New Hope Church

DON’T FEAR— FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS! But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” —Matthew 14:27-31             Was it the Lord walking on the water?  Peter…

GUILT FREE! God has found out the guilt of your servants… —Genesis 44:16             Unconfessed guilt is a heavy burden to carry.  For 22 years Joseph’s brothers carried the guilt of selling Joseph into slavery.  For 22 years Joseph’s brothers carried the guilt of deceiving their father into thinking Joseph died a horrible death by being killed and eaten by a wild animal.  For 22 years Joseph’s brothers carried the guilt of seeing their father grieve for his dead son.  The last picture related to his son was the bloodied, multi-color coat Jacob had made for him.  That is a lot of guilt these brothers secretly carried among themselves.            …

WARNING!  WARNING! Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. —Matthew 13:40 So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. —Matthew 13:49-50             This is not some fairy…

BE A FAITHFUL MANAGER OF GOD’S RESOURCES ENTRUSTED TO YOU Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plentiful years. —Genesis 41:34             Isn’t it interesting that Joseph told Pharaoh, as he was led by God, to save up 20% during the plentiful years so they would have enough in the land during the lean years.  Imagine that, a government that actually took that advice and saved 20% each year!  Wow!  If our government only had a wise person that would help our government with such foresight and concern for their people.  Instead of spending…

BE A HEALTHY TREE! And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me…  How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” —Genesis 38:7, 9  “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.” —Matthew 12:33             Joseph was a “healthy tree” and he is surely “know by (his) fruit.”  He was in a very tempting situation by Potiphar’s wife.  She was regularly enticing him to sleep with her and she waited for the right time to be more aggressive in her…

FAILURE TO FORGIVE BRINGS MORE FAILURE! They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him. They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. —Genesis 37:18-20 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. —Genesis 37:27 Then they took Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and…

DOUBT DISSOLVES WHEN DEPENDING ON GOD’S WORD Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. —Matthew 11:2-6 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who…

GOD IS EVER PRESENT WITH THOSE WHO HAVE CALLED ON JESUS! Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.” —Genesis 31:3 Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him…  “Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.” —Genesis 31:14,16             When our Lord directed Jacob to go back home “to the land of your fathers and to your kindred,” Rachel and Leah agreed that “whatever God has said to you, do.”  Our Lord doesn’t just direct individuals in a family, but He desires the family to be in agreement.  Rachel and Leah were…

GOD ENABLES WOMEN TO HAVE CHILDREN! When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” —Genesis 30:1-2             In the above verses, Jacob states the truth that it is God who gives the ability to have children or not.  God’s plan from the beginning was to be “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish…

LABORERS IN THE HARVEST ARE NEEDED! Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” —Matthew 9:37-38              First, Jesus said that the harvest is plentiful.  2nd, He said that the laborers are few.  3rd He tells us to pray earnestly.  4th, He said our prayer should be that He would send out laborers into His harvest.  This is such an important communication our Lord has given us.  Few laborers, little harvest.  We need more laborers in His harvest!  Are you one of those?  Are you willing to be…