, this man still had hope! His soul was humbled and, therefore, he …

My Own Personal Holdfast

Micah 7:7

… Even in death we say, "Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You." When we cannot see any other grounds for hope, we find …

Praying and Pleading

Jeremiah 14:7

… But take good heed that your hope is not a vague hope. See to it that you believe firmly in God and that you lay hold upon an …

Morning, October 2

Col 1:5

Morning, October 2 Go To Evening Reading “The hope which is laid up for you in heaven.” Colossians 1:5 Our hope in Christ for the future is …

The Greatest Wonder of Grace

Ezekiel 9:8

… For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for it? But if …

"If There Is No Resurrection"

1 Corinthians 15:12-19

… I hope that we shall be able to travel more quickly and pay less for it. I hope that we shall have better light and that it will …

The Backslider's Door of Hope

Hosea 2:15

… The second division of my discourse is this, REVIVED HOPES—"I will give her the Valley of Achor for a door of hope." What was this Valley of …

The Curse and the Curse for Us

Galatians 3:10-14

… Note well the persons spoken of—"As many as are of the works of the Law"—that is, all of you who hope, by the works of the …

Who Can Tell?

Jonah 3:9

… THIS WAS THE FORLORN HOPE of the Ninevites: “Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not …

The God of the Aged

Isaiah 46:4

… But he has one hope, and that is the very same which he had when he first trusted in Christ; it is a hope “undefiled, that fadeth not …

Freedom Through Christ's Blood

Zechariah 9:11

… There is hope for you, you prisoners of hope, if you will but turn unto Me." "But," you say, "we have looked all around, but we have found …

A Present Religion

1 John 3:2

… How are we saved? All through Scripture we are told we are saved by faith, except in one passage, wherein it is said, we are saved by hope …

A Monument for the Dead, and a Voice to the Living

Romans 10:5-9

… You that hope to be saved by your works are indulging a forlorn hope; what never you may do or be in the future, the past has already …

Even Now

John 11:22

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1891. "Even now." John 11:22 I HOPE that there are a great many persons …

Immanuel—The Light of Life

Isaiah 9:1

… Herein lay your hope when all other hope was gone1 Herein is your hope now! If you belong to Jesus, He will have you. If He bought you …

More and More

Psalm 71:14

… To believers in Jesus there remains a royal race of bards, for we have a hope of glory, a lively hope, a hope eternal and divine. Because our …

Comfort and Constancy

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… It is a hope, a good hope, a "good hope through Grace." We have a good hope that God's love will never fail us and that, when …

The Hope of Heaven

… This is heaven indeed! If you have this hope, I beseech you hold it fast, live on it, rejoice in it. “A hope so much divine, May trials …

"Lo, I Come"—Application

Psalm 40:7

… I had prepared a sermon upon this text with much hope of its usefulness, for I intended it to be a supplement to the morning sermon [Sermon #2202 …

Psalm 147

Psalm 147

… Fear of our guilt, hope of his mercy. Fear of self, confidence in God. Hope of perseverance, fear of sinning. Hope of heaven, fear of coming short. Hope …

Heaven and Hell

Matthew 8:11-12

… But, in hell, there is no hope. They have not even the hope of dying—the hope of being annihilated. They are for ever—for ever—for ever …

Christ's Plea for Ignorant Sinners

Luke 23:34

… Brothers and Sisters, I see reason for hope in the very ignorance that surrounds us. I see hope for this poor city of ours, hope for this poor …

Man's Extremity, God's Opportunity

Deuteronomy 32:36

… Now is the time to hope that the tide will turn! If it has ebbed out to the very uttermost, now let us trust that it will soon …

Mutual Love Between Pastor and People

… With some difficulty, I write these lines in my bed, mingling them with the groans of pain and the songs of hope. “The peace of God be with …

Comfort for Those Whose Prayers Are Feeble

Lamentations 3:56

… Therefore will I hope in Him. If I cannot cast the anchor of hope anywhere else, I may "hope in Him." And what better hope do I need …

A Discourse to the Despairing

Genesis 42:1

… We are always ready to hope in ourselves with that self-conceited hope which is abhorrent to God. And it is a great mercy when, at last, the …