New Hope Church

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.  But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.  For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” —Matthew 12:25-37 Do not accuse anyone for no reason— when they have done you no harm. —Proverb 3:30              There are those who will make false accusations against you to accomplish what they desire.  Even though God says, “Do not accuse anyone…

“But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.” —Matthew 11:19 By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew. —Proverbs 3:19-20              Jesus said, “For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander” (Matthew 15:19).  The actions or deeds of a person comes from who that person is on the inside.  There are actions, as mentioned here, that are evil that start with evil thoughts.              On the other hand, there are deeds that are proved right because they are done by faith and…

But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. —Psalm 13:5              We are to love God and love people (Matthew 22:37-40).  I love You Lord and “I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.”  Jesus, it utterly astounds me when I think what You have done for me.  Your willingness to come to this planet as a baby, live among us for 33 years, allow Your own creation to kill You, then rise from the dead, appear to Your disciples over a period of 40 days, ascend back to heaven, sending Your Holy Spirit to dwell in Your disciples and will…

Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.” —Genesis 31:3 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. —Matthew 10:14 Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. —Psalm 12:1              Jacob was faithful to what our Lord God spoke to him.  When he was told to “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you,” he did so.  There are those who…

To Jacob our Lord said, “Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.” —Genesis 28:14              This promise was first given to Abraham, then to Isaac and now to Jacob.  Indeed, Jacob’s “descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.”               That promise continues through…

Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” —Matthew 9:2              Faith in our Lord as you are working with others can have a great impact on their lives.  These four friends strategized together as to how they were going to get their friend near Jesus.  They knew Jesus could heal him if they could just get His attention.  They would carry him to the house where Jesus was at, thinking they would enter the door.  But when they arrived, they saw they couldn’t get in because of the crowd. …

In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God. —Psalm 10:4 Why does the wicked man revile God?  Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”? —Psalm 10:13 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. —Proverbs 3:7              There are many who are “wise in their own eyes” and do not “fear the Lord and shun evil.”  Many prideful, wicked men do “not seek him.”  In their “thoughts there is no room for God.”  But I find it interesting that these prideful people think that “He won’t call (them) to…

“I came today to the spring and said, ‘O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you are prospering the way that I go, behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, to whom I shall say, “Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,” and who will say to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also,” let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’  “Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. I…

Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’ —Genesis 20:11 And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. —Psalm 9:10              In a moment of failure, Abraham allowed his wife to be taken to be Abimelek’s wife.  He did this to save his own skin, thinking that they will see beauty of Sarah and kill Abraham to take her.  So Abraham told they people that she was his sister.  He did not tell them that she was his wife.  Abaham did…