New Hope Church

WE ARE IN GREAT NEED FOR THE GODLY WISE The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death. —Proverbs 13:14 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death. —Proverbs 14:27 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. —14:34 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools. —Provers 15:7             Be around the wise and you will increase in wisdom as you learn from them.  This “teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may…

MORE BLESSED TO GIVE One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. —Proverbs 11:24 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ —Acts 20:35             How have you given recently?  Are you withholding what you should give?  Those who withhold will only suffer want.  This can be true in the area of time, treasure and talent.  Are you giving of your time as our Lord desires according to His plans and purposes?  Or,…

FEAR OF THE LORD The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. —Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. —Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise. —Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. —Proverbs 1:7 My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to…

PRAISE HIM! Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven. —Psalm 148:13             Today, applause for our Lord comes from— The heavens The angels The sun The moon The stars The waters above the heavens The earth The great sea creatures The deeps The fire The hail The snow The midst The stormy wind The mountains The hills The fruit trees The cedars The beasts The livestock The creeping things The flying birds The kings of the earth The peoples of the earth The princes The rulers of the earth The young men The maidens The old…

THE WISDOM OF GOD The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. —Proverbs 1:7 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD, would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices. —Proverbs 1:29-31 So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. —Proverbs 2:20 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. —Proverbs 3:7 Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who…

THE LORD IS MY HELP, HOPE AND REUGE He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. —Psalm 1:3 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.” —Psalm 2:2-3 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,…

GREAT IS OUR LORD! And the LORD said to Job: “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.” —Job 40:1-2 Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine. —Job 41:11 Then Job answered the LORD and said: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. ‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known…

MAN’S KNOWLEDGE/UNDERSTANDING PALES COMPARED TO GOD’S Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this. —Job 38:18             The most intelligent people who have ever lived have to answer this question— “Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?” — with a “no” if they are honest.  Our world is vast and as long as we have been here on the planet, there is so much still to learn.  So yes, to those who think they are “know it alls” — how do you answer that question?  Any intellectually honest person would have to answer that question with a “no, I don’t…

MORNING BY MORNING, DAY BY DAY— KNOW THIS! Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul….  Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! —Psalm 143:8, 10 The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to hear as the learned. —Isaiah 50:4             To whom else could we…

WISDOM COMES FROM GOD But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.  It is not the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right. —Job 32:8-9             Just because a person is old does not make him wise.  Wisdom is the proper application of knowledge— to apply knowledge effectively.  It is God that gives man understanding and makes a person wise.  Just because a person is aged does not mean he is wise and understanding. “I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been…