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This Week at Hope – Drinking Down and Pouring Out

October 22, 2018
22 Oct 2018
Dear brothers and sisters, due to so many being gone on Wednesday in conjunction with the Conference, we have decided to cancel the mid-week prayer service. We covet your prayers for God’s blessing on the Conference – that we would come away having truly beheld His glory.
On Sunday our text (here at home) will be form Isaiah 63:1-6. The church of our generation talks little of the wrath of God. This omission has greatly diminished the glory of Christ displayed in both His drinking down the cup of wrath on the cross and His pouring out the cup of wrath upon His and His church’s enemies at His second coming. It results in a weak church with a watered-down gospel and little emphasis on repentance; an ignorant church that is unable to understand and rightly apply the Psalms of imprecation; a retreating church that has abandoned the banner held high by the saints who have gone before her; and a fearful church that is robbed of a zealous and victorious spirit even while dwelling in the camp of this glorious Conqueror.
We will consider together how the glory of Christ is exalted in a proper understanding of the cup of the wrath of God in both salvation and in judgment. We will also consider the glory of Christ displayed in the Imprecatory Psalms.
Our songs for Sunday are as follows:
    O Worship the King
    All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
    O Church Arise
    Ancient Words
    And Can It Be
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This Week at Hope: Light Without Heat – The Church at Ephesus

October 16, 2018
16 Oct 2018
Dear brothers and sisters,
This Wednesday, prayer will be hosted at the Browns’ barn.

On Sunday, we will be looking at the Lord Jesus’ words to the church at Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7).  
 
With Ephesus, the Lord finds much to commend (:2-3, 6).  They were the equivalent of the model, Reformed, Confessional church we all look up to – solid preaching and doctrine, and consistent, zealous activity amidst a hostile community.  
 
But He identifies something utterly fatal – something that if left unaddressed will lead to their utter ruin and His judgment.  They had abandoned their first love (:4).  All light, but no heat.  Far from being a trifle, the Lord shows how decay of love renders everything else useless.  Unless this is rekindled, nothing else matters.  
 

Mercifully, the Searcher of Hearts provides the urgent remedy: repentance (:5).  The Good Shepherd points them to the path of life, reminding them of the promises that once captivated them: “To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”  (:7).

For the Sunday afternoon teaching, Scott will be speaking on the glory of our Lord Jesus in lead up to the NCFIC conference.
The songs for this Sunday are:
Wondrous King All Glorious
Holy, Holy, Holy
He Will Hold Me Fast
Speak, O Lord
More Love to Thee, O Christ
Your brother,

—

Paul Carrington
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This Week at Hope – Fighting, Running, Guarding, Receiving

October 9, 2018
09 Oct 2018
Dear brothers and sisters, this Sunday we will plan on taking a break from our John and Ecclesiastes studies and spend some time considering how the Apostle Paul described the Christian life as he came to the end of his own life in this world. In his personal letter to his son-in-the-faith Timothy, Paul wrote the following (2 Tim. 4:7-8 which will be our text this Sunday): I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

 
The descriptions we find here challenge the common, present-day views of the Christian life. Do they challenge your views? Ask yourself these questions – ‘Have I gone about my activities, projects, and duties this very day as a man who is fighting, who is running, and who is guarding? Have I demonstrated in my choices this day that I truly am looking toward and waiting for His appearing with an unquenched love? Have my thoughts today laid hold of that which is laid up for me in heaven, which I shall receive?’
 
I must honestly say that I struggle with these things – in fact, I have failed this very day. And I fear that I may not be the only one. So, may the Spirit renew our motivation, remove our hesitation, and destroy every wicked desire. May we be helpers of each other on this journey to the Celestial City.
 
Prayer this week will be at the Noah’s house.
 
Please pray for Scott as he travels to Alaska to minister to the Pepperd family during this difficult season.
 
