New Hope Church

LOOK IN FAITH/BELIEF! They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”  Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.  The Lord said to Moses, “Make…

VICTORY COMES ONLY BY OUR LORD! It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them. —Psalm 44:3             We have no victories due to our own supposed skill and strength.  Any victory we have is because of our Lord’s power.  It is because of His love for them and us that we have any victory.  So, today, praise His Name for any victory you have had.  It occurred not because of you, but because of Him— “I am the vine; you are the branches.…

  The Lord said to Moses, “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.” —Numbers 13:1-2 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even…

PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD! Why, my soul, are you downcast?  Why so disturbed within me?  Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. —Psalms 42:5, 11             Are you downcast today?  Has disappointment gripped you?  Are you dejected or dismayed?  Why?  Brothers and sisters, fellow followers of Jesus, get your focus off the circumstances that are disturbing you and put your hope in God.  He is your Savior.  He is your God.  Instead of being downcast and disturbed by whatever situation is causing you to feel that way, look to Him who loves you with an everlasting love and cares for…

JESUS NEVER FAILS! Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me. —Psalms 41:9 All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. —Job 19:19  ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’ —John 13:18 Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” —Luke 22:48             When those you love turn on you it is so painful.  Close friends, those you have trusted, those you have shared meals with in their homes and in your homes, when they turn against you is a hard part of life.  There are those who were once…

SET ON THE ROCK— JESUS! I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.  He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.  He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him. —Psalm 40:1-3             When did you cry out to the Lord and He heard you and responded?  Have you cried out to the Lord?  If not, why not?  Anyone who cries out to Him will receive…

LIFE IF BRIEF, ETERNITY IN JESUS NEVER ENDS! Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.  You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you.  Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure… But now, Lord, what do I look for?  My hope is in you. —Psalms 39:4-5 ,7             A handbreadth is the width of the human hand— about 4 inches.  The span of our lives before the Lord are as nothing.  This is truly amazing and puts into perspective how awesome God is and how utterly…

WAIT ON HIM WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. —Psalm 38:9 Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God. —Psalm 38:15 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. —Deuteronomy 4:29             What are you longing for?  What are your desires?  What are your hurts?  Whatever they are, our Lord knows them.  Even when you sigh, that is known by Him.  Actually, everything about you is known to Him— “Nothing in all creation is…

DON’T FRET!  BE STILL AND WAIT PATIENTLY ON OUR LORD! Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away…  Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes…  I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree, but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found. —Psalm 37:1-2, 7, 35-36             Don’t — Fret because…

BE HOLY AND SHINING IN THIS DARK WORLD! Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. —Leviticus 19:2 You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own. —Leviticus 20:26 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” —I Peter 1:14-16 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. —Psalm 36:9…