New Hope Church

LOVINGLY AND OBEDIENTLY SERVE HIS PEOPLE When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know…

BE MULTIPLIED THROUGH ME FOR YOUR GLORY! Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”  The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” —John 11:7-8 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. —John 12:24             One grain of wheat still growing on the stalk is just one grain of wheat.  Put plant that grain of wheat as a seed and it will be multiplied greatly.  This can be seen in…

HAVE A PROPER PERSPECTIVE As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. —John 9:1-3 The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.  We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it…

A DISCIPLE OF JESUS WILL OBEY WHAT HE SAYS So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” —John 8:32  Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.” —John 8:47  Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death. —John 8:51 But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel. —Psalm 106:13             How do we know…

THE FATHER DRAWS PEOPLE TO THE SON FOR ETERNAL LIFE! Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” —John 5:6-27 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. —John 6:44             Man is more than just the physical body, the…

YOU ARE EITHER IN THE KINGDOM OF LIGHT OR THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS! And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.” —John 3:19-21   There are only two kingdoms and everyone is in either the one or the other.  Which one are you in?   Are…

I AM A CHILD OF GOD! But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. —John 1:12-13 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! —John 1:29 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does…

ENVY… POLITICAL CORRUPTION STAYS NOT THE PLAN OF GOD! For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. —Mark 15:10 And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” And Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. —Mark 15:13-15  And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way…

PROPER VIEW OF SELF Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.” And Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” But he said emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all said the same.  —Mark 14:29-31 And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept. —Mark 14:72             We need to have a proper view of ourselves.  Peter said that…

JESUS!  THE SON OF GOD AND THE SON OF DAVID! Have you not read this Scripture: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.” — Mark 12:10-11 And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.’ David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” — Mark 12:35-37             Jesus is the Cornerstone.  Everyone who knows Him will…