New Hope Church

BLEST BELIEVER! Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity. —Psalm 32:1-2 And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.” —Romans 4:6-8             Do you know Jesus? Have you called on His Name? If the answer is yes then you are truly blessed! Why? Because your sin is forgiven. His blood has taken care of your sin problem. That was an…

SAFE AND SECURE IN JESUS! For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name’s sake you lead me and guide me. My times are in your hand… —Psalm 31:3, 15             Are you worried about life… and death?   Your time is in His hands.   “From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands” (Acts 17:26).  He is the one that planned out the very times you would live and where you would live. Your life is not an accident. No life is.   He…

JESUS— OUR SIN OFFERING! If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish and lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. —Leviticus 4:32-33             The seriousness of our sin can be seen in the sin offering. The one who had sinned was to bring a lamb without blemish.   Then they were to place their hand on the head of the sin offering. This was identifying with the lamb taking their sin upon itself. Now this lamb had no choice in the matter,…

MY LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND PEACE! May the LORD give strength to his people! May the LORD bless his people with peace! —Psalm 29:11             We need the strength and peace that only comes from the Lord. Sure, people have physical strength, but that is nothing compared to the strength our Lord gives. Think of it… “Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away” (Psalm 90:10).  Our own strength wanes and eventually our body wears out completely and our heart stops and life here is over.…

THE BOOK OF LIFE! But now, if you will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written.” But the LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book. —Exodus 32:32-33 You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. —Psalm 56:8 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous. —Psalm 69:28 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came…

GOD COMPLETES EVERYTHING HE STARTS See, I have called… And behold, I have appointed… —Exodus 31:2, 6 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? —Psalm 27:1             Fellow follower of Jesus, He has called you, He has appointed you and so He will do in and through you what He called and appointed to be done in and through you. Will you trust Him? Will you be faithful to Him even when you may not understand? He is our salvation and we need not fear. He is the strength of our…

GET GODLY COUNSEL!  Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.  —Proverbs 26:12 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly. —Proverbs 26:16             There are some people who just will not listen to the advice of others. In their own eyes they have the answer and they are not open to hearing anyone else. They think they know better than everybody else. They think they only have the truth in the matter. Even when there is a large group of people giving counsel contrary to him he still…

BE MADE RIGHT AND PURE BEFORE GOD!  How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure? —Psalm 25:4             Here are two great questions for us. Can you and I be made right before God? Can we be pure before Him? This is impossible if we are left to ourselves. There is no way you and I could make ourselves pure and be right before God. But there is a way and only one way.        Many people think they can be right and pure before God because of the “good” they do. But that measurement of “good” is from…

GOD IS CREATOR/OWNER OF ALL CREATION… INCLUDING YOU The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. —Psalm 24:1-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO77-m4SS3M             The earth, everything on it and all life is His. He is the Creator. He is the owner. He founded it all. He has a plan for it and He is carrying that plan out.             In the beginning of His creation “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good” (Genesis 1:31). The sin of man brought death, guilt, fear, shame, conflict, pain, sweat and…

YOU ARE CHOSEN, ROYAL, HOLY AND GOD’S SPECIAL POSSESSION! Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel. —Exodus 19:5-6 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. —I Peter 2:9             Israel was to be a testimony to the world…