Songs for Sunday area as follows:
Am I a Soldier of the Cross
The Son of God Goes Forth to War
Take My Life and Let it Be
O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer
We’re Marching to Zion
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This Week at Hope – No Man Ever Spoke Like Jesus

October 2, 2018
02 Oct 2018

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

It is the will of God to give you something better than anything else offered by man. He does this in many ways. He calls us out of the doldrums of our feelings and says, “rejoice,” “praise the Lord.” He draws us out of our fear by saying, “do not fear” – the most often repeated command in the Bible. As we come to the end of John 7, we find another aspect of God’s kindness to thrill us. We read these words, “no man ever spoke like thisman’ (John 7:46). These are the most thrilling and helpful words we can ever encounter. God gives us the converting words of His Son. This week, my prayer is that we all at Hope Baptist would experience a filling of the words of Jesus, and that the theme of our minds would be, “No one ever spoke like this to me.” His words are unmatched in wisdom, love, practicality and joy. He did this to deliver us from the underperforming propositions of this world. We ought to be the happiest people in the world to have such good things said to us. This treasure is free. He said, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Him and drink.”
Prayer will be held at the Burke Home
Special Sunday Night Service, 6:30: Turkey Mission Update. Sunday night with Sovereign Redeemer. There will be no afternoon teaching this week.
Glorious Songs for Sunday:
Crown Him with Many Crowns

Reformation Hymn 
Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus
Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
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

Reformation Hymn
We will trust God’s Word alone,
Where His perfect will is known;
Our traditions shift like sand
While His Truth forever stands.
We will live by faith alone,
Clothed in merit not our own;
All we claim is Jesus Christ
And His finished sacrifice.
   Glory be, glory be to God alone
Through the church He redeemed and made His own.
He has freed us, He will keep us till we’re safely home
Glory be, glory be to God alone!
We are saved by grace alone –
Undeserved, yet freely shown;
No accomplishment on earth
Can achieve the second birth.
We will stand on Christ alone,
The unyielding Cornerstone;
Nations rage and devils roar,
Still he reigns forevermore!
   Glory be, glory be to God alone
Through the church He redeemed and made His own.
He has freed us, He will keep us till we’re safely home
Glory be, glory be to God alone!
Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus
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.

Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery
Come behold the wondrous mystery
In the dawning of the King
He the theme of heaven’s praises
Robed in frail humanity
In our longing, in our darkness
Now the light of life has come
Look to Christ, who condescended
Took on flesh to ransom us

Come behold the wondrous mystery
He the perfect Son of Man
In His living, in His suffering
Never trace nor stain of sin
See the true and better Adam
Come to save the hell-bound man
Christ the great and sure fulfillment
Of the law; in Him we stand

Come behold the wondrous mystery
Christ the Lord upon the tree
In the stead of ruined sinners
Hangs the Lamb in victory
See the price of our redemption
See the Father’s plan unfold
Bringing many sons to glory
Grace unmeasured, love untold

Come behold the wondrous mystery
Slain by death the God of life
But no grave could e’er restrain Him
Praise the Lord; He is alive!
What a foretaste of deliverance
How unwavering our hope
Christ in power resurrected
As we will be when He comes

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
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This Week at Hope – Come and Drink Living Waters

September 26, 2018
26 Sep 2018

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

 
Prayer will be held at the Brown’s Barn
 
Please pray for the men gathering for the Father-Son Retreat this weekend…
 
Are you thirsty? In John 7:25-39 we encounter one of the most stunning and lifegiving propositions ever. Jesus promises rivers of living water to those who believe in Him, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”. But what does it mean to, “thirst,” and to “drink,” and have “rivers of living water” flowing out of your heart? This is the focus of our time together on Sunday. This scene takes place during the feast of Tabernacles, where the families are camping out in their booths remembering God’s care for them in the wilderness. At the same time, hatred for Jesus is escalating and the plot to kill Jesus is solidifying. Even so, the Pharisees and the Temple police continue to allow Jesus to teach in the Temple.
 
We will be singing these songs together on Sunday:

All The Way My Savior Leads Me
Come, Holy Spirit, Come
Here Is Love
Living Waters
     (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=PVEsJXKfhEo)

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
     (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGPM0nDEDfQ)

All The Way My Savior Leads Me  
All the way my Savior leads me
What have I to ask beside?
Can I doubt His tender mercy
Who through life has been my Guide
Heavenly peace, divinest comfort
Here by faith in Him to dwell
For I know what e’er befall me
Jesus doeth all things well
For I know what e’er befall me
Jesus doeth all things well

All the way my Savior leads me
Cheers each winding path I tread
Gives me grace for every trial
Feeds me with the living bread
Though my weary steps may falter
And my soul a thirst may be
Gushing from the rock before me
Lo, a spring of joy I see
Gushing from the rock before me
Lo, a spring of joy I see

All the way my Savior leads me
O the fullness of His love
Perfect rest to me is promised
In my Father’s house above
When my spirit clothed immortal
Wings its flight to realms of day
This my song through endless ages
Jesus lead me all the way
This my song through endless ages
Jesus lead me all the way

Come, Holy Spirit, Come
Come, Holy Spirit, come;
Let thy bright beams arise;
Dispel the darkness from our minds,
And open all our eyes.

