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This Week at Hope – One Among a Thousand

January 16, 2019
16 Jan 2019

Dear ones, this Sunday finds us back in our study of Ecclesiastes, dealing with 7:15-29. This text before us deals with our tendency to be discontent with the ‘crooked’ portions God weaves into our lives – those days of adversity that seem to rest upon God’s people more frequently than the worldling who is living for pleasure. Such discontent sends us to all the wrong places for the solution.

When it comes to how we live out these days God gives us, Solomon looks around and finds the multitudes consumed with a zeal for righteousness (of the ’self’ brand), or a zeal for wisdom, or even some consumed with a zeal for wickedness and foolishness. What he fails to see in the multitudes is a fear of Almighty God, a godly wisdom that rightly assesses the state of the heart before that God, and a worldview shaped by the realities of the Creation and the Fall. In fact, so desperate is the situation that Solomon says he could only find one such man among a thousand men and no such woman among a thousand women.

So here is the question we are left to wrestle with: Am I that one among a thousand? Will I be that one among a thousand? Will I be that one who profits from a consideration of God’s dealings in my life because I am living life backward? Or will I be like the multitudes – seeking for the good things in all the wrong places and declaring that all is vanity and chasing the wind.

Prayer Wednesday night will be at the Noah’s home.

Pray for the group heading down to the G3 Conference (on Missions) this weekend. They head out Wednesday morning and arrive back in town Saturday evening.

Prayer Week begins on Sunday. Be sure to pick up your booklets as you enter or leave prayer meeting tomorrow night. The remainder will be available again Sunday morning.
Sunday afternoon Robert Bosley will continue our teaching on the attributes of God as we consider The Wisdom of God.

The songs for Sunday are as follows:   

  • To God All Praise and Glory   
  • He Has Shown Thee, O Man (Micah 6:8)   
  • Not What My Hands Have Done   
  • The Gospel Doxology 
  •  I Will Glory in My Redeemer

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This Week at Hope: Toleration in the Church of Thyatira

January 8, 2019
08 Jan 2019

Dear brothers & sisters,

Not too far down the road from Pergamos, the courier now takes the Lord’s letter to the church of Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29) – a city of guilds.  There is much to commend here (:19), but with those eyes as a flame of fire, the Son of God pierces through to a devastating sin: the toleration of false teaching that has led some of His servants into immorality and idolatry.  There’s a Jezebel in this church that is dominating the scene, causing it to be in an even worse place than Pergamos.  And while the elders of Thyatira tolerated this, Christ will not.
Jezebel will reappear throughout the church age in varying ways.  What practices exist in our culture that place us as a church under pressure to conform and compromise?  How should we respond to false teachers today?  What about idolatry and sexual immorality?
The Lord Jesus will teach a vital lesson not only to Thyatira, but to all churches for all time: “and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts.” (:23).  Thankfully, there is a faithful remnant in the church, who has yet to bow the knee to Baal, and they are comforted by their Master.  May the Lord give us ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
Tomorrow, there is women’s mentor at the Brown Barn.
Prayer on Wednesday evening will be held at the Burkes.
In the Sunday afternoon study on the Attributes of God, our elder Mike Davenport will be speaking to us on the Immutability of God.
Here are the songs we will be singing this coming Sunday:
O Lord, How Shall I Meet Thee
Holy, Holy, Holy!
Grace Greater Than Our Sin
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.
Holy, Holy, Holy!
Holy, holy, holy!  Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee
Holy, holy, holy!  Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy!  All the saints adore Thee
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee
Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be
Holy, holy, holy!  Though the darkness hide Thee
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see
Only Thou art holy – there is none beside Thee
Perfect in pow’r, in love, in purity
Holy, holy, holy!  Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth, and sky, and sea
Holy, holy, holy!  Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity
Psalm 51
God, be merciful to me,
On Thy grace I rest my plea;
Plenteous in compassion Thou,
Blot out my transgressions now;
Wash me, make me pure within,
Cleanse, O cleanse me from my sin.
My transgressions I confess,
Grief and guilt my soul oppress;
I have sinned against Thy grace
And provoked Thee to Thy face;
I confess Thy judgment just,
Speechless, I Thy mercy trust.
I am evil, born in sin;
Thou desirest truth within.
Thou alone my Saviour art,
Teach Thy wisdom to my heart;
Make me pure, Thy grace bestow,
Wash me whiter than the snow.
Broken, humbled to the dust
By Thy wrath and judgment just,
Let my contrite heart rejoice
And in gladness hear Thy voice;
From my sins O hide Thy face,
Blot them out in boundless grace.
Gracious God, my heart renew,
Make my spirit right and true;
Cast me not away from Thee,
Let Thy Spirit dwell in me;
Thy salvation’s joy impart,
Steadfast make my willing heart.
Sinners then shall learn from me
And return, O God, to Thee;
Saviour, all my guilt remove,
And my tongue shall sing Thy love;
Touch my silent lips, O Lord,
And my mouth shall praise accord.
Amen
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.
Grace Greater Than Our Sin
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord
Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt
Yonder on Calvary’s mount outpoured
There where the blood of the Lamb was spilt
   Grace, grace, God’s grace
   Grace that will pardon and cleanse within!
   Grace, grace, God’s grace
   Grace that is greater than all our sin!
Sin and despair, like the sea waves cold
Threaten the soul with infinite loss
Grace that is greater, yes, grace untold
Points to the refuge, the mighty cross
Dark is the stain that we cannot hide
What can avail to wash it away?
Look! there is flowing a crimson tide
Whiter than snow you may be today
Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace
Freely bestowed on all who believe!
You that are longing to see His face
Will you this moment His grace receive?
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This Week at Hope: The Perils of Compromise – The Church at Pergamos

