Hope

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Psalm 119:144

… Such is our condition at times—we try to get away from one temptation and we fall into another—we hope to escape one form of evil and …

Secret Drawings Graciously Explained

Jeremiah 31:3

… The most frequent impulse which leads men to Jesus is hope that in Him they may find salvation. Truly, even then, they are moved by fear of the …

Dangerous Lingering

Genesis 19:16

… So, too, the bereaved mother, in the bitterness of her heart, has sought a Savior in the hope that she might meet her baby, again, in the better …

Wake Up! Wake Up!

Romans 13:11

… And, lastly, as your salvation is nearer than when you believed, let us hope your realization of it is more clear. Have you tried to realize the Glory …

The Saddest Cry From the Cross

Matthew 27:46

… There is hope for you, Brother, or Sister, if you are in this condition. Christ came through it and He will be with you in it! And, after …

The Blood of Sprinkling

Hebrews 12:24

… By two immutable things wherein it is impossible for him to lie, he has given us strong consolation, and good hope through grace, even to all of us …

Psalm 11

Psalm 11

… None of the Lord's children may hope to escape from trial, nor, indeed, in our right minds, would any of us desire to do so, for trial …

Unto You, Young Men

1 John 2:14

… The young blood of the Church, under God, is our great hope in the conflict for King Jesus! The young men of the Church must be, in the …

Experience and Assurance

Psalm 63:7

… But blessed is he that trusts in the Lord and whose hope is the Lord. Neither does David ascribe his success in life to himself. There is no …

How Hearts Are Softened

Zechariah 12:10

… There lies the hope of our ruined nature. Jehovah who made us can make us over again! Our case is not beyond His power. Is anything too hard …

The Prayer of Jabez

… There are always those who, like the fox in the fable, hope to gain the cheese by praising the crow. They never saw such plumage, and no voice …

The Church a Mother

Isaiah 49:20

… I propose to comment upon this text somewhat pointedly and I hope that the remarks I shall make upon it may be the means of leading others to …

God's Glory in the Building Up of Zion

Psalm 102:16

… But while the text reminds us of this Truth which I hope we never can forget, it also brings to our minds three or four other Truths of …

Precious Deaths

Psalm 116:15

… Faith, moreover, brings with it, as its companions, an innumerable company of graces, amongst which chiefly are hope and love. Blessed is the man who can hope in …

'Pray, Always Pray'

John 16:26

… You have even been foolish enough to hope for help from great men who had it in their power to aid you, but they have looked down upon …

The Disowned

Matthew 7:21-23

… Perhaps you will cast out devils, I hope you may and, in Christ's name you may do many wonderful works, but, first of all, "you must be …

Prayer-Its Discouragements and Encouragements

Matthew 15:23

… I pray you, then, let not your feelings fly in the teeth of God's promises, but hope on, for, though your case is very sad, it is …

North and South

Isaiah 43:6

… I fully believe that the darkest time of any true Christian church is just the period when it ought to have most hope, for when the Lord has …

A Simple Remedy

Isaiah 53:5

… If Jesus bore the transgressors' punishment there is every room for hope. Perhaps your disease is love of the world and a fear of man. You dare not …

A Loving Entreaty

Isaiah 43:26

… I hope you will be prepared to follow me while our penitence suggests AN AMENDED VERSION. I do not mean an alteration of the words, but of the …

One More Cast of the Great Net

Joel 2:32

… The text is not a bare hope, but a solemn assertion! If you believe, poor Soul, though you are altogether a mass of sin, you shall be saved …

The Far-off, Near—the Near, Far Off

Matthew 2:1-4

… When Christ is formed in us, the hope of Glory, a sacred revolution commences within us! When Christ is born in a village, a town, a city—the …

"I Would, But You Would Not"

Matthew 23:37

… You are losers in this world if you love not God! You are losers of peace, comfort, strength and hope, even now! But what will be your loss …

Jericho Captured

Joshua 6:2

… How could they hope to win that city by simply going round and round? "Give me a good ladder," says one, "a rope ladder, and a couple of …

Preparation for the Coming of the Lord

1 John 2:28

… When we have good hope that our hearers have come to Christ and are "in Christ," a further anxiety springs up in our hearts that they may "abide …

A Cheery Word in Troublous Times

Acts 27:25

… He was, on board the foundering vessel, the center of hope, the mainstay of courage. But notice that Paul's faith was faith in God. "I believe God …

The Weaned Child

Psalm 131:2

… It is folly to hope to know these "things too high for us." Here is a little child that has just come off its mother's knee and …

A Business-Like Account

Philippians 3:7-9

… He has, no longer, a righteousness of his own wherein to glory, but is stripped of every rag of legal hope. Christ is his All and he has …

Anxiety, Ambition, Indecision

Luke 12:29

… I sometimes hope I am," and so on. I suppose there are few men who have not, at some time or other suffered pain, but it is not …

A Witness and a Partaker

1 Peter 5:1

… We, poor plain elders, cannot hope to attain to such eminence as yours." "No, my Brothers," says Peter, "I am one of you, for I, also, am an …

The Master’s Profession—The Disciple’s Pursuit

Psalm 40:9

… I hope they are saved; the Lord knows whether they are or not, but whatever else they are saved from, certainly they are not saved from laziness. We …

The Bride and Her Ornaments—the Sin of Forgetting God

Jeremiah 2:32

… They have jewels—I hope they have—but they are very wary of ever showing them. Perhaps they get some Christian friend into a corner and they say …

Last Things

Proverbs 5:11

… And then I hope you will have holy daring enough to let the same light shine forward on the years yet to come, when your hair shall be …

Christ's Love to His Spouse

Ephesians 5:25

… And every man that has this hope in Him purifies himself, even as He is pure. Discouragement and despair will not purify you. Doubt and darkness will only …

Conversions Encouraged

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

… I cannot be happy unless I indulge the hope that some will, this morning, turn to God with full purpose of heart, led to do so by the …

Psalm 3

Psalm 3

… His only hope is in his God, but that is so strong a confidence, that he feels the Lord hath but to arise and he is saved. It …

Redemption and Its Claims

1 Corinthians 6:20

… You hope to be saved at the last. Your trust is that you shall die triumphantly and rise rejoicingly—but it is all through the blood of Jesus …

The Covenant Promise of the Spirit

Ezekiel 36:27

… You must be separate from the old wreck, lest it suck you down to sure destruc- tion! Your only hope of doing good to the world is by …

Paul Apprehended and Apprehending

Philippians 3:12

… I hope that twist will get a more and more powerful hold over me. It turned everything upside down. It changed the right into the left. It made …

The Old Gospel for the New Century

Matthew 11:28

… Count, if you can, the drops of morning dew, or the grains of sand upon the seashore—and then hope to number the children of Adam from the …