New Hope Church

AS FOUNDATIONS ARE DESTROYED THE FAITHFUL FOLLOW JESUS! If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? —Psalm 11:3 The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence. —Psalm 11:5 For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face. —Psalm 11:7             The very foundations of our nation, and the world, are being destroyed even further.  How? Sexual deviancy— This has become an “in your face” issue. The attack on a person’s identity as male and female are satanic.  Satan is against the family, the design of God.  He will seek to corrupt it any…

THE LOST ARE IN SATAN’S CLUTCHES TO DO HIS WILL In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.” —Psalm 10:4 The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might. He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.” Psalm 10:10-11 Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”? —Psalm 10:13             It is a great question— Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?  The answer is because sinful man…

THANK GOD FOR HIS WONDERFUL WORKS! As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. —Ecclesiastes 11:5 I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. —Psalm 9:1             We do not understand so much about God, nor His works.  Consider this— “Buckminster Fuller created the “Knowledge Doubling Curve”; he noticed that until 1900 human knowledge doubled approximately every century. By the end of World War II knowledge was doubling every 25 years. Today things are…

DEATH— THE FINAL ENEMY’S DEFEAT As he came from his mother’s womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand. —Ecclesiastes 5:15 No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. —Ecclesiastes 8:8 “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.” —Job 1:21 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the…

A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. —Ecclesiastes 1:4 For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool! —Ecclesiastes 2:16 I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to…

THIS IS A GODLY WOMAN When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan. —Proverbs 29:2 Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless and seek the life of the upright. —Proverbs 29:10 If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked. —Proverbs 29:12 If a king faithfully judges the poor, his throne will be established forever. —Proverbs 29:14 When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will look upon their downfall. —Proverbs 29:16 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good,…

BE SHARPENED AND SHARPEN! Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. —Proverbs 27:17             To sharpen a knife, you need a sharpening implement.  Iron does not sharpen iron by itself.  A knife cannot sharpen itself by itself.  It needs some other device for that.  Knives, in isolation, cannot be sharpened.             So it is with followers of Jesus.  They were never meant to be isolated from one another and they surely were not meant to be isolated from the assembly.  That is why we are told to “consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the…

YOU ARE SET APART FOR OUR LORD! But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him. —Psalm 4:3 You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.  —Psalm 4:7 Fellow follower of Jesus, brother and sister, rejoice for our Lord has set you apart for Himself!  You are— His Children of God Children of light Sons and daughters His possession His priests His saints Heirs of God Joint heirs with Jesus A new creation in Christ A branch on the Vine A friend of Jesus His temple His church His bride…

The Killing of Creativity and Critical Thinking Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger. —Proverbs 19:15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth. —Proverbs 19:15 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. —Proverbs 20:1 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death. —Proverbs 21:6 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. —Proverbs 21:15 The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to…

IT IS VAIN TO PLOT AGAINST THE LORD! Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” —Psalms 2:1-3 Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. —Psalms 2:10-12             “Why do the nations rage and the…