Tag Archives: Hope
Christ’s Atonement And The Three Graces Of Faith, Love And Hope…
Year 2 Day 27 1 Corinthians 13:13 Author And Bible Teacher F E Marsh (1858-1931) gives an interesting commentary on The Atonement Of Christ And The Attendent Blessing Of The Three Graces – Faith Love And Hope: “CHRIST IN HIS ATONEMENT IS THE CENTRE OF ALL THE GRACES. THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS SUMMARIZED ALL THE …
Remember God’s Word As It Can Give Us Hope…
Psalm 119 has 22 sections structured after the letters of the Hebrew alphabet and is a microcosm of the entire Bible. Charles Bridges calls it “a string of 22 pearls strung up together.” On Psalm 119:49, Charles Bridges insightfully comments: ‘WHAT IS FAITH? IT IS HOPE UPON GOD’S WORD. THE WARRANT OF FAITH IS THEREFORE …
We Are Exhorted To Walk And Please God in Truth, Holiness, Love, Integrity And Hope…
In Chapter 4 of 1st Thessalonians, Paul exhort the saints to “WALK AND PLEASE GOD” and this is elaborated further in the chapter: V 6 -” That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and …
None Can Hope In The Lord Save Those That Trust In His Name
John Calvin (AD 1509-1584): “FAITH HAS NO LESS NEED OF THE WORD THAN THE FRUIT OF A TREE HAS OF A LIVING ROOT; BECAUSE AS DAVID TESTIFIES, NONE CAN HOPE IN GOD BUT THOSE WHO KNOWS HIS NAME.”
Blessed Is The Man Who Hopes In The Lord…
Jeremiah 17:7-8V7-“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.” V8-“For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in …
Blessed Are Those Who Did Not See But Yet Believe…
Romans 8:24 (NKJV):V24 -“We were saved with this hope in mind. If we hope for something we already see, it’s not really hope. Who hopes for what can be seen?”
Whispering Hope..
Soft as the voice of an angelBreathing a lesson unheardHope with a gentle persuasionWhispers her comforting word Wait ’til the darkness is overWait ’til the tempest is doneHope for the sunshine tomorrowAfter the darkness is gone. RefrainWhispering hope (whispering hope, whispering hope)Oh, how welcome Thy voice (welcome Thy voice, oh, how welcome Thy voice)Making my …
Spurgeon: Faith Goes Up the Stairs Which Love Had Built And Looks Up The Window That Hope Has Opened.
Compare Spurgeon’s quote on Faith. Hope And Love to that of Paul’s in 1 Corinthians 13:13 (Amplified Bible): -“And so FAITH, HOPE, LOVE abide … FAITH – conviction and belief respecting man’s relation to God and divine things; HOPE – joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation; LOVE –true affection for God and man, growing …
A Prayer To The God Of Hope
For our last post of 2020, it is perhaps fitting, we talk of HOPE after a year of Covid-19 devastation around the world. Let’s close it, with a prayer for 2021 from Romans 15:13: Now the GOD OF HOPE fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in HOPE, through …
Christ Can Bear The Full Weight Of Our Hope
Lamentations 3:24-26 V24 -“The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I HOPE in him.’ V25 -“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.” V26 -“It is good that a man should both HOPE and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.” (
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