New Hope Church

BE EXALTED, O GOD! Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth… I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.  For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.  Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. —Psalms 57:5, 9-11             God is exalted above the heavens and His glory is over all the earth… It is just that the majority of mankind will not acknowledge it.  Our God is exalted above the heavens because He made the heavens and— “The heavens…

PUT YOUR TRUST IN OUR LORD When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.  In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid.  What can mere mortals do to me? —Psalm 56:3-4 In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid.  What can man do to me? —Psalm 56:10-11 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.  What can mere mortals do to me?” —Hebrews 13:6             When you fear a job loss, a friendship loss, a health loss, a financial loss, a situation, a conversation,…

GOD IS THE GIVER OF ABILITIES You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth… —Deuteronomy 8:17-18             Whatever wealth you have, you must “remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth.”  The Lord our God has given us the ability to make wealth at various levels because He has given us various potentials.  Are we working out those abilities that He has given us according to His desires and for His glory?…

DO NOT ADD, TAKE AWAY OR REJECT HIS WORD! Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you. —Deuteronomy 4:2 Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar. —Proverbs 30:6 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree…

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God”  The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”  They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good.  God looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.  Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.  Do all these evildoers know nothing? —Psalm 53:1-4 Consider what type of person— These evildoers are Do they not know anything? Not even one does good They don’t do good They are corrupt They have turned away…

JOY RESTORED; JOY SHARED Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.  Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you. —Psalm 51:12-13              Sin robs us of the joy that His salvation brings and the only way to restore that joy is to call on Him for forgiveness, acknowledging our sin to Him and desiring to turn from it and not repeat it.  We should ask Him for a willing spirit to be and do what He desires and for Him to sustain us.  Do you have that joy His salvation brings?  If not,…

HE IS THE CREATOR/OWNER OF ALL For every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine. —Psalm 50:10-11 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. —Psalm 24:1 For this is what the LORD says— he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited— he says: “I am the LORD, and there is no other. —Isaiah 45:18 “The…

ONLY JESUS! No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough— so that they should live on forever and not see decay… But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.  —Psalm 49:7-9, 15 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? —Mark 8:36-37             If all the people that lived past, present and future said they would die for you, all their deaths could not redeem…

MY GUIDE For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end. —Psalm 48:18             Now here’s a relationship that is totally dependable!  I am so grateful that my God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”  So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.  What can mere mortals do to me?” (Hebrews 13:5-6). He will be with me to the end just as Jesus said, “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).  So whether the end of our lives on…

SEE WHAT GOD HAS DONE! It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’ —Numbers 23:23 Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. —Psalm 66:16             Reflect on what God has done and is doing and will do in Israel.  It is an amazing history filled with joys and sorrows.  Reflect on what He has done— Creation, fall, flood, nations, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel), Joseph, Moses, wilderness wanderings, Canaan, Israel & Judah… Jesus… now…  Truly astounding to ponder.             Reflect on what God has done, is doing and will do in your own…