New Hope Church

WISE LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED IN OUR DAY! Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall…

DEATH COMES TO US ALL! When David’s time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying, “I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn, that the LORD may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their…

REJOICING OR MOANING ACCORDING TO WHO IS IN AUTHORITY The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God, he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth. —II Samuel 23:3-4             Those who rule “justly over men, ruling in the fear of God, he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.”  What a joy to see— The…

NONE IN HEAVEN, BUT YOU, LORD! For you are my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness… This God—his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. “For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless.” —II Samuel 22:29, 31-33 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. —Psalm 73:25             Who is there other than our Lord God Almighty?  He is “my lamp, my light, my way, my perfection, my…

 THE END OF THIS WORLD WILL COME— AS GOD HAS PLANNED! “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” —Luke 21:25-28 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There…

BETRAYED BY ONE’S OWN! “I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king, and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace.” And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel. —II Samuel 17:2-4 “And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the…

A THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTION! But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David’s son? For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.’ David thus calls him Lord, so how is he his son?’” —Luke 20:41-44             And what is the answer to this question that is a quote from Psalm 110:1?  Even in Proverbs 30:4-6— “I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.  Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters…

WE SERVE IN THE AUTHORITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST! One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.” —Luke 20:1-2             Don’t be surprised when people question what authority you have to share the gospel.  The religious leaders of Jesus’ day questioned even Him over who gave Him the authority to do these things.  In reality, they did not believe Jesus had any authority to do what He was doing.  Surely,…

SEXUAL SIN’S UNBRIDLED DESTRUCTION One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home. The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.” —II Samuel 11:2-5             When David saw Bathsheba bathing, he should…

THERE IS NONE LIKE OUR LORD— HE SEEKS THE LOST! Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. —II Samuel 7:22 And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. —II Samuel 7:28 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” —Luke 19:10              There is none like the Lord our God Almighty.  He is great and all our ears hear about Him cause us to be in awe. …