Hope

The Best of All—god Is With Us

1 Chronicles 22:18

… Brothers and Sisters in Christ, the Lord our God is with us! I do not entertain any doubt upon that point and I hope you do not. Is …

Prayer 13 — The Wings of Prayer

… We hope we can say with truthfulness that we do from our heart forgive all those who have in any way trespassed against us. There lies not in …

Faith Illustrated

… I hope I shall be able to put it into such a light that he who runs may read, and that the wayfaring man, though a fool, may …

A Bad Excuse Is Worse Than None

Luke 14:18

… And you think that they may entertain a comfortable hope whereas, while you make excuses, there is no hope for you at all. For my part I would …

Simeon

Luke 2:25

… Simeon was "a just man and devout." But now, leaving the character of Simeon as a man, we shall endeavor to expound his blessed hope as a Believer …

Future Punishment A Fearful Thing

Hebrews 10:31

… I hope that perceiving these terrors to have come from the lips of Jesus, who is all love, kindness, and benevolence, you will understand that it is the …

The Battle of Life

… What is life but a great battle, lasting from our earliest days until we sheathe sword in death? This battle we hope to win, and yet if we …

The Believer's Challenge

Romans 8:34

… We have before us in the text the four marvellous pillars upon which the Christian rests his hope. Any one of them were all-sufficient. Though the sins …

The Nobleman's Faith

John 4:46-53

… His only hope for his child's life was in this great Prophet of Nazareth and, therefore, he did not intend to leave Him till his request was …

Israel at the Red Sea

Psalm 106:9

… I shall preach this morning a sermon, which I hope will be useful to such of you as have lately come to know the Lord. You were expecting …

Alas! I Can Do Nothing!

… The one thing that the poor strengthless sinner has to fix his mind upon, and firmly retain, as his one ground of hope, is the divine assurance that …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do

Mark 4:26-29

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

The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God

1 Timothy 1:11

… Only there is this happy difference—I can hope for you, and bid you hope for yourselves! You are clinging now, perhaps, to some false hope and striving …

The Redeemer's Prayer

John 17:24

… Happy men and happy women who have such a hope, so to behold the Saviour’s glory. And then, after that a little pause. A thousand years shall …

Psalm 124

Psalm 124

… The rushing torrent would have drowned our soul, our hope, our life. The figures seem to be the steadily rising flood, and the hurriedly rushing stream. Who can …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… Then, you see, if he has pleaded guilty himself, there is no hope of there being any flaw in the evidence. And even if he had pleaded “not …

Personal Service

Psalm 116:16

… I do feel at this peculiar season, when God as visited some parts of our land with rich revival, and when we have reason to hope that revival …

Week-day Services, 1858-1860

… Unless you try to remove it, where is the hope of getting these people under the sound of the Word ? It is for this reason that I came …

Believing With The Heart

Romans 10:10

… But if Immanuel's face appears, My hope, my joy, begins— His name forbids my slavish fear, His Grace removes my sins." Faith next sees Christ in His …

Public Meeting Of Our London Baptist Brethren

… SPURGEON—In inviting our Baptist Brethren to meet together this evening, it was in the hope that something might be suggested which might promote our success as a …

Psalm 85

Psalm 85

… A kind of cross meeting, as it were, there is—the better hope of accord. Mercy and Righteousness have no symbolizing quality at all, no hope of them …

A Personal Application

Hebrews 9:26

… Do not hope to die with the words upon your lips, "God is merciful." I know He is, but He is also just, and to those who reject …

Prayer 25 — The Washing of Water By The Word

… Oh! it is because we are Thine own that we have hope. Thou wilt make us worthy of Thee. Thy possession of us is our hope of perfection …

A Song at the Wellhead

Numbers 21:16-18

… The joy of hope—who shall measure it? Those who are strangers to it are certainly strangers to the sweetest matter in spiritual life. With the exception of …

Solace for Sad Hearts

Isaiah 61:3

… The Savior's Sacrifice is a full fountain of hope for hearts that sorrow for sin. No mourner need despond, much less despair, since God has executed the …

Ears Bored to the Doorpost

Exodus 21:5

… I thought, "What a thing to be forced to say!" Some of you, I hope, will be forced to say it. You have sinned knowing that you were …

The Cry Of The Heathen

Acts 16:9

… But yet I would fain hope that somewhere there is one, who will write on the tablet of his heart, “I will go home to pray, I will …

The Garden Of The Soul

Matthew 26:36

… Then why, O blessed Jesus Christ, Should I not love You well? Not for the hope of winning Heaven, Nor of escaping Hell. Not with the hope of …

Evangelical Congratulations

Philippians 1:18

… Let every man be enabled to earn his bread in the sweat of his brow, and thus you may hope that their renovation will be obtained. This is …

The Enemies of the Cross of Christ

Philippians 3:18

… The people do not know what the Gospel is and, in part, this is our hope, for if we can but bring the blessed Truth of Christ to …

Happy Childhood at Stambourne

… THIS drawing of the old Manse at Stambourne has far more charms for me than for any of my readers; but I hope that their generous kindness to …

Circumcision and Uncircumcision

Galatians 5:6

… The priests do not pretend to offer you any hope, for what do they tell you? Do they ever say that these ceremonies will take you to Heaven …

The Special Call And The Unfailing Result

1 Corinthians 1:9

… They will clear the mist from your eyes in looking forward with cheerful hope to the future. I think they will prompt you to take your harp down …

The Dejected Lover

Solomon 3:1-4

… Not our enjoyments, but His sufferings we must lay as the solid foundation of our hope! There remains to us, dear Friends (for I confess to be sometimes …

The Curse Removed

Galatians 3:13

… We offer no hope of exception for character or reputation, for God has made none. The whole of us are shut up to this, that as far as …

Good Cheer From Christ's Call and From Himself

Mark 10:46-52

… The onlookers were pleased with the hope of seeing a miracle and so offered their encouragements which were not of any great worth or weight since they came …

How Repentance Is Given

… I shall be content if I leave this one thought with you; look not beneath the ice to find fire, neither hope in your own natural heart to …

Not Now, But Hereafter!

Job 21:29-31

… There were no hell, if it were not eternal, full the hope of an end would be the end of fear. If there could be an end to …

Declension from First Love

Revelation 2:4

… There is a brother in this church who may take it to himself; I hope he will. It is not very many years ago since he said to …

The Drawings of Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… I should hope it would speed well with me at the last, for if I am not, now, all that I should be, I shall try to be …