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This Week at Hope – Common Objections to the Relevance of the Law

December 4, 2019
04 Dec 2019

Dear brothers and sisters,

This Sunday we will return to our series on the Ten Commandments as we look together at some common objections people raise regarding the relevance of the law in the life of the New Testament believer. We will seek to go to the verses that are used as proof-texts and study the context of those verses. If you want to read some larger sections of Scripture having to do with the matter, I would suggest Romans 6:1 – 8:11 and Galatians 2:11 – 5:15.

Samuel Bolton, in his book The True Bounds of Christian Freedom, gives ‘Nine Differences Between Legal Obedience and Evangelical Obedience’:
(1) The principle that moves the one spirit to duty is slavish, the other childlike. In one case the man does things in a legal spirit, either hoping to get rewards by it, or fearing punishments if he omits the duty. The godly man, on the other hand, goes about duty for the sake of obtaining communion with God, and knows it to be his reward and happiness to have that communion, while the lack of it is the greatest punishment he can endure.
(2) The one man does these things as his delight, and the other as his burden.
(3) The one type of man performs duty from the convictions of conscience, the other from the necessity of his nature. With many, obedience is their precept, not their principle; holiness their law, not their nature.
(4) The one kind of man looks for his satisfaction in the duty by the performance of the duty, the other looks for satisfaction in the duty as he finds Christ thereby; it is not in the duty, but above the duty, that he finds his satisfaction.
(5) The one kind of man contents himself with the shell, the other is not content without the substance. The godly man goes to duty as the means of communion with God, to see God, to enjoy God, and to talk with God; the other goes to duty merely to satisfy the grumblings and quarrels of his conscience.
(6) The one type of man performs duty in order to live by it… But the believer prays and performs duty, yet he looks beyond them, and looks to live by Christ alone. He lives in the duty, but not by the duty; he lives in obedience, but yet looks higher than the obedience: ‘I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.’
(7) The one type of man does things coldly and formally, the other fervently. Yet I do not question but that at times there may be coldness in a godly man and earnestness in the other… Affections based on true faith are not loud, yet they are strong; they may be still, yet they are deep; though they are not so violent, yet they are more sweet, more lasting.
(8) The formal man does duty with a view to it serving other ends, and especially when he finds himself in extreme difficulties… Some men desire holiness but only under great external pressure. They look upon prayer, upon obedience, upon the mortification of their lusts, and such like, as so many hard tasks and impositions which they must submit to if they would come to glory. But it is not so with the godly man. He closes with these duties as his heaven, as a part of his happiness, a piece of his glory. He does not close with them from a necessity of submission, but out of delight; these things are not his penance, but his glory and his desire. The other man parts with sin, not because sin is not desirable (for he weeps after it) but because it is damning… And so he closes with holiness, not out of love and desire for it, but because he must endure it if he would come to heaven at last. But the godly man, on the other hand, parts with sin as poison, as an accursed thing which he desires to be rid of, and embraces holiness as his happiness. He thirsts to enjoy it and to be swallowed up by it.
(9) The one kind of man does duty as a sick man eats his food – not out of desire for it and delight in it, but because he knows that he will die if he does not eat; yet he has no desire or stomach for it. But the godly man does duty after the manner in which a healthy man feeds – not merely because he needs food, but because he desires it and delights in it. The one man engages in duty as if it were medicine, not food. He is reluctant to perform it; he has no pleasure in it; he is driven to it only because he conceives that his soul’s health demands it. But the godly man engages in duty as a healthful man sits down to meat; there is delight, desire, and pleasure in the exercise.

Prayer on Wednesday night will be at the Burkes’ home.

This Friday evening (12/6) at 7:00 pm at the church building, we will have another night of preaching from a handful of men in the congregation who have been assigned portions of John 17 to preach. Everyone is invited to come and listen.
On Sunday afternoon Scott will follow up last Sunday afternoon’s teaching time with a focus on specific ways young single women can serve their families and the church.
The songs for Sunday are as follows:
  •      Joy to the World
  •      The Gospel Doxology
  •      Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
  •      There Is a Fountain
  •      Here Is Love
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THIS THANKSGIVING WEEK AT HOPE – I AM THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES

November 26, 2019
26 Nov 2019

Brothers and Sisters,

Happy Thanksgiving.

This week, prayer will be held at the Noah’s.

