Hope

An Exhortation By Rev. C.H. Spurgeon

2 Samuel 11:1

… But in this great assembly of six thousand men and women and I hope Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I do not know another name. Well, my dear …

Ben-Hadad'S Escape—An Encouragement For Sinners

1 Kings 20:31-34

… Poor, lost benighted Soul, are you Willing to find salvation now? There yet is hope, hear Mercy's call, Truth, life, light, way, in Christ is all— Hasten …

Dagon's Ups and Downs

1 Samuel 5:2-4

… Brothers and Sisters, I hope you know this. I hope that the Spirit of God, which is in you, and the love of Christ, which reigns in you …

The Right Observance of the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

… I hope that the Holy Spirit will press home the Truth of God upon the hearts of any who have not observed this ordinance, before, and that He …

Characteristics of Christ's Disciples

Luke 14:26

… such excess as to become folly and idolatry, but from this evil I hope that we have escaped. But a man could not be a disciple of Christ …

Believing To See No.

Psalm 27:13

… I shall not weary you, I hope, if I mention that there are some who say they cannot trust Christ, cannot believe His affirmation that they are saved …

Our Lord's Prayer for His People's Sanctification

John 17:17

… Only in proportion as you are sanctified unto God can you hope for the power of the Holy Spirit to rest on you, and to work with you …

Saints Guarded From Stumbling

… It is the rock of our refuge, the pillar of our hope! The Cross that Christ carried involves one for us to carry. No sooner does a Christian …

Faithful Stewardship

1 Corinthians 4:2

… We sang just now— "Have You a lamb in all Your flock I would refuse to feed?" and I hope that our answer is," No, great Shepherd of …

"Speak, Lord!"

1 Samuel 3:10

… I invite you to hope that it is so, yes, and to come to Christ and put your soul's trust in Him—and then I am persuaded …

Resurgam

1 Corinthians 15:35-38

… that the Sabbath before last we considered the subject of Death, and I hope that then very solemn impressions were made upon our minds. May the like impressions …

A Golden Prayer

John 12:28

… Now, Brothers and Sisters, concerning this next year upon which we are entering, I hope it will be a year of happiness to you—I very emphatically wish …

Crowning Blessings Ascribed to God

Psalm 65:11

… being in Christ and, therefore, we sorrow not as those that are without hope. Why, when I think of them, many of them my sons and daughters now …

Sealed and Open Evidences

Jeremiah 32:14

… As for myself, I have not a shadow of a shade of the ghost of a hope apart from the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ …

The Main Matter

John 20:30

… We are waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the body from the power of death, waiting in the full assurance of hope. The soul even …

Achsah's Asking—a Pattern of Prayer

Judges 1:12-15

… if you have not one ready on the tip of your tongue? I hope that you have many petitions lying in the center of your hearts and that …

"My Times Are In Your Hand"

Psalm 31:15

… But with joyful hope we fall back upon the eternal foresight and the Infallible Wisdom of God and cry, "You shall choose our inheritance for us." We would …

Watching to See

Habakkuk 2:1-4

… So he tries, as much as he can, to get a hope out of lies, out of contradicting God. "His heart is not upright in him." But how …

The Best of the Best

Solomon 2:1

… Christ by faith, a sight of Him brings such peace, such rest, such hope, as no other sight can ever afford—it so sweetens everything, so entirely takes …

The Objective of Christ's Death

Galatians 1:4

… Adam except those who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before them in the Gospel. But He came with this further purpose, to …

The King-Priest

Zechariah 6:13

… We hope to do so in Heaven— let us do it here. Our love shall be the gold, our praise shall find the gems, our thanksgivings and our …

A Promise For Us And For Our Children

Isaiah 44:1-5

… The parents, let us hope, were Christians—but there has been so much of apparent inconsistency about them that the ruin of their children has been the consequence …

"This Thing Is From Me"

1 Kings 12:24

… I hope the net result of our ministry will not be like that of the famous leader who, with his troops, marched up a hill and then marched …

Greater Things Yet Who Shall See Them?

John 1:50

… It is a ladder without angels, or, if you please, with ascending angels only, but none coming down with heavenly gifts! Beloved, I hope you have not fallen …

Prayer Perfumed with Praise

Philippians 4:6

… making a doubtful experiment, nor do we come before God as a forlorn hope, desperately afraid that he will not listen to our cry; but he has ordained …

Something Worth Seeking

Matthew 6:33

… is your meat, His shed blood is your drink, He, Himself is your hope, your all! Therefore, "Seek you first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness." You …

The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

… Let us hope that he is sound in the faith, but if he is not, his bleeding needs stopping just as much as if he held a perfect …

Sins Of Ignorance

Leviticus 5:17

… will charge us with folly and how impossible it is for us to hope to be justified in Your sight by any righteousness of our own! Thus, my …

The Perseverance of the Saints

Philippians 1:6

… But the practical is the main thing, and I hope it shall be ours, by practical argument, to prove that while those who think that they can fall …

The Lion and the Bear—Trophies Hung Up

1 Samuel 17:36

… Does not this fact fill you with hope? There came another somewhat different trial, as different from the former trouble as a bear may be from a lion …

Marah Better Than Elim

Exodus 15:22-26

… have we found it true that, "Sweet are the uses of adversity." I hope that nobody here thinks that these Israelites experienced a small trial. We are not …

Three Sights Worth Seeing

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… Why, it there is a soul saved anywhere, we ought all to thank God for it! I hope that over at Walworth Road this week there may be …

The Chief Physician and the Centurion's Servant

Matthew 8:7

… The centurion was concerned about his servant, just as you and I are, I hope, today concerned about certain poor souls which lie paralyzed by sin. We mourn …

Faith's Ultimatum

Job 13:15

… And when, for a time, even in looking to God, he does not meet with conscious comfort, he waits in the patience of hope, calmly expecting aid and …

Bread For The Hungry

Deuteronomy 8:3

… We have seen the poor merchant reduced to distress and he said, "Now I cannot see any hope for me. God must rend His heavens and put His …

God Pleading For Saints, And Saints Pleading For God

Lamentations 3:58

… He does not say, "I hope, I trust, I sometimes think that God has pleaded the causes of my soul." He speaks of it as a matter of …

Holiness, The Law of God's House

Ezekiel 43:12

… Their trials are sanctified and their mercies are multiplied and thus faith grows exceedingly and hope is confirmed. To their assemblies angels come trooping down and up from …

The Ethiopian

Jeremiah 13:23

… I hope you never hear them talk. If it has ever been your misfortune to do so, you know that they will talk about some piece of filthiness …

Rest

Hebrews 4:3

… I only hope—to use John Bunyan's language—that many of your mouths are watering to get a personal share in this rest. II. The second point …

Everyday Religion

Galatians 2:20

… Therefore patiently wait and quietly hope, for you shall see the salvation of God! Thus faith takes the thorns from our pillow and makes us learn in whatever …