New Hope Baptist Church Podcast

Proverbs 22:1-9 1) A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. 2) Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all. 3) The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. 4) Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life. 5) In the paths of the wicked are snares and...

Acts 4: 32-27 32) All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33) With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34) that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land...

Matthew 25:14-30 14)  “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.15) To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.16) The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.17) So also, the...

1 John 5:1-5; 11-13 NIV 1) Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2) This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3) In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4) for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is...

1 John 3:1,16-18 NIV 1) See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.  16) This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17) If anyone has material possessions and sees...

Luke 1:32-33 NIV 32) He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33) and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” 1 John 4:1-6 NIV 1) Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the worl...

1 John 1:3-9 NIV 3) We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.  4) We write this to make our joy complete. 5) This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6) If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk...

1 John 1:1-4  NIV 1) That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2) The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3) We proclaim to you what we have seen and...

Matthew 5:23-26  NIV 23 ) “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you,24) leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift. 25 ) “Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or you...

Genesis 45:1-8  NIV 1) Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. 2) And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it. 3) Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his...

Luke 15:18-24  NIV 18) I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.19) I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’20) So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms arou...

Luke 15:11-32  NIV 11) Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons.12) The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13)  “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.14) After he had spent everything, there was a severe fami...

Romans 16:17-27  NIV 17) I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18) For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19) Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I...

Romans 16:1-16  NIV 1) I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae. 2) I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me. 3) Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. 4) They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the chur...

Romans 15:23-33 NIV 23) But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, 24) I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25) Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s...

Romans 15:14-22 (NIV) 14) I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. 15) Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me 16) to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gosp...

Romans 15:1-13 (NIV) 1) We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2) Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. 3) For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” 4) For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through...

Romans 14: 13-23 (NIV) 13) Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. 14) I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. 15) If your brother or sister is dist...

Matthew 10:1-10, 16-22, 32-33 (NIV) 1) Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. 2) These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3) Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of...

Romans 14:1-12 (NIV) 1) Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2) One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3) The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4) Who...

Romans 13:8-14 (NIV) 8) Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9) The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10) Love does...

Romans 13:1-7 (NIV) 1) Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2) Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3) For rulers hold no terror for those who do...

  Romans 12:9-21 (NIV) 9) Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10) Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11) Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12) Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13) Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. 14) Bless those w...

  Romans 12:1-8 (NIV) 1) Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. 3) F...