January 1, 2019
01 Jan 2019

Dear Church Family,

As we continue our study of the churches in Revelation, we providentially come to Pergamos on the first Sunday of 2019 (Revelation 2:12-17).  We find this church in crisis beneath the surface.  As we evaluate this church, it is critical to consider that every single person, family, and the church is on a spiritual trajectory in its relationship to the world and sin.  We are either becoming more ensnared or freer.  How would you describe your current trajectory?  How would Christ?

This church had proved itself by standing firm for the faith even to death, but now they were being attacked by a more subtle device of Satan – a call to friendship with the world.  A spirit of toleration of sin reigned.  Never be deceived: Christ is intensely concerned with the moral purity of His church.  With much grace, He calls them to repentance – the best thing that can happen to a church becoming increasingly linked with the world.

Our Prayer Meeting this week will be at the Browns’ Barn.

In the Sunday afternoon teaching, Freddy Molina will be teaching on the “Truthfulness of God”.

The songs we will be singing on Sunday are:

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heav’n, to earth come down!
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling;
All Thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, Thou art all compassion;
Pure, unbounded love Thou art.
Visit us with Thy salvation;
Enter every trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit
Into every troubled breast!
Let us all in Thee inherit;
Let us find the promised rest.
Take away our bent to sinning;
Alpha and Omega be.
End of faith, as its beginning,
Set our hearts at liberty.

Come, Almighty, to deliver;
Let us all Thy life receive.
Suddenly return, and never,
Nevermore Thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray and praise Thee without ceasing
Glory in Thy perfect love

Finish then Thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be.
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee:
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heav’n we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love and praise.

Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth)
Jesus, Lover of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high:
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide,
Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide,
O receive my soul at last!

Other refuge have I none,
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me!
All my trust on Thee is stayed,
All my help from Thee I bring;
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of Thy wing.

Thou, O Christ, art all I want;
More than all in Thee I find:
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,
Heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Just and holy is Thy Name;
I am all unrighteousness;
False and full of sin I am,
Thou art full of truth and grace.

Plenteous grace with Thee is found,
Grace to cover all my sin;
Let the healing streams abound;
Make and keep me pure within:
Thou of life the Fountain art,
Freely let me take of Thee;
Spring Thou up within my heart,
Rise to all eternity.

Not What My Hands Have Done
Not what my hands have done
can save my guilty soul;
Not what my toiling flesh has borne
can make my spirit whole.
Not what I feel or do
can give me peace with God;
Not all my prayers and sighs and tears
can bear my awful load.

