Hope

Patients for the Great Physician

Luke 5:31

… nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net Out of personal respect and obedience to Christ, having, perhaps, but a slender hope of any good coming …

The Savior's Silence

Matthew 15:23

… If you cannot do anything else, yet hope. The New Zealanders call hope "the swimming thought," because when everything else is drowned, up comes hope at the top …

Jesus Affirmed To Be Alive

Acts 25:18

… Brethren, it is, at least, a hopeful token when we are on the side of the affirmation. As to that side which is abundant only in questions, what …

The Hedge of Thorns and the Plain Way

Proverbs 15:19

… We might have more hope for him if he would begin to contradict. If he would think enough of the Truth of God to endeavor to justify his …

Number Two-thousand—Healing by the Stripes of Jesus

Isaiah 53:5

… While we continue in sin, we cannot serve God on earth, nor hope to enjoy Him, forever, above. We are incapable of communion with perfect spirits and with …

Heart'S Ease

Psalm 112:7

… The fondest hope which you and I have cherished may yet drop like the fruit of the tree before it is ripe—destroyed at the core by a …

Dying Daily

1 Corinthians 15:31

… A man must not only submissively await his dissolution, but he must be even desirous of departure and cheered with the hope of the better land. A hard …

Night-and Jesus Not There!

John 6:17

… A crowded House of Prayer is certainly a very hopeful sight, yet it may end in disappointment to those who are looking for souls to be won for …

"The Wedding Was Furnished with Guests"

Matthew 22:10

… Those who were invited specially and about whom there was the greatest hope had nothing in them to encourage that hope—they were not loyal, they were not …

The King in Pilate's Hall

John 18:37

… I pray that you and I, when we are assailed and questioned, may be wise as serpents and harmless as doves, giving a reason for the hope that …

The Seed Upon a Rock

Matthew 13:5

… ON another occasion I hope to preach from the words, "because they had no root," but, at this time, my subject is, "They sprang up, because they had …

The Foundation and Its Seal—a Sermon for the Times

2Timothy 2:19

… You can contemplate the sad side of things till you become so wretched as to be unable to do good! Have a brave and hopeful heart. When you …

"By All Means, Save Some"

1 Corinthians 9:22

… I fear that many hopeful beginnings have come to a sudden collapse because faithful and holy ministers have been despised and a slur has been cast upon ordinary …

A Plain Man's Sermon

Leviticus 22:21

… That which is given to God with a sigh because you cannot do more—and with the humble hope that he may accept it for Christ's sake …

The Unbeliever’s Unhappy Condition

John 3:36

… Beloved of parents who are hopeful of the conversion of their boy, esteemed by Christians who cannot but admire his outward conversation, yet for all that, the young …

Work in Us and Work by Us

Colossians 1:29

… We shall never persevere except as Grace shall keep us from falling, nor may we hope to be presented faultless before the august Presence except as the Holy …

The Burden of the Word of the Lord

Malachi 1:1

… You were then in a hopeful state but you still have not received Christ. Most faithful hearers you have been, but you have not been doers of the …

How They Conquered the Dragon

Revelation 12:11

… the whole of life; but then remember that it is also attended with hopeful confidence in the power of divine grace, for the apostle goes on to say …

Wheat in the Barn

Matthew 13:30

… The enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, hopeful that the false wheat would destroy or materially injure the true—but he failed in the end, for …

Holy Longings

Psalm 119:131

… Yet, let no tinge of discouragement mingle with your dissatisfaction—this man is hopeful of better things. He opens his mouth because he looks for something to fill …

A Caution for Sin-sick Souls

Hosea 5:13

… They have not been taken into the chambers of imagery and shown the abominations of their own hearts! They still cling with some hope to their own devices …

'Life for a Look'

Isaiah 45:22

… I hope it will be strangely comforting to some poor broken-hearted sinner who has been well-near in despair, but who will now hope, believe and live …

Praying In The Holy Spirit

… At such time you need not say, "I hope God will answer the prayer." He will do it—He is pledged to do it. It is a kind …

Grace Abounding

Hosea 14:4

… I have searched my own heart I hope with some degree of earnestness, and so far from finding any reason in myself why God should love me, I …

First Healing and then Service

Matthew 8:14

… Such persons are not always inflamed thus—they are frequently gentle and tractable—so much so, that we are filled with hope concerning them! Often fever is intermit …

The Young Man'S Prayer

Psalm 90:14

… That poor heart indulges the hope that Jesus Christ will one day comfort it, and become its salvation—it has a humble hope that these wounds will not …

A Persuasive to Steadfastness

Hebrews 3:14

… The beginning of their confidence is a hopeful sign. Time will test its value. The result of that profession has yet to be shown. Hence it is necessary …

Why Men Reject Christ

Luke 9:52

… There is so much about you that is hopeful and good that we cannot understand why you refuse Him. There are such blessings attached to the reception of …

Multitudinous Thoughts And Sacred Comforts

Psalm 94:19

… We have, all of us, I suppose, picked at that Gordian knot in our time and we have been vain enough to hope to untie it. But that …

Mongrel Religion

2 Kings 17:41

… Some of these wretched blenders are always hovering around every congregation, and my hope is that I may convince the consciences of some here present that they themselves …

Perfect Restoration

Zechariah 10:6

… is about you that seems hopeful, if it cannot be said of you, "Behold, He prays," there is no solid ground for hope. But if, bowing your head …

New Uses for Old Trophies

2 Kings 11:10

… I rather hope you are. I was preaching the other day, I think it was last Tuesday evening, at Acton. I went my way after service hopeful, prayerful …

"Sitting By"

Luke 5:17

… They are on the outskirts of the battle, but they are not combatants at all—they are "sitting by"—where they hope they are out the range of …

God'S Strange Choice

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

… They shall be the vessels of My mercy, while yonder angels, once My servants but now traitors to their liege Lord, shall, without hope forever, experience the terror …

And Why Not?

Luke 17:22

… Heaven will be the brighter and eternity the more glorious because we hope for what we see not, and do with patience wait for it. II. Secondly, I …

A Family Sermon

Genesis 7:1

… You have sons grown up around you, are you decided? You wish your family to grow up in the fear of God—I hope you do! But how …

The Righteous Holding On His Way

Job 17:9

… Our springtide is cheered and beautified with many blossoms of hopeful converts. They have just begun to go on pilgrimage and would be as happy as the birds …

Enquiring the Way to Zion

Jeremiah 50:5

… I hope that even the wretchedness which arises through treading the paths of sin may drive many to find relief from it in the Savior who is, Himself …

The Danger of Unconfessed Sin

Psalm 32:3

… Tears are hopeful things. They are the dewdrops of the morning foretelling the coming day. So is it, also, a very great consolation to tell your story to …

Enduring to the End

Matthew 10:22

… Let us thank God and take courage—thank God that he has preserved in this case, a Christian so many, many years, and take courage to hope that …