New Hope Church

LEADERSHIP FOR MONEY GRUBBING  Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, “Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.” —Micah 3:11              Leaders, whether they government or religious, so many times are in their positions for financial gains. Many government leaders manipulate and bribe for their own personal gain. They are not interested in the welfare of the people, but only in their own welfare. They should not be in office! There are also religious leaders who are also only focused on their…

A JONAH OR A JOHN   “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” —Jonah 3:4              Jonah… he surely was not obedient to God’s call on his life… initially. Then after God brought literal storms in his life Jonah was obedient to God’s desire— he went to Nineveh… reluctantly.   He was obedient, but it was obedience with an attitude. It was not a loving obedience to God, nor was his obedience out of love for the Nineties.   He was being obedient, but not with the right attitude.             Even with a wrong attitude and a brief message— “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown” (Jonah 3:4) —God…

GOD’S GIFT OF CHILDREN  Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. —Psalm 127:3              Children are a gift from our Lord and an extension of His grace. As with any gift from God, “How are we stewarding these precious gifts He has given?” Children are meant to be a blessing, not a burden. But today there are many who see children as a burden and not a blessing. If people truly believed that children were a gift from God and a blessing from Him they would not— Be aborting these blessings in the womb Be giving others responsibility for educating these blessings…

SOW HIS SEED, EXPECT A HARVEST!  Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. —Psalm 126:5-6  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2DlsMtjPlw&list=PLApeJb99y-r-JRrQbua5KHmLNB3oq-IDc&index=38             Be faithful in sowing the seed of God’s Word.   Have a passionate heart for the lost.   They are headed for hell without Jesus.   This should bring us great sorrow.   But let us go out with His seed and plant and water it. He is the one who causes that seed to grow. We cannot make it grow, but He has given us the responsibility…

LED ASTRAY BY LIES!  But their lies have led them astray. —Amos 2:4  But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the LORD will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel! —Psalm 125:5              Whether it was Judah of old or any nation or people today, lies lead them astray as they turn away from the Lord and to their own wicked ways. Their lies lead themselves astray and they lead others astray by those same lies.             Here are some of the lies today that are leading people astray.        Instead of working as God has designed, government pays people to stay home and be…

THE WAYS OF OUR LORD  A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress. —Hosea 12:7  Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. —Hosea 14:9              The ways of our Lord are right and those who love Him walk in them. But those who do not know Him stumble at what He has to say. They do not understand, they are not discerning and they do not know His ways. They love deception and oppression.             Think about it. Who…

DIFFICULTY… LOOK TO OUR LORD!  To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us. —Psalm 123:1-2              We look to the Lord, He who is enthroned in the heavens because He alone is ultimately in control of all things. He alone has our best interests in mind. He alone loves us with an everlasting love. He alone knows all things and is carrying out His…

WHOREDOM… BUT HOPE!  …for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD. —Hosea 1:2  And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares the LORD. —Hosea 2:13   There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;  there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. —Hosea 4:2  Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know…

MY LORD HELPS ME!  I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?  My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. —Psalm 121:1-2              “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1).  Such a brief statement, but for those who take His Word for what it is— His Word — this is a profound statement. Our mind cannot fathom His greatness. We cannot even fathom the vastness of the universe.   How could we ever understand the enormity of who God is? All that we understand of Him He has revealed to us in His Word. The heavens…

HE IS SHAPING ME ACCORDING TO HIS DESIRES  But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. —=Isaiah 64:8              The potter’s hands move with precision to form the vessel as he desires it to be. So too our Lord forms us. We are raw clay that He is forming according to His desires into a vessel that will accomplish His will. He presses on the clay of our lives and at times the pressure feels like it is more than we can take… but He is forming us, developing us, maturing us for…