Hope

"Take, Eat"

Matthew 26:26

… I hope that multitudes of others will have Him, but, as for myself, I am going to have Him." When I eat, I am doing an action for …

One Greater Than the Temple

Matthew 12:6

… He is essential to our light and life, and could he be taken from us earth's hope would be quenched for ever. Emmanuel, God with us, thou …

"Rest in the Lord"

Psalm 37:7

… Believe them and pray to the Lord, saying, "Fulfill this Word unto Your servant whereon You have caused me to hope. O Lord, do as You have said …

Open Praise and Public Confession

Psalm 138:1-3

… If they refuse His Son, He gives them no hope that there can be any hereafter for them except that of eternal banishment from His Presence and from …

Plowing Rock

Amos 6:12

… Some hope that they will get perfect peace by the way of ceremonies. Many people tell us that we are living in a very enlightened age, but I …

Pressing Questions of an Awakened Mind

Acts 9:5

… A second practical result is that then our hope is encouraged, for though Paul, at the sight of the Lord Jesus must have been full of bitter anguish …

A Home Mission Sermon

Ecclesiastes 9:10

… First, then, are there not some here who are saying, I hope I love Christ; I desire to serve him, for I have been saved by his work …

The Fifth Beatitude

Matthew 5:7

… Wesley, "I hope you know that you will never be forgiven, or else I hope that you have never sinned." So, until we leave off sinning, we must …

The Strong One Driven Out By A Stronger One

Luke 11:21-26

… Behold, the hope of him is in vain! Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?" Though a thousand Philistines are smitten hip and …

Heavenly Lovesickness!

Solomon 5:8

… She would not have asked others to tell Him if she had any assuring hope that she should meet Him herself—"If you find Him," she seems to …

The Lambs And Their Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… They tell you, sometimes, they hope to be the means of their friend's conversion. They have no right to hope such a thing. It so seldom occurs …

Chastened Happiness

Jeremiah 33:9

… Repentance must go with faith, patience with hope, humility with full assurance and conscious self-emptiness with a sense of the all-sufficiency of Christ. I would remind …

A Handkerchief

John 20:15

… And although I shall keep to the text and repeat the question, "Woman, why are you weeping?" I shall hope that other sorrowers besides the women here will …

The Covenant Pleaded

Psalm 74:20

… cry to Him, "Have respect unto the Covenant," and then we may both hope and quietly wait for His salvation. I need not tell you, for you are …

The Broken Fence

… By that act I said to the world, “I am dead to you, and buried to you in Christ, and I hope henceforth to live in newness of …

The King's Mowings

Amos 7:1

… It is this—that as we belong to the King, our hope is that we shall be mown too!We are sitting on the banks of Jordan, especially …

How Saints May Help the Devil

Ezekiel 16:54

… And here I wish to speak very pointedly and personally to all of you who are professors of religion, and I do hope that you will take every …

Individuality, and Its Opposite

… I hope our sermons will never be of the same order as those which were set: up in a certain printing office, and the chief compositor had to …

Maschil Of Ethan, A Majestic Song

Psalm 89:1

… So let us sing and praise and bless the name of the Lord! I do hope that, from what little our experience has taught us already, we are …

The Cross Our Glory

Galatians 6:14

… Its wisdom lies in scattering doubt, quenching hope and denying cer-tainty—and, therefore, the wisdom of the world to us is sheer folly! This century's philosophy …

Breakfast With Jesus

John 21:12

… He that is nourished and built up with heavenly food can bear to examine the grounds of his faith and to test the foundations of his hope. Such …

The Obedience of Faith

Hebrews 11:8

… You cannot hope to render obedience by the mere forging of conduct into a certain groove, or by a personal, unaided effort of the resolution. There is a …

Certain Curious Calculations About Loaves and Fishes

Mark 8:19-21

… I hope I have brought before your minds very clearly that amazing project which seemed most daring and even preposterous, and yet was necessary and even inevitable. II …

A World Wide Welcome

Matthew 11:28

… Men bear great burdens, some of them burdens of care, some burdens of grief, some burdens of foolish hope—but if they come to Him, being heavy laden …

The Believer Not An Orphan

… This is the brightest hope of His people. This will be the fulness of their redemption, the time of their resurrection. Anticipate it, beloved, and may God make …

War! War! War!

1 Samuel 18:17

… As long as there remains a hope, let us pray for peace, nay, even in the time of war let us still beseech the throne of God, crying …

Contentment

Philippians 4:11

… When they are put down in the pit with Joseph, they look up and see the starry promise, and the hope for an escape. But when they are …

Life More Abundant

John 10:10

… When the Lord Jesus restores them, strengthens their faith, brightens their hope and makes them healthy, then they not only have life, but they have it yet more …

Shame Leading to Salvation

Psalm 83:16

… And then he adds, "and I will, one of these days." "I ought to be a believer in Christ"—he admits that—"and I shall be, I hope …

"A Man Named Matthew"

Matthew 9:9

… Again, dear Friends—I hope I do not weary you while I try to bring this case of Matthew fully before you, wishing always that you may see …

The Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… Be you sure of this, that this depth is unfathomable! It is idle to attempt a definition of infinity and, therefore, vain to hope to declare how wide …

Evening, August 31

1 Jn 1:7

… The youthful artist, as he grasps his early pencil, can hardly hope to equal Raphael or Michael Angelo, but still, if he did not have a noble beau …

“All These Things”—A Sermon with Three Texts

Genesis 42:36

… Sitting alone, silent in your sorrow, crushed out of all hope, you claim the unhappy right to declare, "All these things are against me." And yet, Beloved, it …

A Straight Talk

Luke 14:20

… You looked your wife in the face and said, "I hope that it will not be long before I am with you in the Church of God and …

The Entreaty of the Holy Spirit

Hebrews 3:7

… others exactly like myself, may I not hope that there is mercy, also, for me? I will venture to hope and dare to believe! Should not that be …

Offended Because of Christ?

Matthew 11:6

… Ah, but I hope that I address some to whom the Lord has given a nobler spirit! I hope some men and women are here, tonight, who will …

Three Blessings of the Heavenly Charter

Job 10:12

… Perhaps, my Friend—I hope it is not so—but perhaps you have been worse than this, and that mouth of yours has uttered blasphemies, and the members …

The Parent's and Pastor's Joy

… I hope you will not suffer one of them to grow up and leave your roof without knowing the doctrines of the Gospel— without knowing the life of …

Essential Points In Prayer

1 Kings 9:2

… I hope that we do not. If the Lord has kept us, as we should be, steadfast in His fear, we are already possessors of what some call …

A Harp of Ten Strings

Luke 1:46

… Have you not sometimes felt that if the minister preached more about Jesus Christ, you would be very glad to hear him? I hope that is your inclination …