Your voice alone, O Lord,
can speak to me of grace;
Your power alone, O Son of God,
can all my sin erase.
No other work but Yours,
no other blood will do;
No strength but that which is divine
can bear me safely through.

Thy work alone, O Christ,
can ease this weight of sin;
Thy blood alone, O Lamb of God,
can give me peace within.
Thy love to me, O God,
not mine, O Lord, to Thee,
Can rid me of this dark unrest,
and set my spirit free.

I bless the Christ of God;
I rest on love divine;
And with unfaltering lip and heart
I call this Savior mine.
His cross dispels each doubt;
I bury in His tomb
Each thought of unbelief and fear,
each lingering shade of gloom.

I praise the God of grace;
I trust His truth and might;
He calls me His, I call Him mine,
My God, my joy and light.
’Tis He Who saveth me,
and freely pardon gives;
I love because He loveth me,
I live because He lives.

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!

It Is Well with My Soul
When peace like a river attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll –
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
“It is well, it is well with my soul.”

   It is well with my soul.
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Tho’ Satan should buffet, tho’ trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control –
That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate
And hath shed His own blood for my soul !

My sin – O the bliss of this glorious tho’t –
My sin – not in part, but the whole
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul !

And, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend;
“Even so” – it is well with my soul !

May the Lord bless the rest of your week.

Your brother in Christ,

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This Week at Hope – Our God: Our Help and Our Hope

December 26, 2018
26 Dec 2018
Dear brothers and sisters,
If Christ tarries, this coming Sunday will be the last Sunday of 2018. Once again we will say goodbye to another calendar year. As we step into another year, let us do so with the perspective that Moses gives us in his prayer recorded for us in Psalm 90. That will be our text this Sunday morning as we will pause to consider:
     A Declaration of God’s Eternality
     A Description of Man’s Frailty
     A Desire for Our Remaining Days
As we have learned from our study of Ecclesiastes, we are part of the cycles that permeate God’s creation. We must fight against the desire for permanence in a world that God has subjected to change. True wisdom teaches us that we were created for something greater; that pursuit of earthly things will result in two fistfuls of wind; and that we must face the reality of our mortality. In many ways, Psalm 90 teaches us how we can approach this life in a way that does not result in a sad declaration that ‘all is vanity’. This text teaches us who God is, who we are, and where true satisfaction and gladness can be found. May God grant us grace to begin this new year on the right ‘spiritual’ foot.
Prayer tonight will be at the Noah’s home.
Do not forget our church’s Year’sears Eve gathering Monday night (12/31 at 6:00 pm). We are urging everyone to be there for this very important event. It is not simply a time of fellowship, but also a time of declaring God’s goodness among the congregation as well as casting a vision for our church, our homes, and the proclamation of the gospel in 2019.
Sunday afternoon Scott will continue our series on ‘The Being and Attributes of God’ with a fresh look at The Spirituality of God.
Several have asked about the ‘savings’ jars for Hold the Rope. If you did not get one and would like to have one, please see Alan Hillman this Sunday after the service.
The songs for Sunday are as follows:
  •    O God, Our Help in Ages Past
  •    Rock of Ages
  •    Wondrous King, All Glorious
  •    When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
  •    Another Year is Dawning
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This Week at Hope – Was Blind but Now I See

December 19, 2018
19 Dec 2018
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
 
On Sunday we will be walking through John 9, to further examine the healing of a blind man. Last week we focused on Jesus teaching His disciples the purpose of the man’s blindness – that the works of God might be seen in him. As we look at the rest the chapter, we learn that blindness in general has a purpose – to demonstrate that Jesus is the light of the world. There are only two kinds of people in the world – those who are blind and those who see. Jesus came to spiritually open the blind eyes of some and to close the eyes of others.
 
The afternoon teaching on the Attributes of God will be delivered by Alan Hillman on, God as Merciful.
 
Prayer will be held at the Burke Home

 
We will be singing these songs together.
 
To God All Praise and Glory
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour 
Amazing Grace
O Great God

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
 
To God All Praise and Glory
All praise to God, who reigns above,
The God of all creation,
The God of wonders, pow’r, and love,
The God of our salvation!
With healing balm my soul He fills,
The God who every sorrow stills,
To God all praise and glory!

