Hope

Enquirers and Converts (Continued)

… I hope they so began that they were really saved ; but, still, they started doubting and fearing, and they kept on in the same style till they went …

Three Decisive Steps

1 Samuel 7:2-5

… I hope to be able to make this plain by showing you, first, that these people were in a very hopeful condition. That, secondly, they were called upon …

Signs Of The Times

Luke 12:54-57

… waters of feeling—it will parch in you all plants of hope. Your soul is hopeful, now, and like the field in spring when the young grass is …

An Exciting Enquiry

Matthew 21:10

… What a hopeful sign it would be even if people were excited againstreligion! Really, I would sooner that they intelligently hated it than that they were stolidly indifferent …

Nathanael—Or, the Ready Believer and His Reward

John 1:50

… Possibly he there had looked towards the God of his fathers with hope, or had enjoyed hallowed fellowship with Heaven. Anyhow, Jesus mentioned to him something which he …

Memory—The Handmaid Of Hope

Lamentations 3:21

… Hopeful were set free! Observe that the text records an act of memory on the part of Jeremiah—"This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope …

The Long Illness

… The opening services were postponed from June 2 to June 23, in the hope that the Pastor might be sufficiently restored to take part in them ; but, by …

Remember!

Deuteronomy 15:15

… They declined from a thoughtful family into a clan of groveling laborers without heart or hope, so that when Moses went to them, the first time, he was …

A Seasonable Exhortation

1 Peter 1:13

… If the worst comes to the worst, still hope. Hope as much as ever a man can hope, for when your hope is in God you cannot hope …

Observing the King's Word

1 Kings 20:33

… For remember that all your hope lies there—within the covers of this Book is "the glorious Gospel of the blessed God"—therefore, be you well acquainted with …

The Lord Leading—David Following

2 Samuel 5:24

… They are up and at us again—they challenge us afresh, they hope to overthrow us sooner or later! And again and again we must be ready to …

Shaved and Shorn, But Not Beyond Hope

Judges 16:22

… He hardly dares to hope! His desire is to get back to God and to be forgiven—and so, with trembling hope and quivering fear, he has begun …

Conversions Desired

Acts 11:21

… The Gentiles, though they were, for awhile, passed over by the Brethren, turned out to be the most hopeful of all classes. From the Gentile fields they reaped …

Self-destroyed, Yet Saved

Hosea 13:9

… there is no keeping back from you that cheering and blessed information!" When these two things work together, breeding self-despair and hope in God, this is the …

Those Who Desire

Nehemiah 1:11

… We hope to have a brighter, clearer hope than we, at present, possess. We do serve God, but we wish to serve Him ten times as much as …

Intercessory Prayer

Psalm 141:5

… for him you will feel that there is hope—and you will afterwards converse with him in a hopeful and, perhaps, believing manner. I do not believe a …

Christ's Universal Kingdom and How It Comes

Psalms 2:8

… If the Captain is assured of victory, it behooves the common soldier to be bravely hopeful. The battle is the Lord's and since He is the Lord …

Loving Persuasion

Acts 28:23

… I hope that many such are brought here this morning on purpose to be blessed. I hope they will leap forward to catch at the gracious message. Oh …

God of the Hills and God of the Valleys

1 Kings 20:28

… good times and hopeful—and that there are many things which should make the Christian wear a cheerful aspect and rejoice in the hope of better times. Yet …

The Joy of Harvest

… These make us hopeful for you. While your relations are prayerful, we are hopeful for you . May the Lord Jesus be yours yet. But, oh! if you remain …

The Parable of the Sower

… Would to God we could hope that our words would tarry with you; but we cannot hope it, for the soil of your heart is so hard beaten …

The Parable of the Sower

Luke 8:4-8

… Would to God we could hope that our words would tarry with you, but we cannot hope it, for the soil of your heart is so hard beaten …

The New Song

Psalm 98:1

… But I hope and trust there are some to-night who will change their watch-note. Ye have not nailed your colors to the mast, have you? Even …

The Sages, The Star, and The Savior

Matthew 2:2

… I am surprised to see so vast a number present, and I can only hope the blessing will be in proportion, for Jesus' sake. Amen.

Deliverance From the Power of Darkness

Colossians 1:13

… He has taught me the mischief that comes from loving the world and the things thereof—and now you tempt me in vain! I hope there are many …

The Soul's Crisis

Luke 18:37

… Hearers, with hopeful signs of heavenly Grace! This is a hopeful hour! If you have lived up till now unsaved, I indulge the fervent hope that the hour …

Our Youth Renewed

Psalm 103:5

… Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted in me? Hope you in God: for I shall yet praise Him for the help …

Man Humbled, God Exalted

Isaiah 2:17

… You have never humbled yourselves and taken the Lord's Christ to be your only hope. Now, mark this—if you will not come down by Grace, you …

The Oil and the Vessels

2 Kings 4:6

… Our hope was never based on created power—a lively hope has its foundation in the Omnipotence of the Holy Spirit—and that cannot be the subject of …

The Minstrelsy of Hope

Psalm 67:6

… She meddles with every matter, intruding into the bedchamber of Faith, and disturbing the banquets of Hope. Fear lodges with some as an abiding guest and is entertained …

The First Cry from the Cross

Luke 23:34

… ground of hope in those she deals with, quick to observe any plea that she may use with God for their salvation. She must be hopeful too, and …

The Need of Decision for the Truth

… Certainly we are not to show our decision by that obstinate, furious, wolfish bigotry which cuts off every other body from the chance and hope of salvation and …

Hiding Among the Stuff

1 Samuel 10:22-23

… I hope we do not mean to go to Heaven without our crown, or with crowns without any stars in them. Some of you have had many spiritual …

Satan's Punctuality, Power and Purpose

Luke 8:12

… They hear the Gospel and so far we are hopeful of them, but they have no idea of allowing it to enter their inmost souls. The ground of …

God's Time for Comforting

Psalm 119:82

… I hope he is not satisfied to go without it—I trust that he will hunger and thirst until he gets it and that he will, at this …

Hoping in God's Mercy

Psalm 33:18

… TO DESCRIBE A SOUND HOPE IN THE MERCY OF GOD. I shall say of it, first, that a soundly hopeful soul feels its need of mercy. It does …

Lovely, But Lacking

Mark 10:21

… Among us we have a large number of most hopeful people, to whom it may be said, "One thing you lack." A word of congratulation to you, thatyou …

The Single-handed Conquest

Isaiah 63:3

… house, I remember the picture of Hopeful in the river holding Christian up—and the engraver has done it very well. Hopeful has his arm around Christian and …

'To You'

Acts 13:26

… This is the Messiah, the world's only Hope, the one Redeemer—rightly called the King of the Jews—yet also the Savior of all who believe in …

Secret Disciples Encouraged

John 18:25

… Now, I think if you are all this, surely you are also one of Christ's disciples! I have suggested many hopeful things that would lead me to …