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This Week at Hope: Introducing Ruth

June 19, 2019
19 Jun 2019

Dear brothers & sisters,

On Sunday, we will be introducing a short series on the little Book of Ruth.  We zoom in on a family living in the Promised Land during the time of the Judges.  Though they live in Bethlehem, the “House of Bread”, the Lord brings a famine.  Rather than repenting, they strike out to find a new home in Moab.  It was a sinful decision.  Utter disaster comes in waves and Naomi is left destitute.  But, she is not left entirely.
Through terrible tragedy, the Lord is quietly working His sovereign plan.  Naomi has a Moabite daughter-in-law named Ruth that will be used of God in staggering ways.  She meets a man named Boaz.  As we will see, by the end the Lord turns Naomi’s sorrow into joy, her destitution into dancing.  But that’s not all.  In the end, we see that we are the real beneficiaries of this book.  It turns out this story was more than an account of a family, but about how the God of heaven would bring about the salvation of His people through Jesus Christ, the Kinsman Redeemer.
As we gather, our focus will be on Ruth 1:1-5, then a summary of the rest of the book.  As a family, consider reading the first chapter together.
This week, prayer will be at the Noahs.
Scott Brown will be doing the Sunday afternoon teaching as we begin looking at Social Justice.
A few upcoming dates to mark down:
  • June 28: various men doing expository teaching at church in the evening
  • June 29: a work day at the church (Alan Hillman is organizing)
  • June 30: hymns & Turkey update meeting with Sovereign Redeemer
The songs we’ll be singing together this Sunday are:
Wondrous King, All Glorious
Creator God, Our Sovereign Lord
What God Ordains Is Always Good
Rejoice in the Lord
How Sweet and Awful Is the Place

Have a wonderful week!
In Christ,

—

Paul Carrington
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This Week at Hope – Dying, losing, hating and following

June 12, 2019
12 Jun 2019
Brothers and Sisters,

In John 12:12-26, massive Passover crowds celebrate the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. They are waving palm branches crying out ‘Hossana,” but Jesus is weeping for the city. Many of them simply want His power but not His kingship. In a few days the same crowd will cry out, “Crucify Him.” Our Lord Jesus Christ will tell His disciples what it means to “see Jesus,” and to be His children… to die to yourself, lose your life, hate your life and follow, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain” (Jn. 12:24-25). It is not a better YOU that God is looking for… rather it is the diminishing of YOU, and the exaltation of HIM.
Prayer will be at the Brown’s Barn
Remember: Work Day at the Church, Saturday June 29.
Out Songs for Sunday
Behold Our God
Creator God, Our Sovereign Lord
This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made
   (tune: Am I a Soldier of the Cross)
Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus
   (tune: Jesus What a Friend for Sinners)
Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Behold Our God
Who has held the oceans in His hands?
Who has numbered every grain of sand?
Kings and nations tremble at His voice
All creation rises to rejoice

   Behold our God seated on His throne
Come, let us adore Him
Behold our King – nothing can compare
Come, let us adore Him

Who has given counsel to the Lord?
Who can question any of His words?
Who can teach the One who knows all things?
Who can fathom all His wondrous deeds?

Who has felt the nails upon His hands?
Bearing all the guilt of sinful man
God eternal, humbled to the grave
Jesus, Savior, risen now to reign

Creator God, Our Sovereign Lord
Creator God, our Sovereign Lord,
The heavens tell, the stars have shown,
Your splendor, might, and Deity,
But Truth lies in your Word alone.

   My heart to you, O God, I give,
And by your Word I live.

In Truth your Word reveals my guilt,
My lost, unworthy self makes known,
But now made new I’m justified
And live and move by Faith alone.

Before you made the world you chose,
In love, to send your only Son
To ransom me and make me one
With Christ, my Lord, by Grace alone.

O Christ, Redeemer, Savior, King,
Subdued by grace, I am your own;
Enthrall my soul and make me free,
Reformed, redeemed by Christ alone.

O glorious God, who reigns on high,
With heart in hand, before your throne,
We hymn your glory ‘round the world
With psalms adoring you alone.

This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made

(tune: Am I a Soldier of the Cross)
This is the day the Lord hath made;
He calls the hours His own;
Let heav’n rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround the throne.

