Hope

"Without Carefulness"

1 Corinthians 7:32

… I hope that many of us have long passed beyond that stage, for we have a judgment and discernment which tell us at once what is right and …

The Backslider'S Way Hedged Up

Hosea 2:5-7

… What comes of it? Do observe it, for the result is one which I hope you and I know already. "Then shall she say, I will go and …

Compassion For The Multitude

Matthew 14:17

… As Christ was the world's hope, so is the Church the world's hope—and she must take up the charge as if there were not another …

Christians, and Their Communion With God

Isaiah 26:8

… We behold the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ and that gives us hope. That gives us peace. That gives us rests and in proportion …

The Arrows of the Bow Broken in Zion

Psalm 76:3

… Had Jesus seen corruption, had the grave still held His body in vile durance, our hope would have been but slender. But now that Jesus lives, and death …

A Feast for the Upright

Psalm 84:11

… I hope that I am more sanctified in many respects, but I am also more conscious of my need of fuller sanctification. The fact is that the more …

The Priest Ordained by the Oath of God

Hebrews 7:20-22

… I have heard men talk of "a larger hope"—I believe it to be a larger lie than ordinary if it supposes more mercy than is revealed in …

The Preacher's Last Sermon for the Season

John 7:37

… There lies your hope, and there alone! In that Person, I say, and in that Person, only, is there salvation! All that a sinner needs is to be …

Joshua's Vision

Joshua 6:10-27

… All of you who love Jesus intend to do Him service during this next month, and indeed, I hope as long as you live. Now, there is nothing …

God's Heart the Source of All Blessing

2 Samuel 7:21

… again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead," to unchild us and permit us to lose that hope! My sons, whatever they …

Number 1500, Or Lifting Up the Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:9

… I hope that in closing the list of 1,500 discourses, the Lord will give me words which will be blessed more than any which have preceded them …

The Real Presence, the Great Want of the Church

Solomon 3:4-5

… There are many believers who have only just enough grace to enable us to hope that they are alive; they have no strength with which to work for …

Love's Vigilance Rewarded

Solomon 3:4

… I do not think that statement is universally true, but I hope it is true concerning our Lord's love to us and our heart's love to …

A Luther Sermon at the Tabernacle

Habakkuk 2:4

… Faith lays hold upon the Person, life and death of the Lord Jesus as her only hope—and in the righteousness of Christ she arrays herself. She cries …

"Out Of The Depths"

Psalm 40:12

… I hope I have not sinned in that way." But when he steadily looks, he finds that he has sinned there, too. These innumerable evils have compassed him …

"My Garden"—"His Garden"

Solomon 4:16

… There is such a fragrance about a God-given hope that this poor sin-stricken world seems to be cured by it. Wherever this living, lively hope comes …

The Elders Before The Throne

Revelation 4:4

… We can hardly hope to meet together upon a single Sunday without hearing that another of the stars is set. Some little time ago we went to the …

Wanted, A Guest Chamber!

Mark 14:14

… I hope, this morning, that there are some here who scarcely know why they are in the Tabernacle and the secret is that eternal purposes of Divine Grace …

The Glories of Forgiving Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… Hear this, you burdened souls, you self-condemned spirits, you that have shut yourselves out from hope of mercy—hear me earnestly, I pray you, that your souls …

The Song of a City, and the Pearl of Peace

Isaiah 26:3

… It shall be your strength to bring your sick, and lay them at Jesus feet; it shall be your hope to bring your unruly one, and say, "Lord …

Before Sermon, At Sermon and After Sermon

James 1:21

… Let us so come into the solemn assembly that we may hope to meet with God, there, for this is the chief end of our gathering together. And …

Prayer 5 — To The King Eternal

… Since Thou wouldest glorify Thy grace, here are we, such persons as can never have a shadow of a hope except through Thy grace, for we are undeserving …

The Need and Nature of Conversion

Isaiah 55:7

… If a man is to be saved, he must turn from his sins. "Right about face!" is the marching order for every sinner! There is no hope of …

The Love Of Jesus—What It Is—None But His Loved Ones Know

Ephesians 3:19

… And then go step by step with you, till, I hope, before we have done, if God the Holy Spirit is with us here, we shall have gotten …

God's People—or Not God's People

Hosea 2:23

… At first, they half hope that it is so. They indistinctly hear His voice saying it, but as faith increases, they hear Him say it more distinctly, "You …

Glimpses of Essex and Cambridgeshire Life, 1853

… It was a road but little frequented on the Sabbath-day, and I Should hope that scarcely a rumbling or rattling noise was heard there on the holy …

Jesus Putting Away Sin

Hebrews 9:26

… The more the conscience becomes quickened and the more fully the understanding is enlightened, the more desponding does the man become as to any hope of his ever …

The Holy Road

Isaiah 35:8

… The earnest Brother from New England, the friend from the Cape of Good Hope and the missionary student from India, all found that their stories agreed with that …

Small Rain for Tender Herbs

Deuteronomy 32:2

… Edwards, is He not, after all, a God of mercy?" I hope I should never, under any circumstances, give occasion for such a question! Though the Lord is …

Barabbas Preferred To Jesus

John 18:40

… Had not Rabbi Simon paid the multitude? Was there not a hope of some feast, after the Passover was over, to those who would use their throats against …

The King and His Court

Psalm 101:6

… I hope that I need not say much about this, but yet I do not know. I have heard, at times, of professing Christians who are no more …

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

… And so parents especially should not forget their children in their prayers, which daily ask their blessing, and hope to be blessed of God by their prayers. Secondarily …

Springtime in Nature and Grace

Isaiah 55:10-13

… We hope, soon, to be able to sit out of doors in the sunshine. We trust that the dull and heavy clouds will not return and that the …

One Worker Preparing For Another

1 Chronicles 22:14

… He knew the value of the precious blood and he was resting in it—and I had great joy in knowing that all his hope and all his …

Our Lord's Question to the Blind Men

Matthew 9:27-30

… Now, in these days it is a very usual thing for men to be blind spiritually and, therefore, I have great hope that our Lord Jesus will act …

Other Sheep and One Flock

John 10:16

… One of them complained that they had no helpers and could not hope to succeed. But another, who had more faith, said to his Brother, "Do you ask …

May I?

Matthew 9:21

… I hope so. And why should it not be now? If the trouble is, "If I may," I will ask you whether it does not help to remove …

Psalm 116

Psalm 116

… Reposing upon him who is mighty to save, he sees hope even against hope, anchoring the soul secure and steadfast on him who is passed within the veil …

The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus

2 Timothy 2:8

… How can they hope for salvation for their souls if they do not believe that "the Lord is risen, indeed"? This morning I wish to do three things …

Patient Job and the Baffled Enemy

Job 1:22

… Satan did not care what Job suffered, so long as he could but hope to make him sin. And he was foiled when he did not sin. He …