Cheer our desponding hearts,
Thou heav’nly Paraclete;
Give us to lie with humble hope
At our Redeemer’s feet.

Revive our drooping faith;
Our doubts and fears remove;
And kindle in our breasts the flames
Of never-dying love.

Convince us of our sin;
Then lead to Jesus’ blood,
And to our wond’ring view, reveal
The secret love of God.

‘Tis thine to cleanse the heart,
To sanctify the soul,
To pour fresh life in ev’ry part,
And new create the whole.

Dwell, therefore, in our hearts;
Our minds from bondage free;
Then we shall know and praise and love
The Father, Son, and Thee.

Here Is Love
Here is love, vast as the ocean,
Lovingkindness as the flood,
When the Prince of Life, our Ransom,
Shed for us His precious blood.
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten,
Throughout Heav’n’s eternal days.

On the mount of crucifixion,
Fountains opened deep and wide;
Through the floodgates of God’s mercy
Flowed a vast and gracious tide.
Grace and love, like mighty rivers,
Poured incessant from above,
And Heav’n’s peace and perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love.

Let me all Thy love accepting,
Love Thee, ever all my days;
Let me seek Thy kingdom only
And my life be to Thy praise;
Thou alone shalt be my glory,
Nothing in the world I see.
Thou hast cleansed and sanctified me,
Thou Thyself hast set me free.

In Thy truth Thou dost direct me
By Thy Spirit through Thy Word;
And Thy grace my need is meeting,
As I trust in Thee, my Lord.
Of Thy fullness Thou art pouring
Thy great love and power on me,
Without measure, full and boundless,
Drawing out my heart to Thee.

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

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
He, Whose Word cannot be broken
Formed thee for His own abode:
On the Rock of Ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded,
Thou may’st smile at all thy foes.

See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove:
Who can faint, while such a river
Ever flows their thirst t’assuage?
Grace which, like the Lord, the Giver,
Never fails from age to age.

Round each habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear
For a glory and a cov’ring,
Showing that the Lord is near:
Thus deriving from their banner
Light by night and shade by day,
Safe they feed upon the manna
Which He gives them when they pray.

Savior, if of Zion’s city
I, through grace, a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in Thy Name:
Fading is the worldling’s pleasure,
All his boasted pomp and show;
Solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Zion’s children know.

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This Week at Hope – Seeking our own glory

September 19, 2018
19 Sep 2018

Brothers and Sisters,

Prayer will be held at the Noah’s.
The lure of appearances, the desire for glory, the fear of man! This is the heart of lifeless and dead religion. Our scripture focus this week is John 7:1-24 exposes people who were caught up in such appearances. In John 7, the scene changes from the previous chapter where Jesus fed the 5000. Six months have passed. Now, it is time for the Feast of Tabernacles and Jesus is with His brothers. They are urging him to go to the feast and make a show of his power. It is through this scene where John shows two kinds of unbelief. First the unbelief of Jesus brothers (v1-9) and second, the unbelief of the Jews (v10-24). What we find here is that their unbelief looks very different on the surface, but in reality, it is rooted in the same thing… a desire for glory in the eyes of men, satisfaction in appearances and the fear of man (7:18).
O Lord, How Shall I Meet Thee
O Happy Day!
Man of Sorrows
Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul
More Love to Thee, O Christ
O Lord, How Shall I Meet Thee
O Lord, how shall I meet Thee,
How welcome Thee aright?
Thy people long to greet Thee,
My hope, my heart’s delight!
O, kindle, Lord, most holy,
Thy lamp within my breast
To do in spirit lowly
All that may please Thee best.

Love caused Thine incarnation,
Love brought Thee down to me;
Thy thirst for my salvation
Procured my liberty.
O love beyond all telling,
That led Thee to embrace,
In love all love excelling,
Our lost and fallen race!

Rejoice, then, ye sad-hearted,
Who sit in deepest gloom,
Who mourn o’er joys departed
And tremble at your doom.
Despair not, He is near you,
Yea, standing at the door,
Who best can help and cheer you
And bids you weep no more.

