New Hope Church

These forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything. —Deuteronomy 2:7 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered. —Luke 22:35              Hudson Taylor said, “God’s work done in God’s way will not lack God’s supply.”  So it is with us.  If God calls us to do something He will provide us with what we need to accomplish it.  Simply put, in life, what God desires us to have He will give us.  So, let us trust Him to supply us with what we need in any and all situations that He…

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.  A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.  —Proverbs 11:24-25              We do not give to get, but so often when we are generous, our Lord is generous to us.  It may just be that a person who is not generous may find that what he has decreases.  Truly, a generous person will prosper.  It may be a prosperity that is not material, although that may be the case, but the prospering may be in the refreshing of others.  That can happen in many ways and not just with material generosity.              …

While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”  Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”  And immediately the leprosy left him. —Luke 5:12-13 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”  The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”  Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you…

In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, “Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”  “Be quiet!” Jesus said sternly. “Come out of him!  “Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.  All the people were amazed and said to each other, “What words these are! With authority and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out!” And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area. —Luke…

The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours.” —Luke 4:5-7 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. —Psalm 63:1 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.  Be sure of…

Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.  Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. —Psalm 62:1-2 Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.  Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.  My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.  Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. —Psalm 62:5-8 One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: “Power belongs to you,…

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” —Luke 3:8-9 A kindhearted woman gains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.  Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves. —Proverbs 11:6-17              Are you a child of Abraham “who also follows in the footsteps of the faith that our father…

Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. —Luke 2:47              At twelve year of age, “Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.”  Of course, Jesus is the Son of God come in flesh— “Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.” —I Timothy 3:16              Still, I think we can glean a principle here from the early life of Jesus.  How important it is to have young…

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So Israel yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor. And the Lord’s anger burned against them. —Numbers 25:3 You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely. —Psalm 59:17 For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers. —Proverbs 11:14              Who will a nation yoke itself to?  Will a nation yoked itself to our Lord Who— Yes, a nation is wise to rely on Him.  But to rely on and be yoked to demonic influence only brings our Lord’s anger.  Let us pray that we would have leaders that would depend on our…