What God’s almighty pow’r hath made
His gracious mercy keepeth;
By morning dawn or evening shade
His watchful eye ne’er sleepeth;
Within the kingdom of His might,
Lo, all is just and all is right,
To God all praise and glory!

I cried to Him in time of need:
Lord God, O, hear my calling!
For death He gave me life indeed
And kept my feet from falling.
For this my thanks shall endless be;
O thank Him, thank our God, with me,
To God all praise and glory!

The Lord forsaketh not His flock,
His chosen generation;
He is their refuge and their rock,
Their peace and their salvation.
As with a mother’s tender hand
He leads His own, His chosen band,
To God all praise and glory!

Ye who confess Christ’s holy name,
To God give praise and glory!
Ye who the Father’s power proclaim,
To God give praise and glory!
All idols under foot be trod,
The Lord is God! the Lord is God!
To God all praise and glory!

Then come before His presence now
And banish fear and sadness;
To your Redeemer pay your vow
And sing with joy and gladness:
Though great distress my soul befell,
The Lord, my God, did all things well,
To God all praise and glory!

 
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
Pass me not, O gentle Saviour,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art smiling,
Do not pass me by.

   Saviour, Saviour, hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art callling,
Do not pass me by.

Let me at a throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief;
Kneeling there in deep contrition,
Help my unbelief.

Trusting only in Thy merit,
Would I seek Thy face;
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by Thy grace.

Thou the Spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in heav’n but Thee?

 
Amazing Grace
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found
Was blind but now I see

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come
‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home

The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures

When we’ve been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun

 
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

 
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: The Poor Rich Church – Smyrna

December 12, 2018
12 Dec 2018

Dear brothers & sisters,

This Wednesday, prayer will be at the Brown Barn.

This coming Sunday we go back to the book of Revelation 2:8-11, where we take a look at the Lord’s words to His church in Smyrna (modern-day Izmir).  So much can be gathered from these short 4 verses.

This is the second church along the mail route, just 35 miles north of Ephesus.  Because of its witness in the metropolis of Smyrna, this church had attracted the wrath of the citizens from every quarter – both pagans and Jews.  Often, this is what light does in darkness.  As a result, they were physically and financially impoverished – and the Lord Jesus now delivers the news that things are about to get even more difficult.  From bad to worse?  Yes.  But despite physical poverty, through them Christ will put on display the surpassing worth of what is truly worth having, something immeasurably greater, something that cannot be taken or plundered by man or devils: their faith in Himself.

As we go through our sufferings here, there is much we can learn from the poverty-stricken, rich church of Smyrna.

This church’s testimony begs the question: are we willing to risk our livelihoods and reputations for standing for the Lord?  Christ’s words to us as well as to them still stand: “Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” (Rev 2:10b)

For the Sunday afternoon teaching, John Morganti will be helping us understand “The Sovereignty of God”.

The songs for Sunday are:

Joy to the World

(http://opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=396)

The God of Abraham Praise

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU8CrYlzNuM)

The Son of God Goes Forth to War

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69yfusFIMII)

Immovable Our Hope Remains

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02cdShYExIo)

Begone Unbelief

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-IxnQlxsGM)

Joy to the World
Joy to the world! the Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heav’n and nature sing
And heav’n and nature sing
And heav’n, and heav’n and nature sing

Joy to the world! the Savior reigns
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

No more let sin and sorrow grow
Nor thorns infest the ground
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found
Far as the curse is found
Far as, far as the curse is found

He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love
And wonders of His love
And wonders, wonders of His love

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.

The Son of God Goes Forth to War
The Son of God goes forth to war,
A kingly crown to gain;
His blood-red banner streams afar;
Who follows in His train?
Who best can drink His cup of woe,
Triumphant over pain,
Who patient bears his cross below,
He follows in His train.

The martyr first, whose eagle eye
Could pierce beyond the grave,
Who saw his Master in the sky,And called on Him to save;
Like Him, with pardon on his tongue
In midst of mortal pain,
He prayed for them that did the wrong;
Who follows in his train?

A glorious band, the chosen few
On whom the Spirit came,
Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew
And mocked the cross and flame;
They met the tyrant’s brandished steel,
The lion’s gory mane;
They bowed their necks the death to feel;
Who follows in their train?

