New Hope Church

WE LIVE BY FAITH! The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save?  Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.  “Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told. —Habakkuk 1:1-5 You who are…

YOU BETTER BE ON THE LORD’S SIDE! The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. —Nahum 1:3 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. —Nahum 1:7             Praise God that He is good and that He is “a stronghold in the day of trouble.”  Safe and secure are all those who take refuge in Him and He knows the ones who do.  There may be those who outwardly say they take refuge in Him, but He knows “the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation…

FORGIVEN You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. —Micah 7:19 If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. —Psalm 130:3-6             If our Lord would keep record of our sin, who would be able to stand before Him?  The answer is obvious, nobody,  because— “There is no one righteous, not even one.  There is no one who understands, no one who…

FORGIVEN You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. —Micah 7:19 If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. —Psalm 130:3-6             If our Lord would keep record of our sin, who would be able to stand before Him?  The answer is obvious, nobody, because— “There is no one righteous, not even one.  There is no one who understands, no one who…

THE HIGH VALUE GOD HAS ON MOTHERHOOD! The women of my people you drive out from their delightful houses; from their young children you take away my splendor forever. —Micah 2:9             There is no doubt we have seen radical change in the culture of America when it comes to the family.  This is no great surprise when we think of the family as God’s basic building block of society.  Why would not Satan seek to destroy the family?  The impact that mothers have on their children is enormous.  I see the impact my own wife has had on our children when they were young… and that she still does…

GOD USES IMPERFECT MESSENGERS TO BRING HIS MESSAGE! “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. —Jonah 2-3 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called…

THE MASTER BUILDER Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. —Psalm 127:1             Is the Lord your builder?  Look at your house/life.  How is He building?  In what ways is He building?  Why is He building as He is?  Can others see that He is your Builder?  Have they heard that He is your Builder?  Does your building/life further His building reputation?  Are others taking notice of what is being built and who the Builder is?  Do you share and recommend your Builder to others?             So, take a look at your house/life, if He is not the builder then what you are building is in vain.  Are…

BE FAITHFUL TO JESUS’ COMMAND/CALL ON OUR LIFE! Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go…’ —Amos 7:14-15 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.  Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. —Psalm 126:5-6 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go…” —Matthew 28:18-19             Jesus said to us “Come, follow me” and He…

OUR ONLY HOPE! For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of hosts, is his name! —Amos 4:13  Seek the LORD and live… —Amos 5:4, 6, 14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. —Amos 5:14-15…

Injustice! “So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.” —Hosea 12:6 Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. —Hosea 14:9 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. —Psalm 124:8             Injustices have occurred since sin and death entered the human race through Adam (Romans 5:12).  Only with God’s help, the One who created heaven and earth, can we return and “hold fast to…