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This Week at Hope – The Church – A Family of All Kinds

June 22, 2016
22 Jun 2016

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

This week, Prayer will be held at the Burke home at 7:00.

On Thursday, we will be engaging the book of Romans at 5:00 in Scott’s library as we continue to Re-Discover the New Testament Church. Click here to lifestream the message.

Don’t forget the daily Fear of God Devotionals… Just this morning we posted one from Jason Dohm…

Pray for the Nicholsons… they are on the way to the hospital now…

Our preaching on Sunday will focus on 1 John 2:12-14 where we learn how the church is a family composed of all kinds of people in different stages of life. John regards his readers as his children and he tenderly instructs them in the life they have together. Notice that there are 3 recipients of the message: fathers, children and young men. Some say he is speaking of particular age groups. Others say he is speaking of different levels of spiritual maturity. Matthew Henry explains it this way, “All Christians are not of the same standing and stature; there are babes in Christ, there are grown men, and old disciples. As these have their peculiar states, so they have their peculiar duties.” 

Don’t miss this: the affirmation John brings to his readers. He tells them they are forgiven, they know God, they are strong and have overcome the evil one. 

Further, in the context of this chapter we also learn the the great threats to this community are lack of love and worldliness – the subjects that precede and follow the verses we will be covering.

The Songs we will be singing on Sunday are, 

The Doxology and All Creatures of Our God and King

A Christian Home

Am I a Soldier of the Cross?

The Power of the Cross

I Know Whom I Have Believed

The Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Praise Him all creatures here below!

Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts!

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Amen.

All Creatures of Our God and King

All creatures of our God and King

Lift up your voice and with us sing

Alleluia!  Alleluia!

Thou burning sun with golden beam

Thou silver moon with softer gleam

O praise Him!  O praise Him!

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

And all ye men of tender heart

Forgiving others, take your part

O sing ye!  Alleluia!

Ye who long pain and sorrow bear

Praise God and on Him cast your care

O praise Him!  O praise Him!

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Let all things their Creator bless

And worship Him in humbleness

O praise Him!  Alleluia!

Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son

And praise the Spirit, Three in One

O praise Him!  O praise Him!

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

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

Am I a Soldier of the Cross?

Am I a soldier of the cross,

   A foll’wer of the Lamb?

And shall I fear to own His cause

   Or blush to speak His Name?

Must I be carried to the skies

   On flow’ry beds of ease

While others fought to win the prize

   And sailed through bloody seas?

Are there no foes for me to face?

   Must I not stem the flood?

Is this vile world a friend to grace

   To help me on to God?

Sure I must fight if I would reign;

   Increase my courage Lord!

I’ll bear the toil, endure the pain,

   Supported by Thy Word.

The Power of the Cross

Oh, to see the dawn of the darkest day:

Christ on the road to Calvary.

Tried by sinful men, torn and beaten, then

Nailed to a cross of wood.

  This, the pow’r of the cross:

  Christ became sin for us;

  Took the blame, bore the wrath—

  We stand forgiven at the cross.

Oh, to see the pain written on Your face,

Bearing the awesome weight of sin.

Ev’ry bitter thought, ev’ry evil deed

Crowning Your bloodstained brow.

  This, the pow’r of the cross:

  Christ became sin for us;

  Took the blame, bore the wrath—

  We stand forgiven at the cross.

Now the daylight flees; now the ground beneath

Quakes as its Maker bows His head.

Curtain torn in two, dead are raised to life;

“Finished!” the vict’ry cry.

  This, the pow’r of the cross:

  Christ became sin for us;

  Took the blame, bore the wrath—

  We stand forgiven at the cross.

Oh, to see my name written in the wounds,

For through Your suffering I am free.

Death is crushed to death; life is mine to live,

Won through Your selfless love.

  This, the pow’r of the cross:

  Son of God—slain for us.

  What a love! What a cost!

  We stand forgiven at the cross.

