New Hope Church

  WE LIVE BY FAITH!  But the righteous shall live by his faith. —Habakkuk 2:4  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!  Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a silent stone, Arise! Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it. —Habakkuk 2:18-19              With all that is…

THINK PROPERLY ABOUT YOURSELF O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me, —Psalms 131:1 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. —Romans 12:3             We are not to be prideful or arrogant, but we are to think about ourselves correctly. God has distributed to each of us a measure of grace and faith.…

NONE CAN STAND IF HE KEEPS RECORD OF SIN!   If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? —Psalms 130:3             Of course the answer is— nobody. One sin, just one would be enough for our Lord to judge us and we would wind up in hell. Just one sin could do this. We do not understand the depravity and wickedness of sin before a perfectly pure and just God. He cannot have anything to do with sin. It is utterly abhorrent to Him. No person who has not called on the Name of Jesus to be saved will be forgiven (Romans 10:13). Forgiveness only comes through…

LEADERSHIP FOR MONEY GRUBBING  Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, “Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.” —Micah 3:11              Leaders, whether they government or religious, so many times are in their positions for financial gains. Many government leaders manipulate and bribe for their own personal gain. They are not interested in the welfare of the people, but only in their own welfare. They should not be in office! There are also religious leaders who are also only focused on their…

A JONAH OR A JOHN   “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” —Jonah 3:4              Jonah… he surely was not obedient to God’s call on his life… initially. Then after God brought literal storms in his life Jonah was obedient to God’s desire— he went to Nineveh… reluctantly.   He was obedient, but it was obedience with an attitude. It was not a loving obedience to God, nor was his obedience out of love for the Nineties.   He was being obedient, but not with the right attitude.             Even with a wrong attitude and a brief message— “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown” (Jonah 3:4) —God…

GOD’S GIFT OF CHILDREN  Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. —Psalm 127:3              Children are a gift from our Lord and an extension of His grace. As with any gift from God, “How are we stewarding these precious gifts He has given?” Children are meant to be a blessing, not a burden. But today there are many who see children as a burden and not a blessing. If people truly believed that children were a gift from God and a blessing from Him they would not— Be aborting these blessings in the womb Be giving others responsibility for educating these blessings…

SOW HIS SEED, EXPECT A HARVEST!  Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. —Psalm 126:5-6  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2DlsMtjPlw&list=PLApeJb99y-r-JRrQbua5KHmLNB3oq-IDc&index=38             Be faithful in sowing the seed of God’s Word.   Have a passionate heart for the lost.   They are headed for hell without Jesus.   This should bring us great sorrow.   But let us go out with His seed and plant and water it. He is the one who causes that seed to grow. We cannot make it grow, but He has given us the responsibility…

LED ASTRAY BY LIES!  But their lies have led them astray. —Amos 2:4  But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the LORD will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel! —Psalm 125:5              Whether it was Judah of old or any nation or people today, lies lead them astray as they turn away from the Lord and to their own wicked ways. Their lies lead themselves astray and they lead others astray by those same lies.             Here are some of the lies today that are leading people astray.        Instead of working as God has designed, government pays people to stay home and be…

THE WAYS OF OUR LORD  A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress. —Hosea 12:7  Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. —Hosea 14:9              The ways of our Lord are right and those who love Him walk in them. But those who do not know Him stumble at what He has to say. They do not understand, they are not discerning and they do not know His ways. They love deception and oppression.             Think about it. Who…

DIFFICULTY… LOOK TO OUR LORD!  To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us. —Psalm 123:1-2              We look to the Lord, He who is enthroned in the heavens because He alone is ultimately in control of all things. He alone has our best interests in mind. He alone loves us with an everlasting love. He alone knows all things and is carrying out His…