Hope

Incense and Light

Exodus 30:7

… I hope you do not run into your class with anything which first comes to hand! If you do not snuff your candles and feed your lamps with …

Choice Portions

Deuteronomy 32:9

… Oh, who would not rejoice in this transcendent Truth of God, this glorious mystery? The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear Him, in them that hope in …

God's Pupil, God's Preacher—an Autobiography

Psalm 71:17

… and until this time have I declared Your wondrous works." The preacher using the Psalmist's language in the hope that many here will make bold to come …

Place for the Word

John 8:37

… I hope that will not happen to you, Friends, but I have witnessed it in others. I have seen the child of godly parents quench conscience and resist …

God's Dealings With Egypt and Israel

Psalm 78:51

… said to him, "Keep as many as you can, for there is no hope of your ever coming back to God till you have spent all that you …

Two Ancient Proverbs

Proverbs 29:25

… Nicodemus "at the first came to Jesus by night." And Joseph of Arimathaea was "a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews." I hope you …

Soul Saving Our One Business

1 Corinthians 9:22

… If you hold Calvinistic doctrine, as I hope you do, do not stutter about it, nor stammer over it, but speak it out! Depend upon it, many revivals …

Up from the Country and Pressed Into Service

Mark 15:21

… And my prayer goes up to God—and I hope it is attended with the prayers of many thousands, besides—that he may, at once, submit to the …

The Secret of Love to God

1 John 4:19

… Does not Francis Xavier say— "'Not with the hope of gaining anything, Not seeking a reward'— and so on—teaching us that we ought to love Christ simply …

God's Goodness Leading to Repentance

Romans 2:4

… I hope I am addressing those who can be affected by other motives than those of dread. The good God, the gracious God who has abounded in mercy …

A Question for You

John 9:35

… However," he thought, "if I am asked again, (I hope I shall not be), I think I will just pray, but I shall not say much." He was …

A Sermon For The Week Of Prayer

Colossians 4:2

… All eyes must be opened! The judgment, the imagination, the hope, the memory—all must be in full vigor, or else we can scarcely hope that prayer shall …

Obadiah; or, Early Piety Eminent Piety

1 Kings 18:12

… When there is no hope of victory you may as well retire; but he is the brave man who when the bugle sounds retreat does not hear it …

Thy Redeemer

Isaiah 41:14

… art thou cast down, O my soul? Why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him; for the Redeemer says, I …

The King's Weighings

1 Samuel 2:3

… Dear Friend, if ever you have had the weighing process carried on in your own heart, I know you have given up all hope of being saved by …

A Great Gospel for Great Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15-17

… I shall not say more upon this mournful matter, for, indeed, I have only mentioned these examples in the hope that some here present may confess, "I am …

Our Lord's Trial before the Sanhedrin

Mark 14:64

… After the Reformation we had clearly ringing out from all pulpits the Doctrine of Justification by Faith and other glorious Truths of God which I hope will be …

The Threshing Floor of Ornan

1 Chronicles 21:28

… assurance knowing He has made my peace with God!" Do not say, "I hope that the sword is sheathed"—it either is so, or it is not so …

Holy Water

John 4:14

… His soul bubbles up in prayer, praise, love, hope and joy forevermore. He must do the will of Him that sent him. He cannot but work out his …

The General Convocation Around Mount Zion

Hebrews 12:22-24

… but I have ventured to differ from his form of it and I hope that in so doing I have set forth the contrast as to the seven …

The Two Guards Praying and Watching

Nehemiah 4:9

… I hope that all of us who love Him are trying to do what we can to build up His Kingdom—but we also need to watch against …

A Sermon to the Lord's Little Children

1 John 2:12

… This is a sure ground of hope! Quicksand there is none, but a solid rock is under our feet. Had the pardon been granted for our own work …

The Ascension and the Second Advent Practically Considered

Acts 1:10

… I said to her, "When the Lord Jesus Christ comes suddenly, I hope he will find me doing as you were doing, namely, fulfilling the duty of the …

The Philosophy and Propriety of Abundant Praise

Psalm 145:7

… I hope we shall have a very happy service today." He would shake hands with me and smile till he seemed to carry us all into the middle …

The Treasure of Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… Now I know the riches of his grace, because I hope I prove it, and feel it in my own inmost heart, my dear hearer, and may you …

A Golden Sentence

John 4:34

… You will soon find hope in Him if you look for it there. You will soon discover grounds for comfort if you look to God in the Person …

Epilogue — The Golden Key of Prayer

… Satan says to us, "Why should you pray? How can you hope to prevail? In vain thou sayest, I will arise and go to my Father, for thou …

The Final Separation

Matthew 25:32

… Since I hope I shall be where Jesus is, I should like to see him, be he who he may, and see him there among the blessed. But …

Ordered Steps

Psalm 119:133

… If You chasten them, I hope to have Your chastening. If You smile upon them, I shall delight to be smiled upon as You are known to smile …

Prayer 6 — The Wonders of Calvary

… Give us faith and love and hope that with these three graces we may draw very near to the Triune God. Thou wilt keep us, Thou wilt preserve …

Our Lord's Humanity a Sweet Source of Comfort

Daniel 10:18

… Again, I hope I shall not weary you. Surely I may continue to draw out the silken threads of such a subject. Children of God will find the …

Blessed Promises For Dying Outcasts

Jeremiah 30:17

… I always have great hope for the entire Church of Christ when the ungodly begin to rail and revile. They say, "Christianity has lost its power! The Church …

Laboring And Not Fainting

Revelation 2:3

… The long evenings of Fall are our time of hope! Oh, Brothers and Sisters, help us, that by the power of the Holy Spirit, between now and next …

The Ever-Living Priest

Hebrews 7:23-25

… Prayers in which Christ is forgotten are insults to the God of Revelation! Faith in which Jesus is not the foundation of our hope is mere delusion! God …

The Child Of Light Walking In Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… This darkness is very trying to faith, trying to love, trying to hope, trying to patience, trying to every Grace of the spiritual man. Blessed is the man …

A Cure For Care

1 Peter 5:7

… Want of hope which puts out our eyes so that we cannot see the clear shining after the rain. Think, my Brothers and Sisters, how we fret and …

Two Arguments Against Sin

Jeremiah 44:4

… You have taken it up very tenderly and put it away from the light in the hope that it might, perhaps, escape. But the very first thing it …

Women's Rights—a Parable

Numbers 17:5

… God's Word, and nothing but His Word, and believe it?" Oh, I hope there are many of us—would that allof us were in that happy position …

Rest For The Laboring

Matthew 11:28-30

… Because You are all my hope, therefore will I do as You bid me, if you, O Lord, will help me." Come, young men, I am glad to …

Confidence and Concern

2 Timothy 1:12-14

… He did not rest in a vague hope that he would be saved, nor in an indefinite reliance upon the Christian religion, nor in a sanguine expectation that …