I Know Whom I Have Believed

I know not why God’s wondrous grace to me He hath made known

Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love redeemed me for His own

     

   But I know Whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able

   To keep that which I’ve committed unto Him against that day

I know not how this saving faith to me He did impart

Nor how believing in His Word wro’t peace within my heart

I know not how the Spirit moves, convincing men of sin

Revealing Jesus thro’ the Word, creating faith in Him

I know not when my Lord may come, at night or noonday fair

Nor if I’ll walk the vale with Him, or meet Him in the air

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This Week at Hope – The Greatest of these is Love

June 14, 2016
14 Jun 2016

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Prayer will be held in the Noah home.
We are seeking Deacon Nominations… We’ll be sending a separate note to you on this with more detail.
As we are praying to increase our Fear of God, here is a link to the Fear of God Devotions
Remember the Friday night Memorial Day Get Together for those who worked on Memorial Day. Friday, June 17 at the Brown’s starting at 3:00, come relax in the lake (life jackets required, the Browns have some), play frisbee, spike ball, volleyball, or relax in the shade. 6:30 Fun Family kickball game. 7:30 Dinner, sharing, and celebrating. We need a couple of folks to bring their grills. Hope will provide hot dogs and/or hamburgers, plates, napkins, etc. Everyone else can bring a side dish, watermelon, or desert. Please email the Soliks if you’ll be attending and the number in your family. If you can bring a grill, please email the Soliks also.
Regarding our scripture study this week: The Corinthian church was majoring on the minors… they were very proud of their knowledge, prophesy and tongues… but they had lost the weightier matters of the law – specifically, love. As we conclude our studies in 1 Cor 13:8-13, Paul sums up his instruction with the message that love is the supreme expression of God’s presence in a church. He states the superiority and eternality of love in v8, “Love never fails…” and v13, “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
Also, remember Thursday at 5:00, for a Refresher on New Testament Christianity as we are holding a New Testament Survey on the book of Acts. You can come and hear the session live in Scott’s library or via live streaming by clicking here. Also, we encourage you to read the book of Acts this week and Romans next week.
The Songs we are singing on Sunday:
  • To God Be the Glory
  • A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
  • I Love to Tell the Story
  • Complete In Thee
  • It Is Well with My Soul

To God Be the Glory
To God be the glory – great things He hath done!
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin 
And opened the life-gate that we may go in

   Praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord! 
   Let the earth hear His voice!  
   Praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord! 
   Let the people rejoice!
   O come to the Father thro’ Jesus, the Son
   And give Him the glory – great things He hath done

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood
To every believer, the promise of God
The vilest offender who truly believes
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives

Great things He hath taught us; great things He hath done
And great our rejoicing thro’ Jesus, the Son
But purer and higher and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
A mighty fortress is our God
A bulwark never failing
Our helper He amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing
For still our ancient foe
Doth seek to work us woe
His craft and pow’r are great
And armed with cruel hate
On earth is not his equal

Did we in our own strength confide
Our striving would be losing
Were not the right man on our side
The man of God’s own choosing
Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is He –
Lord Sabaoth, His name
From age to age the same
And He must win the battle

And tho’ this world with devils filled
Should threaten to undo us
We will not fear for God hath willed
His truth to triumph thro’ us
The prince of darkness grim
We tremble not for him
His rage we can endure
For lo, his doom is sure:
One little word shall fell him

That word above all earthly pow’rs
No thanks to them abideth
The Spirit and the gifts are ours
Thro’ Him who with us sideth
Let goods and kindred go
This mortal life also –
The body they may kill
God’s truth abideth still:
His kingdom is forever

I Love to Tell the Story
I love to tell the story of unseen things above
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love
I love to tell the story because I know ‘tis true
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do
I love to tell the story!  ‘Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story, of Jesus and His love

I love to tell the story; ‘Tis pleasant to repeat
What seems each time I tell it more wonderfully sweet
I love to tell the story, for some have never heard
The message of salvation from God’s own holy Word
I love to tell the story!  ‘Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old old story, of Jesus and His love

I love to tell the story, for those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest
And when in scenes of glory I sing the new, new song
‘Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long
I love to tell the story!  ‘Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old old story, of Jesus and His love

Complete In Thee
Complete in Thee, no work of mine
Could take, dear Lord, the place of Thine.
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,
And I shall stand complete in Thee!

