Hope

Meeting Of The Neighboring Churches

… They had taught others by the success which had crowned their efforts, that they ought to hope for nobler things, and dare greater things than they had up …

Good News for Seekers

Psalm 22:26

… The Lord has done great things for us, of which we are glad." If there are any seekers here at this good hour, I hope that if they …

The Suffering Christ Satisfied

Isaiah 53:11

… tonight, the cries of spirits that are banished far from God without a hope. Within an hour that may be your portion, unconverted Hearer! In a few more …

God's Glory and His Goodness

Exodus 33:18-23

… By all means cherish hope. Yield not to despair. Suffer not that demon, like a nightmare, to sit on your breast, to crush out all your energies, stifle …

The Matchless Mystery

Ephesians 5:30

… Therefore we feel incapable of dealing with it as it should be dealt with—it is all too great and vast for us—we can no more hope …

'A Prepared Place for a Prepared People'

John 14:2

… I know that I am not explaining the preparation of Heaven, yet I hope I am draining some comfortable thoughts out of the subject. If Christ is preparing …

The Forerunner

Hebrews 6:20

… Where is that? Well, first, it is where all our hope is fixed. Our hope is fixed on things invisible, mysterious, spiritual, sublime, immutable, Divine—which are where …

"Is God In the Camp?"

1 Samuel 4:7

… And they said, Woe unto us! For there has not been such a thing before." The Israelites probably made the same mistake, fixing their hope on this new …

Indwelling Sin

Job 40:3-4

… There is little open honor got by it, and therefore we do not have the hope of renown to cheer us up. Watching is a work that few …

Fellowship With Christ

1 Corinthians 10:16

… I hope some of you have arrived at it. If you have, you will be more useful than those who only understand the fellowship of conversation. God grant …

Morning, June 6

Job 40:4

… divine grace does not eradicate all sin from the believer, how dost thou hope to do it thyself? and if God loves his people while they are yet …

Faith Working By Love

Galatians 5:6

… Some hope to be saved by ritualism—their hopes are struck hip and thigh by these words, "Neither circumcision avails anything." On the other hand, many are relying …

Evening, April 16

Ex 17:12

… When at any time your prayer flags, let faith support one hand, and let holy hope uplift the other, and prayer seating itself upon the stone of Israel …

Redemption Through Blood—The Gracious Forgiveness Of Sins

Ephesians 1:7

… I hope I have hundreds before me who enjoy the same assurance! Brothers and Sisters, if there is no consciousness of the forgiveness of sins possible, how can …

An Unparalleled Cure

Matthew 9:32

… O Sirs, this is my hope for the salvation of the unsaved! If it depended upon mypreaching, or upon yourpleading, I would have scant hopes! But as it …

The Lord Blessing His Saints

Psalm 115:15

… But, Beloved, we have not so learned the Gospel we have learned to believe and hope, still, to live by faith. Our beliefs are grounded too firmly to …

The Right Keynote for the New Year

Psalm 115:18

… Well, now, let us hope that this is our condition tonight! God grant that it may be! Certainly it ought to be our condition in reference to the …

Evening, August 27

Ps 31:5

… Thou mayst chasten and correct, But thou never canst neglect; Since the ransom price is paid, On thy love my hope is stay'd.”

Psalm 120

Psalm 120

… It may be so, but we hope that pious people were not so foolish as to sing about their bad neighbours when they were leaving them, for a …

Morning, April 6

Heb 13:13

… It is thus we shall hope to win the crown if we are enabled by divine grace faithfully to follow Christ “without the camp.” The crown of glory …

A Fear to Be Desired

Hosea 3:5

… the present sad condition of God's ancient people and inspire us with hope concerning their future—"For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a …

Joining the Church

2 Corinthians 8:5

… Now I know there are some who say, "Well, I hope I have given myself to the Lord, but I do not intend to give myselfto any church …

Suffering Outside the Camp

Hebrews 13:12

… With the children of God, he dares not go—he feels that they would put him outside the camp, for he has no hope, no Christ, no faith …

Prepared to Meet God

Amos 4:12

… What can you hope that we can say to you when you are either unconscious, or distracted with pain—with your head aching and your mind confused—and …

Morning, August 23

Is 65:19

… Eye and ear, heart and hand, judgment, imagination, hope, desire, will, all the faculties, are completely satisfied; and imperfect as our present ideas are of the things which …

Personal and Effectual Calling

John 10:3

… Or you have, perhaps, known the sharper pangs of poverty, or possibly, though I hope it is not so, some of you know what it is to be …

An Inscription for the Mausoleum of the Saints

Hebrews 11:13

… The coming, the glorious coming, which is the brightest hope of the Church, when the Lord "shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the …

Morning, May 11

Mt 28:20

… Put thine all in Christ; set all thine affections on his person, all thy hope in his merit, all thy trust in his efficacious blood, all thy joy …

Morning, June 16

Jn 10:28

… A faithful and unchanging God Lays the foundation for my hope, In oaths, and promises, and blood.”

Men Bewitched

Galatians 3:1

… We can only hope to escape this evil which Paul so severely condemns by the use of right cautionary means. It is only, in fact, as the Holy …

Evening, September 21

Ps 26:9

… Christ’s sacrifice, and can you compass the altar of God with humble hope? If so, rest assured, with the wicked you never shall be gathered, for that …

God Fighting Sin

Isaiah 63:10

… With other enemies we may contend with some hope of success, but not with the Omnipotent. The enmity of others is an affliction, but the enmity of God …

The Climax of God's Love No. 2571

Hosea 2:16

… And my hope is that our meditation upon the text will be blessed in the same fashion to many others. When a man is truly right with God …

Psalm 14

Psalm 14

… It is not merely the wish of the sinner's corrupt nature, and the hope of his rebellious heart, but he manages after a fashion to bring himself …

Morning, December 27

Job 8:11

… helpful to it, I have still held fast my integrity? Then have I hope that there is genuine vital godliness in me. The rush cannot grow without mire …

Morning, September 9

Je 33:3

… There are the common frames and feelings of repentance, and faith, and joy, and hope, which are enjoyed by the entire family; but there is an upper realm …

Facing the Wind

2 Thessalonians 3:13

… I hope, Beloved, this is the mainspring of our doings and goings—that you would be God's servants or God's ministers because you love God—that …

The Only Atoning Priest

Hebrews 10:11-14

… if you have one weak link in your hope, if you are resting in anything you are or hope to be, or can do or feel, that one …

Morning, November 2

Mal 3:6

… at last obtained a hold-fast, is like that which the Christian’s hope affords him when it fixes itself upon this glorious truth. With God “is no …

Maroth—or, the Disappointed

Micah 1:12

… They possibly had some hope that the king of Egypt would come up to attack Sennacherib. Evidently they looked for help everywhere except to God and, consequently, as …