A noble army, men and boys,
The matron and the maid,
Around the Savior’s throne rejoice,
In robes of light arrayed;
They climbed the steep ascent of heav’n
Through peril, toil and pain;
O God to us may grace be giv’n
To follow in their train.

Immovable Our Hope Remains
Immovable our hope remains
Though shifting sands before us lie
The One who washed away our stains
Shall bear us safely to the skies
The floods may rise, the winds may beat
Torrential rains descend
Yet God His own will not forget
He’ll love and keep us till the end
You’ll love and keep us till the end

This is eternal life: to know
The living God and Christ, the Son
The Savior will not let us go
Until His saving work is done
Our debt was great, as was our need
But now the price is paid
Who can behold Immanuel bleed
And doubt His willingness to save?
We trust Your willingness to save

The Lord acquits, who can condemn?
Though Satan’s accusations fly
His pow’r can never reach our names
To blot them from the Book of Life
The Son has surely made us free
His Word forever stands
And all our joy is knowing we
Are graven on His wounded hands
We’re graven on Your wounded hands

Built into Christ, secure we stand
For with His Spirit we’ve been sealed
By grace we’ll see the promised land
Where every sorrow shall be healed
To God who gave His only Son
To Jesus Christ, our Lord
To God the Spirit, Three-in-one
Be songs of praise forevermore
We’ll sing Your praise forevermore

Begone Unbelief

(tune O Worship the King)

Begone, unbelief,
My Savior is near,
And for my relief
Will surely appear;
By prayer let me wrestle,
And He will perform;
With Christ in the vessel,
I smile at the storm.

Though dark be my way,
Since He is my Guide,
‘Tis mine to obey,
‘Tis His to provide;
Though cisterns be broken,
And creatures all fail,
The word He hath spoken
Shall surely prevail.

His love, in time past,
Forbids me to think
He’ll leave me at last
In trouble to sink:
Each sweet Ebenezer
I have in review
Confirms His good pleasure
To help me quite through.

Why should I complain
Of want or distress,
Temptation or pain?
He told me no less;
The heirs of salvation,
I know from His Word,
Through much tribulation
Must follow their Lord.

How bitter that cup
No heart can conceive,
Which He drank quite up,
That sinners might live!
His way was much rougher
And darker than mine;
Did Christ, my Lord, suffer,
And shall I repine?

Since all that I meet
Shall work for my good,
The bitter is sweet,
The medicine, food;
Though painful at present,
‘Twill cease before long,
And then, oh, how pleasant
The conqueror’s song!

Your brother,

Paul Carrington
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This Week at Hope – Why Disabilities – Who Sinned?

December 5, 2018
05 Dec 2018

Dear Brothers and Sisters

John chapter 9 is dedicated wholly to the healing of a blind beggar. But why was this man blind in first place? Why disabilities? Why suffering? Jesus answers these question and John continues the same message  of chapter 8 – Jesus is “the light of the world.” John now gives us another illustration to demonstrate the power and beauty of His light. In our text, John 9:1-12, Jesus sees a blind man who cannot see Him and reaches him. He corrects His disciples on the purpose for suffering. He shows them that He is always working and redeeming the time He has on earth. This man was a blind beggar. He represents us. Jesus is light. He heals blind beggars.
Prayer will be held at the Noah home.
The Sunday afternoon teaching will focus on “The Sovereignty of God.” John Morganti will be teaching.
Remember we will be having a New Years Eve Gathering, Dec 31 at the church… mark your calendars. More info to come.
The Songs we will be singing on Sunday are,
To God All Praise and Glory
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour 
Amazing Grace
O Great God

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
To God All Praise and Glory
All praise to God, who reigns above,
The God of all creation,
The God of wonders, pow’r, and love,
The God of our salvation!
With healing balm my soul He fills,
The God who every sorrow stills,
To God all praise and glory!

What God’s almighty pow’r hath made
His gracious mercy keepeth;
By morning dawn or evening shade
His watchful eye ne’er sleepeth;
Within the kingdom of His might,
Lo, all is just and all is right,
To God all praise and glory!