   Yea, justified, oh blessed thought!
   And sanctified salvation-wrought!
   Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,
   And glorified I, too, shall be.

Complete in Thee, each want supplied,
And no good thing to me denied,
Since Thou my portion, Lord, will be,
I ask no more, complete in Thee!

Complete in Thee, no more shall sin
Thy grace has conquered reign within;
Thy blood shall bid the tempter flee,
And I shall stand complete in Thee!

Dear Savior, when, before Thy bar, 
All tribes and tongues assembled are,
Among the chosen I shall be,
At Thy right hand, complete in Thee!

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
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This Week at Hope – Bearing, Believing, Hoping and Enduring all things

June 7, 2016
07 Jun 2016

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Our Scripture Focus this week continues on the subject of the fifteen marks of love in 1 Cor 13:4-7. Last week we examined the first six, 1. Love Suffers long. 2. Love is kind. 3. Love does not envy. 4. Love does not parade itself. 5. Love is not puffed up. 6. Love does not behave rudely. Now, this week we will continue with the following Marks of Love: 7. Love does not seek its own. 8. Love is not provoked. 9. Love thinks no evil. 10. Does not rejoice in iniquity. 11. Rejoices in the truth. 12. Bears all things. 13. Believes all things. 14. Hopes all things. 15. Endures all things.
Remember Tuesday New Testament Survey – 5:00-6:00pm in Scott Brown’s library at 220 South White Street in downtown Wake Forest. The subject for this week is “The Messages of the Four Gospels.”
Consider joining the Soliks in ministering to the folks at Brookdale Senior Living from 6:30-7:30 on Tuesday.
Don’t forget Women’s Mentoring this Wednesday, June 8, at the Brown’s barn from 10-noon. We are going through Managers of Their Homes, this time reading chapter 13, “Putting the Schedule Together.” Childcare will be provided for preschool children.
Prayer will be held at the Noah home.
The Child Raising Conference begins at 9:00 on Saturday, lunch will be brought in and we will conclude by 4:00. Please RSVP to Claudia Brown so we can arrange for food. [email protected]
 
Sunday Night Service will focus on worship in singing and then discussing Chapter 3 of Early Piety, at 7:00 at the Brown’s Barn.
 
Scott Brown
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This Week at Hope – Love Is Patient…

May 31, 2016
31 May 2016

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

On Sunday, the subject of our study will be, 1 Cor. 13:4-5, where the apostle Paul continues to define love. This is all part of our studies in 1 John and the doctrine of regeneration that John is teaching. We are now working our way through 1 Cor 13 because it provides further definition for John’s instruction on love and hate. As you study this text there are several questions to ask that will help in interpreting and applying it: How is this an attribute of God? How did Christ or His disciples or other personalities in scripture demonstrate this? How does this point to the power of the gospel? How do parents foster this in their families? How do church members foster this in the church? How do Christian workers demonstrate this in the workplace?
 
Also we will have a Sunday afternoon teaching at 1:30-2:00, “Stir up the gift that is within you.” Directly after the teaching time, we will all need to pitch in to clean up and then depart by 2:25 to get to the baptism at 2:45.
 
Baptism on Sunday at 2:45…. David Harris will be baptized at the Brown’s lake at 2:00 on Sunday.
Prayer this week will be held at the Brown’s Barn.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 11 at the Church building, teaming up with Sovereign Redeemer for a Child Training Conference. We will be delivering four messages that we pray will be helpful for those with little ones as well as young adults. We will be serving lunch.
Memorial Day: Many thanks for all of you who worked on Memorial Day. The youth at our church have a remarkable collective capability for blessing a community… thank you so taking responsibility to make it a beautiful day all around.
The Songs we will be singing have their theme in the love of God,
  • We Gather Together
  • And Can It Be
  • Take My Life and Let It Be
  • The Love of God
  • Behold the Lamb
We Gather Together
We gather together
To ask the Lord’s blessing;
He chastens and hastens
His will to make known.
The wicked oppressing
Now cease from distressing.
Sing praises to His Name;
He forgets not His own.

