Hope

'The Garment of Praise'

Isaiah 61:3

… I know, for I have felt the same, that all hope that you shall be saved is taken away and that you are utterly prostrate—but yet THERE …

The Queen of Sheba

Matthew 12:42

… I hope in Your Word. Here is a hiding place to escape to from danger and a shield to protect while in danger. A hiding place is not …

Self-Examination

2 Corinthians 13:5

… If you have a cross in your heart—Christ crucified in you, the hope of glory—all the cross of this world’s troubles will seem to you …

The Power of the Holy Ghost

Romans 15:13

… I hope that my will is managed by Divine Grace. But I am afraid my imagination is not at times. Those who have a fair share of imagination …

Turn or Burn

Psalm 7:12

… We must frequently make sharp gashes into men’s consciences, in the hope that the Holy Spirit will bring them to life. We assert, then, that there is …

Peace—How Gained, How Broken

Psalm 85:8

… I have sinned myself beyond all hope of mercy. And why should I trouble myself further?" Like a condemned criminal, who hears the hammers fitting up the scaffold …

Sanctified Sorrow

Isaiah 54:11

… You had a hope of your own and you said in your heart, "I shall never be moved." But that hope of yours was no sure anchorage. It …

Psalm 115

Psalm 115

… If they could hope that some good result would come out of all this they would endure it with patience; but as they are unable to perceive any …

Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts

Mark 3:5

… What great wisdom, to be diligent in making discoveries against one's own eternal interests! The gospel of the Lord Jesus is man's only hope of salvation …

COME AND WELCOME

John 6:37

… Dear Friend in trouble of soul, I hope it will come to you! I. I am going to make five brief observations upon this passage, "Him that comes …

The Sad Wonder

Mark 6:6

… I have backslidden, I have lost the joy of my Lord, and for me there is no hope." We bid such persons look to the Redeemer anew, and …

Struggles of Conscience

Job 13:23

… Perhaps that is a reason why it would not be offered by you, who just now can scarcely hope to be a saint at all; yet it should …

Faith, What Is It?

… I hope I shall not be guilty of that fault. Faith is the simplest of all things, and perhaps because of its simplicity it is the more difficult …

Christ Our Peace

Ephesians 2:14

… Therefore, wherever we may wander around the circumference, we always feel a drawing in of our soul toward the center, which is "Christ in you, the hope of …

A Sense of Pardoned Sin

Isaiah 38:17

… It begins with a faint gleam of hope, another ray, and yet another, till at last the morning star arises in their souls; the light increases still, till …

Fine Pleading

Psalm 106:4

… I only hope that some of them are awakened to know the danger of their state. If they are, may God help them to pray this prayer, because …

A Happy Christian

Isaiah 58:11

… We cherish a hope this evening, that by means of this text we may be able to give an humble portrait of what the Christian is in his …

The Call of 'Today'

Hebrews 3:7

… If you are at all affected by what I have said (and I hope you may be) don't say, "Well, I will resolve to think about my …

The Soul's Great Crisis

Romans 7:8

… I dare say it is as I hope it is—I think it is, and I am not going to concern myself about it." It will end in …

Man'S Weakness—God'S Anointing

2 Samuel 3:39

… It may be today that your hope has become very dim; you are in bondage through fear of death, and see not the mansions in the skies. You …

Things Unknown

Jeremiah 33:3

… You grant me that, and then you ask me this question, "Sir, I hope I am a child of God. Am I, therefore, to understand that whatever I …

Five Fears

Ecclesiastes 8:12

… Oh, it thou hast come so far, hope thou in Christ, thou shalt come further yet. But the great consolation is this, Jesus Christ died for thee. If …

Psalm 49

Psalm 49

… How infinitely superior is such a hope to anything which our oppressors can boast! Here is something which will bear meditation, and therefore again let us pause, at …

Constancy And Inconstancy—a Contrast

Hosea 6:3

… O my God, I am undone, I am lost! I am hopeless! But there is one hope left! Your arm can save! Your eyes can pity and Your …

Preaching Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23

… But when he meets with those who sorrowfully confess that they are guilty, lost and undone, then he rejoices in hope of blessed results from his preaching. He …

Medicine For The Distracted

Psalm 94:19

… If thoughts are full of faith in Jesus, confidence in the great Father, hope of Heaven and love to his follow men, the man has a young Heaven …

Quiet Musing!

Psalm 39:3

… I could have hope for you, my dear Hearer, I could have good hope for you if I knew that you were given to musing. And if you …

The Growth of Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… price! Even those who have fled for refuge to, lay hold upon the hope set before them are often quite content to lie down just inside the City …

A Sermon For Spring

Solomon 2:10-13

… We have our winter— dreary howling winter—when the north wind of the Law rushes forth against us, when every hope is nipped, when all the seeds of …

The Second Time

Acts 7:13

… Out of this despair may ultimately come an utter infidelity like that of those of old who said, "There is no hope: but we will walk after our …

Abundant Pardon

Isaiah 55:7

… We have known men sin from pride and covetousness, and yet fall into that which was at once mean and ruinous to their hope of gain. We have …

Ruth Deciding for God

Ruth 1:16

… She had told her daughter-in-law that there was no hope that she should ever bear a son who could become a husband to Ruth—and that …

A Pastoral Visit

… Now where does it stop? I hope it does not stop at the servants—are they converted? Happy is the master who has Christian servants! And I speak …

Debtors and Debtors

Luke 7:41

… Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit And …

Soul-winning

Proverbs 11:30

… I hope you use them all. Perhaps some of you, though members of the Church, think you have none. But every Believer has his gift and his portion …

Baptism Essential To Obedience

Mark 16:16

… You tell me that you do not trust So-and-So, but that you hope to trust him one of these days. I will not give a penny …

The Form of Godliness Without the Power

2 Timothy 3:5

… A Divine interposition seems to me the hope set before us in Scripture and, indeed, to be the only hope adequate to the occasion. We look to the …

The Crisis Of This World

John 12:31-33

… Now there is hope for the world—its crisis is passed! Now will the gods of the heathen fall! Now will the dark ignorance of men yield to …

Psalm 66

Psalm 66

… How can we hope for help another time, if we prove faithless to covenants voluntarily entered upon in hours of need. Verse 15. I will offer unto thee …

Instability

Genesis 49:4

… I shall then note the character of a Christian who is noted for glaring instability, but who, notwithstanding, has sufficient of godliness to bid us hope that he …