I cried to Him in time of need:
Lord God, O, hear my calling!
For death He gave me life indeed
And kept my feet from falling.
For this my thanks shall endless be;
O thank Him, thank our God, with me,
To God all praise and glory!

The Lord forsaketh not His flock,
His chosen generation;
He is their refuge and their rock,
Their peace and their salvation.
As with a mother’s tender hand
He leads His own, His chosen band,
To God all praise and glory!

Ye who confess Christ’s holy name,
To God give praise and glory!
Ye who the Father’s power proclaim,
To God give praise and glory!
All idols under foot be trod,
The Lord is God! the Lord is God!
To God all praise and glory!

Then come before His presence now
And banish fear and sadness;
To your Redeemer pay your vow
And sing with joy and gladness:
Though great distress my soul befell,
The Lord, my God, did all things well,
To God all praise and glory!

 
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
Pass me not, O gentle Saviour,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art smiling,
Do not pass me by.

   Saviour, Saviour, hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art callling,
Do not pass me by.

Let me at a throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief;
Kneeling there in deep contrition,
Help my unbelief.

Trusting only in Thy merit,
Would I seek Thy face;
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by Thy grace.

Thou the Spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in heav’n but Thee?

Amazing Grace
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found
Was blind but now I see

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come
‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home

The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures

When we’ve been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun

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

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 – Who is Your Father?

November 28, 2018
28 Nov 2018
Dear Brothers and Sisters,

 In John 8:37-59, Jesus continues to answer the Pharisees attacks to discredit Him proclaiming Himself to be God in the flesh, literally the great, “I AM.” In this chapter, the intensity is rising, the hatred boiling. It finally reaches the point of explosion as they pick up stones to stone Him at the end of the chapter. Why? Jesus is exposing them with His penetrating light. While they have all the outward appearances of the faith of their father Abraham, they do not share Abraham’s love and obedience to His Father – God himself, and they do not rejoice to see Jesus’ day. Everyone loves, honors and obeys their spiritual “father.” This is the main point of John 8:37-59. Appearances aside, that which we delight in and obey is our true “father.”
For our Sunday afternoon teaching, Robert Bosley will be bringing us instruction on the “Aseity of God.”
Prayer will be held at the Burke home.
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
The God of Abraham Praise
Before the Throne of God
In Christ Alone
Emmanuel’s Land


Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Immortal, invisible, God only wise
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days
Almighty, victorious – Thy great name we praise

Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light
Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might
Thy justice, like mountains, high soaring above
Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love

To all, life Thou givest – to both great and small
In all life Thou livest – the true life of all
Thy wisdom so boundless, Thy mercy so free
Eternal Thy goodness for naught changeth Thee

Great Father of glory, pure Father of light
Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight
All praise we would render – O help us to see
‘Tis only the splendor of light hideth Thee!

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.

Before the Throne of God
Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea
A great High Priest whose name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me
My name is graven on His hands
My name is written on His heart
I know that while in heav’n He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart

When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end of all my sin
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God the just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me
To look on Him and pardon me

Behold Him there, the risen Lamb
My perfect spotless righteousness
The great unchangeable I Am
The King of glory and of grace
One with Himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased by His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Savior and my God
With Christ my Savior and my God

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!

Emmanuel’s Land
The sands of time are sinking,
The dawn of heaven breaks,
The summer morn I’ve sighed for,
The fair sweet morn awakes;
Dark, dark, hath been the midnight,
But dayspring is at hand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel’s land.

The King there in His beauty
Without a veil is seen;
It were a well-spent journey
Though seven deaths lay between:
The Lamb with His fair army
Doth on Mount Zion stand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel’s land.

O Christ, He is the fountain,
The deep sweet well of love!
The streams on earth I’ve tasted
More deep I’ll drink above:
There to an ocean fullness
His mercy doth expand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel’s land.

The bride eyes not her garment,
But her dear bridegroom’s face;
I will not gaze at glory,
But on my King of grace;
Not at the crown He gifteth,
But on His pierced hand:
The Lamb is all the glory
Of Emmanuel’s land.

