Hope

Evening, December 30

2Sa 2:26

… Did you send for my minister?” “Yes, he is coming.” The minister comes. “Sir, I fear that I am dying!” “Have you any hope?” “I cannot say that …

Profitable Mixture

Hebrews 4:2

… They dared not hope to win the country—they turned back in the day of battle. The end of it was they died in the wilderness. Ah me …

Life and Pardon

Colossians 2:13

… For such were we in days not long since—but let us also be filled with hope for others. For He who quickened us can do the same …

The Poor Man's Friend

Psalm 10:14

… They think that they began well and that they have gone on well—they hope to continue to do well right to the end of their lives. They …

Morning, March 25

Lu 22:48

… Dare I hope that I am clear in this matter? Then, O Lord, keep me so. O Lord, make me sincere and true. Preserve me from every false …

Morning, August 11

Job 29:2

… Do not sit down to sigh and lament; while the beloved Physician lives there is hope, nay there is a certainty of recovery for the worst cases.

A Look and Its Lessons

Isaiah 51:1

… If I were to feel that I was too good to mix with the worst of men in the hope of being of service to them, or that …

Our Lord's Transcendent Greatness

Micah 5:4

… If there is, I only hope that he will yet come to make Christ's name great. I remember hearing that Mr. John Cooke, of Maidenhead, was once …

The Saints Blessing The Lord

Psalm 103:1

… We will bless the Father, from whose everlasting love we received our election unto eternal life—the Father who has begotten us again unto a lively hope by …

Morning, February 11

Ac 4:13

… Forgive, as you hope to be forgiven. Heap coals of fire on the head of your foe by your kindness to him. Good for evil, recollect, is godlike …

Evening, April 17

Jn 12:21

… have to be a Christian; I would give up everything I have and hope for, if I might but feel that I have an interest in Christ?” Then …

Evening, June 21

2Ti 2:19

… we are healed.” In one word, the great pillar of the Christian’s hope is substitution . The vicarious sacrifice of Christ for the guilty, Christ being made sin …

Evening, July 3

2Ti 2:12

… mourn over on earth, you are not “suffering with Christ,” and have no hope of reigning with him in heaven. Neither are we to conclude that all a …

A Very Early Bible Society

2 Chronicles 34:15

… the Word of God! I hope that few houses are without a copy of the Word of God—but while I hope so, I have often had my …

Landlord and Tenant

Isaiah 38:1

… The subject shall supply the solemnity and I hope the metaphor will secure your interest. Forgive me, you spiritual, if I seem too flippant—my words are not …

The Pastors’ College, 1861-1878

… Give it up, I cannot; and so long as the Lord enables me, I hope to persevere, even though I should have to toil alone, unaided, or even …

Evening, January 10

Job 19:26

… God.” This is the sum and substance of heaven, this is the joyful hope of all believers. It is their delight to see him now in the ordinances …

Morning, April 17

Heb 12:24

… Guilty, lost, and helpless, you came to take that blood, and that blood alone, as your everlasting hope. You came to the cross of Christ, with a trembling …

Morning, October 4

Zec 14:7

… We may well long for the time when we shall recline in its shady groves and be satisfied with hope until the time of fruition comes. The setting …

Earnest Expostulation

Romans 2:4

… And, hanging o’er the burning pit, I still am forced to hope.” Our apostle adds to goodness and forbearance the riches of “longsuffering.” We draw a distinction …

Faith Essential to Pleasing God

Hebrews 11:6

… We must not, therefore, hope to please God by any invention of our own, however clever, nor by any labor of our own, however ardent—since infallible Inspiration …

Morning, October 20

Eph 4:15

… then shall we find ourselves advancing in holiness, in love, in faith, in hope—yea, in every precious gift. As the sun rises first on mountain-tops and …

Morning, November 9

Col 2:6

… If a man walks in Christ, then he so acts as Christ would act; for Christ being in him, his hope, his love, his joy, his life, he …

Faith Omnipotent

Mark 9:23

… And herein faith makes all things possible to him that believes— "In hope against all human hope, Self desperate, I believe Your quickening word shall raise me up …

Christ's Joy and Ours

John 15:11

… Brothers and Sisters, the highest life I ever hope to reach this side of Heaven is to say from my very soul— "I the chief of sinners am …

Hypocrisy

Luke 12:1

… But I hope there are some here who can say, “Notwithstanding many infirmities, with my whole heart have I striven to run in the ways of thy commandments …

Covenant Blessings

Ezekiel 36:26

… Let us read these four promises again, and I hope they will reach any poor trembling soul who may be saying, "I would, but cannot repent. I would …

Sweet Stimulants for the Fainting Soul

Psalm 42:6

… There have been good men in circumstances similar to David's at that time who, even then, could gird up the loins of their mind and hope to …

Evening, June 16

Ps 27:1

… life .” Here is a third glowing epithet, to show that the writer’s hope was fastened with a threefold cord which could not be broken. We may well …

Evening, October 27

Is 64:6

… ours! How priceless a gift is his perfect righteousness! And how bright the hope of perfect holiness hereafter! Even now, though sin dwells in us, its power is …

Prayer Certified Of Success

Luke 11:9-10

… It is a gloss of the fathers upon this passage that faith asks, hope seeks and love knocks—and the gloss is worth repeating. Faith asks because she …

To-morrow

Proverbs 27:1

… Ay, there is many a man that set all his hope upon one single thing; and the to-morrow came which he did not expect—perhaps a black …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… I cannot work out the whole matter in one sermon, but some prominent points will, I hope, interest and profit you. I. First let us take the case …

No Tears In Heaven

Revelation 7:17

… Let us pray that tribulation may work patience and patience experience and experience the hope which makes us not ashamed. Let us pray that as the sharp edge …

David's Dying Song

2 Samuel 23:5

… I hope the authors will not have a similar fate. Some of them, however, quarrel with me, because I preach the everlasting gospel. I dare not preach another …

Trembling at the Word of the Lord

Isaiah 66:2

… Here, also, you have the Lord's estimate of him—"To this man will I look." I hope to dwell chiefly upon the character described in the closing …

The Blood Of Abel And The Blood Of Jesus

Genesis 4:10

… If today despair is ready to strangle your hope and you are tempted to give it all up—yet come now, even now—to this precious blood of …

Morning, October 15

Mal 3:2

… but his beloved blood washed people look for his appearing with joy, and hope to abide it without fear: to them he sits as a refiner even now …

Evening, December 17

Jn 10:9

… Jesus is the only door, an open door, a wide door, a safe door; and blessed is he who rests all his hope of admission to glory upon …

The New Park Street Pulpit

Ephesians 1:13

… No, no—they put far from them all hope and choose their own delusions—and perish. Now such men give the gravest picture of what Hell must be …