Today He rose and left the dead,
And Satan’s empire fell;
Today the saints His triumphs spread,
And all His wonders tell.

Hosanna to th’anointed King,
To David’s holy Son!
Help us, O Lord; descend and bring
Salvation from the throne.

Blest be the Lord, who comes to men
With messages of grace;
Who comes in God his Father’s Name
To save our sinful race.

Hosanna in the highest strains
The church on earth can raise!
The highest heav’ns in which He reigns
Shall give Him nobler praise.

Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus
(tune: Jesus What a Friend for Sinners)
Hail, Thou once despised Jesus,
Hail, Thou Galilean King!
Thou didst suffer to release us:
Thou didst free salvation bring.
Hail, thou agonizing Saviour,
Bearer of our sin and shame!
By Thy merits we find favor;
Life is given through Thy name.

Paschal Lamb, by God appointed,
All our sins were on Thee laid;
By almighty love anointed,
Thou hast full atonement made:
All Thy people are forgiven
Through the virtue of Thy blood;
Opened is the gate of heaven,
Peace is made ‘twixt man and God.

Jesus, hail! enthroned in glory,
There for ever to abide;
All the heav’nly hosts adore Thee,
Seated at Thy Father’s side:
There for sinners Thou art pleading;
There Thou dost our place prepare;
Ever for us interceding,
Till in glory we appear.

Worship, honor, pow’r, and blessing
Thou art worthy to receive:
Loudest praises without ceasing,
Meet it is for us to give.
Help, ye bright angelic spirits,
Bring your sweetest, noblest lays;
Help to sing our Saviour’s merits,
Help to chant Immanuel’s praise.

Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Rejoice, the Lord is King
Your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice, give thanks and sing and triumph evermore.

   Lift up your heart; lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

Jesus, the Savior, reigns
The God of truth and love;
When He had purged our stains, He took His seat above.

His kingdom cannot fail;
He rules o’er earth and heav’n.
The keys of death and hell are to our Jesus giv’n.

He sits at God’s right hand,
The Church’s great High Priest,
And all his enemies are placed beneath His feet.

Rejoice in glorious hope!
Our Lord, the Judge, shall come
And take His servants up to their eternal home.

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This Week at Hope – How Much is He Worth To You?

June 5, 2019
05 Jun 2019

Brothers and Sisters

Prayer will be held at the Brown’s
How much is our Lord Jesus worth to you? On Sunday we find ourselves observing both Judas and Mary in John 12:1-11, Mary of Bethany displays before us one of the most startling, precious and remarkable expressions of love and gratitude toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Mary of Bethany poured out thousands of dollars of perfume. Judas mocked her. In these two (Mary and Judas)  we find two very different kinds of religion.
A Night of Preaching:You are invited to an evening of preaching on Friday June 28 at 6:30pm.  We have asked the men to minister to us through John 14, one of the most powerful testimonies of the person and work of the Holy Spirit in the Bible. These men will be preaching 15 minute messages each. It will prove to be a rich night of Biblical encouragement with Freddy Molina, Sean Gill, Robert Bosley, Bryan Solik, Will Arterburn, Jordan Jueckstock and Brandon Vanderford.
Turkey Missionary Team is headed to California this weekend, with Jason to visit some churches in regards to Turkey. Paul will be preaching on Revelation 5, “Worthy is the Lamb”.
Notice: Work Day at the church to do some repairs and landscaping, June 29.
Here are such wonderful songs:
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
My Jesus, I Love Thee
More Love to Thee, O Christ
Wonderful, Merciful Savior
Fairest Lord Jesus
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
O for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer’s praise
The glories of my God and King
The triumphs of His grace

Jesus! the name that charms our fears
That bids our sorrows cease
‘Tis music in the sinner’s ears
‘Tis life and health and peace

He breaks the pow’r of cancelled sin
He sets the prisoner free
His blood can make the foulest clean
His blood availed for me

Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb
Your loosened tongues employ
Ye blind, behold your Savior come
And leap, ye lame, for joy

My gracious Master and my God
Assist me to proclaim
To spread thro’ all the earth abroad
The honors of Thy name
My Jesus, I Love Thee
My Jesus, I love Thee
I know Thou art mine
For Thee all the follies
Of sin I resign
My gracious Redeemer
My Savior art Thou
If ever I loved Thee
My Jesus, ‘tis now