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This Week at Hope – Living in Light of the End

November 21, 2018
21 Nov 2018
Dear church family,
This coming Sunday will find us back in Solomon’s book of Ecclesiastes (7:1-14). A few days ago we were challenged by the words of Christ who declared to His listeners three times that they would die in their sins. In saying this, Jesus was indeed instructing them to define their current status in this life according to what awaited them at the end. Men and women have a tendency to live in the past or live for the present – few want to live for the future. Hebrews 11 describes the Christians listed there as those who knew they were pilgrims – who knew that their passing from this world was inevitable – who lived in light of the end that certainly awaits. Is that you? Are you living your life now in light of the inevitable end – death and the eternity that follows?
David Gibson writes: Will you let death teach you the limitations of your life? Will you let it reshape your goals, your attitudes, the things you long for and work for and pray for and hope for the most?
 
If we will be instructed by the reality of death concerning our own limitations, we will be ready and able to rest in the sovereign hand of God no matter what His providence has in store for us.
The Wednesday night prayer meeting will be at the Brown’s Barn.
A reminder – this Sunday we will not have our typical afternoon gathering but will rather reconvene at 7:00 pm for a time of singing and sharing testimonies of God’s faithfulness.
Songs for Sunday are as follows:
Wonderful, Merciful Savior
Rejoice in the Lord
What God Ordains Is Always Good
O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer
Jesus Shall Reign
 

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

Rejoice in the Lord
God never moves without purpose or plan
When trying His servant and molding a man.
Give thanks to the LORD though your testing seems long;
In darkness He giveth a song.

O Rejoice in the LORD; He makes no mistake,
He knoweth the end of each path that I take,
For when I am tried and purified,
I shall come forth as gold.

I could not see through the shadows ahead;
So I looked at the cross of my Savior instead.
I bowed to the will of the Master that day;
Then peace came and tears fled away.

Now I can see testing comes from above;
God strengthens His children and purges in love.
My Father knows best, and I trust in His care;

Through purging more fruit I will bear.
 
What God Ordains Is Always Good
What God ordains is always good:
His will is just and holy;
As He directs my life for me,
I follow meek and lowly.
My God indeed in every need
Knows well how He will shield me;
To Him, then, I will yield me.
To Him, then, I will yield me.

What God ordains is always good:
He is my Friend and Father;
He suffers naught to do me harm,
Though many storms may gather.
Now I may know both joy and woe,
Some day I shall see clearly
That He hath loved me dearly.
That He hath loved me dearly.

What God ordains is always good:
Though I the cup am drinking
Which savors now of bitterness,
I take it without shrinking.
For after grief God gives relief,
My heart with comfort filling,
And all my sorrows stilling.
And all my sorrows stilling.

What God ordains is always good:
This truth remains unshaken.
Though sorrow, need, or death be mine,
I shall not be forsaken.
I fear no harm, for with His arm
He shall embrace and shield me;
So to my God I yield me.
So to my God I yield me.

 
O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer
Greatest treasure of my longing soul
My God, like You there is no other
True delight is found in You alone
Your grace, a well too deep to fathom
Your love exceeds the heavens’ reach
Your truth, a fount of perfect wisdom
My highest good and my unending need
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer
Strong defender of my weary heart
My sword to fight the cruel deceiver
And my shield against his hateful darts
My song when enemies surround me
My hope when tides of sorrow rise
My joy when trials are abounding
Your faithfulness, my refuge in the night
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer
Gracious Savior of my ruined life
My guilt and cross laid on Your shoulders
In my place You suffered bled and died
You rose, the grave and death are conquered
You broke my bonds of sin and shame
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer
May all my days bring glory to Your Name
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 – Will You Die in Your Sins?