Beside us to guide us,
Our God with us joining,
Ordaining, maintaining
His kingdom divine;
So from the beginning
The fight we were winning;
Thou, Lord, were at our side,
All glory be Thine!

We all do extol Thee,
Thou Leader triumphant,
And pray that Thou still
Our Defender will be.
Let Thy congregation
Escape tribulation;
Thy Name be ever praised!
O Lord, make us free!

And Can It Be
And can it be that I should gain
An int’rest in the Savior’s blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain;
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me.
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me.

He left His Father’s throne above,
So free, so infinite His grace,
Humbled Himself because of love
And bled for all His chosen race.
‘Tis mercy all, immense and free
For, O my God, it found out me.
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me.

Long my imprisoned spirit lay,
Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;
Thine eye diffused a quick’ning ray –
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light.
My chains fell off; my heart was free.
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me.

No condemnation now I dread
Jesus, and all in Him, is mine;
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness divine
Bold I approach th’eternal throne
And claim the crown, thro’ Christ my own.
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me.

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

The Love of God
The love of God is Greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell
It goes beyond the highest star
And reaches to the lowest hell
The guilty pair, bowed down with care
God gave His Son to win
His erring child He reconciled
And pardoned from his sin

  O love of God, how rich and pure!
  How measureless and strong!
  It shall forevermore endure – 
  The saints’ and angels’ song!

When years of time shall pass away 
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall
When men who here refuse to pray
On rocks and hills and mountains call
God’s love so sure shall still endure
All measureless and strong
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race – 
The saints’ and angels’ song

Could we with ink the ocean fill 
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Tho’ stretched from sky to sky

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 – When you are nothing

May 24, 2016
24 May 2016

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

 
Please pray for the Vandeslunt’s at Broookdale tonight as they will be looking at 1st John 4:12-16, and the love it describes.
 
Wed night, Prayer will be held at the Brown’s Barn.
 
On Sunday, we will elaborate on the teaching in 1 John regarding love by turning to 1 Cor 13 for the next four weeks, as an illustration of what John is teaching. As we have seen already, John speaks about love in several places in 1 John and in his gospel. This, in 1 Cor 13, is one of Paul’s commentaries on love. On Sunday, we will focus on 1 Cor 13:1-3 where Paul makes it clear that anything done without love makes us “nothing,” and it “profits’ us nothing.
 
Notice that some of our young people (Micah, Isaac, Samuel and Maggie Burke) were recently in Alabama attending a rally defending suspended, Judge Roy Moore. http://defendingmarriage.com/ They had the opportunity to have dinner with Judge Moore with the Tom Ford family in the Ford’s home.
 
We will be singing the following songs on Sunday,
 
  • Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
  • O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
  • Here is Love
  • O Church Arise
  • Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

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.

O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
O the deep, deep love of Jesus
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In its fullness over me
Underneath me, all around me
Is the current of Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward
To my glorious rest above

O the deep, deep love of Jesus
Spread His praise from shore to shore
How He loveth, ever loveth
Changeth never, never more
How He watches o’er His loved ones
Died to call them all His own
How for them He intercedeth
Watcheth o’er them from the throne

O the deep, deep love of Jesus
Love of every love the best
‘Tis an ocean vast of blessing
‘Tis a haven sweet of rest
O the deep, deep love of Jesus
‘Tis a heav’n of heav’ns to me
And it lifts me up to glory
For it lifts me up to 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.

