Hope

True Prayer—True Power!

Mark 11:24

… We must be earnest, otherwise we have no right to hope that the Lord will hear our prayer. And surely, my brethren, it were enough to restrain all …

God Forgiving Sin

Isaiah 55:7-9

… But he says, "I obtained mercy." When you hear the cock crow tomorrow morning, remember how Peter was forgiven and hope for mercy! Though sinners have defamed Him …

Law and Grace

Romans 5:20

… I stand here and feel condemned, yet, perhaps, I have a hope that I may be acquitted. There is a dying hope of acquittal still left. But when …

Characteristics of Faith

John 4:48

… He who takes the naked word of Christ to be the basis of his hope, stands on a rock while all other ground is sinking sand. My brothers …

The Dove'S Return To The Ark

Genesis 8:9

… The child of God can never be content out of his God—he who has once had Christ in him, the hope of Glory, can never be satisfied …

Seeing Is Not Believing, But Believing Is Seeing

1 Peter 1:8

… His death is the unsupported pillar of your confidence and the sole foundation of your hope. In Christ you have believed, and you know that your sins are …

Psalm 64

Psalm 64

… affliction for the gospel's sake; for it expresses the condition and the hope of one actually imperilled for the truth. How aptly a portion of this Psalm …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… TO MY FRIENDS IN ENGLAND, Until yesterday the weather here has been so unsettled that it was not favorable to my complaint, but now I hope it has …

Smoking Flax

Isaiah 42:3

… I wish you had more faith, more joy, more hope, more rest, for you might, then, be of service to the Lord's household and the King might …

Reminiscences as a Village Pastor

… I hope that heresy has to a great extent died out, but it was sadly prevalent in my early ministerial days. I knew one man, who stood on …

The Evidence of Our Lord's Wounds

John 20:27

… If the sacrifice had never been slain we might despair; but since the spear-wound proves that the great Sacrifice really died, despair is slain, hope revives, and …

The Bird Escaped from the Snare

Psalm 124:7

… It does not say, "We hope that we have escaped and we trust that the snare is broken," but, "The snare is broken, and we are escaped." "Ifs …

Letters on Private and Public Affairs, 1856-1890 (Continued)

… I hope you will yet recover strength. Why, you are only a young girl yet at thirty-seven ! But I know how the spirits sink, and one feels …

"Where Are The Nine?"—or, Praise Neglected

Luke 17:15

… So also among ourselves, there are men who get benefits from Christ, who even hope that they are saved, but they do not praise Him. Their lives are …

To Workers with Slender Apparatus

… I hope there is not so much need that I should say much about returning books, as there would have been a few months ago, for I have …

The Spirit and the Wind

John 3:8

… And you may now hope that the most violent opposer of the Gospel may become a trophy of its power. And might not that same wind blow on …

Memorable Services at the Tabernacle, 1861-1874

… But in this great assembly of six thousand men and women, and I hope brethren and sisters in Christ, I do not know anyone else. Well, my dear …

Loyal to the Core

2 Samuel 15:21

… I hope it will always continue to be so; and especially among children of God. On the other hand, look at Ittai, perfectly free to go, but in …

A Mediator

Galatians 3:20

… I understand Paul here, not as going on with any argument, but as letting fall a general principle which I—taking it out of its connection—hope to …

Till We Meet Again

Revelation 22:21

… If we have Grace from Jesus, we shall have Glory with Jesus, but without it we are without hope! Standing at the end of the Book of Revelation …

Spiritual Transformations

Isaiah 4:13

… I hope we can say that we desire nothing on earth compared with this—to be blessed of God and to be made a blessing by God. We …

'Let Us Pray'

Psalm 73:23

… I hope the seed has been of the same quality, for I have found mine where you get yours—the common granary. But alas, my seed, friend, mine …

The Rising Sun

Malachi 4:2

… What mortal man is not, unless he has a good hope through Divine Grace? But do you tremble in the Presence of God because you have offended Him …

All Or None—or, Compromises Refused— a Sermon With Five Texts

Exodus 10:26

… a very sad thing when men do rest content with such a paltry hope as can have come out of poor performances like these! But still, they will …

The Corn of Wheat Dying to Bring Forth Fruit

… Next, we must surrender everything to keep it . “He that loveth his life shall lose it.” Brother, you can never have spiritual life, hope, joy, peace, heaven, except …

Little-faith

… 146 The Hope of Heaven. 147 Rejoice Always. 149 Religion a Present Concern. 150 Trouble Lightened. 152 The Gospel Requirement. 153 “Ye are not your own.” 155 “Continue …

The History of Sundry Fools

Psalm 107:17-20

… The inference will be that if I—if you—should happen to be just in the same condition as these people, yet we may have hope that God …

Early Wedded Life (Continued)

… I shall see him again soon, I hope." Of course, this little story lacks the piquancy and sparkle of the former one ; but it has the advantage of …

What Self Deserves

Ezekiel 36:31

… My brethren, in addition to loathing every act of sin, I think I can hope, if our acts are right, we do, through God's mercy, loathe all …

The Long Pastorate Commenced, 1854

… I hope I was not faithless; but I was timorous, and filled with a sense of my own unfitness. I dreaded the work which a gracious Providence had …

Prayer 4 — The All-Prevailing Plea

… quicken us to spiritual life, by whose divine energy we are sanctified and hope to be made meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in …

Psalm 56

Psalm 56

… Mercies received are encouragements to ask, and strong grounds to hope for the mercies we want. Stephen Charnock. Verses 12-13. Thy vows are upon me, O God …

Psalm 53

Psalm 53

… The second advent and the restoration of Israel are our hope and expectation. We have attempted to throw into rhyme the last two verses of this Psalm: The …

Psalm 149

Psalm 149

… They all believe in him, and have faith in his word and promises; they rely on his truth and power; they hope in his mercy; they fear his …

Two Good Things

Psalm 119:71

… I hope, however, that I may say of many here present, or that they can say of themselves, "It is good for me that I have been afflicted …

The Cholera Year in London

… I looked for a Bible, sir, but there is not one in the house; I hope you have brought one with you.” “Oh!” I said, “a Bible would …

Watch-Night Service

Psalm 90:1-22

… I have not done it from imitation, but for the best of reasons—the hope of doing good, and the wish to be the means of gathering in …

The Way of Salvation

Acts 4:12

… But, at last, blessed be his name, when I had given up all hope, and thought, that his swift anger would destroy me, and that the pit would …

Loved and Loving

… BELOVED FRIENDS—In a few days I hope to turn my face homeward, much refreshed by laying aside the harness for a season. I beseech you continue your …

Why Are We Saved By Faith?

… of God; but why is it so? Why is faith selected rather than hope, or love, or patience? It becomes us to be modest in answering such a …