New Hope Church

PRAISE OUR LORD! Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts! Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the LORD! For he commanded and they were created. And he established them forever and ever; he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.  Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!  Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars!  Beasts…

MY DESIRE! Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! —Psalms 143:10  So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved. —I Corinthians 10:31-33             Paul’s desire was to do the will of God for the benefit of others so that many might be saved.  Is that our desire?  Do we really want…

GOD’S PERSPECTIVE ON ABORTION IS WHAT MATTERS, NOT MAN’S For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. —Psalms 139:13-16 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set…

I AM LOVED BY MY LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. —Psalm 136:1             Oh, fellow followers of Jesus, brothers and sisters, whoever you are and wherever you are, we should be the most thankful people on the planet.  Whose love toward us is better than that of our Lord?  His love is a love that endures forever.  He said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5) and again, Jesus said, “surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).  He is always good and His love is steadfast. …

Y0U ARE DEAD OR ALIVE… The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see; they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths. Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them! –Psalms 136:15-18 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one. —I Corinthians 8:4             Nations, tribes and peoples come up with all kinds of idols to worship, but “there is no God…

FLOURISHING Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD. —Psalms 128:1-4             Every person who “fears the Lord” — Will walk in His ways Will eat of the labor of their hands Will be blessed Will be well with them Will have a wife like a fruitful vine Will have children like olive shoots This…

I TRUST MY LORD TO HELP ME! Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. —Psalms 124:8 Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. —Psalms 127:1             Now that is a plain statement of fact— “Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”  Do you acknowledge this or are you going about trying to live in your own strength?  Not sure about you, but I want the help of Him who created heaven and earth.  Now that is real power, real authority.  If I am not listening to the Lord but seeking…

DON’T BE DECEIVED— THE UNRIGHTEOUS WILL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD! I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. —Psalm 121:1-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40wYfjv6yt8 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ…

  DOUBLE-MINDED = UNSTABLE IN ALL THEIR WAYS! Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. —Psalms 119:105 I hate the double-minded, but I love your law. —Psalms 119:113 Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. —Psalms 119:133 The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. —Psalms 119:160 Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble. —Psalms 119:165 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the…

BE A FAITHFUL IMITATOR OF JESUS! Forever, O LORD, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.  —Psalms 119:89 Do not go beyond what is written. —I Corinthians 4:6 Therefore I urge you to imitate me. —I Corinthians 4:16 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. —I Corinthians 11:1             I am not going to trust the fleeting faithfulness or deception of man’s word.  People can just speak words and expect you to take it at face value as if they are speaking truth.  Unfortunately, as we live in a sinful and fallen world, there are many intentional deceivers, speaking words they do not really mean.             How…