New Hope Church

With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles. —II Chronicles 32:8 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands. —II Chronicles 32:19 And the Lord sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king.  So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. —II Chronicles 32:21             The Lord our God is our help.  Who can stand against Him?  Who can overpower Him?  He is Sovereign…

TRUST HIM FOR HE PRESENT AND FUTURE AS HE HAS WORKED IN THE PAST True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly, but can he also give us bread?…  In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe…. How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland! —Psalm 78:20, 32, 40             We need to remember what God has done and expect that He can do anything He desires.  Nothing is beyond His capabilities… nothing.  Unbelief is sin when it includes rebelling against our Lord.  Let us trust Him with our…

PRIDE’S FATE But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. —II Chronicles 26:16             Power goes to some people’s heads and they become prideful and do things they shouldn’t.  Pride… “i” is right in the middle of the word.  “I” wants to be the center of attention.  Pride is all about “i”, not others, not God.  Pride will lead to one’s downfall— “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18).  When King Uzziah “was unfaithful to the Lord his God, and entered the temple…

YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you disobey the Lord’s commands? You will not prosper. Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’”  But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple. King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, “May the Lord see this and call you to account.” —II Chronicles 24:20-22 “Woe to you, because you build…

DESTINY WITH DEATH! But someone drew his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between the breastplate and the scale armor. The king told the chariot driver, “Wheel around and get me out of the fighting. I’ve been wounded.” All day long the battle raged, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. Then at sunset he died. —II Chronicles 18:33-34              King Ahab went to war even though the Lord, through His prophet Micaiah, told him it would not end well.  Micaiah had told Ahab— “If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he…

COMMITMENT For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. —II Chronicles 16:9             Fully committed to Him… am I?  Are you?  What does that look like?  Well, we get a picture in the early church’s commitment/devotion— “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.…

EVERYTHING IS FROM HIS HAND! All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. —II Chronicles 9:23 Whom have I in heaven but you?  And earth has nothing I desire besides you.  My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever…. But as for me, it is good to be near God.  I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.  —Psalm 73:25-26, 28             There are no self-made men.  All knowledge comes from God (indeed, everything comes from God) and men can…

BE A SIGN! I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge. —Psalm 71:7 My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds, of your saving acts all day long— though I know not how to relate them all.  I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord.  I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone. —Psalm 71:15-16             A sign directs people.  You stop as the stop sign directs.  You turn when a sign directs you to do so to get to a town.  You slow down when a sign indicates curves.  You receive information from signs for the action to take or not take.             Am…

SERVING ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN, HIS CHOICE, HIS STRENGTH Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me… he chose my family…  he has chosen my son… —I Chronicles 28:4-5 And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.” —I Chronicles 28:9-10 David also said to Solomon his son,…