Hope

The Sweet Uses of Adversity

Job 10:2

… There is no hope whatever for you till you can truly say, “Whate’er consists not with thy love, O help me to resign.” “The dearest idol I …

Psalm 47

Psalm 47

… Even now if they did but know it, it is the best hope of all nations that Jehovah ruleth over them. If they cannot all speak the same …

On the Choice of a Text

… I hope we all make it a matter of very earnest and serious consideration, every week, what shall be the subjects upon which we shall address our people …

The Sympathy of the Two Worlds

… I have thus, I hope, shown you that there is a greater connection between earth and heaven than any of us dreamed. And now let none of us …

Psalm 26

Psalm 26

… What hope? The hope of seeing Christ as he is, and of being perfectly like him, of being separated from sinners. 4. Lastly, the concern of the saints …

Vile Ingratitude!

Ezekiel 16:1-2

… You can look back to the two or three that you remember of your ancestors, and they have been “without God and without hope, strangers to the commonwealth …

Under His Shadow

… Here faith develops, and hope grows bright, while love sheds abroad all the fragrance of her sweet spices. Oh! get you to the apple-tree, and find out …

Our Expectation

Isaiah 53:10

… Have we not all around us persons who say that they are Christians and are not, but lie? And many who, we hope, are Christians, are but very …

The Plea of Faith

2 Samuel 7:25

… There is one here, exceeding faint in the ways of the Lord. “Oh!” he says, “I am faint, though I hope I am pursuing.” Now, here is the …

The Immutability of Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… Put it in Christ; put all thine affections in his person, all thy hope in his glory, all thy trust in his efficacious blood, all thy joy in …

'Do I Love the Lord or Not?'

John 21:17

… I may say of faith and love, that these are like two roes that are twins—or rather of faith, and hope, and love, that these are three …

Psalm 128

Psalm 128

… So this fear is still joined with trust:—"Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy": Ps …

The Holy Spirit and the One Church

Jude 1:19

… They hope they are religious; but their religion never makes them happy. There are scores of professors who have just enough religion to make them miserable. Let them …

A Psalm of Remembrance

1 John 4:16

… I hope I shall be able to make it plain. 1. Sometimes the Christian knows the love of God to him, I will mention two or three particular …

Psalm 67

Psalm 67

… Faith, hope, and love will all be in the fullest exercise. Christ will be all and in all, and every power will be consecrated to him. This is …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:7

… My brother, thou art young as I am; say, hast thou a hope that thine even-tide shall be light? No, thou hast begun in drunkenness; and the …

The Work of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 3:3

… If any should ask us how we hope to have our salvation worked in us, we should without the slightest hesitation aver our belief that salvation is of …

Why Are Men Saved?

Psalm 106:8

… this or that.” Well, if you are, sir, I cannot give you much hope of heaven. Only God’s converts go there; not proselytes of man, but the …

Psalm 142

Psalm 142

… Therefore hope in God, for you shall yet praise him.— John Newton (1725-1807), in "Cardiphonia." Verse 3. Thou knewest. From human eyes 'tis better to conceal Much …

Canaan on Earth

Deuteronomy 11:10-12

… You are the Lord’s people, but you have not come into the Canaan of assured faith, confidence, and hope, where we wrestle no longer with flesh and …

Our Public Prayer

… I have heard prayer and singing, now and then called “the preliminary services,” as if they were but a preface to the sermon; this is rare I hope …

Are You Mocked?

Psalm 14:6

… To the ungodly man this seems reasonable. "It is reasonable to trust a great man, and to hope that he will be the maker of you; it is …

Little, But Lovely

Luke 12:32

… Perhaps they have not walked with God as they should and yet, although they may have little love, little hope, and little joy, little usefulness, and little holiness …

My Last Letters from Mentone

… I hope soon to follow where this card is going ; how delighted I am with the prospect! If you don't hear again, do not wonder; if anything …

A Sad Confession

Isaiah 53:3

… The rough, bullying speech of Tom Paine we sincerely hope will never be heard on earth again! There are thinkers (as they would have us call them) abroad …

Peter Walking on the Sea

Matthew 14:28-31

… Sometimes full of hope, we bound forward with elastic step—soon the sun ceases to shine, the big raindrops fall, the vapors rise and we sit down with …

The Church of Christ

Ezekiel 34:26

… the places round about a blessing.” “I will make them a blessing.” I hope we shall never be satisfied, as members of Park Street, until we are a …

How to Become Full of Joy

1 John 1:4

… This is our joyful hope, but meanwhile, while He is away, we are not without a Comforter. "Yet a little while, and the world sees Me no more …

Waiting Only Upon God

Psalm 62:6

… If we can move that by the words we may utter, we may hope to have some power with the souls of others. And note where David begins …

Araunah's Threshing Floor

1 Chronicles 22:1

… I hope, in a few words, to make you think it interesting and instructive. First, I shall try to explain the occurrence, itself, spiritually, and then to explain …

Psalm 57

Psalm 57

… He pleads former experiences of his help in past distresses, as an argument encouraging hope under the present strait (Ps 57:2). John Flavel. Verse 1. Be merciful …

Psalm 121

Psalm 121

… In the first instance his eyes looked around with anguish, but here they look up with hope. From the constant recurrence of the word keep, we are led …

Elijah’s Appeal to the Undecided

1 Kings 18:21

… We have, I hope, a very large number who are on Jehovah’s side, who fear God and serve him; we have a number who are on the …

John Ploughman's Pictures

… I hope that the plain speech of John Ploughman will help in that direction. It is quite out of the question for the compiler of such proverbial talk …

The Light of the World

John 8:12

… Despair shall dissolve before the sweet beams of hope. Even doubt, with all the indecision that comes of it, melts at the sound of His animating voice, "This …

Illustrations in Preaching

… they are made up of the palpably obscure and the inexplicably involved, and all hope of understanding them may be abandoned. This style of oratory we do not …

A Willing People and an Immutable Leader

Psalm 110:3

… We hope for a happy day when Christ shall come and shall cause the knowledge of the Lord to be spread so rapidly that it shall cover the …

The Child Samuel'S Prayer

1 Samuel 3:9

… Children who are taught a form of prayer may, perhaps, by Divine Grace be enabled to use the form in all sincerity of heart—I hope they may …

A Blow For Puseyism

John 6:63

… He has begotten us again into a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The new life is the actual operation of the Holy …

Psalm 122

Psalm 122

… With what a blessed hope do they, while they are here in this mortal life, lift up their affections, desires, and thoughts to the heavenly country, because they …