I love Thee because 
Thou hast first loved me
And purchased my pardon
On Calvary’s tree
I love Thee for wearing
The thorns on Thy brow
If ever I loved Thee
My Jesus, ‘tis now

In mansions of glory 
And endless delight
I’ll ever adore Thee
In Heaven so bright
I’ll sing with the glittering
Crown on my brow
“If ever I loved Thee
My Jesus, ‘tis now”
More Love to Thee, O Christ
More love to Thee, O Christ,
More love to Thee!
Hear thou the prayer I make
On bended knee;
This is my earnest plea,
More love, O Christ, to Thee,
More love to Thee,
More love to Thee.

Once earthly joy I craved,
Sought peace and rest;
Now Thee alone I seek;
Give what is best:
This all my prayer shall be,
More love, O Christ, to Thee,
More love to Thee,
More love to Thee.

Let sorrow do its work,
Send grief and pain;
Sweet are Thy messengers,
Sweet their refrain,
When they can sing with me,
More love, O Christ, to Thee,
More love to Thee,
More love to Thee.

Then shall my latest breath
Whisper Thy praise;
This be the parting cry
My heart shall raise,
This still its prayer shall be,
More love, O Christ, to Thee,
More love to Thee,
More love to Thee.
Wonderful, Merciful Savior
Wonderful, merciful Savior
Precious Redeemer and Friend
Who would have thought that a Lamb could
Rescue the souls of men
Oh, You rescue the souls of men

Counselor, Comforter, Keeper
Spirit we long to embrace
You offer hope when our hearts have
Hopelessly lost our way
Oh, we’ve hopelessly lost the way
     
   You are the One that we praise
   You are the One we adore
   You give the healing and grace
   Our hearts always hunger for
   Oh, our hearts always hunger for

Almighty, infinite Father
Faithfully loving Your own
Here in our weakness You find us
Falling before Your throne
Oh, we’re falling before Your throne 
            
   You are the One that we praise
   You are the One we adore
   You give the healing and grace
   Our hearts always hunger for
   Oh, our hearts always hunger for
 
Fairest Lord Jesus
Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature
O Thou of God and man the Son
Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor
Thou my soul’s glory, joy, and crown

Fair are the meadows; fairer still the woodlands
Robed in the blooming garb of spring
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer
Who makes the woeful heart to sing

Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight
And all the twinkling starry host
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels heav’n can boast

Beautiful Savior!  Lord of the nations!
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, praise, adoration
Now and forevermore be Thine!
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This Week at Hope: Sickening Lukewarmness – The Church of Laodicea

May 8, 2019
08 May 2019

Hi brothers & sisters,

We have come to the final letter of Christ to the seven churches of Asia Minor – not for the faint of heart.  With hard words, the “Faithful and True Witness” chastens Laodicea, a church that has largely lost its witness and is on the brink of apostasy (Revelation 3:14-22).  Due to their state, the Lord labels them “lukewarm”.  As a result, He is about to vomit them out of His mouth.  The tone of such language in regards to the Lord’s people is hard to find anywhere.  What’s so bad about lukewarm religion?  What could possibly have gone so wrong?  Especially when they thought themselves so spiritually vibrant.
Lukewarm…  Lukewarm water is mostly useless: you can’t use it for cooking, washing, drinking or cleaning.  It breeds disease.  The reality is that they had become room temperature – adjusted comfortably to the darkness of the surrounding culture.  Materialism abounded, and Christ had now been crowded outside.  But He loves this church, and gives them an opportunity to repent (:19-20), extending to them the promise of restored fellowship, both now and in glory.  Christ Himself is the cure.
This week, prayer will be at the Noahs.
By way of reminder, this Friday & Saturday we have Family Camp.
The songs we will be singing on Sunday are:

O Lord, How Shall I Meet Thee

Nearer, My God, to Thee

Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth)
O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer
Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Wretched
 
May the Lord bless the rest of your week!
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This Week at Hope – Train Up a Child

May 1, 2019
01 May 2019
Brothers and Sisters,
 
Here is a short video summarizing This Week at Hope

 
On Sunday, we will continue messages on the family. Consider one of the most famous family life verses in the Bible, Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” How should we interpret it? What should we expect from it? How do we live by it? How do these words figure in to our daily lives with our children?
 
