New Hope Bible Church

This week in our service we talked about Barnabas and how he encouraged Paul in his ministry.  What an amazing story!  It makes me wonder how many people around me have great potential to accomplish mighty things for Jesus if they simply receive encouragement!  And who will encourage them if I don't?  Are you being a Barnabas to the Pauls in your life? I hope you are. And if you aren't yet, I hope you will! And you can start today. So here are 4 simple ways to encourage someone this week! 1. Send an encouraging letter. Have you ever opened your mailbox to find an unexpected letter from a friend?  It does not happen often, but when it does, how special do you feel?  Sending someone a random, encouraging letter is a great way to let someone know that they are not forgotten.  It will make their day!  And it is easy to do.  Who could you send a letter to this week? 2.  Call someone to let them know you appreciate them. 99% of the phone calls we get are from people that ne

Matthew 22: 37  And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. Matthew 16: 24  Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 25  For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. John 13: 35  By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” Thank you John for delivering a great message this past Sunday. You absolutely teed up a great platform for 2018. God is so good and faithful. Our world loves to talk about “love”. It fills the talk show circuit, scripted within publications, lectured by motivational counselors, and expressed within most homes. It has to be one of, if not the most talked about subjects in our world. Throughout the Christmas season, Peace, Joy, and Love are continuous themes. Th

Follower, Learner, Disciple.                                   Sunday Dec 31,2017 We live in an age where it seems that we follow many people and things. We are like sheep who have gone astray. Society holds up actors and entertainers as the ultimate examples follow. After all they are rich so they must know something we don’t. Notice how they seem to set the trend for how we dress and how we act and what we hold as exciting. And they are often a topic of discussion. I’m not sure why that is. But perhaps it has to do with the fact that we spend a lot of time watching the media. That includes social media as well as movies and TV. So, these people are always before our eyes. The young are the most impressionable. They are always on the hunt for the next coolest thing. And these people seem to offer it. Sometimes being a follower can get one into a lot of trouble. A number of years ago one of my sons got into a lot of trouble following his older brother and his friends. His older