New Hope Church

EVIL THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS FALLEN WORLD Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will. —II Timothy 2:25-26             Why do bad things happen?  This person— Was blameless Had done nothing wrong Helped people heal Gave food to thousands Help people live a normal life Did not seek notoriety Was willing to serve everyone Only spoke the truth Never lied Comforted many Wept with the sorrowing Was always wanting the best for…

MY SHEPHERD! The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.…

ALL THINGS WILL END ON EARTH… Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth…”  He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” —Revelation 21:1, 5             It was a nice week of warm weather here in Florida, but now it is coming to an end.  So much of what we know in this life will be coming to an end.  Endings happen— Vacations end Jobs end Marriages end School levels end Relationships end Good and bad health end Wealth and poverty end Storms end Tragedies end Pain ends Sorrow ends…

LIVING FOR TRUTH OR SUPPRESSING TRUTH BY WICKEDNESS The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.  Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.  They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.  Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. —Psalm 19:1-4 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For…

DEAD OR ALIVE Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” —Matthew 4:4             Satan encourages people to live for the temporal, to enjoy the temporal, to focus on one’s “needs” and to be caught up in the temporal moment without any thought to eternity.  This is what He sought to do with Jesus, with Job and this is what Satan seeks to do with all of us.  He wants us to focus on the temporal and not the eternal.             “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the…

RECEIVE GOD’S GREATEST CHRISTMAS GIFT! For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. —Romans 6:23 We are told that our Universe, this creation of God, is 94 billion light years across.  But are they sure?  With improved technology we learn more and more about our Universe.  So how big is it?  I don’t think we really know at this point, but let’s use the 94 billion light years that we know.  And a light year is 186,000 miles per second.  That is staggering!  It would take 100, 000 years just to travel across the Milky Way at 186,000…

NO GREATER GIFT Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning,…

CHRISTMAS OF 2023 SEASON— WARNING! But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.  The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. —Revelation 19:20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed…

LINGER, LISTEN AND LEARN “Be still, and know that I am God… —Psalm 46:10             Can you be still?  Can you relax?  Or, do you always have to be moving and active tense?  Can we know someone, build relationships if we are always on the move?  Think of the relationships that you have.  Isn’t it great just to sit with someone and talk?  Or, even at times, just to sit with someone and be in their presence?             Years ago, when I was in Ethiopia, they had “two-hour coffees” in their culture.  That is, you would go out for coffee and spend two hours together talking and just be in…

CLIMATE WILL CHANGE— NOT MAN-MADE, BUT GOD DIRECTED! The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire. They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.  The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds. —Revelation 16:8-11             There is coming a time when climate change will occur…