On Sunday night, we are gathering with Sovereign Redeemer for a Turkey Update at 6:30.
 
Remember FAMILY CAMP, May 10-11.
 
Prayer will be held at the Burke home.
 
Singing Together on Sunday Morning
 
When Morning Gilds the Skies
Happy the Home
The Solid Rock
How Deep the Father’s Love For Us
Behold the Lamb
 
When Morning Gilds the Skies
When morning gilds the skies,
My heart awaking cries
May Jesus Christ be praised:
Alike at work and prayer
To Jesus I repair;
May Jesus Christ be praised.
 
When sleep her balm denies,
My silent spirit sighs,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
When evil thoughts molest,
With this I shield my breast,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
 
Does sadness fill my mind?
A solace here I find,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
Or fades my earthly bliss?
My comfort still is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
 
In heav’n’s eternal bliss
The loveliest strain is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
The powers of darkness fear,
When this sweet chant they hear,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
 
Let earth’s wide circle round
In joyful notes resound,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
Let air and sea and sky,
From depth to height, reply,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
 
Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
Be this th’eternal song,
Through all the ages on,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
 
Happy the Home
Happy the home when God is there,

And love fills ev’ry breast:

When one their wish, and one their prayer,

And one their heav’nly rest.
 
Happy the home where Jesus’ name

Is sweet to ev’ry ear;

Where children early speak His fame,

And parents hold Him dear.
 
Happy the home where prayer is heard,

And praise is wont to rise,

Where parents love the sacred Word,

That makes us truly wise.


 
Lord, let us in our homes agree,

This blessed peace to gain;

Unite our hearts in love to Thee,

And love to all will reign.
 
The Solid Rock

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name

   On Christ the solid Rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand

When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale,
mM anchor holds within the veil

His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood
When all around my soul gives way
He then is all my hope and stay

When He shall come with trumpet sound
O may I then in Him be found
Dressed in His righteousness alone
Faultless to stand before the throne

 

How Deep the Father’s Love For Us
How deep the Father’s love for us
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure
How great the pain of searing loss
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the Chosen One
Bring many sons to glory
 
Behold the man upon a cross
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed I hear my mocking voice 
Call out among the scoffers
It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished
 
I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no pow’r, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection
Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom
 
Behold the Lamb
Behold the Lamb who bears our sins away
Slain for us and we remember
The promise made that all who come in faith
Find forgiveness at the cross
   So we share in this bread of life
   And we drink of His sacrifice
   As a sign of our bonds of peace
   Around the table of the King
 
The body of our Saviour Jesus Christ
Torn for you eat and remember
The wounds that heal the death that brings us life
Paid the price to make us one
   So we share in this bread of life
   And we drink of His sacrifice
   As a sign of our bonds of love
   Around the table of the King
 
The blood that cleanses ev’ry stain of sin
Shed for you drink and remember†
He drained death’s cup that we may enter in
To receive the life of God
   So we share in this bread of life
   And we drink of His sacrifice
   As a sign of our bonds of grace
   Around the table of the King
 
And so with thankfulness and faith we rise
To respond and to remember
Our call to follow in the steps of Christ
As His body here on earth
   As we share in His suffering
   We proclaim Christ will come again!
   And we’ll join in the feast of Heaven
   Around the table of the King
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This Week at Hope: Seize the Day

April 24, 2019
24 Apr 2019

Dear ones,

Rightly living for the world to come means making the most out of the world we now live in. As we come closer to the end of Ecclesiastes, Solomon is getting to the applications of all he has been sharing with us throughout this book. Here in 11:1-8 he speaks once again of the uncertain and unknowable things of this life. And he gives us instruction to live by as we face the uncertain and the unknowable. As those who have embraced our end and hold it clearly in view, we should seize this very day.