November 14, 2018
14 Nov 2018
Brothers and Sisters,
In John 8:12, Jesus makes one of the most astonishing and far-reaching statements ever uttered in the world. Jesus proclaims Himself as the Light of the world, fulfilling the OT picture of the pillar of fire in the wilderness just after the Feast of Tabernacles. While Jesus is teaching in the Temple, they bring a woman caught in adultery and Jesus shines His light into their souls revealing their motives. They all walk away, leaving the woman with Jesus. Then, moments later, recorded in John 8:21-36, (our text for Sunday) the Pharisees continue to attack Jesus. During these attacks, He makes it clear that they have failed to calculate the consequences of rejecting Him. Jesus tells them what are the consequences. Not only do they remain in darkness, but they will also experience an irreversible tragedy when they die. They will die in their sins. He repeats this three times. So the question: How are you going to die? This is the most inevitable and most urgent matter. All will die. Some will be healthy, some sick, some rich and some poor, but everyone will die. It is the only thing in our lifespans that is guaranteed. The first consequence of unbelief is that it will determine how you will die. But Jesus also says in our text, that if you “know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
Women’s mentoring is this Wednesday, November 14, 2018, at the Brown’s Barn from 10-12 noon. We will be continuing in the book called “The Fruit of Her Hands” by Nancy Wilson. Childcare will be provided for preschool children.
On Sunday afternoon at 1:30 we will be having a ministry update on the various ministries we are involved with and a financial update including local ministries such as Carillon and the abortion clinic… as well as national and global ministries such as Chapel Library, NCFIC, Turkey ministry, the Lilongwe church plant and the work with Mala at Antioch Baptist Church in Blantyre.
Prayer will be held at the Brown’s Barn

Our Songs for Sunday are,
Jesus, Where’er Thy People Meet
‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
 I Asked the Lord that I Might Grow
Come, All Ye Pining
Blessed Assurance
Jesus, Where’er Thy People Meet
Jesus, where’er thy people meet,
There they behold thy mercy-seat;
Where’er they seek thee, thou art found,
And ev’ry place is hallowed ground.

For thou, within no walls confined,
Inhabitest the humble mind;
Such ever bring thee where they come,
And going, take thee to their home.

Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few,
Thy former mercies here renew;
Here to our waiting hearts proclaim
The sweetness of thy saving Name.

Here may we prove the pow’r of prayer
To strengthen faith and sweeten care,
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heav’n before our eyes.

Lord, we are few, but thou art near;
Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear;
O rend the heav’ns, come quickly down,
And make a thousand hearts thine own.

‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
Just to take Him at His Word
Just to rest upon His promise
Just to know:  “Thus saith the Lord”

   Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust Him more

O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His Word,
Just in simple faith to plunge me
‘Neath the healing, cleansing flood!

Yes, ‘tis sweet, to trust in Jesus
Just from sin and self to cease
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace

I’m so glad I learned to trust Thee
Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend
And I know that Thou art with me
Wilt be with me to the end

I Asked the Lord that I Might Grow
I asked the Lord that I might grow
In faith and love and ev’ry grace,
Might more of His salvation know,
And seek more earnestly His face.

‘Twas He who taught me thus to pray,
And He, I trust, has answered prayer,
But it has been in such a way
As almost drove me to despair.

I hoped that in some favored hour
At once He’d answer my request
And, by His love’s constraining pow’r,
Subdue my sins and give me rest.

Instead of this, He made me feel
The hidden evils of my heart
And let the angry pow’rs of hell
Assault my soul in ev’ry part.

Yea, more with His own hand He seemed
Intent to aggravate my woe,
Crossed all the fair designs I schemed,
Humbled my heart and laid me low.

“Lord, why is this,” I trembling cried;
“Wilt Thou pursue Thy worm to death?”
“’Tis in this way,” the Lord replied,
“I answer prayer for grace and faith.”

“These inward tri-als I employ
From self and pride to set thee free
And break thy schemes of earthly joy
That thou may’st find thy all in Me.”

Come, All Ye Pining
Lord we adore Thy boundless grace.
The heights and depths unknown,
Of pardon, life, and joy, and peace,
In Thy beloved Son.

   Come, all ye pining, hungry poor,
The Savior’s bounty taste;
Behold a never-failing store
For ev’ry willing guest.

O wondrous gifts of love divine,
Dear Source of ev’ry good;
Jesus, in Thee what glories shine!
How rich Thy flowing blood!

Here shall your num’rous wants receive
A free, a full supply;
He has unmeasured bliss to give,
And joys that never die.

Blessed Assurance
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood

   This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Savior all the day long
This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Savior all the day long

Perfect submission, perfect delight!
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love

Perfect submission – all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest
Watching and waiting, looking above
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love

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Worship With Us

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