Hope

Samuel—an Example of Intercession

1 Samuel 12:23

… Samuel is always hopeful and if they will not do the best thing possible, he will try to lead them to do the second best. If they will …

Sharing Christ's Life

John 14:19

… Temptation after temptation have I endured until it appeared as if I must yield my hold on Christ and give up my hope! There has been conflict upon …

Struggling Against Sin

Psalm 119:145

… And notice what should always be associated with prayer, namely, hope. "I hope in Your Word." There is no prayer like a hopeful prayer, in which a man …

The Wounds of Jesus

Luke 24:40

… it could easily have been dispensed with, What, then, were the reasons? I shall endeavor to enter into this subject, and I hope we may draw some profitable …

On Conversion as Our Aim

… This being fully admitted, what else should be done if we hope to see conversions? Assuredly we should be careful to preach most prominently those truths which are …

Christ’s Prayer for His People

John 17:15

… the world; he is so awfully wicked that many of those I thought hopeful Christians have been poisoned by his example. Indeed he seemed to be depraving the …

Now, and Then

1 Corinthians 13:12

… We have repented for this, and have fled for refuge to the hope set before us in the gospel. Day by day we see a little more of …

The Fullness and the Filling

John 1:16

… By Him are all His people taught, warned, counseled and encouraged with a blessed hope. He is a Priest, and by Him they are cleansed from sin and …

Prompt Obedience

Psalm 18:44

… There are some who, in the fullest sense of the term, are "aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of praise, having no hope …

The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous

Luke 7:4-9

… While we would open the gates of mercy so wide that the greatest blas- phemer, the most unchaste and the most debauched may not be without hope—yet …

Bright Prospects for Young Believers

Malachi 4:2

… I only hope that they will surpass all who have ever gone before them. Ah, dear young Friends, never take us as an example in stopping short of …

Assurance Sought

Psalm 35:3

… of salvation by your own feeling? Do you consult your frames of mind, hopeful or desponding, as one marks the rise or fall of a barometer? Do you …

Preach, Preach, Preach Everywhere!

Mark 16:15

… My joy and crown, my hope and my delight before God, are you in the Lord, when I can perceive an earnest heart in you, O you, the …

Praise for the Gift of Gifts

2 Corinthians 9:15

… If you have faith, joy and hope, who gave them to you? These did not spring up spontaneously in your heart. They were sown there by the hand …

A Painful and Puzzling Question

Mark 4:40

… I hope that it will wake you up at night—I trust it may be with you at breakfast tomorrow. And between the intervals of business I hope …

Ripe Fruit

Micah 7:1

… The blossom is painted by the pencil of hope, but the fruit is dyed in the hue of enjoyment. There is in ripe Christians the beauty of realized …

Recruits for the King

1 Samuel 22:1-2

… How can I dare to die? I have no hope, no trust, no confidence with which to pass the iron gates of death! And then, after death, there …

Joseph And His Brothers

Genesis 45:3-5

… To tarry no longer, but to proceed at once to so good an errand, hopeful that God will help us to accomplish it, I shall direct your attention …

A Voice from the Hartley Colliery

Job 14:14

… If there were any there (we hope there were not, and there is a hopeful sign, for I am told that there was not a single public-house …

A Troubled Prayer

Psalm 25:18

… But if any man among you here is now smarting for the sin he has committed, I will not say, let him be hopeful, but I will say …

Out of Nothing Comes Nothing

Job 14:4

… You might as well hope to preach a lion into a lamb as to change the unholy into the holy without the power of God. "Oh, but," say …

Black Clouds and Bright Blessings

Ecclesiastes 11:3

… You are full of hope—now go and lead others into the same hopeful state. Pray for a blessing upon others when you have had the best season …

Footsteps Of Mercy

Job 33:23

… There is hope, there is more than hope! There is confidence in our heart towards any sinner who is convinced of the uprightness of God in his present …

The Glorious Hereafter and Ourselves

2 Corinthians 5:5

… The Believer is like a man in a sailing vessel, well content with the good ship for what it is, and hopeful that it may bear him safely …

Beggars Becoming Princes

1 Samuel 2:8

… poverty and its cure that I want to talk to you in the hope that the Holy Spirit may so guide my words that they shall be for …

The Great Attraction

John 12:32

… When a man says, "There is no hope," then he hunts after sin like an eager hound after his game. To teach a man that there is hope …

Psalm 130

Psalm 130

… And in his word do I hope. This is the source, strength, and sweetness of waiting. Those who do not hope cannot wait; but if we hope for …

Spiritual Peace

John 14:27

… I have prayed and have exhorted to faith, and I have seen that flash of joy, when at last the hopeful word was spoken “I do believe on …

Comfort for the Tempted

1 Corinthians 10:13

… window, pestering him day and night, as it has occurred with some—I hope not with many—then he is sorely beset and is grievously troubled. It may …

The Snare of the Fowler

Psalm 91:3

… gayeties and merriments; but the Christian is like the Englishman, who can not hope to survive long where the jungle fever reigns. The native can live there, but …

Spiritual Revival—the Need of the Church

Habakkuk 3:2

… Begin, then, by humbling yourself— giving up all hope of reviving yourself as a Christian! But also begin at once with earnest supplication to God, saying, "O Lord …

A Young Man's Vision

Acts 2:17

… But take care of it and nurture it—and if it is not of God, a little experience will disabuse you of it, let us hope. But if …

Paul's First Prayer

Acts 9:11

… say, “Well, they are very hopeful; I think I shall have them. I trust there is a work going on, and hope soon to hear them tell what …

The Way to God

John 14:6

… It is to this very character, one that has so much that is hopeful in it, that I shall address myself particularly this morning; but indeed, to every …

A Summons To Battle

2 Samuel 11:1

… Every Christian should go forth to battle when there is best hope of success. We should select wisely, as the kings did, the most suitable seasons for warfare …

To the Rescue

Isaiah 49:24

… Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall your seed be. And being …

"Blessed in Him"

Psalm 72:17

… I cannot hope to set Him forth as He deserves. I cannot tell you all His virtues and His glories, but, oh, He is very dear to many …

'The Time Is Short'

1 Corinthians 7:29

… Some of you, indeed, were in a more hopeful condition 30 or 40 years ago than you are at present! What account can you give of yourselves? What …

Reasons for Seeking God

Amos 5:8

… the gentle sway of the Pleiades of promise, so that a springtime of hope and comfort shall cheer our souls, to be succeeded by a summer of rare …

Broken Bones

Psalm 51:8

… He suffers our hope to lose its joy-creating power, and like a broken bone, our very hope for a better land where rest remains, becomes a pining …