This passage teaches us to give while we can, to sow while we can, and to prepare while we can. The days are coming when we will not be able to give, to sow, and to prepare any longer. Work, for the night, is coming, when man’s work is done.
Wednesday night prayer will be at the Brown’s barn.
This Thursday night is our scheduled night at Carillon 6:30 pm. This is a grand opportunity to live out this Ecclesiastes text – giving while you can; sowing the seed of the gospel while you can; and in light of Matthew 25, preparing for eternity while you can. Contact Alan if you are able to lend a hand.
Songs for Sunday are as follows:
  • Like a River Glorious
  • Day By Day
  • Rejoice, the Lord Is King
  • Come, All Ye Pining
  • Rise Up, O Church of God
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This Week At Hope – A Defining Institution

April 17, 2019
17 Apr 2019
Brothers and Sisters,

 
Prayer will be held at the Noah’s
 
The Bible answers some of the most difficult questions… How can a family navigate the cataclysmic shifts in our culture? How do you build your house on the rock in the midst of the shifting sands as children get older? How do you prepare your children to engage this new world of hyper-relativism, gender fluidity, the LGBT movement and the challenges of the internet age? How do you fortify your children where the very language, the very words that the world uses misrepresents human problems and solutions and dulls the conscience over sin. God prescribes solutions for these things. What parents do with their children and what children do with their parents is a central to answering these questions, for God has prescribed clearly defined duties for both in His Word in order that His people are preserved in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation. You can find these answers from Genesis to Revelation. On Sunday, we will continue our series on family life examining God’s Holy Word on these matters, using Eph. 6:1-4 and Deut 6;1-9 as a springboard to the whole counsel of God on these matters.
 
The Songs we will be singing on Sunday are:
  • Doxology / Crown Him with Many Crowns
  • The God of Abraham Praise
  • Not in Me
  • O Great God
  • Jesus Shall Reign
 
Crown Him with Many Crowns
Crown Him with many crowns
The Lamb upon His throne
Hark! how the heav’nly anthem drowns 
All music but its own!
Awake, my soul, and sing
Of Him who died for thee
And hail Him as thy matchless King
Thro’ all eternity
 
Crown Him the Lord of Love!  
Behold His hands and side –
Rich wounds, yet visible above
In beauty glorified
All hail, Redeemer, hail!  
For Thou Hast died for me
Thy praise and glory shall not fail
Thro’out eternity 
 
Crown Him the Lord of life!
Who triumphed o’er the grave
Who rose victorious in the strife 
For those He came to save
His glories now we sing
Who died and rose on high
Who died eternal life to bring 
And lives that death may die
 
Crown Him the Lord of Heav’n!
One with the Father known
One with the Spirit thro’ Him giv’n
From yonder glorious throne
To Thee be endless praise
For Thou for us hast died
Be Thou, O Lord, thro’ endless days
Adored and magnified
 
The God of Abraham Praise
The God of Abraham praise,
At whose supreme command
From earth I rise, and seek the joys
At his right hand:
I all on earth forsake,
Its wisdom, fame, and power;
And him my only portion make,
My Shield and Tower.
 
He by himself hath sworn,
I on his oath depend;
I shall, on eagle’s wings upborne,
To heav’n ascend:
I shall behold his face,
I shall his power adore,
And sing the wonders of his grace
For evermore.
 
The goodly land I see,
With peace and plenty blest,
A land of sacred liberty
And endless rest;
There milk and honey flow,
And oil and wine abound,
And trees of life for ever grow,
With mercy crowned.
 
There dwells the Lord our King,
The Lord our righteousness;
Triumphant over the world and sin,
The Prince of Peace
On Zion’s sacred height
His kingdom still maintains,
And glorious with his saints in light
For ever reigns.
 
The whole triumphant host
Give thanks to God on high;
Hail Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
They ever cry:
Hail Abraham’s God and mine!
I join the heavenly lays
All might and majesty are thine,
And endless praise.
 
Not in Me
No list of sins I have not done,
No list of virtues I pursue,
No list of those I am not like
Can earn myself a place with You.
O God, be merciful to me
I am a sinner through and through!
My only hope of righteousness
Is not in me, but only You.
 
No humble dress, no fervent prayer,
No lifted hands, no tearful song,
No recitation of the truth
Can justify a single wrong.
My righteousness is Jesus’ life,
My debt was paid by Jesus’ death,
My weary load was borne by Him
And He alone can give me rest.
 
