New Hope Church

OUR AWESOME GOD! Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” —Hebrews 12:28-29             Are we thankful to God and worshipping Him “acceptably with reverence and awe?” Consider who He is— “God is a consuming fire.” Let us consider what is said in 2 Peter 3:10-13. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed…

TREASURE! He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt. —Hebrews 11:26 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. —Matthew 6:21; Luke 12:24 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. —Luke 12:33             Where is your heart’s focus? If you were told today to tie up life’s ends because tomorrow you would be in heaven, would you be happy or sad? The answer to that question will give indication as to where your treasure is.…

A DEAD FAITH HAS NO OUTWARD EVIDENCE! As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. —James 2:26             I have spent some time recently in this passage (James 2:14-26). It is a powerful, challenging passage. Most of us have probably seen someone who has died.   We may have even been with someone who was dying and saw the moment their spirit departed and all that was left was a lifeless, still body. It takes both the spirit of a person and the body of a person to accomplish anything, any type of work.             So it is with faith and works. Someone who…

GOD GETTING YOUR ATTENTION! The word of the LORD came to me: “And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. Now the end is upon you, and I will send my anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the LORD. “Thus says the Lord GOD: Disaster…

PERFECTED IN JESUS! For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. —Hebrews 10:14 “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” —Hebrews 10:17             We who have trusted Jesus should be completely overwhelmed with eternal gratitude as we consider what He has done for us. It was by His death on the cross that enabled us to be forgiven. For all who have called on His Name (Romans 10:13) “He has perfected for all time.” This is an astounding truth— “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness…

BE READY FOR OUR REDEEMER’S RETURN! For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and…

HIS MERCIES NEVER END AND HE IS GOOD TO THOSE WHO SEEK HIM! But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. —Lamentations 3:21-25             Oh, how I need to remember this! When I remember this I have hope. What is it I need to remember? I need to remember that “The LORD is my portion,” says my…

HELP HIS PEOPLE God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. —Hebrews 6:10-12             Continue to help God’s people. Continue to love Him by helping His people. He will not forget your work. God is a just God. Persevere right to the end of life. Our…

REST… IN JESUS! Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.  For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed. —Hebrews 4:1-2             Are you resting in our Lord? “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…

  SAFE IN THE SOVEREIGN! When Baruch son of Neriah wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: You said, ‘Woe to me! The Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.’ But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth. Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring…