New Hope Church

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” —Mark 9:35              Jesus truly elevates servanthood as the greatest focus for His followers.  Jesus set the example for us— “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death…

You must not live according to the customs of the nations… —Leviticus 20:23 “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” —Mark 9:7              Who am I listening to?  Which voice is impacting me?  The voice of Jesus or culture?  WE are told by God our Father that Jesus “is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”  Are we listening to Jesus?  Beware, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:2).  Yes, the worldly culture seeks to…

He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.” —Mark 8:24              This verse, among so many others, has truly impacted my life.  Jesus had just “spit on the man’s eyes and put His hands on him.”  Then He asked, “Do you see anything?”  This is when the man said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”  Then “Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.”              It was back in the spring of 2000, the year of covid, that I was praying about being more of…

The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death. —Proverbs 10:16              Wow!  “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).  God has given all who have called on Jesus eternal life (Romans 10:13).  Eternal life!  There are some living sad lives who think, “I don’t want to live forever!”  Unfortunately, they equate this fallen, earthly life with what will be forever.  That is not the case.  Read Revelation chapters 21-22!  Eternal life is going to be so much more than what we can think or imagine (Ephesians…

But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The Lord is great!” —Psalm 40:16              Have you rejoiced in the Lord today?  Have you sought time with Him today?  They go hand in hand.  I rejoice in The list can go on and on. We have much to rejoice in.  So let us do so!  Yes, Dear Father, may this be so by the power of Your Holy Spirit and in the authority of Your Precious Son Jesus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t19ISSmBQ-Q&list=RDt19ISSmBQ-Q&start_radio=1

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Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” —Mark 6:31              Life can be busy!  It is imperative that we take the time to “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”  When was the last time you did that— the last time that you went away to a quiet place with Jesus to rest?              Hopefully you have a special time with Jesus each day.  A place where you meet with Him and are not disturbed.  A…

“Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.  You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you.  Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.  “Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.  “But now, Lord, what do I look for?  My hope is in you. —Psalm 39:4-7              Looking back, of course, I blinked and my life seems to have flown by up to this point.  Surely, my life is fleeting and…

I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. —Psalm 38:18              If sin does not bother you, then you have a real problem and are in danger of eternal judgment.  Praise God, brothers and sisters, fellow followers/disciples of Jesus, that “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (I John 1:9) and then we are in fellowship with our Lord again.  We do not lose salvation because nothing “in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:39).  We are safe…

He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.  Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.  All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.  As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.” —Mark 4:26-29              Let us be faithful in sharing God’s Word with people.  We “scatter the seed” of God’s Word into people’s lives.  Then, “Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed…