New Hope Church

IN THIS NEW YEAR OF 2021 BE LIKE A HEALTHY TREE  Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. —Psalm 1:1-3              Want to be like a healthy tree? That type of tree “yields its fruit in season and (its) leaf does not wither.” This…

ENTER THE ETERNAL PERFECTION! No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever… “And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. —Revelation 22:3-5, 7             And this is the end of the book.  No evil will exist.  Nothing accursed will…

THE END OF THIS AGE, ALL THINGS MADE NEW! He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.  And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” —Revelation 22:4-5             There is coming a day when all tears will be wiped away. Imagine that day when there will be no more death (more more sickness). Think about all the mourning that presently takes place world-wide because of…

HARD HEARTS They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the LORD Almighty was very angry. —Zechariah 7:12             There are those who make the choice to harden their hearts.  They will not listen to God’s Word.  They would not listen to God’s messengers sent by His Spirit to speak to them.  God is not happy with people who harden their hearts like this.             Think about this— “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even…

IN THE END… The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come. —Revelation 17:8 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it…

CHRISTMAS 2020— A TIME TO CONSIDER YOUR WAYS “Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.” Then the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, “Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins? Now, therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them…

SING! And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations! Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.” —Revelation 15:3-4             Sing! Sing the song of the Lamb. He is great.   His deeds are amazing. He is “Lord God the Almighty.” His ways are just. His ways are true. He is “King of the nations.” His Name is…

ONLY ONE GOD! For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. —Habakkuk 2:14 What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols! —Habakkuk 2:18             It is a fact that “the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.” We are told in Matthew 24:14 that “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and…

GOD IS PATIENT, BUT JUDGMENT IS COMING!  The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. —Nahum 1:3  The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it. —Nahum 1:5              Wow! I am amazed at our world how fearful it is of this virus. Of course if a person does know the Lord they should be fearful.   Those who do not know the Lord if they catch this virus and die they will wind up going to hell. They should be fearful. But those of us who know the Lord need not fear the virus or death.   For…

OVERCOMERS!  They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. —Revelation 12:11              We are victorious through the blood of Jesus.   There is no other way to be saved.   It is only through the finished work of Jesus on the cross that we can overcome sin, Satan, and death eternal.   It is only through Jesus’ sacrificial work and our trusting that work that we can even have a testimony. But as evidence of having trusted in Jesus final work we speak words of testimony to people…