New Hope Church

OUR UNCHANGING, FAITHFUL AND GIFTING GOD      Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.” Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few. Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your…

SEEK GOD AND TRUST HIM TO PROVIDE!  So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. And when they had made a circuitous march of seven days, there was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them. —II Kings 3:9  And he said, “Thus says the LORD, ‘I will make this dry streambed full of pools.’ For thus says the LORD, ‘You shall not see wind or rain, but that streambed shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your livestock, and your animals.’ This is a light thing in the sight of the LORD. —II Kings 3:16-18…

ABUSE OF GOD-GIVEN GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY   ”And Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern Israel? Arise and eat bread and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to the elders and the leaders who lived with Naboth in his city. And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people. And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out…

BE WHERE HE WANTS YOU!   “What are you doing here, Elijah?” —I Kings 19:9   “What are you doing here, Elijah?”  “Go… —I Kings 19:13             Are you in the place God wants you to be? Have you fled because of the threat of adversity? Did you ask the Lord if this is where He wants you?   Listen… for God’s whisper (I Kings 19:12). He is looking to guide you, but you need to hear. Then when He answers you need to obey.             Elijah had just seen our Lord work in an amazingly supernatural way. He had answered Elijah and received his offering.   This occurred after the worshippers…

GOD KNOWS YOUR HEART AND MINE!  And he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. —I Kings 15:3  David did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. —I Kings 15:5  God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ —Acts 13:22   The LORD…

BEWARE OF THOSE YOU RECEIVE COUNSEL FROM  Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” And they said to him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.” But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him. And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer…

ASTOUNDING!  “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!” —I Kings 8:27  For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens. —Psalm 96:5              How amazing is this? He is the one who created the heavens and earth, but they cannot contain Him. This is astonishing. How can we even begin to ponder how grand He is? Look at the universe and wonder? Look into the night sky and consider? See the sun, moon and stars and contemplate how truly mighty He is!   Our…

JOYFULLY SING!  Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!  Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods… . Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.  —Psalm 95:1-3, 6-7              Do you have a song in your heart for our Lord? Is there joy in…

OUR LORD SAYS, “VENGEANCE IS MINE!”  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. They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage. They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless; and they say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.” 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…

GOD’S WORD PROVES TRUE— READ IT FOR YOURSELVES!   This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.  “For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?” —II Samuel 22:31-32  The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring. Mightier…