Hope

The Sinner's End

Psalm 73:17

… The cruel Moabites of death shall cut down every fair tree of hope, and fill up with huge stones every well of comfort, and there shall be nothing …

A Present Helper

Acts 18:10

… The Jews, rank and rabble, were hopeful that they would get him condemned to death. In this threatening crisis the Lord Jesus would give him a word of …

A Dirge for the Down-grade and a Song For Faith

Isaiah 66:10

… If the old Gospel is brought to the front in all its simplicity and preached with fervor, we may hope to see the people back again to hear …

God's Remembrance of His Covenant

Psalm 106:44

… Though they humbled themselves for one moment, they would soon be proud again! The Lord could see nothing hopeful about them, nothing in their future any more than …

Concerning the Consolations Of God

Job 15:11

… Why is it so? You hope you are saved but it is by the skin of your teeth. You hope you are a child of God but you …

Earthquake But Not Heartquake

Psalm 46:1-3

… together in a far more hopeful tone. The Lord lives and blessed be my Rock! As long as the Lord lives, our hope also lives! Gospel Truth will …

The Blood of Sprinkling (Second Sermon.)

Hebrews 12:24

… You have, no doubt, a way of salvation in your own mind, for few men have given up all hope. Perhaps your chosen hope is that you will …

Heaven Below

Revelation 7:16

… Only God can keep us in that evil hour—only as we lie on our faces before Him can we hope to outlive the blast. Many are the …

Ruth's Reward—or, Cheer for Converts

Ruth 2:12

… It is a lovely sight to see a matronly Christian cheering on her class of girls, bearing with their waywardness and folly, and fostering everything that is hopeful …

How Is Salvation Received?

Romans 4:16

… When at last Ishmael was born, his hope in that direction was dashed to the ground, for he was informed that the Covenant was not with Ishmael—believing …

Scales Taken From the Eyes

Acts 11:18

… He had his reputation to maintain, for he had profited beyond most of his brothers and was reckoned to be a most hopeful and rising teacher of Israel …

The High Rock

Psalm 61:2

… He is not a man full of doubts and fears, but he is a man of hopeful spirit. "Oh," he says, "I have many sins, but I hope …

With the King for His Work!

1 Chronicles 4:23

… Let them not be ashamed of the metaphor, for I cheerfully put myself with them, as I hope the minister may have some claim to be classed among …

Lessons From Lydia'S Conversion

Acts 16:13

… I say again, God may bless us when we are not in His House, but we have the best reason to hope that He will when we are …

Heart-Knowledge of God

Jeremiah 24:7

… When a child knows his lesson by heart, we hope that he will not forget it. That which is learned in the head may be unlearned, for our …

Jesus and the Lambs

Isaiah 40:11

… If, indeed, you are converted, we dare not refuse you! I hope the Church of Jesus will no more think of refusing you than would our Lord Himself …

Why Is Faith So Feeble?

Mark 4:40

… Ought not the faith they had in His Divine mission to have kept them hopeful even in the worst moment of the storm? My Brothers and Sisters, be …

"I and the Children"

Isaiah 8:18

… According to correct speech, it is the first Person of the Divine Trinity whom we call the Father, who has begotten us again unto a lively hope by …

The Man of One Subject

1 Corinthians 2:2

… But to compromise, in the hope of making converts, is to do evil that good may come—and this is never to be thought of for an instant …

"God With Us"

Matthew 1:23

… If it were not so, not only would the great strength of our hope be gone, but as to this text the sweetness would be evaporated altogether. The …

A Hasty Expression Penitently Retracted

Psalm 31:22

… you? Still cling to Him! Where else can you get a glimpse of hope? To whom, or where could you go if you should turn from God? What …

Warning and Encouragement

Genesis 27:38

… But since God has so large a family, surely I may have good hope in coming to Him if He gives me the Grace to say, "I will …

Jesus At A Standstill

Mark 10:49

… Those who are of poverty will, I hope, believe that they are welcome to the House of the Lord, who is no respecter of persons. We are right …

The Chief Of Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15

… I the misfortune—no, I will not call it so—have I the hopeful privilege of talking to one who has spoken against Jesus of Nazareth and who …

Gratitude for Deliverance from the Grave

Psalm 118:17

… Faith sings pleasant songs when she foots it over weary roads— "The road may be rough, but it cannot be long, So let's smooth it with hope …

Israel's Cry and God's Answer

… If I am speaking to any who are in such a condition—and I hope that I am—I congratulate them on what is yet to come to …

An Urgent Request for an Immediate Answer

Genesis 24:49

… Now, I have a hope dancing in my heart that I have, on this occasion, found the right person. I often wonder why some people are here. There …

A Revival Promise

Isaiah 44:3-6

… Our growing anxiety for Christ's Glory and our faith in the energy of His Spirit will be two hopeful signs of a coming blessing. As a Church …

The Triumph Of Christianity

Psalm 22:27

… Despite these hopeful outbreaks of life, the progress of Christianity has been very slight, indeed, compared with what might have been expected from its rapid strides at the …

Good News For You

Luke 10:33

… And, while I read them, I hope you may be able to say, "There is hope for me." First, those whom Christ came to save are described in …

The Sure Triumph Of The Crucified One

Isaiah 52:13-15

… I wish I had known you were coming." "My dear Sister," I said, "I hope that is how the Lord will find me at His coming—doing my …

'Even So, Father!'

Matthew 11:25

… being! And inasmuch as we have not seen all these, and as we hope yet to see them, our faulty vision has been the ground of many mistakes …

All Joy in All Trials

James 1:2-4

… As a rule, where God’s grace works, these come to be hopeful men. Where others think the storm will destroy the vessel, they can remember storms equally …

Marvelous! Marvelous!

Zechariah 8:6

… up into everlasting life. "Oh, but," says the tempted one, "how can I hope to persevere to the end? I shall be, one of these days, tempted so …

The Minstrel

2 Kings 3:15

… SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington The text is a somewhat singular one, but I hope it will suggest a profitable idea. ‘But now bring me a minstrel …

The Savior's Charity

Mark 10:51

… Such people are hopeful that, bearing the evil patiently, themselves, it will not be detected by others and they are anxious to avoid the pity which is grievous …

The Joy of Harvest

Isaiah 9:3

… When he first saw the green blade appearing above the soil, he had hope of golden ears. When the whole field grew green and looked like his own …

A Root Out Of A Dry Ground

Isaiah 53:2

… He is "a root out of a dry ground." Look for the dry ground and rather rejoice when you see it is dry ground, with the comfortable hope …

Reasons For Parting With Sin

Isaiah 1:18

… Ah, how many have disappointed their best friends in this respect! They have manifested the most hopeful appearance at times. Their tears have glittered like the dewdrops of …

"Now Then, Do It"

2 Samuel 3:17

… Perhaps you have some desires towards Him lingering in your heart even now and, therefore, I have hope of you that you will go further, and in all …