No separation from the world,
No work I do, no gift I give
Can cleanse my conscience, cleanse my hands;
I cannot cause my soul to live.
But Jesus died and rose again
The power of death is overthrown!
My God is merciful to me
And merciful in Christ alone.
 
My righteousness is Jesus’ life,
My debt was paid by Jesus’ death,
My weary load was borne by Him
And He alone can give me rest.
 
O Great God
O great God of highest heaven
Occupy my lowly heart
Own it all and reign supreme
Conquer every rebel power
Let no vice or sin remain
That resists Your holy war
You have loved and purchased me
Make me Yours forevermore
 
I was blinded by my sin
Had no ears to hear Your voice
Did not know Your love within
Had no taste for heaven’s joys
Then Your Spirit gave me life
Opened up Your Word to me
Through the gospel of Your Son
Gave me endless hope and peace
 
Help me now to live a life
That’s dependent on Your grace
Keep my heart and guard my soul
From the evils that I face
You are worthy to be praised
With my every thought and deed
O great God of highest heaven
Glorify Your Name through me
 
Jesus Shall Reign
Jesus shall reign where’er the sun 
Does its successive journeys run
His kingdom spread from shore to shore
Till moons shall wax and wane no more
 
To Him shall endless prayer be made
And endless praises crown His head
His name like sweet perfume shall rise
With every morning sacrifice
 
   To our King be highest praise
   Rising through eternal  days
   Just and faithful – He shall reign.
   Jesus shall reign.
 
People and realms of every tongue 
Dwell on His love with sweetest song
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on His name
 
Let every creature rise and bring 
His grateful honors to our King
Angels descend with songs again
And earth repeat the loud ‘Amen!’
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This Week at Hope – Do Not Exasperate, but Train Up

April 10, 2019
10 Apr 2019
Brothers and Sisters,

Prayer will be held at, Burke Home
Remember, EXTRA help is needed at Carillon on Thursday night at 6:30 – The regular crew is not able to make it… so we need someone to lead singing, bring a 15 min message and folks to engage in conversation. Please contact Alan Hillman.
Our scripture focus this week is Ephesians 6:4 where Paul addresses parents. He identifies one thing they must avoid, and another thing that they must pursue – avoid exasperating your children, and pursue them, making sure that you pay quite a bit of attention to them, to “bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” Here, the apostle calls parents to a very specific, yet high level of compassion toward their children.
Remember to pray for the group going to the NCFIC pastors conference, “Life of a Shepherd.” Paul Carrington, Dwayne Crouse, Will Arterburn, Robert Bosley, John Morganti, Levi Black, Josh Keith and three of his boys will be attending as well as Jason Dohm, Michael and Malachi Templeton.
On Sunday, we will be singing these songs:
All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!
Happy the Home
A Christian Home
In Christ Alone
Take My Life and Let it Be

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!
All hail the power of Jesus’ Name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown him Lord of all.

Crown him, ye martyrs of your God
Who from his altar call;
Extol the Stem of Jesse’s rod,
And crown him Lord of all.

Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,
Ye ransomed of the fall,
Hail him who saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all.

Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget
The wormwood and the gall,
Go spread your trophies at his feet,
And crown him Lord of all.

Let ev’ry kindred, ev’ry tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,
To him all majesty ascribe,
And crown him Lord of all.

O that with yonder sacred throng
We at his feet may fall;
We’ll join the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all.

Happy the Home
Happy the home when God is there,
And love fills ev’ry breast:
When one their wish, and one their prayer,
And one their heav’nly rest.

Happy the home where Jesus’ name
Is sweet to ev’ry ear;
Where children early speak His fame,
And parents hold Him dear.

Happy the home where prayer is heard,
And praise is wont to rise,
Where parents love the sacred Word,
That makes us truly wise.

Lord, let us in our homes agree,
This blessed peace to gain;
Unite our hearts in love to Thee,
And love to all will reign.