As we turn the page to John 15, we find Jesus continuing to encourage His despondent disciples. Paul, Jesus is revealing the way His power works in their lives. He is our ever kind Savior. When writing to the Ephesian church told them of “the kind intentions of His will,” toward them. He has many kind intentions. When we gather on Sunday we will understand one of the most wonderful of those kind intentions. The words, “I am the vine, you are the branches” in John 15:1-11, explain it. Here, Jesus assures us that because we belong to Him, we will bear fruit in this world. He will make our lives count. Why? He desires to increase our joy.
Afternoon Teaching Subject: The Power of the Single Daughter at Home.  What’s a girl to do? How is a single girl in her parent’s home to be productive? On Sunday afternoon I will address the rising gender dysphoria in our culture, and the dangers it presents to women. I plan to speak to young women in our church and their families, examining matters of womanhood, addressing how young girls in their homes can understand more clearly the pressures on them to break away from Biblical femininity. I will explain how they can be productive, fulfilling the parameters of their roles. I will address some of the critical attacks against biblical womanhood, cast a vision for standing against them and make applications for everyday life.
I’m looking forward to being together to sing these happy songs,
The Songs we will be singing are,
  •  Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
  • How Good It Is to Thank the Lord
  • I Asked the Lord that I Might Grow
  • Rejoice in the Lord
  • Trust and Obey
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
Come, ye thankful people, come,
Raise the song of harvest home:
All is safely gathered in,
Ere the winter storms begin;
God, our Maker, doth provide
For our wants to be supplied:
Come to God’s own temple, come,
Raise the song of harvest home.

All the world is God’s own field,
Fruit unto his praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown,
Unto joy or sorrow grown:
First the blade, and then the ear,
Then the full corn shall appear:
Lord of harvest, grant that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be.

For the Lord our God shall come,
And shall take his harvest home;
From his field shall in that day
All offenses purge away;
Give his angels charge at last
In the fire the tares to cast,
But the fruitful ears to store
In his garner evermore.

Even so, Lord, quickly come
To thy final harvest home;
Gather thou thy people in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin;
There for ever purified,
In thy presence to abide:
Come, with all thine angels, come,
Raise the glorious harvest home.

How Good It Is to Thank the Lord
How good it is to thank the Lord,
And praise to Thee, Most High, accord,
To show Thy love with morning light,
And tell Thy faithfulness each night;
Yea, good it is Thy praise to sing,
And all our sweetest music bring.

O Lord, with joy my heart expands
Before the wonders of Thy hands;
Great works, Jehovah, Thou hast wrought,
Exceeding deep Thine ev’ry thought;
A foolish man knows not their worth,
Nor he whose mind is of the earth.

When as the grass the wicked grow,
When sinners flourish here below,
Then is there endless ruin nigh,
But Thou, O Lord, art throned on high;
Thy foes shall fall before Thy might,
The wicked shall be put to flight.

The righteous man shall flourish well,
And in the house of God shall dwell;
He shall be like a goodly tree,
And all his life shall fruitful be;
For righteous is the Lord and just,
He is my Rock, in Him I trust.

 
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.”

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.

Trust and Obey
When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

   Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh nor a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief nor a loss, not a frown or a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.

But we never can prove the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows, and the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do, where He sends we will go,
Never fear, only trust and obey.

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This Week – My Peace, Not as the World Gives

November 19, 2019
19 Nov 2019
Brothers and Sisters,
What kind of peace are you looking for? What gives peace? What kind does Jesus give? As Jesus speaks to his troubled and fearful disciples, he shows them the way to peace in John 14:25-31. Jesus says, “My peace I give to you, not as the world gives.”
We hugged and prayed on the curb at the airport… and the Carringtons boarded the plane bound for Izmir Tuesday afternoon… they will connecting in Frankfurt Germany and then on to Istanbul, and then Izmir.
Prayer will be held at the Brown’s Barn

  • Blessed Assurance
  • O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
  • Come, Holy Spirit, Come
  • Like a River Glorious
  • Arise, My Soul, Arise
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

 
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice!  Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!

O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death’s dark shadows put to flight
Rejoice!  Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!

O come, Thou Wisdom from on high
And order things, far and nigh
To us the path of knowledge show
And cause us in her ways to go
Rejoice!  Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!

O come, Desire of nations, bind
Thy sons and daughters in one heart and mind
Bid envy, strife, and quarrels cease;
Fill Thy whole church with heaven’s peace
Rejoice!  Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel!

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.

 
Like a River Glorious
Like a river glorious is God’s perfect peace,
Over all victorious in its bright increase;
Perfect, yet it floweth fuller ev’ry day,
Perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way.

   Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest,
Finding, as He promised,
Perfect peace and rest.

Hidden in the hollow of His blessed hand,
Never foe can follow, never traitor stand;
Not a surge of worry, not a shade of care,
Not a blast of hurry touch the spirit there.

Ev’ry joy or trial falleth from above,
Traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love.
We may trust Him fully all for us to do;
They who trust Him wholly find Him wholly true.

Arise, My Soul, Arise
Arise, my soul, arise,
Shake off thy guilty fears:
The bleeding Sacrifice
In my behalf appears:
Before the Throne my Surety stands,
Before the Throne my Surety stands,
My name is written on His hands.

He ever lives above,
For me to intercede,
His all-redeeming love,
His precious blood to plead;
His blood atoned for ev’ry race,
His blood atoned for ev’ry race,
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.

Five bleeding wounds He bears,
Received on Calvary;
They pour effectual prayers,
They strongly plead for me;
Forgive him, O forgive, they cry,
Forgive him, O forgive, they cry,
Nor let that ransomed sinner die!

My God is reconciled;
His pard’ning voice I hear;
He owns me for His child,
I can no longer fear;
With confidence I now draw nigh,
With confidence I now draw nigh,
And “Father, Abba, Father!” cry.

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This Week at Hope – Because I Live, So Will You Also

November 13, 2019
13 Nov 2019
Brothers and Sisters,
On Sunday, we will focus on John 14:18-24 as we encounter more of the promises of Jesus Christ to His disciples regarding the person of the Holy Spirit. The focus here is the assurance of everlasting intimacy with Christ.

Tuesday night: Young Peoples Meeting at the Barn, 7:00.
Women’s Mentoring will be held at the Barn at 10:00 on Wednesday.
Prayer on Wednesday night will be held at the Noah’s 
Remember the Hope Baptist Members meeting Sunday afternoon, Nov. 17 to discuss and vote on the addendum to the constitution the Elders are proposing. This will take place after the fellowship meal. There will be no afternoon teaching.
We will be singing about the assurances we have in the presence of the Holy Spirit,

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlD3Gaq4cN0)

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaXJQD0Xixk)

Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth)

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

He Will Hold Me Fast

   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=936BapRFHaQ)

Begone Unbelief

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!
All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near,
Join me in glad adoration.

Praise to the Lord who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth,
Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
Hast thou not seen how thy desires all have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?

Praise to the Lord who doth prosper thy work and defend thee!
Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee;
Ponder anew what the Almighty will do,
If with His love He befriend thee!

Praise to the Lord, Who with marvelous wisdom hath made thee,
Decked thee with health, and with loving hand guided and stayed thee.
How oft in grief hath not He brought thee relief,
Spreading His wings to o’ershade thee!

Praise to the Lord!  O let all that is in me adore Him!
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him!
Let the ‘Amen’ sound from His people again,
Gladly forever adore Him!

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
What a fellowship, what a joy divine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

  Leaning, leaning,
Safe and secure from all alarms
Leaning, leaning,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
O how bright the path grows from day to day,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

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.

He Will Hold Me Fast
When I fear my faith will fail,
Christ will hold me fast;
When the tempter would prevail,
He will hold me fast.
I could never keep my hold
Through life’s fearful path;
For my love is often cold;
He must hold me fast.

   He will hold me fast,
He will hold me fast;
For my Savior loves me so,
He will hold me fast.

Those He saves are His delight,
Christ will hold me fast;
Precious in His holy sight,
He will hold me fast.
He’ll not let my soul be lost;
His promises shall last;
Bought by Him at such a cost,
He will hold me fast.

For my life He bled and died,
Christ will hold me fast;
Justice has been satisfied;
He will hold me fast.
Raised with Him to endless life,
He will hold me fast
‘Till our faith is turned to sight,
When He comes at last!

Begone Unbelief
(tune of “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!
Scott Brown
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This Week at Hope – Becoming a Mission-Minded Church

November 6, 2019
06 Nov 2019
Dear ones,

We are two weeks away from the Carrington-Templeton departure. Over the past year, the church has been increasingly learning what it means to ‘hold the rope.’ Very soon, we will have the full weight of 19 souls on the other end of that rope and an entire church-planting mission. In order to maintain a firm grip on the rope for the long-haul, we will need to truly become a mission-minded church. I believe God is shaping us into such a church for His glory.

