Hope

The Men that “Sell the Books”

… He gets a room, if possible, and preaches; founds Bands of Hope, and makes himself generally useful in the cause of religion and temperance. He is, in fact …

Opening Services

… There had been nothing like it accomplished before! Let them hope it was but the beginning of many such undertakings destined to be carried to a similarly successful …

Our Lord's Voluntary Poverty

2 Corinthians 8:9

… I hope some of you have a good reputation. There was a time when I had one, but preaching the Gospel very frequently brings upon you all sorts …

Christ's Prayer and Plea

Psalm 16:1

… Take, for instance that remarkable declaration in Psalm 22:9 —"You did make Me hope when I was upon My mother's breasts," as though very early in …

More Than Conquerors

Romans 8:37

… Cry unto the Strong for strength—that your tribulation may work out for you patience, and patience experience—and experience hope that makes not ashamed. The next in …

God's King Magnified

Psalm 132:18

… He is either the stone on which we build our hope and our trust, or else He becomes a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to …

Growth in Faith

Luke 17:5

… Go in peace!" Though your past life may have been ever so vile and you have come in here without God and without hope, yet if you now …

Private and Confidential

Psalm 25:14

… race, To whom their God has given Grace, To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch to force the way." Thus he enters into …

Confession of Christ

Matthew 10:32

… I am thus vile, and rejoice in it—and I hope to be viler in it! I confess Christ, that He is mine and I am His." I …

Dilemma and Deliverance

Psalm 9:10

… Whose character is safe in these days? What man among us may not be accused of any indecency? Who among us can hope to stand immaculate when liars …

Grace For Communion

Solomon 4:16

… O Holy Spirit, blow upon our hearts at this moment! Let faith, love, hope, joy, patience and every Grace be now like violets which betray themselves by their …

'Grace and Glory'

Psalm 84:11

… has its universal aspect very plainly taught in God's Word, and I hope we shall never try to take away the force of those universal passages—yet …

Pictures of Happiness

Psalm 144:15

… I wish I could honestly hope that all were so doing. It is to the shame of those who are not doing so that they can sit side …

Fifteen Years After!

Job 1:21

… We come down to our breakfast in the morning rejoicing in health and strength, and we go out to our day's engagements but, I hope not without …

Our Lord's Entrance Within the Veil

Hebrews 9:12

… What other hope have we? The sacrifice which our Lord presented before He went within the veil was personal. Stress should be laid upon the word "own" here …

Jesus About His Father’s Business

John 4:34

… The only thing that can make him weep is to see that they reject their own mercy, that they put away from them their only hope, and refuse …

'Stewards'

1 Corinthians 4:1

… I hope none of you have ever had the misfortune to be made a trustee. It is a thankless office. In executing a trust, there is little scope …

Unstaggering Faith

Romans 4:19-21

… Yet, dear Hearers, we desire to see you converted, and by the Grace of God we hope to see it! But what can we do? The preacher can …

The Man Who Shall Never See Death

John 8:51-53

… The hope of our Lord's appearing is a very blessed one, come when He may. But I do not think that to be alive at His coming …

Our Leader Through the Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… I hope that none of you will wish to be in soul darkness. Some trembling people acquire a sort of perpetual palsy of fear. They have become so …

Praise Comely to the Upright

Psalm 33:1

… I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in His Word do I hope. There is a waiting of expectancy—we believe that He is about …

Psalm 28

Psalm 28

… Their heritage of evil shall prevent the ungodly receiving any good; the ephah shall be too full of wrath to contain a grain of hope. They have become …

Psalm 132

Psalm 132

… We go up to the house of the Lord together, and we hope to go to heaven together. Note their alacrity and cheerfulness in going. Their long absence …

Christ the Tree of Life

Revelation 22:2

… We are right enough, then, in saying that Jesus Christ is a Tree of Life and we shall so speak of Him in the hope that some may …

Psalm 61

Psalm 61

… for as God is the centre of life, hope, love, and joy, distance from him, of whatsoever degree, is the antipodes of the soul, a region of sterility …

The Privileged Man

Ezekiel 16:9-14

… As the loathsomeness necessarily would have involved your eternal ruin, so your helplessness took away from you all hope of eternal safety. Some of you had plunged into …

'The Old Testament 'Prodigal'

2 Chronicles 33:12

… Therefore, it struck me that if I could set before them a number of Scriptural instances of wonderful conversions, it might tend to encourage hope in Christ in …

The Christ-Given Rest

Matthew 11:28

… all those undermining processes which seek to destroy the very foundations of our hope! Come to Jesus tonight! Come to Jesus at the Communion Table and enter anew …

The New Song and the Old Story

Psalm 96:1-3

… Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has begotten us again unto a lively hope—our Heavenly Father who provides for us, educates us …

The Upper Hand

Romans 6:14

… As I have already told you, it does not matter what sin it is—if it has dominion over you—the text cuts you off from hope. Pride …

On Spiritualizing

… ought to go where you get good food for your soul, I only hope it is good; but what did you get last Sunday?” “Oh! We had a …

A Promise and Precedent

John 16:14

… Wait awhile, dear Brother, and go to your Lord and say to Him, "Lord, fill me with Your own fullness, for how can I hope to pour out …

A Practical Discourse

1 Kings 5:14

… If you neglect your own souls and hope that you will get right by performing Christian duties, you are grievously mistaken! If you try to shine and have …

God's Word Not to Be Refused

Hebrews 12:25

… They have no reason for it, but they hope they shall have a more convenient season. They are young people as yet, or they are not so very …

A Good Man in An Evil Case

Psalm 55:22

… And when it seems no chance nor change From grief can set me free— Hope find its strength in helplessness, And patiently waits on Thee. Lead on, lead …

Our Life, Our Work, Our Change

Job 14:14

… But you who have a good hope through Divine Grace and have built your house upon the Rock—you may joyfully look forward to the end of your …

Spiritual Religion

John 6:63

… And if you do not understand it now, I hope you will before I have done. We are spirits in bodies. Well, then, in order to meet our …

The Procession of Sorrow

John 19:16

… Perhaps they are your children, the objects of your fondest love, with no interest in Christ, without God and without hope in the world! Save your tears for …

The Scarlet Line in the Window

Joshua 2:21

… He says, "Those who pray, do well." You get up to that, I hope. "Those that read the Scriptures and pray, do better. Those that read the Scriptures …

Psalm 139

Psalm 139

… How wonderful the contrast between the observer and the observed! Jehovah and me! Yet this most intimate connection exists, and therein lies our hope. Let the reader sit …