New Hope Church

GOD DOES WHAT HE SAYS HE WILL DO So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told. —Acts 27:25             You can be sure that God will keep His Word exactly as we have been told. “So take heart… have faith in God.” Trust Him to do what He said He would do. Want peace? Jesus said that “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). Listen!   “In this world you will have trouble.”  …

EVIDENCE OF LOVING OBEDIENCE TO JESUS For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth… For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm! God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted! —Psalm 47:2, 7-9             The Lord is the Most High. That is a fact that nobody can change regardless if they want to live for Him or not!   He is King over the whole earth regardless…

THE ALL SEEING KING For he knows the secrets of the heart. —Psalm 44:21 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. —Hebrews 4:13             Nobody is getting away with anything! Our Lord God Almighty knows everything about me, everything about you and everything about everybody who has ever lived— past, present and future.   He knows everything about those who know Him and He knows everything about those who do not know Him. People can deny that He exists, but He that doesn’t change His knowledge of them. And… we will,…

HELP THE POOR! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DadzAe1JVAQ Blessed is the one who considers the poor! —Psalm 41:1 There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land. —Deuteronomy 15:11 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. —Proverbs 14:31 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me” —Matthew 19:21 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each…

MERCY AND GRACE AT THE CROSS But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!” For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me. I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good. Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my…

DON’T FRET OVER OPPOSITION Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! Refrain from…

WITNESSES TESTIFY I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women, as the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.  As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me. And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’And he said…

GOD’S CLOCK, NOT OURS My times are in your hand. —Psalm 31:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QrGry3-3Xs  Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 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 TEIR LANDS. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. “For in him we live and move and have our being.” —Acts 17:25-28             God knows the exact time you are going to depart this life. He also knows how…

FEAR NOT! OUR LORD IS OUR HELPER! Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!” —Psalm 30:10 While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. And coming to us, he took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’ ” When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart?…

  BE A GIVER AND BE “MORE BLESSED” In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ —Acts 20:35             Have you been “more blessed” recently by giving?   Did you give someone of your time?   They you were “more blessed.” Did you give someone of your resources? They you were “more blessed.” Did you give your testimony to someone? Then you were “more blessed.” Did you share the gospel with someone? They you were “more blessed.”            …