O Church Arise
O church arise and put your armor on
Hear the call of Christ our Captain
For now the weak can say that they are strong
In the strength that God has given 
With shield of faith and belt of truth 
We’ll stand against the devil’s lies 
An army bold whose battle cry is Love
Reaching out to those in darkness

Our call to war to love the captive soul 
But to rage against the captor
And with the sword that makes the wounded whole 
We will fight with faith and valor
When faced with trials on every side 
We know the outcome is secure 
And Christ will have the prize for which He died
An inheritance of nations

Come see the cross where love and mercy meet 
As the Son of God is stricken 
Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet
For the Conqueror has risen 
And as the stone is rolled away 
And Christ emerges from the grave
This victory march continues till the day 
Every eye and heart shall see Him

So Spirit come put strength in every stride
Give grace for every hurdle
That we may run with faith to win the prize
Of a servant good and faithful 
As saints of old still line the way 
Retelling triumphs of His grace
We hear their calls and hunger for the day
When with Christ we stand in Glory

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 – Do you Hate Your Brother?

May 17, 2016
17 May 2016

Dear Brothers and Sisters

This week prayer will be held at the Burke home.

As we continue our studies in 1 John, we notice that John continues to elaborate on what it means to have fellowship with God. In our text for this week, we learn that walking in the light of love proves your sonship, but walking in the darkness of hatred proves that you have no fellowship with God – you are not saved (1 John 2:9-11). The Bible makes it very clear that the whole of Christianity is summed up in one four letter word – love. The proof of Christianity is that our hatred is diminishing and our love is shining brighter and brighter. But what is love? What is hatred? These things we must know in order to properly diagnose the condition of our souls.

In preparation for Memorial Day… All Hands on Deck for Tent Set Up Tonight – we need men to pound in stakes… Tuesday starting at  5:15. We need you to bring your sledge hammers to pound in the stakes if you are able…

Also, remember that Sunday night we will begin our series on “Early Piety.”  We pray the whole church will come out to walk through it… we will especially have our eye on the youth as we explain the chapters in the book. You can get your free copy of the book at Wednesday  Night prayer at the Burkes.

Please pray for Noel tonight at Brookdale tonight – Tuesday, as he preaches from 1 John 4:7-9, “beloved, let us love one another for love is of God…”

The songs for Sunday are,

  • I Sing the Mighty Power of God
  • Let It Be Said of Us
  • Rejoice in the Lord
  • Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul
  • Rise Up, O Church of God

 

I Sing the Mighty Power of God

I sing the mighty pow’r of God

that made the mountains rise

That spread the flowing seas abroad

and built the lofty skies

I sing the wisdom that ordained

the sun to rule the day

The moon shines full at His command

and all the stars obey

I sing the goodness of the Lord

that filled the earth with food

He formed the creatures with His word

and then pronounced them good

Lord, how Thy wonders are displayed

wher-e’er I turn my eye

If I survey the ground I tread

or gaze upon the sky

There’s not a plant or flow’r below

but makes Thy glories known

And clouds arise and tempests blow

by order from Thy throne

While all that borrows life from Thee

is ever in Thy care

And everywhere that man can be,

Thou, God, art present there

Amen

Let It Be Said of Us

Let it be said of us that the Lord

was our passion

That with gladness we bore

every cross we were given

That we fought the good fight

That we finished the course

Knowing within us the pow’r

of the risen Lord

Let the cross be our glory

and the Lord be our song

By mercy made holy,

by the Spirit made strong

Let the cross be our glory

and the Lord be our song

Till the likeness of Jesus

be through us made known

Let the cross be our glory

and the Lord be our song

Let it be said of us we were

marked by forgiveness

We were known by our love

and delighted in meekness

We were ruled by His peace,

heeding unity’s call

Joined as one body that Christ

would be seen by all

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.

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.

Rise Up, O Church of God

Rise up, O Church of God!

Have done with lesser things

Give heart and mind and soul and strength

To serve the King of kings

Rise up, O Church of God!

His kingdom tarries long

Bring in the day of brotherhood

And end the night of wrong

Rise up, O sons of God!

The Church for you doth wait

Her strength unequal to her task

Rise up, and make her great!

Lift high the cross of Christ!

Tread where His feet have trod

As followers of the Son of Man

Rise up, O Church of God!

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This Week at Hope – Our Fellowship is With the Father and His Son

April 12, 2016
12 Apr 2016

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

As we continue our journey through 1 John, our focus on Sunday will be 1 John 1:3-4 which introduces what is the defining matter of all of life – “Fellowship with God.”