A Christian Home
O give us homes built firm upon the Savior
Where Christ is Head and Counselor and Guide
Where every child is taught His love and favor
And gives his heart to Christ, the Crucified
How sweet to know that, tho’ his footsteps waver
His faithful Lord is walking by his side

O give us homes with godly fathers, mothers
Who always place their hope and trust in Him
Whose tender patience turmoil never bothers
Whose calm and courage trouble cannot dim
A home where each finds joy in serving others
And love still shines, tho’ days be dark and grim

O give us homes where Christ is Lord and Master
The Bible read, the precious hymns still sung
Where pray’r comes first in peace or in disaster
And praise is natural speech to every tongue
Where mountains move before a faith that’s vaster
And Christ sufficient is for old and young

O Lord, our God, our homes are Thine forever!
We trust to Thee their problems, toil, and care
Their bonds of love no enemy can sever
If Thou art always Lord and Master there
Be Thou the center of our least endeavor
Be Thou our guest, our hearts and homes to share

In Christ Alone
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone! – who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand!

Take My Life and Let it Be
Take my life and let it be
Consecrated Lord to Thee
Take my moments and my days
Let them flow in ceaseless praise
Let them flow in ceaseless praise

Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee
Swift and beautiful for Thee

Take my voice and let me sing
Always, only, for my King
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee
Filled with messages from Thee

Take my silver and my gold
Not a mite would I withhold
Take my intellect and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose
Every power as Thou shalt choose

Take my love, my Lord I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store
Take my self and I will be
Ever only all for Thee
Ever only all for Thee

Take my will and make it Thine
It shall be no longer mine
Take my heart it is Thine own
It shall be Thy royal throne
It shall be Thy royal throne

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This Week at Hope – Children Obey Your Parents

April 3, 2019
03 Apr 2019

Brothers and Sisters,

What does it look like to have a spirit of love and joy in your home? Ephesians 6:1-4 explains it. On Sunday morning, our scripture focus will be Ephesians 6:1-3. In this section, Paul speaks directly to the children in the Ephesian church. I plan to do the same thing on Sunday – speak directly to the children. There are two commands and a promise, and I plan to probe the children directly if they are obedient children. However, this not only applies to children in the church. It also applies to all the adults, for the obedience of children in the home is a picture of obedience for the whole church to the Lord Jesus Christ. A true church is an obedient church.
For the Sunday afternoon teaching, Robert Bosley will bring teaching on, “The Omnipresence of God.”
Please pray for the upcoming Father-Daughter Retreat, which will be taking place on Friday evening and Saturday. The subject of this retreat is “The Sovereignty of God.”
 
Prayer will be held at the Brown’s Barn
 
Wondrous King, All Glorious
Happy the Home
Psalm 128
Living Waters
A Christian Home
 
Wondrous King, All Glorious
Wondrous King, all glorious,
Sovereign Lord victorious,
O, receive our praise with favor!
From Thee welled God’s kindness
Though we in our blindness
Strayed from Thee, our blessed Saviour.
Strengthen Thou,
Help us now;

Let our tongues be singing,
Thee our praises bringing.
Heavens, spread the story
Of our Maker’s glory,
All the pomp of earth obscuring.
Sun, thy rays be sending,
Thy bright beams expending,
Light to all the earth assuring.
Moon and star,
Praise afar
Him who glorious made you;

The vast heavens aid you.
O my soul, rejoicing,
Sing, thy praises voicing,
Sing, with hymns of faith adore Him!
All who here have being,
Shout, your voices freeing,
Bow down in the dust before Him.
He is God
Sabaoth;
Praise alone the Saviour,
Here and there for ever.
Hallelujahs render
To the Lord most tender,
Ye who know and love the Saviour.

Hallelujahs sing ye,
Ye redeemed, O, bring ye
Hearts that yield Him glad behavior.

Blest are ye
Endlessly;
Sinless there for ever,
Ye shall laud Him ever.
Happy the Home
Happy the home when God is there,
And love fills ev’ry breast:
When one their wish, and one their prayer,
And one their heav’nly rest.
Happy the home where Jesus’ name
Is sweet to ev’ry ear;
Where children early speak His fame,
And parents hold Him dear.
Happy the home where prayer is heard,

And praise is wont to rise,
Where parents love the sacred Word,
That makes us truly wise.


