New Hope Church

TREASURED AND CHANGED! And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments. —Deuteronomy 26:18             I am so glad that is how our Lord thinks of me! He is my comfort, my peace, my security, my Friend as well as my Lord. I love You Lord. I am so grateful for what You have done, are doing and will do in and through my life… and it is all because of You! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsQmsEE_2-s A LIFE IS CHANGED By Ted White I was a junior in High School when my Grandfather…

ABUSIVE DESTRUCTION OF PEOPLE’S LIVES! A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a woman’s cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God. —Deuteronomy 22:5             That which God has designed is being trampled on. Those in leadership positions are not adhering to what our Lord God Almighty has purposed— whether it is government leaders or parents.   Instead they are rebelling against Him and advancing wicked ideas contrary to what God has spoken. They are seeking to take the place of God and are writing their own ungodly decrees. There is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes…

HIS INVALUABLE WORD!  And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom,…

GOD’S PEOPLE ARE TO BE GENEROUS! As the LORD your God has blessed you, you shall give to him. —Deuteronomy 15:14 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. —I John 3:17-18             How has God blessed you? Are you blessing others? When was the last time you gave to someone who had a need? Ok… we give regularly to and through our local church, but I am not talking about that. I am…

BE STEADFAST IN HIS PURPOSES FOR YOU! I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. —Psalm 57:2 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody! —Psalm 57:7             As some has once said, “The Christian walk is an endurance race, not a sprint” —or something like that. The point is as followers of Jesus this is a life-long life-style and not some brief lived fad. Is your heart steadfast; an unwavering and fixedness on His purposes for you. Yes, He has specific purposes for you (Matthew 22:37-40; 28:16-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 12:1-2; Ephesians 2:10; I…

FEAR NOT BY TRUSTING GOD! When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? …In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? —Psalm 56:3-4, 10-11 The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? —Psalm 118:6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” —Hebrews 13:6             Are…

DON’T CARRY YOUR BURDEN Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. —Psalm 55:22 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” —Matthew 11:28-30 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. —I Peter 5:7             What burden are you carrying today? Why are you carrying it when our Lord has asked us to…

GOD’S WORD— DON’T ADD OR TAKE AWAY FROM IT! You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you. —Deuteronomy 4:2 Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar. —Proverbs 30”6 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in…

BELIEVE! Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God. —Deuteronomy 1:32             How quick people will believe what they hear from a TV or radio commentator without checking it out for themselves! And really, there is much that we cannot check out for ourselves because we do not have access to the person or first-hand information. Think about it. How much information do we get that is first-hand? How many people just believe what they hear without checking it out for themselves?             I am afraid that much of the information people have is just the biased regurgitation of today’s communication gods. What they…

HATEFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit. You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah  You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.  —Psalm 52:2-4             We live in a fallen and sinful world. Let us not forget who the god of this world system is and what His goal is (II Corinthians 4:4). Satan hates God and he hates God’s people. He is out to destroy God’s people (I Peter 5:8) and he works through people who need to “come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken…