Hope

The New Song On Earth

Psalm 40:3

… Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy. Beautiful expression! I always like that mixture of fear …

God's Non-Remembrance of Sin

Isaiah 43:25

… They remember well that happy day when Jesus washed their sins away! And their state of peace, of joyful privilege and of expectant hope is, to them, intensely …

Faith's Sure Foundation

1 Peter 2:6

… Upon a subject near akin to it, I cast in my lines a second time! I do so the more readily in the hope that those who have …

God, the Children's Teacher

Psalm 71:17

… I hope none of these boys who go to school ever go too late. "Dilly, dilly dollar," don't they say? "Ten o'clock scholar." He is always …

The Rule of Grace

Luke 4:27

… At one moment we are joyous with hope and a moment later we seem ready to give up all hope—our courage fails us and our soul dissolves …

Confirmation

… Hope for this great thing; but hope for it as a gift of grace, and not as the wages of work, or as the product of your own …

Bad Lodgers and How To Treat Them

Jeremiah 4:14

… Is not that enough?" Many hope it is and live as if they felt sure it was! But the religion of the Word of God is not so …

The Priceless Prize

Philippians 3:8

… There are holes bored through and through your spirit's hope and confi-dence—and it will go down, before long, in depths of unutterable woe! I think …

The Man With The Measuring Line

Zechariah 2:1-5

… I hope that the people of God this morning will be looking after you and when this sermon is done I hope they will speak with you, or …

An Ancient Question Modernized

Ezekiel 24:19

… There is no hope in themselves—their only hope is in the Lord. 11. 12. Say unto them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no …

The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant

Hebrews 13:20

… I will show them their need of redemption; I will cut off from them all groundless hope, and destroy their refuges of lies. I will bring them to …

David's Prayer in the Cave

… Half of it is hypocrisy—how can a man hope to be saved by his hypocrisy? Do you hope to be saved by your feelings? What are your …

Preparation for Revival

Amos 3:3

… I hope that at this hour we can truly say, that notwithstanding our many sins, we do love the Lord our God; and if we could have our …

Small Things Not to Be Despised

Zechariah 4:10

… If any of you have any respect for yourselves while acting in such a way as that, I hope you will soon discover that there is really nothing …

Fallen Asleep

1 Corinthians 15:6

… If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are, of all men, most miserable. That is to say, if our hope for the future is …

A Sermon For Gleaners

Ruth 2:15

… How can I hope, such an one as I am, that I should ever be allowed to go into the Master's field and glean of His good …

Discipline in Christ's Army

Joshua 1:11

… Shortly afterwards, he published a summary of the sermon in The Sword and the Trowel, with a prefatory note in which he said, "We hope to print the …

Jesus At Bethesda—or, Waiting Changed for Believing

John 5:1-9

… Seek for deeper repentance." Beloved, away with such teaching! The Cross! The Cross! The Cross! THERE hangs a sinner's hope! You must not rely on what you …

The Only Road

John 14:6

… Oh, look there! Go to His bleeding wounds to get life and you will then begin to get to God! But it was later when that hope grew …

Forgiveness Made Easy

Ephesians 4:82

… Upon that bright example we shall spend most of our time, but I hope not quite so much as to forget the practical part, which is so much …

A Sermon From A Rush

Job 8:11-13

… And the hypocrite's hope shall perish." Job 8:11-13 . ISAAC walked in the fields at eventide to meditate. I commend him for his occupation. Meditation is …

Christ Is All

Colossians 3:11

… Without Christ, you are to-day without peace, and will be for ever without hope! Nothing remains for Christless souls at the last, but a fearful looking for …

Religion—a Reality

Deuteronomy 32:47

… It is to us the grandest of all realities, and we hope that our testimony and witness, if we be honest men, may prevail with others who may …

Light in the Cloud

… Hope yet, for there is hope concerning this matter. Trust thou still, for there is ground of confidence. He shall bring thee up again, rejoicing, out of captivity …

Mr. Evil-Questioning Tried and Executed

2 Kings 5:12

… The Bible is an opponent, even unto death, of everything like boasting, or encouraging the hope of salvation by any efforts of our own. Righteous Self is doomed …

The Widow of Sarepta

1 Kings 17:8

… Election, I say, passed over all the likeliest ones and pitched upon her who seemed to be beyond the verge of hope—ordaining in mercy that she, entertaining …

Meal-time in the Cornfields

… We hope some timid gleaner will accept our invitation to come and eat with us, and will have confidence enough to dip her morsel in the vinegar. May …

The Holdfast

Proverbs 4:13

… It is not pleasant for them, but we hope it will be profitable. Those whose souls are plowed and plowed and plowed again before the seed is sown …

Diary, April to June, 1850

… I hope all is well at home with my dear mother; I must expect the cross soon. “He that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is …

“Through Much Tribulation”

… One only hope we had, one sole refuge for our misery. Save where that ark floated, — North, South, East, and West was one broad expanse of troubled waters …

A Prospect of Revival

Isaiah 51:3

… I have sometime tried to cheer up my brethren when they have been desponding, and I hope not without success; yet I have always felt that to relieve …

The Work of Grace the Warrant for Obedience

John 5:11

… If I hope to do well in the future, it is because I hope for strength from Him to do well, believing that He will work in me …

Fullness of Joy Our Privilege

1 John 1:4

… What a fountain of joy it is! We are saved by hope. Sweetly does the Psalmist express himself, "My soul faints for Your salvation, but I hope in …

The Lord,—the Liberator

Psalm 146:7

… The man said, "Oh, there is no hope for me for I am totally depraved, and my nature is exceeding vile; there is no hope for me." I …

A Lesson From The Great Panic

Hebrews 12:27

… Oh, to rest in assured hope, the hope that makes not ashamed! The hope that shall never be confounded! The hope that when days and years are passed …

The Ceremony of Laying the...

… I only hope that my friend’s will be the larger half. I hope and believe that whenever the time comes, he will not allow his increasing years …

Tearful Sowing and Joyful Reaping

Psalm 126:6

… I say, then, to you Christian workers, reach out after those who have been thought to be beyond the range of hope! Seek to convert those who have …

Morning, December 31

Jn 7:37

… The bleeding, dying, rising Saviour, is the only star of hope to a sinner. Oh for grace to come now and drink, ere the sun sets upon the …

The Vital Force

Hebrews 10:38

… The Believer is the man to hope—to hope for deliverance out of present affliction. To hope for the eternal outgoing of the issues of all this life …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot do

… The seed must be sown everywhere, too, for there are no choice corners of the world that you can afford to let alone, in the hope that they …