New Hope Church

SUFFERING— ENTRUST YOURSELF TO OUR LORD For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil. —-I Peter 3:17 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. —I Peter 4:15-16 Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good. —I Peter 4:19             There are those who suffer for doing what is good.  Consider what our Lord said about Job—- “Then…

GOD’S WORD IS FULLY TRUSTWORTHY “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you. —I Peter 1:24-25             Grass withers and dies.  So too, the flowers fall.  We especially see that happen at this time of the year in New Hampshire.  The grass was green and flourishing this summer, but not now.  The flowers were out in bloom, but not now.  Few leaves cling to their branches.  The seasons pass so quickly.  Our lives are like that as well. …

THE BREVITY OF LIFE Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.  Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” —James 4:13-15             Our lives are so short here on earth, but it is amazing that whoever calls on Jesus will be saved (Romans 10:13) and will spend eternity with Jesus in that perfect place,…

TRIALS— THEY ARE TO BUILD US UP! Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is…

BY FAITH… And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. —Hebrews 11:6 And all these, though commended through their faith… —Hebrews 11:39 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith… —Hebrews 12:1-2 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has…

EAGERLY WAITING FOR JESUS! And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. —Hebrews 9:27-28 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. —Hebrews 10:24-25 For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay; but…

THE LORD IS FULLY TRUSTWORTHY The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed. —Psalm 28:7-8             The Lord— Is my strength. I am weak and His strength is seen through weakness (II Corinthians 12:9) Is my shield. I am protected from all the flaming arrows of the evil one (Ephesians 6:11) Is in whom my heart trusts fully. I trust Him to guide me (Proverbs 3:5-6) Is my help. He who created the heavens…

IMMATURITY OR MATURITY IN CHRIST For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. —Hebrews 5:12-14             Are you a follower of Jesus?  How have you matured since calling on His Name?  Are you able to teach others God’s Word?  Or, are you in need to have “someone…

BEWARE!— SIGNS OF UNBELIEF Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. —Hebrews 3:12-13 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom…

THIS IS JESUS! Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. —Hebrews 1:1-4 And,…