Sin’s debt, that fearful burden,
Let not your soul distress;
Your guilt the Lord will pardon
And cover by His grace.
He comes, for men procuring
The peace of sin forgiv’n,
For all God’s sons securing
Their heritage in heav’n.

O Happy Day!
O happy day, that fixed my choice
On Thee, my Savior and my God!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
And tell its raptures all abroad.

   Happy day, happy day, when Jesus
washed my sins away!
He taught me how to watch and pray,
and live rejoicing every day.
Happy day, happy day, when Jesus
washed my sins away.

O happy bond, that seals my vows
To Him Who merits all my love!
Let cheerful anthems fill His house,
While to that sacred shrine I move.

’Tis done: the great transaction’s done!
I am the Lord’s and He is mine;
He drew me, and I followed on;
Charmed to confess the voice divine.

Now rest, my long divided heart,
Fixed on this blissful center, rest.
Here have I found a nobler part;
Here heavenly pleasures fill my breast.

Man of Sorrows 
Man of Sorrows! what a name
For the Son of God, who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim:
Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood,
Sealed my pardon with His blood:
Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

Guilty, vile, and helpless, we;
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
Full atonement! can it be?
Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

Lifted up was He to die,
“It is finished!” was His cry:
Now in heav’n exalted high:
Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

When He comes, our glorious King,
All His ransomed home to bring,
Then anew this song we’ll sing:
Hallelujah! what a Saviour!

Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul
Dear refuge of my weary soul, on Thee, when sorrows rise,
On Thee, when waves of trouble roll, my fainting hope relies.
To Thee I tell each rising grief, for Thou alone canst heal;
Thy Word can bring a sweet relief for every pain I feel.

But oh! When gloomy doubts prevail, I fear to call Thee mine;
The springs of comfort seem to fail, and all my hopes decline.
Yet gracious God, where shall I flee? Thou art my only trust;
And still my soul would cleave to Thee, though prostrate in the dust.

Hast Thou not bid me seek Thy face, and shall I seek in vain?
And can the ear of sov’reign grace be deaf when I complain?
No, still the ear of sov’reign grace attends the mourner’s prayer;
O may I ever find access to breathe my sorrows there.

Thy mercy seat is open still, here let my soul retreat;
With humble hope attend Thy will, and wait beneath Thy feet.
Thy mercy seat is open still,    here let my soul retreat;
With humble hope attend Thy will, and wait beneath Thy feet.

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.

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This Week at Hope – ‘Satisfaction Sold Separately’

September 12, 2018
12 Sep 2018

Dear ones,

If God’s sovereign hand allows us to gather this Sunday, we will plan on looking together at Ecclesiastes 5:18 – 6:12. God is the Giver of our portion in this life. Rather than spending our life constantly fixated upon and pursuing what we don’t have, Solomon instructs us to enjoy what we do have. And when we can enjoy God’s good gifts, that is a gift from Him in and of itself. For it is possible to have wealth, honor, and gain and not to enjoy any of it – for true satisfaction is not found in the gift; it is found alone in the Giver of the gift. The large print found on the ‘packaging’ of every physical blessing in this world is this – ‘Satisfaction Sold Separately’. Where are you looking for satisfaction?

 
The coming hurricane gave me pause yesterday to meditate upon God’s sovereignty in the affairs of this life. I then took the opportunity to share the following on social media…
 

Florence is in the hands of the Creator of all things and the Judge of the earth. It is under His control and will accomplish all of His purposes. 

Glorify Your name, O Lord. May we bow to Your Sovereign will. May men’s souls find refuge in Jesus Christ just as Noah found refuge in the ark. Root out human pride and make us fall before You in great humility and repentance. Rather than take part in the foolish games of Job’s friends who thought they could understand Your ways and Your reasons in Your providence, may we place our hands over our mouths and marvel at the greatness and rightness of Your ways.

Psalm 135:5-7 – For I know that the Lord is great, and our Lord is above all gods. Whatever the Lord pleases He does, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deep places. He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries.

Amos 3:6b – If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?

 

Midweek prayer will be held at the Burke’s home.

