New Hope Baptist Church Podcast

ACTS 12:1-10 (NIV) 1) It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2) He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3) When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 4) After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing...

ACTS 11:19-30 (NIV) 19) Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews. 20) Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. 21) The Lord’s hand was with them, and a gre...

LUKE 2:19-24 (NIV) 19) But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20) The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.  21) On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. 22) When the time came...

LUKE 1:26-33 26) In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27) to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28) The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” 29) Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of...

LUKE 1: 5-25; 62-66; 76-79 (NIV) 5) In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6) Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. 7) But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they we...

1 Corinthians 16:1-14 (NIV) 1) Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. 2) On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. 3) Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send th...

1 Corinthians 15:1-7, 12-14, 35-38, 42-44, 51-58 (NIV) 1) Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2) By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3) For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ die...

1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-13 (NIV) 1) If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2) If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3) If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may b...

1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-14 (NIV) 1) Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2) You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3) Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. ...

1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-17 (NIV) 1) Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2) I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3) You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like me...

1 CORINTHIANS 2:6-16 (NIV) 6) We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7) No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8) None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord...

I Corinthians 2:2 NIV [2] For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 1 Corinthians 1:10-12 NIV [10] I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. [11] My brothers and sis...

Acts 9:32-43 NIV 32) As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people who lived in Lydda. 33) There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. 34) “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up. 35) All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord....

 Act 9:26-31 NIV 26) When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27) But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus. 28) So Saul stayed wit...

 Act 9:19-25 NIV 19) and after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. 20) At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. 21) All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to...

Act 9:10-16 NIV 10) In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he answered. 11) The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.12) In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.” 13) “Lord,” Ananias answered...

Act 9:1-9 NIV  1) Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2) and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3) As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around...

 Act 8:26-39 NIV 26) Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27) So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28) and on his way home was sitting in his...

 Acts 8:9-25 NIV 9) Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, 10) and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.” 11) They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12) But when th...

Acts 8:5-8 NIV 5) Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. 6) When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. 7) For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. 8) So there was great joy in that city.

 Acts 7:59 - 8:8 NIV 59) While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60) Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep. 1) And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughou...

Acts 7:54-60 NIV 54) When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. 55) But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56) “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57) At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the...

Act 6:8-15 NIV 8) Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. 9) Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who began to argue with Stephen. 10) But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he...

Judges 16:4-6; 20-31 NIV 4) Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. 5) The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.” 6) So Delilah said...

Colossians 4:2-6 NIV 2) Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3) And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4) Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5) Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6) Let your conversation be always full o...