New Hope Church

DEPEND ON GOD’S WAYS AND NOT YOUR OWN! And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” —Mark 8:31-33              Jesus began to teach His disciples what would happen to Him.  He would— Suffer many things Be…

THE WICKED’S FOCUS IS NOT TO BE OUR FOCUS When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan. —Proverbs 29:2 By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who are greedy for bribes tear it down. —Proverbs 29:4 The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. —Proverbs 29:7 If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked. —Proverbs 29:12 When the wicked thrive, so does sin, but the righteous will see their downfall. —Proverbs 29:16 The righteous detest the dishonest; the wicked detest the upright. —Proverbs 29:27             Are you groaning under the weight…

I WILL TRUST GOD’S WORD OVER MAN’S WORD God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it. —Numbers 23:19-20             When God says something, you can count on it as being true and not a lie.  What He told Balaam was true— He would not curse Israel— and what He says to us is true as well— He has given us eternal life.  He cannot lie about…

LOOK TO JESUS IN BELIEF— HE ALONE SAVES! The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived. —Numbers 21:8-9 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person. —Mark 7:21-23 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the…

FIND A QUIET PLACE AND REST “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” —Mark 6:31             Life can be full and busy… There are times when our Lord would say to us, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.”  When was he last time you did that?  From time to time we need to find a quiet place and rest.  This is the wisdom that comes from Jesus as He encouraged His disciples at the time to do this.  He encourages us to do so as well.  May we do so… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYu8ZyETnKo Yes, Dear Father, please help me to take time…

BEWARE OF THE DISOBEDIENT AND THOSE HOLDING GRUDGES And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them? —Numbers 14:11 But truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD, none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these ten times and have not obeyed my voice, shall see the land that I swore to give to their…

DON’T LIVE CONTRARY TO HIS REVEALED WILL Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. —Numbers 11:1 Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat!” —Numbers 11:4 Moses heard the people of every family wailing at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. —Numbers 11:10 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.—Numbers 13:1 But Caleb quieted the…

JESUS OUR PASSOVER LAMB! So Moses told the people of Israel that they should keep the Passover. —Numbers 9:4 No one had the strength to subdue him. —Mark 5:4 And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” —Mark 5:7-8             The Passover… What a wonderful picture of protection, rescue and deliverance.  The blood of the Lamb applied to the door protected those inside from judgment.  The judgment and protection brought rescue and delivered…

TRUSTING OUR SOVEREIGN LORD! And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey…

PRAYER FOR YOUR FRUITFULNESS The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. —Numbers 6:24-26 The sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account…