Hope

Paul As a Pattern Convert

1 Timothy 1:16

… If you are young, hope that God will bless the youth around you. And if you have come to older years, hope that your conversion, even at the …

No Fixity Without Faith

Isaiah 7:9

… No, "If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established." If you hope without believing, your hope is an anchor that has not gripped anything. If …

June 11 — NO CAUSE TO BLUSH

Isa. 54:4

… We shall not be ashamed of our hope. It shall be even as the Lord has said. We shall be fed, led, blest and rested. Our Lord will …

Dec. 25 — HE CAME; HE IS COMING

Acts 1:11

… This is our glorious hope, for we shall share His joy. Today we are in our concealment and humiliation, even as He was while here below; but when …

Jan. 8 — PURITY OF HEART AND LIFE

Matt. 5:8

… We shall "see him as he is"; and "every one that hath this hope in him purifieth himself." The enjoyment of present fellowship and the hope of the …

April 10 — LOOK AND LIVE

Num. 21:8

… True, you are swelling with the venom, and you see no hope. True, also there is no hope but this one. But this is no doubtful cure -- "Everyone …

The Cause And Cure Of Weariness In Sunday School Teachers

Galatians 6:9

… Now comes in my text, "Be not weary in doing good." Pluck up courage! Do not be a coward! Hope on, hope always! Work on, even though the …

May 13 — DAY IS AT HAND

Rev. 2:28

… If I am not today all that I hope to be, yet I see Jesus, and that assures me that I shall one day be like Him. A …

A Bright Light in Deep Shades

Isaiah 51:1

… I desire, this morning, to speak so that every one of you that follows after righteousness and desires the Lord, may say, "There is hope for me, then …

An Unalterable Law

Hebrews 9:22

… The man who gets this pardon may know he has it Did he merely hope he had it, that hope might often struggle with fear. Did he merely …

Nov. 9 — NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE

Ezek. 34:30

… It is one thing to hope that God is with us, and another thing to know that He is so. Faith saves us, but assurance satisfies us. We …

To Die Or Not To Die!

2 Corinthians 5:8

… I believe them both to be sincere followers of the Savior and both of them, I think have a good hope through grace. One of them said he …

Stumbling at the Word

1 Peter 2:8

… I am not ashamed of Him and I pray that He may not have reason to be ashamed of me." Now, though I hope some of your objections …

Persevering Prayer

… Does the Infinite indeed bow His ear to me? May I hope He will at last listen to me? Then I may well continue my prayers.” And recollect …

Why Saints Persevere

WHY SAINTS PERSEVERE THE HOPE which filled the heart of Paul concerning the Corinthian brethren we have already seen to be full of comfort to those who trembled …

Earth’s Seasons

… We have our winter–dreary, howling winter–when the north wind of the law rusheth forth against us; when every hope is nipped; when all the seeds of …

Looking Unto Jesus

Psalm 34:5

… And now this morning, I shall first invite you, in order to illustrate my text, to look to Jesus Christ in his life on earth, and I hope …

The Beginning, Increase, and End of the Divine Life

Job 8:7

… Three ends shall I hope to serve—first, to quiet the fears of those who are but beginners in grace; secondly, to confirm their faith; and, thirdly, to …

Beginning to Serve the Lord

… I hope for the day when the mighty men of Israel shall be found helping in this great warfare against the enemy. In the United States, we have …

Infant Salvation

2 Kings 4:26

… I cannot even dare to hope, though I would wish to do so, that they ignorantly misrepresent us. They wickedly repeat what has been denied a thousand times …

Pardon and Justification

Psalm 32:1

… I will cry and lament and I hope, by deep penitence, heart-felt contrition and by perpetual floods of tears, God may be induced to pardon me." O …

Psalm 143

Psalm 143

… As a prisoner whose feet are bound extends his hands in supplication when there is hope of liberty, so does David. My soul thirsteth after thee, as a …

A Visit to Christ's Hospital

Psalm 107:17-22

… You are ready to say, "There cannot be any hope for me. I have made a covenant with death and a league with Hell. I am past hope …

Not Boasting, But Trusting

Ephesians 2:9

… And patience, experience, and experience, hope. And hope makes us not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which …

Prayer, the Proof of Godliness

Psalm 32:6

… Do not say, "I find myself to be so guilty and, therefore, I have no hope." No, rather, because you find yourself to be guilty, therefore have hope …

Are You Prepared To Die?

Jeremiah 12:5

… It is our hope—the end of our pilgrimage. It contains our Jerusalem and the temple "not made with hands." When this is the view taken of the …

Evening, July 21

Ps 42:9

… night, that flood comes after ebb, that spring and summer succeed winter? Hope thou then! Hope thou ever! For God fails thee not. Dost thou not know that …

An Indictment with Four Counts

Zephaniah 3:2

… Beware, I pray you, of having anything to do with a hope that is not based upon trust in God in Christ Jesus! Your religion is vanity and …

The Lower Courts

1 John 3:20

… I am no longer what I once was, for I have been begotten again unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." The …

Consolation For The Despairing

Psalm 31:22

… While we bring forth the oil and wine from His own stores, we may hope that He will pour them into the wounds of the afflicted, for this …

Morning, April 29

Je 17:17

Morning, April 29 Go To Evening Reading “Thou art my hope in the day of evil.” Jeremiah 17:17 The path of the Christian is not always bright …

Morning, January 6

1Pe 5:7

… Sit not down in despair; hope on, hope ever. Take up the arms of faith against a sea of trouble, and your opposition shall yet end your distresses …

Morning, January 9

Je 31:33

… But thou wantest more than present delights—thou cravest something concerning which thou mayest exercise hope ; and what more canst thou hope for than the fulfilment of this …

Awakening

… To be cured of distress of mind by a false hope, would be a terrible business: the remedy would be worse than the disease. Better far that our …

Morning, September 3

Song 1:7

… We ought not to be satisfied with a superficial hope that Jesus loves us, and with a bare trust that we love him. The old saints did not …

The Orphan's Father

Hosea 14:3

… This becomes a fountain of hope to him. Have I here any sin-stricken sinner? Are you desponding and despairing? Did you come here feeling that there could …

The Drought of Nature, the Rain of Grace and the Lesson Therefrom

Jeremiah 14:3

… They covered their heads as men who gave themselves up to die without hope. Terrible was the drought which Jehovah sent upon His land because of the sin …

The Bliss of the Glorified

Revelation 7:16

… Many are hungering after it; they hope they are saved, and they thirst to be assured that they are. But there is no such thirst as that in …

The Bible

Hosea 8:12

… Oh! why dost thou quarrel with thy best friend, and ill-treat thy only refuge? There yet remains hope, even for the scorner. Hope in a Saviour’s …

Morning, January 1

Jos 5:12

… To be with Jesus in the rest which remaineth for the people of God, is a cheering hope indeed, and to expect this glory so soon is a …