Prayer will be held at the Burke home. 

Women’s Mentoring will be held at the Brown’s Barn at 10:00 on Wed. We will be reading chapter 8 of Managers of Their Home. Childcare will be provided for preschool children. Please bring schoolwork for school age children.

The songs for Sunday are,

  • Blessed Assurance
  • Joyful, Joyful
  • Here Is Love
  • Come, All Ye Pining
  • Jesus! what a Friend for Sinners!
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This Week at Hope: True Experiential Christianity

March 30, 2016
30 Mar 2016

Dear brothers and sisters,

We will gather this Sunday, the Lord willing, to consider 1 John 1:3-4. Our own experience testifies to the fact that there are some seasons in our life that seem like a foretaste of heaven. But there are other seasons that come as well – where we find it difficult to rise above the circumstances where God’s providence has us. Maybe you, like I, have known that difficulty on some level in recent weeks.

Our passage for Sunday is an encouraging passage. It reminds us of the fellowship to which we have been called – a fellowship with the Lord of heaven and earth and with His Son Jesus Christ. A fellowship that then extends from Him who is the Head to His body, our fellow believers. This passage also reminds us of the fullness of joy that Christ purchased for us. What do we know of this fellowship and this joy? Is it our daily experience?

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This Week at Hope: Christ, the Source of our Fellowship and Joy

March 23, 2016
23 Mar 2016

Dear brothers and sisters of Hope,

This week we begin our expositional study of 1 John. The Lord willing, we will focus on the opening two verses this Sunday. As you contemplate these two verses in your homes in preparation for the Lord’s Day, let your eyes and mind be carried into verses 3-4 as well. As reformed Christians, we often stand in need of the reminder that doctrine is not an end in and of itself. John is not here seeking for his readers to merely have a better understanding of the ‘Word of life.’ Doctrine is designed to instruct the mind so that the mind may employ that doctrine in a specific response – and John’s desired responses for his readers are found in vv. 3-4. He desired that the declaration of Christ and who He is and what He has done would carry his readers into a deeper fellowship and a fuller joy.

 May we not fall short of John’s intention. May we not come away from our worship on Sunday with simply a better understanding of Christ, the Word of life. May we by faith, through the Apostle’s declaration to us, come away with a tangible increase of fellowship and joy that finds its source in Him who is the Fountain of life.

 I ran across this quote from D.A. Carson this morning and found it helpful in terms of our text:  The better we know God, the more we will want all our existence to revolve around Him.

 And note that John does not tell us that it will simply be a boost to our joy; he tells us emphatically that this knowledge alone brings the fullness of joy. Do you know that fullness? Is it your present experience? If not, do not blame your circumstances. Realize that it is due to a failure to know and experience your God.

Prayer tonight will be at the Noah’s home. May our time together be marked by a fellowship and joy that goes beyond our present circumstances and rests fully on the life-giving grace of our Savior.

Your brother,

Mike D

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This Week at Hope – A superior, ever present, ever expanding Kingdom

March 9, 2016
09 Mar 2016

Dear Brothers and sisters,

First of all, you must see this short video clip of the Tsantles family receiving their new baby, Journey Faith.

As for the preaching on Sunday, our focus will the promises of the kingdom of God. So far, we have sought to summarize the prophesy in Isaiah in two ways, First, the charges against Judah. Second, the gospel in Isaiah. Now, as we enter into our final summary sermon on Isaiah our focus is, the kingdom promises in Isaiah. The power of our Lord Jesus is the center point of the fulfillment of these promises. This is why He declared, “the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” and “seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.”

Louis Berkhof in his systematic theology defined the kingdom of God like this, “It is a kingdom that is both present and future. It is on the one hand a present, ever developing, spiritual reality in the hearts and lives of men, and as such exercises influence in a constantly widening sphere.” 

Prayer will be held at the Browns Barn

We will be singing the following songs together:

  • O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
  • How Firm a Foundation
  • The Power of the Cross
  • Complete In Thee
  • How Great Thou Art
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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