NAMED BEFORE CONCEPTION On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. —Luke 2:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=picInhsTXng Jesus’ birth was supernatural, a miraculous birth by God’s design (Luke 1:26-38). He was named Jesus even before His conception. Jesus “was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made” (John 1:1-3). Jesus, “being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his…

PROCLAIM! …to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace. —Luke 1:77-79 As John the Baptist was to bring the “knowledge of salvation through forgiveness of sins” to “those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, so we are also to do the same. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How, then, can they call on…

You are invited… New Hope Church, 34 Raymond Road (Route 156), Nottingham. On Wednesday (21st) at 6:30pm we invite all men for a Movie look at the life of actor icon Steve McQueen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkAwTLBjK4 Mitch Forman will be with us Friday (23rd) at 6pm to lead us in a Seder presentation. All are welcome to join us for this Jewish Cultural learning experience. Please rsvp to 285-3533 and leave a message. https://chosenpeople.com/site/mitch-kina-forman/

MAGNIFY THE LORD And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” —Luke 1:46-47 Then Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD, My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation. “There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.” —I Samuel 2:1-2 What is the biggest focus in your life right now? Is it some problem you are dealing with— health, job, relationship or something else that just seems enormous and time consuming? Are…

TRUST AND OBEY FOR WHAT WE KNOW TODAY The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law. —Deuteronomy 29:29 Avowed atheist Stephen Hawking recently died at age 76. He was called “science’s brightest star, renowned scientist, famed physicist, one of the brightest minds…” He has said, “I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail,” he told the Guardian. “There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.” http://time.com/5199149/stephen-hawking-death-god-atheist/ Hopefully…

IT IS FINISHED! With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. —Mark 15:37-38 For us He cried Jesus Christ died The veil torn wide He is alive Seen with our eyes At Father’s side In Him abide Blameless His bride Heaven to reside “Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body” (Hebrews 10:19-20). Jesus wept over Jerusalem on Palm Sunday… they would reject Him. He, the Creator of all, would…

THE GUILTY SET FREE! Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did. “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate, knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead. “What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of…

YOU ARE INVITED! Jonathan & Joyce Lueken will be with us this Sunday (18th) to share about their work in the South Sundan http://fromjoninafrica.blogspot.com/. This March we have been focusing on works to the most needy among us. On March 4th Pastor Berry from Skowhegan, Maine shared about their very effect ministry to the homeless. On March 11th Conrad Mandsager from ChildVoice spoke to us about resueing and working with girls from the most horrible of situations in Uganda. These are times of challenge, encouragement and are very informative. You will not hear these things on the news. You are welcome to join us this Sunday 10am at New Hope…

SO AWESOME! But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?” “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.” The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked. “You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?” They all condemned him as worthy of death. —Mark 14:61-63 There are those who have said that Jesus never claimed to be the Son of God. Here He says, “I Am” and…

INFLUENCE & IMPACT Then the officers shall add, “Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his fellow soldiers will not become disheartened too.” —Deuteronomy 20:8 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great…