In Colossians 4:2-6 Paul sets before the church there in Colosse what it takes to be a mission-minded church. This Sunday we will seek to study what Paul identifies as the true marks – earnest praying, wise walking, and gracious speaking. Note: these are the marks of a ‘sending’ church – not just the ‘sent’ ones. May God truly make us a mission-minded church.

Prayer Wednesday evening will be at the Burkes’ home.

Our brother Paul will be bringing the Sunday afternoon message. Pray for Scott this weekend as he ministers in California.

Songs for Sunday are as follows:
   Creator God, Our Sovereign Lord
O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer
More Love To Thee
How Great Thou Art
Take My Life and Let It BeAlso  – here is a reminder of the schedule for the two remaining Evangelism meetings:

     Tuesday evening, Nov 12th – Declaring the Word of God, Eph 6:10-20
     Sunday evening, Nov 17th – Proclaiming the True Gospel, Isaiah 12
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This Week at Hope – Go into all the world baptizing

October 30, 2019
30 Oct 2019
Brothers and Sisters,
 
Prayer will be held at the Brown’s Barn this evening (Tuesday), and we will be having a missionary, James Swanson who is a pastor in Lefkosa (Nikosia) in Northern Cyprus. He has been there for 10 years and his parents 33 years. He will share with us briefly before we pray. Cyprus is a large island south of Turkey and Northwest of Lebanon in the Mediterranean Sea.
 
On Sunday we will be having a joint service with Sovereign Redeemer. Mala will be preaching and we will have our fellowship meal together concluding with a 1:30 send off service for the Carrington’s and the Templetons.
We will be singing these songs together:
 
Jesus Shall Reign
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Not in Me
Behold the Lamb
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!’

What a Friend We Have in Jesus
What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Ev’rything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Ev’rything to God in prayer.

Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged:
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
Can we find a friend so faithful,
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our ev’ry weakness—
Take it to the Lord in prayer!

Are we weak and heavy laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Saviour, still our Refuge—
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.

Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Rejoice, the Lord is King
Your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice, give thanks and sing and triumph evermore.
   Lift up your heart; lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

Jesus, the Savior, reigns
The God of truth and love;
When He had purged our stains, He took His seat above.
   Lift up your heart; lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

His kingdom cannot fail;
He rules o’er earth and heav’n.
The keys of death and hell are to our Jesus giv’n.
   Lift up your heart; lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

He sits at God’s right hand,
The Church’s great High Priest,
And all his enemies are placed beneath His feet.
   Lift up your heart; lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

Rejoice in glorious hope!
Our Lord, the Judge, shall come
And take His servants up to their eternal home.
   Lift up your heart; lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

 
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.

 
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 – Mala and Pooyan Preaching on Sunday

October 14, 2019
14 Oct 2019

Brothers and Sisters,

This will be a very special week at Hope. Pooyan Mershahi and Mala Chindongo will be preaching at Hope… Pooyan will be preaching in the morning service on Psalm 119:73-80 and Mala will be delivering a full message in the afternoon.
Prayer will be held at the Burkes on Wed
Take note of the following Calendar additions and changes:
1. Prayer is canceled next week, Oct 23.
2. The following week, we are moving prayer to Tuesday night Oct 29.
3. Turkey Commissioning Service, Sunday, Nov 3.
This will be a joint service at Hope with Sovereign Redeemer on Sunday morning and afternoon. Mala will be preaching the morning service. We will have our fellowship meal together with Sovereign and then have an afternoon service together after lunch.
Scott Brown
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This Week at Hope: Ruth 4 – No Matter the Cost

October 9, 2019
09 Oct 2019
Hi Brothers & Sisters,

This coming Sunday we will finish the final chapter of Ruth – the climax of this little book.  At first glance, it appears the crescendo is the marriage, the baby and the future security for Naomi.  But that’s not really it at the core.  God is at work in much grander ways.
So, what is the real significance of this narrative?  Redemption is the crux of the gospel.  In the darkest period of Israel’s existence, the Lord proves His power to save using the canvas of the lives of ordinary people.  He is at work to redeem a people for Himself.  Just as Boaz “acquired” Ruth the Moabitess as his wife, the Apostle Paul tells believers that “you were bought at a price…” (1 Cor 6:20).
On Sunday, I hope to focus on two primary things:
  • Costly Redemption: In the scene at the gate (:1-12) we see the costliness of Ruth and Naomi’s redemption.  In stark contrast to the nameless redeemer, Boaz is determined to settle the matter God’s way with zeal and urgency
  • Unfolding Hope: in the closing verses (:13-22) we begin to grasp more fully the power of this book.  It looks beyond “empty” Naomi now filled with Obed, to the beloved King David.  But the true fulfillment will come in the much greater, much worthier King – Jesus Christ the Righteous.
Ladies, please remember Women’s Mentoring at the Browns Wednesday morning at 10 am.
This Wednesday, Prayer will be held at the Brown Barn.
The songs we will be singing this Lord’s Day are:
Redeemed By The Blood Of The Lamb