Lord, let us in our homes agree,
This blessed peace to gain;
Unite our hearts in love to Thee,
And love to all will reign.
Psalm 128
Blest the man that fears Jehovah,
Walking ever in His ways,
By thy toil thou shalt be prospered
And be happy all thy days.
In thy wife thou shalt have gladness,
She shall fill thy home with good,
Happy in her loving service
And the joys of motherhood.
Joyful children, sons and daughters,
Shall about thy table meet,
Olive plants, in strength and beauty,
Full of hope and promise sweet.
Lo, on him that fears Jehovah
Shall this blessedness attend,
For Jehovah out of Zion
Shall to thee His blessing send.
Thou shalt see God’s kingdom prosper
All thy days, till life shall cease,
Thou shalt see thy children’s children;
On thy people, Lord, be peace.
Living Waters
Are you thirsty
Are you empty
Come and drink these living waters
Tired and broken
Peace unspoken
Rest beside these living waters
Christ is calling
Find refreshing
At the cross of living waters
Lay your life down
All the old gone
Rise up in these living waters
   There’s a river that flows
   With mercy and love
   Bringing joy to the city of our God
   There our hope is secure
   Do not fear anymore
   Praise the Lord of living waters
Spirit moving
Mercy washing
Healing in these living waters
Lead your children
To the shore line
Life is in these living waters
Are you thirsty
Are you empty
Come and drink these living waters
Love, forgiveness
Vast and boundless
Christ, He is our living waters
   There’s a river that flows
   With mercy and love
   Bringing joy to the city of our God
   There our hope is secure
   Do not fear anymore
   Praise the Lord of living waters
A Christian Home
O give us homes built firm upon the Savior
Where Christ is Head and Counselor and Guide
Where every child is taught His love and favor
And gives his heart to Christ, the Crucified
How sweet to know that, tho’ his footsteps waver
His faithful Lord is walking by his side
O give us homes with godly fathers, mothers
Who always place their hope and trust in Him
Whose tender patience turmoil never bothers
Whose calm and courage trouble cannot dim
A home where each finds joy in serving others
And love still shines, tho’ days be dark and grim
O give us homes where Christ is Lord and Master
The Bible read, the precious hymns still sung
Where pray’r comes first in peace or in disaster
And praise is natural speech to every tongue
Where mountains move before a faith that’s vaster
And Christ sufficient is for old and young
O Lord, our God, our homes are Thine forever!
We trust to Thee their problems, toil, and care
Their bonds of love no enemy can sever
If Thou art always Lord and Master there
Be Thou the center of our least endeavor
Be Thou our guest, our hearts and homes to share
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This Week at Hope: Philadelphia – Church of the Open Door

March 27, 2019
27 Mar 2019
Dear brothers & sisters,
This coming Sunday, we will be looking at the Lord’s epistle to the church of Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13).  What does the Lord want them to know?  That He is God, both “holy” and “true”.  Drawing from Isaiah 22:22, He also wants to assure them that He is completely sovereign, as the One “who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”.
Why?  Because He has a task for them: the spread of the gospel (:8).  Every time we encounter the phrasing ‘open door’ it has to do with the extension of His kingdom through evangelism.  And there is no greater catalyst for the difficult work than knowing He is sovereign.  It is in spite of their “little strength” that He wants them to walk through this door.  There will be opposition, difficulty and the need to persevere, but He will carry them through and do the impossible (:9).  What about Hope Baptist?  You individually? Your family?  When it comes to God’s mission upon the earth – the spread of His glory through the preaching of His word – what role are you playing?  May His preoccupation become yours and mine.
Prayer this Wednesday will be held at the Noah’s home.
For our Sunday afternoon teaching on the attributes of our God, Ash Noah will be speaking on the Grace of God.

Fathers, please make sure you have next week‘s Father-Daughter Retreat on your calendar (April 5-6, starting 7 pm on Friday).  The topic this year: “The Sovereignty of God”.

Pray for Scott Brown as he hosts a Leaders Meeting in Montgomery this weekend.

For worship this Sunday, we will be singing the following:
  • Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart
  • Revive Us Again
  • Nearer, My God, to Thee
  • I Asked the Lord that I Might Grow
  • O Church, Arise

May the Lord bless the rest of your week!

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Please come visit us for our Church Service on Sunday. Our services are held from 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM and are immediately followed by a fellowship meal onsite. Visitors are always welcome, and should consider themselves to be our guests – there is always plenty of food. Please come and join us!

Hope Baptist Church is holding services in Wake Forest, located at 825 Averette Rd, Wake Forest, NC 27587