New Hope Church

JESUS IS 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…

BE FAITHFUL IN THE MIDST OF UNFAITHFULNESS But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. —II Timothy 2:3:1-5 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander…

RIGHT FOCUS OF RESOURCES GOD HAS GIVEN US But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. —I Timothy 6:9-11 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but…

SIGNS OF THE LATER END Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. —I Timothy 4:1-5              So in the later times we are told that “some will depart from the faith…

SIN IS NOT TO CONTROL THE FOLLOWER OF JESUS! Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression. —Psalm 19:13 Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. —Psalm 119:133 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace. —Romans 6:14 Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies. —Psalm 141:4                Here is a prayer…

ACCEPTING OR REJECTING THE GOSPEL SEALS ONE’S ETERNAL DESTINY! The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. —II Thessalonians 2:9-10 To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. —II Thessalonians 2:14             God has called us who follow Jesus to share the gospel, the good news with others (Acts 1:8) — the good news “that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he…

I LOVE THE LORD! I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. —Psalm 18:1-2 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? —Psalm 18:30-31             Yes, I love You Lord.  You are my strength.  I am frail without You.  You are my constant, my Rock.  You are my safety, my fortress.  You…

OUR LORD JESUS WILL COME! For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words. —I Thessalonians 4:16-18             Oh, glorious day!  This will happen sometime in the future and maybe that time is not far off as we look at what is happening in…

BEWARE OF SATAN’S SCHEMES! For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan blocked our way. —I Thessalonians 2:18             I wonder, are we aware of Satan’s schemes?  Paul was— “Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. Another reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything. Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might…

PUT AWAY THE OLD, PUT ON THE NEW! Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. —Colossians 3:5-10  1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no…