How Deep The Father’s Love

In Christ Alone
His Robes For Mine
Happy Day
May the Lord bless you for the rest of the week!
Your brother in Christ,
—

Paul Carrington
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This Week at Hope – Another Helper

October 2, 2019
02 Oct 2019

Brothers and Sisters,

What is the will of God for your life? How should you make decisions? How do you know who to marry? How do you know what job you should pursue, friends to have and places to live? What is the role of emotions and impressions in decision making?

Our focus on Sunday will be John 14:15-18 with a particular emphasis on the person and work of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer and how He helps us make decisions. It is here we learn much about how life works and how we are guided by God through the world. God gives us the “Helper,” “The spirit of truth,” the Holy Spirit. In the context of these verses it is clear that He is given for several purposes: to help you love God, to help you obey God, to speak truth to you and to dwell within. If you think of the Spirit as a force or a feeling or an impression you will almost always be led astray for the Spirit is a person who speaks the Word of God to you and helps you to love God. The Holy Spirit will never lead you to compromise a command of God or a principle or precept of the Word of God.

Prayer will be held at the Noah’s.

Our songs for Sunday will be

  • Come Behold the Wondrous MysteryBefore the Throne of God
  • Before the Throne of God
  • It Is Well With My Soul
  • Speak O Lord
  • My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
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This Week at Hope – I Need Thee Every Hour

September 25, 2019
25 Sep 2019

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We are a needy people, and we need help 24/7. This is why we sing, “I need thee every hour most blessed Lord.” John 14:15-22 is filled with promises for the comforts of the ever-presence of Jesus Christ. These promises are only for those who love and obey Him. In these verses, Jesus reveals that obedience and love and comfort and help are all tied together. They are a package. They are either all together or they are not at all. Charles Simeon explained it this way, “It has pleased God to unite man’s happiness with his duty, and to ordain, that the paths of righteousness alone should be paths of pleasantness and peace.” Jesus is revealing that loving and obeying means that you will never be without help in this world. He promises, “I will not leave you as orphans.”

Prayer will be held at the Burkes

Pray for the Father Son Retreat on, Manhood this weekend. Our desire is to extoll the glory of becoming like Christ.

The songs we will be singing are,

Come Thou Almighty King

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9oL2mOorhk)

Come, Holy Spirit, Come

     (http://opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=121)

O Great God

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIDeYzq8xaA)

Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God

     (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eia7Hs6jSMg)

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-6PMvgJHG0)

Come Thou Almighty King
Come Thou Almighty King
Help us Thy name to sing;
Help us to praise.
Father, all glorious, o’er all victorious,
Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of Days

Come, Thou Incarnate Word
Gird on Thy mighty sword
Our prayer attend.
Come, and Thy people bless
And give Thy word success
Spirit of holiness
On us descend.

Come Holy Comforter
Thy sacred witness bear
In this glad hour
Thou, who almighty art
Now rule in every heart
And ne’er from us depart
Spirit of pow’r

To Thee, great One in Three
Eternal praises be,
Hence evermore;
Thy sov’reign majesty
May we in glory see
And to eternity
Love and adore

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.

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

Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God
Holy Spirit, living Breath of God,
Breathe new life into my willing soul.
Bring the presence of the risen Lord
To renew my heart and make me whole.
Cause Your Word to come alive in me;
Give me faith for what I cannot see;
Give me passion for Your purity.
Holy Spirit, breathe new life in me.

Holy Spirit, come abide within;
May Your joy be seen in all I do –
Love enough to cover ev’ry sin
In each thought and deed and attitude,
Kindness to the greatest and the least,
Gentleness that sows the path of peace.
Turn my striving into works of grace
Breath of God, show Christ in all I do.

Holy Spirit, from creation’s birth,
Giving life to all that God has made,
Show Your power once again on earth;
Cause Your church to hunger for Your ways.
Let the fragrance of our prayers arise.
Lead us on the road of sacrifice
That in unity the face of Christ
Will be clear for all the world to see.

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.

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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