New Hope Church

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” Psalms 14:1              The fool converses with himself and comes to an inward conclusion that “there is no God.”  Look at the— The fool is truly a fool if he can look at all these things and not see design and understand that behind every design is a designer.  A painting is painted by a painter.  A building is built by a builder.  Pottery is formed by a potter…  How can one look all around us at creation and not believe that a Creator created it all.  Yes, for sure, He is way beyond us and our understanding, but that does…

But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. —Psalm 13:5              I am so glad, Lord, that Your love is unfailing toward me.  If it was, the I would have no hope.  My heart also rejoices in Your salvation.  Again, without it, I would have no hope.  But I do trust in Your unfailing love and I do rejoice in Your salvation.  How marvelous this is that the Creator of all things loves me and has saved me from my sin.  I think of His magnitude and His awesomeness and am astounded that He would even consider me, but I am thankful that He does…

For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.  All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”  “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.”  “The poison of vipers is on their lips.”  “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”  “Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and misery mark their ways, and the way of peace they do not know.”  “There…

The Lord will do what is good in his sight. —I Chronicles 19:13              Our Lord always does “what is good in his sight.”  The way He sees things is quite different than the way we see things.  We may be seeing something from our vantage point and wonder how it could be good, but we do not have the big picture.  Only our Lord God Almighty has the big picture.  “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).  Will we trust Him with the things we do not understand?  Will…

David returned home to bless his family. —I Chronicles 16:43 Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Lord, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.” —II Chronicles 17:27              Lord, you have so blessed me.  You have taken me from the dark life I used to live and have transferred me in Your kingdom.  Not only have you blessed me, but You have blessed my family as well.  I thank You for each of my children that have called on Your Name and are living for You.  I thank You that they now…

Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. —I Chronicles 16:11 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. —I Chronicles 16:26 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. —Romans 1:28 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God… He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.” —Psalms 10:4, 6              Pride… the letter “I” is right in the middle of the…

I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. —Romans 1:11-12 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.  For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” —Romans 1:16-17              Oh, today, let us encourage each other by the gift of faith our…

And David became more and more powerful, because the Lord Almighty was with him. —I Chronicles 11:9 He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance! —Acts 28:31 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. —Psalm 9:1 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. —Psalm 9:10 A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the Lord. —Proverbs 19:3              Brothers and sisters, fellow followers/disciples of Jesus, we cannot do anything that brings righteous fruitfulness without our Lord.  Jesus…

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?  You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.  You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.  Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! —Psalm 8:3-9…

My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. —Psalm 7:10 He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. —Proverbs 18:22              Oh, how blest I am!  My shield, my protector is God Most High.  I am safe in Him now and will be with Him forever.  This life is so short.  We are but a morning fog soon gone, a single breath breathed (Job 7:7), a mere handbreadth (Psalm 39:5), like a withering flower, like a fleeting shadow (Job 14:2)… but then I will be with Him which is far better.  Even as the Apostle Paul said— “For to me, to…