New Hope Church

WE RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF GOD What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. —I Corinthians 2:12             We have not received the “spirit of the world.”  That “spirit of the world” is “The god of this age” who “has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God” (II Corinthians 4:4).  All those who have this “spirit of world” are under the “power of Satan” (Acts 26:18) and are in the…

GOD’S CHOICE! But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” —I Corinthians 1:27-31             Who has God chosen or who does He choose?  It is—    The…

THE FEAR OF THE LORD The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever! —Psalm 111:10             If a person does not “fear the Lord,” then can they be wise?  No, not according to godly wisdom.  When a person does not have a right perspective on our Lord then “the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (I Corinthians 1:18).  Pretty easy to know whether a person is living according to godly wisdom or worldly wisdom.  It comes down…

CRY OUT TO JESUS! Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons, for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High. —Psalm 107:10-11 Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction; they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death. —Psalm 107:17-18 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. —Psalm 107:28 Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD. —Psalm 107:43             Rebellion against our…

LYING TO OUR FACE! They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. —Psalm 106:37-38             Wickedness fills our land with the blood of our sons and daughters slaughtered in the womb.  Demonic deception and blindness have kept people from the truth of what abortion is— the killing of life.  Millions upon millions and millions more have been slaughtered in the last 50 years.             I have never heard a child say of a pregnant woman that she is having a fetus.  I…

MY SIN IS GONE! He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. —Psalm 103:10-12 You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. —Micah 7:19 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. —I John…

LIVE AS YOU EXPECT HIS EVER-NEAR RETURN! Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. —Romans 13:11-14             Our Lord’s coming should have…

SING PRAISES TO OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!  Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord! —Psalm 98:4-6 Praise the Lord.  Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. —Psalm 106:1 Praise the Lord.  Praise the Lord, my soul.  I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. —Psalm 146:1-2             This morning, worship in song and praise our Lord for He is…

BEWARE!  OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY WILL AVENGE! O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth! Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve! O LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. —Psalm 94:1-4 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him…

WE WILL SOON BE GONE FROM THIS EARTH— BE READY! Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!” For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning: in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers…. For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our…