New Hope Church

THE PRIORITY RELATIONSHIP! If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.  Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple…  So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. —Luke 14:26-27, 33             Who is your priority relationship?  It is seen by understanding what relationship is most important in our life.  We love our parents, but our Lord Jesus must come first.  We love our spouses, but our Lord Jesus…

THE FOCUSED TREASURE IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat,…

LISTEN… AND THEN DO WHAT HE SAYS! “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.” —Luke 10:16 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” —Luke 11:29             It has been said that people don’t reject you, they reject the message and not you.  Well, according to the verse above that is not true.  Jesus said, “The one who rejects you rejects me.”  So, there are those who reject us just as they are rejecting Jesus.  Just like those who hear us, hear Jesus! …

VICTORY OVER DEATH! While he was still speaking, someone from the ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.” But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.” And when he came to the house, he allowed no one to enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father and mother of the child. And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, “Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. But taking her by the hand he called, saying, “Child, arise.” And…

LIVE LIKE JESUS THROUGH HIS POWER! And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. —Luke 6:33-36 Jesus said… “If you do good…

KEEP FISHING! And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. —Luke 5:4-6  “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” —Luke 5:10             How many times had they thrown out their nets out the night before?  They had thrown the nets out, let them settle for a while and then pulled them in— empty. …

THE SHEPHERDS HEARD…THEY WENT… THEY SAW… THEY BELIEVED… AND THEY TOLD OTHERS WHAT THEY HEARD AND SAW! When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the…

NOT SHAKEN, BUT STEADFAST, TRUSTING OUR LORD Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever.  They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. —Psalm 112:6-7             It is a fact… “the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever.”  You… who have trusted Jesus… “will be remembered forever!”  You and I need not be in “fear of bad news.”  Why do we need not fear “bad news?”  It is because our “hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord!”             If, as a follower of Jesus, you are fearful, then your heart is not being steadfast on the Lord. …

TRUST THE POWER OF GOD OVER THE POWER OF PEOPLE ACTING WICKEDLY! The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”  When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, and he went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”  Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed…

THOSE OF THE TRUTH ARE GUIDED BY GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. —-John 16:13-14 I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word… —John 17:20  Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice. 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” —John 18:37-38             Those who…