New Hope Church

I BELIEVE!  HELP ME WITH MY UNBELIEF! And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” —Mark 9:23-24             “If you can!”  First of all, Jesus can do anything He desires to do!  After all, He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things! (Colossians 1:16-17).  Surely, He can do whatever He wants to do with that which is His.  Yes, “All things are possible for one who believes.”  Let’s make one thing clear.  “All things are possible for the one who believes,” but that does not mean that…

HEART’S FOCUS— ON MAN’S THINKING AND IDEAS OR ON WHAT GOD SAYS  And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “ ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ —Mark 7:6-7  For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” —Mark 7:21-23   And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You…

HATE EVIL AND SHINE FOR JESUS! O you who love the LORD, hate evil! —Psalm 97:10 You love righteousness and hate wickedness… —Psalm 45:7 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. —Proverbs 8:13 Through the fear of the LORD evil is avoided. —Proverbs 16:6 Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts…. —Amos 5:15 Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. —Romans 12:9 Do you hate the evil of abortion? What are you doing about it? Do you hate the evil of child/youth trafficking? What are you doing about it? Do you hate the evil of illegal drugs?…

BELIEVING JESUS IS THE WILL OF GOD! And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. —Mark 3:2    And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.” —Mark 3:33-35 Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works…

SATAN, DEMONS, EVIL, SIN AND DEATH WILL BE SILENCED! And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” —Mark 1:23-24 “Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” —Luke 4:34 “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?” —Matthew 8:29             It is interesting in…

THE INNOCENT, SPOTLESS AND BLAMELESS JESUS— THE LAMB OF GOD Judas said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” —Matthew 27:4 So they took counsel and bought with them the potter’s field as a burial place for strangers. Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. —Matthew 27:7-8   For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up.  Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.” —Matthew 27:18-19  22 Pilate said to them, “Then what…

SERVE AS HE HAS EQUIPPED YOU! For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say…

BE READY, BE ON MISSION! And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. —Matthew 24:12 So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand). —Matthew 24:15 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. —Matthew 24:21 For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. Immediately after the tribulation of those…

DON’T BE ROBBED OF PRAYER He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.” —Matthew 21:13             The temple was to be a place where people would come to pray, to seek the Lord’s face.  But there were those who “robbed” the temple of the purpose it was intended for.  Instead, those at that time turned it into “a den of robbers.”  They were using the temple for their own purposes and not the Lord’s— their own desires and not His.             Today the temple is not the central location for gathering to pray.  God’s…

SPEAK JESUS TO PEOPLE Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” —Matthew 19:16             How exciting to have a conversation that starts like this?  But what is the motivation behind it?  How sincere is the person who is asking the question?  Will they see the salvation in Jesus as more important than anything else?             In the case mentioned above, Matthew 19:16-30, the man, in this case, was told what to do to enter eternal life.  But, instead of acting on what Jesus said “he went away sad, because he had great wealth.”  The rich man’s…