New Hope Church

BLEST! Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie! —Psalm 40:4 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the LORD!”   As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God! —Psalm 40:16-17             Those who have truly trusted in the Lord are blessed, they are happy.  Why?  For many reasons.  The major one is because they understand Whose they are…

TIME DOES NOT STOP! O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you…. surely all mankind is a mere breath!  —Psalm 39:4-7, 11                In 1973, the year I graduated high school, I remembering…

FEAR OF THE LORD You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the LORD your God. —Leviticus 25:17 You shall not rule over him ruthlessly but shall fear your God. —Leviticus 25:43 And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” —Job 28:28 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. —Proverbs 8:13             To fear the Lord is to hate evil, pride, arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.  To fear the Lord is to not speak and act contrary to His…

JESUS— MY LIFE AND LIGHT— MY GUIDE For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light. —Psalm 36:9 Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. —Psalm 37:37  And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. —Luke 10:6             Jesus is “the bread of life. Whoever comes to (Him) will never go hungry, and whoever believes in (Him) will never be thirsty” (John 6:35).  And so, Jesus said, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me,…

DEBT REVEALS CHARACTER The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives. —-Psalm 37:21                How wicked are those who intentionally borrow without any plan to pay back?  This is true of an individual, a business, the government or anyone else.  This is stealing… it is theft by taking without any intent of giving back and it shows the evil nature of man.  He wants to take what God has forbidden.  It started in the garden when they took of the tree that God said not to take of.                The U.S. governmental debt is 31.4 trillion and it appears that there is no…

LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD’S WORD AND NOT THE WORLD’S WAYS! And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I…

REDEEMED! The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned. —Psalm 34:22 No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough—so that they should live on forever and not see decay…. But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself. —Psalm 49:7-9, 15 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from…

OUR HOPE IS IN OUR LORD! By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host… Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him! For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations… The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength. he war horse is a…

FORGIVEN! Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit…  I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. —Psalm 32:1-2, 5 “Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.  Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.” —Romans 4:7-8             How happy are we to know our transgressions and sins are forgiven and covered?  How happy are we to…

MY ROCK, FORTRESS, GUIDE— MY LORD! For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name’s sake you lead me and guide me…  Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride. Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD! —Psalm 31:3, 23-24             The Lord is my Rock and on His Word I will stand— “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.  The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew…