New Hope Church

WHO YOU ARE  And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” —Mark 7:18:23              Jesus makes it clear that food does not defile a person.  By what He…

SUBMIT TO GOD, RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE FLEES!  And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.  He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down before…

REACTIONS TO THE WORD OF GOD  The sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches…

FOLLOWERS OF JESUS ARE TO BE FISHERS OF MEN  And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” —Mark 1:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVBXrknp9x8              Are you following Jesus?  If not, why not?  If you are following Jesus then are you becoming a “fisher of men?”  This is what Jesus said He would do for those who follow Him.  He would “make you become fishers of men.”  We do not make ourselves “fisher’s of men.”  It is Jesus that makes us “fishers of men” as we follow Him.  So if a follow of Jesus is defined by being a fisherman for Jesus then are you a…

HE KNOWS… NONE CAN HIDE FORM HIM!  Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise? He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see? He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke? He who teaches man knowledge—  the LORD—knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath. —Psalm 94:8-11              Fools need wisdom because the obvious is dull to them.  They live as if the Lord does not hear, but He does!  They live as if the Lord does not see, but He does!  They live as if the Lord will not take action, but He will! …

EXPECTED TO SOW SEED AND SERVE OTHERS—- WE WILL GIVE ACCOUNT TO OUR LORD!  But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? —Matthew 25:26  And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ —Matthew 25:40              God has given to each of us according to our abilities that He absolutely knows.  We grow in our understanding of the abilities He has given us.  The way we do that is to apply…

BEWARE!  Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so practice and observe whatever they tell you—but not what they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. —Matthew 23:2-3  “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,…

FAITH— ASSURANCE OF WHAT WE HOPE FOR AND CERTAINTY OF WHAT WE DO NOT SEE!  And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have {assurance of what (you) hope for and the certainty of what (you) do not see—Hebrews 11:1} and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have {assurance of what (you) hope for and the certainty of what (you) do not see—Hebrews 11:1}.” —Matthew 21:21-22              Wow!…

PUT MY EYES ON THE ETERNAL, NOT THE TEMPORAL  And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Then Peter said in reply, “See, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?” Jesus said…

ONLY THE FOOL DENIES HIM!  The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them. —Psalm 89:11  The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, 2 for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. —Psalm 24:11-2              Let us not forget for a moment whose creation this is. The heavens are our Lord’s. The earth is our Lord’s. All that is in it is the Lord’s. All the people are his creation. As the Creator He can do as He wills with His creation.             Just look…