New Hope Church

(Matthew 25:31-46— His Sheep are known by service by serving Him in areas such as: the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, those needing clothing, the sick, those in prison…)   GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. —Psalm 98:2 He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. —Psalm 98:9             Our Lord has made His salvation known and revealed His righteousness to the nations.  He did so, brother and sister, fellow follower of Jesus, to us and now He has directed us to proclaim Him to peoples, tribes and nations.  They will hear—…

(Hebrews 1— Jesus— Creator, exact image of God, upholds the universe, made purification for sins, greater than angels, Son of God, angels worship Him/serve Him)   RUN HIS RACE AND FINISH WELL! And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods. But he did not keep what the LORD commanded. Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will…

(John 1—- Our Creator, our Life, our Light, our Grace, our Truth, our Christ, our Prophet, our Lord, our Lamb) OUR LORD JUDGES He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness. —Psalms 96:13             Our Lord will bring judgment on an individual, a tribe, a people or a nation for their wickedness.  He can do so by a nation being defeated their enemies.  He can do so by affecting climate.  He can do so through impacting the food chain.  He can do so by bringing a plague.  He can do so through sickness (I Kings 8:33, 35, 37).  But if an individual, a tribe, a…

(Psalm 1— Don’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of scoffers— Instead… delight and meditate on God’s Word)   BE WISE— HEAR AND APPLY, DON’T BE A FOOL— HEAR AND DON’T APPLY And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom. —I Kings 4:34             A wise person will be sought out for counsel.  Many from all over the earth came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.  They were impacted by what he had to say.  Remember, this wisdom was given…

(John 15:1-17—- Abide in Jesus and bear much fruit that remains which glorifies our Father and proves we are Jesus’ disciples) ASK HIM! At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you….  Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”  It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this.  And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for…

(21 days… Matthew 5:3-10—- Have kingdom values and characteristics)   THE EVERLASTING KINGDOM OF JESUS Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting. —Psalm 93:2 But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. —Hebrews 1:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8) and that will never change.  Jesus said, “And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began” (John 17:5).  And “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,…

(21 days… Galatians 5:13-26—- If we “love our neighbor as ourself” then we will walk in the Spirit and bear His fruit) LOVING FRUIT-BEARING  Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. He had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man. —II Samuel 19:32 They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, to declare that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. —Psalm 92:14-15             Our Love for our Lord and for people can be seen in many ways.  How is the Spirit encouraging you…

(21 days… Luke 10:1-17—- Pray for laborers to be sent out into His harvest—- find the person of peace)   ABIDE IN JESUS AND BE FRUITFUL— GLORIFYING OUR FATHER He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” —Psalm 91:1-2             Are we abiding in our Lord God Almighty?  Are we looking to Him to be our Shelter?  Oh, that we may be absolutely sincere when we say that our Lord is ““My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”  Is He…

(Today’s fasting and prayer Scripture— I Thessalonians 2:1-13—- Followers of Jesus are family and should treat each other as such from God’s perspective.  This will be my prayer focus that I seek within the hour of 6am, 12pm and 6pm)   HAVE A HEART OF WISDOM WITH THE TIME YOU HAVE LEFT The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away….  So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. —Psalm 90:10, 12             Reading these verses surely speaks to me as I…

(Today’s fasting and prayer Scripture— Luke 24:36-53—- Proclaim repentance and forgiveness of sins in the power of His Holy Spirit.  This will be my prayer focus that I seek within the hour of 6am, 12pm and 6pm)   POWER, WEALTH AND SEX It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” So David sent messengers and took her, and she…