 

Save the date: On the evening of Sunday, October 7, we will gather with our sister church Sovereign Redeemer for an informational meeting regarding Turkey. More information forthcoming as we get closer to the date…

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This Week at Hope – The Vanity of Earthly-Mindedness

September 5, 2018
05 Sep 2018
Dear brothers and sisters,
We will be in Ecclesiastes 5:8-17 this Sunday. In this passage, Solomon is showing us the vanity of a mind and heart set on this earth – whether upon gain or upon honor. If we come away from the house of God has truly heard Him and fearing Him as we should, we will be equipped to flee from the worldliness and earthly-mindedness that occupies the sons of Adam.
The following can be found in the Foreword to Jeremiah Burrough’s book A Treatise on Earthly-Mindedness:
We see upon what weak shoulders the fair neck of all worldly pomp and glory now stands, and how the Lord is winding up and putting an end to the glories of the kingdoms of men, who have not contributed their strength and power to the advancing, but rather to the pulling down and eclipsing of the glory of the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Besides what the world tells us, never has an age had more examples laid before them of the world’s vanity than in our days. Therefore, our hearts should sit loose to all things that cannot stretch themselves to eternity.
Prayer tonight will be at the Brown Barn.
The Elders have asked Robert Bosley to speak Sunday afternoon on the authority of Scripture. Robert will seek to equip us to defend the Scriptures in the midst of numerous criticisms and to take greater comfort in the inerrancy and authority of the Scriptures that have been passed down to us over many centuries.
Please pray for all of those going to the Forge Conference this weekend in Texas.
The songs for Sunday are as follows:
   Be Thou My Vision
   Grace Greater than Our Sin
   When I Survey the Wonderous Cross
   Fairest Lord Jesus
   Behold Our God
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This Week at Hope – This is a Hard Saying

August 29, 2018
29 Aug 2018
Brothers and Sisters,
This week prayer will be held at the Noah’s.
Do you think the sayings of Jesus are hard? Our scripture for Sunday is John 6:60-71, where many who have been following Jesus reject him and cease following. Why? because his words are “hard,” or literally, inflexible. The inflexibility of Jesus claims as coming from heaven, and  the only way to salvation, drive them away. It seems that only twelve of His disciples stay with Him and one of them (Judas) stays but is actually, “a devil.” Here is the question: do the words of Jesus seem hard to you, or are they life to you? Do they repel you or draw you? Do love them or loathe them? Do they make you want to run from Him or stay close to Him?
Remember to RSVP to Alan Hillman for the All Church Picnic Monday, Labor Day, at the Brown’s farm, 11:00-3:00.

Our songs for Sunday are,
O Worship the King

Wonderful Words of Life

O Great God
Not in Me
All I Have Is Christ
 

O Worship the King
O worship the King, all glorious above
And gratefully sing His wonderful love
Our Shield and Defender,the Ancient of Days
Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise
              
Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air; it shines in the light
It streams from the hills; it descends to the plain
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain

Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail
Thy mercies how tender, how firm till the end!
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer and Friend!
                   
All hail to the King!  In splendor enthroned
Glad praises we bring, Thy wonders make known
Returning victorious, great conqueror of sin
King Jesus, all glorious, our vict’ry will win

Wonderful Words of Life
Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of Life
Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of Life
Words of life and beauty, teach me faith and duty
Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of Life
Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of Life

Christ, the blessed One, gives to all wonderful words of Life
Sinner, list to the loving call, wonderful words of Life
All so freely given, wooing us to heaven
Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of Life
Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of Life

Sweetly echo the gospel call, wonderful words of Life
Offer pardon and peace to all, wonderful words of Life
Jesus, only Savior, sanctify forever
Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of Life
Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of Life

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

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.

All I Have Is Christ
I once was lost in darkest night
Yet thought I knew the way.
The sin that promised joy and life
Had led me to the grave.
I had no hope that You would own
A rebel to Your will.
And if You had not loved me first
I would refuse You still.

But as I ran my hell-bound race
Indifferent to the cost
You looked upon my helpless state
And led me to the cross.
And I beheld God’s love displayed
You suffered in my place
You bore the wrath reserved for me
Now all I know is grace.
       
   Hallelujah! All I have is Christ
   Hallelujah! Jesus is my life

Now, Lord, I would be Yours alone
And live so all might see
The strength to follow Your commands
Could never come from me.
Oh Father, use my ransomed life
In any way You choose.
And let my song forever be
My only boast is You.
       
   Hallelujah! All I have is Christ
   Hallelujah! Jesus is my life

Scott Brown
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“Those from among you Shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.”  Isaiah 58:12
in This Week at Hope Baptist /by

This Week at Hope – What is Saving Faith – John 6:41-51

August 22, 2018
22 Aug 2018

Brothers and Sisters,

In our passage this week, we encounter the great, “I Am” Statement, “I am the bread of life.  We also learn what saving faith is and how it happens. Briefly, saving faith is accomplished when we are drawn by the Father to Jesus, and we partake of Him. Yet, the Jews complain that Jesus has proclaimed Himself the “Bread of Life, I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.” (v51).
Prayer will be held at the Burke home
Our singing together will bring us to rejoice and trust in Him and proclaim His goodness through these songs:
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
At the Lamb’s High Feast
Break Thou the Bread of Life
Speak, O Lord
His Robes for Mine


Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say: Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high. Alleluia!
Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply: Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King. Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Dying once, He all doth save. Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

Love’s redeeming work is done. Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won. Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids Him rise. Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise. Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led. Alleluia!
Foll’wing our exalted Head. Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise. Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. Alleluia!

At the Lamb’s High Feast
At the Lamb’s high feast we sing,
Praise to our victorious King,
Who hath washed us in the tide
Flowing from his pierc-ed side;
Praise we Him, Whose love divine
Gives His sacred blood for wine,
Gives His body for the feast,
Christ the Victim, Christ the Priest.

Where the Paschal blood is poured,
Death’s dark angel sheathes his sword;
Israel’s hosts triumphant go
Through the wave that drowns the foe.
Praise we Christ, Whose blood was shed,
Paschal Victim, Paschal Bread;
With sincerity and love
Eat we Manna from above.

Mighty Victim from the sky,
Pow’rs of hell beneath Thee lie;
Death is conquered in the fight,
Thou hast brought us life and light;
Hymns of glory and of praise,
Risen Lord, to Thee we raise;
Holy Father, praise to Thee,
With the Spirit, ever be.

Break Thou the Bread of Life
Break Thou the bread of life,
Dear Lord, to me,
As Thou didst break the loaves
Beside the sea;
Throughout the sacred page
I seek Thee, Lord,
My spirit pants for Thee,
O living Word.

Bless Thou the truth, dear Lord,
To me, to me,
As Thou didst bless the bread
By Galilee;
Then shall all bondage cease,
All fetters fall;
And I shall find my peace,
My All in all.

Thou art the Bread of Life,
O Lord, to me,
Thy holy Word the truth
That saveth me;
Give me to eat and live
With Thee above;
Teach me to love Thy truth,
For Thou art love.

O send Thy Spirit, Lord,
Now unto me,
That He may touch mine eyes,
And make me see:
Show me the truth concealed
Within Thy Word,
That in Thy Book revealed
I see Thee Lord.

Speak, O Lord
Speak, O Lord, as we come to You
To receive the food of Your Holy Word.
Take Your truth, plant it deep in us;
Shape and fashion us in Your likeness,
That the light of Christ might be seen today
In our acts of love and our deeds of faith.
Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us 
All Your purposes for Your glory.

Teach us, Lord, full obedience,
Holy reverence, true humility;
Test our thoughts and our attitudes
In the radiance of Your purity.
Cause our faith to rise; cause our eyes to see
Your majestic love and authority.
Words of pow’r that can never fail –
Let their truth prevail over unbelief.

Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds;
Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us –
Truths unchanged from the dawn of time
That will echo down through eternity.
And by grace we’ll stand on Your promises,
And by faith we’ll walk as You walk with us.
Speak, O Lord, till Your church is built
And the earth is filled with Your glory.

His Robes for Mine
His robes for mine: O wonderful exchange!
Clothed in my sin, Christ suffere ‘neath God’s rage.
Draped in His righteousness, I’m justified.
In Christ I live, for in my place He died.

   I cling to Christ, and marvel at the cost:
   Jesus forsaken, God estranged from God.
   Bought by such love, my life is not my own.
   My praise-my all-shall be for Christ alone.

His robes for mine: what cause have I for dread?
God’s daunting Law Christ mastered in my stead.
Faultless I stand with righteous works not mine,
Saved by my Lord’s vicarious death and life.

His robes for mine: God’s justice is appeased.
Jesus is crushed, and thus the Father’s pleased.
Christ drank God’s wrath on sin then cried “‘Tis done!”
Sin’s wage is paid; propitiation won.

His robes for mine: such anguish none can know.
Christ, God’s beloved, condemned as though His foe.
He, as though I, accursed and left alone;
I, as though He, embraced and welcomed home!

Scott Brown
—
“Those from among you Shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.”  Isaiah 58:12
in This Week at Hope Baptist /by

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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