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  • The Daily Dose of Hope is a devotional intended to provide context and reflection to the New Hope Church Bible Reading Plan. It’s our goal to read the Bible in a year together as a family of faith. Five days a week we read. Two days a week we either rest or catch up. Reading the Bible is the number one way to grow in our walk with Jesus. We have to know God’s Word to live God’s Word. Now for our Daily Dose of Hope.
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The Daily Dose of Hope is a devotional intended to provide context and reflection to the New Hope Church Bible Reading Plan. It’s our goal to read the Bible in a year together as a family of faith. Five days a week we read. Two days a week we either rest or catch up. Reading the Bible is the number one way to grow in our walk with Jesus. We have to know God’s Word to live God’s Word. Now for our Daily Dose of Hope.
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  • November 12, 2024; Day 3 of Week 33

    November 12, 2024; Day 3 of Week 33
    2024/11/12
    Daily Dose of Hope November 12, 2024 Day 3 of Week 33 Scripture: Isaiah 4-6; Matthew 23 Welcome back, friends, the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional/podcast that goes along with New Hope Church’s Bible reading plan. Before moving into our Scripture from Isaiah, I thought it might be helpful to talk more about the prophet himself. The name Isaiah actually means “the Lord saves” which is essentially what his message was to Judah and Israel. Isaiah’s prophecy moves from judgement to restoration, continually reminding us of the severity of humanity’s sin, the judgement that is deserved, and God’s incredibe grace for having the desire to save sinners. Isaiah lived and prophesied during the 8th century BC. As we mentioned yesterday, he was a prophet to both Israel and Judah, at a time in which the Southern Kingdom had great prosperity. Remember, it isn’t easy being a prophet when things are going well – no one wants to hear your warning at all; they like the way things are. But Isaiah continued to trust God and be his mouthpiece. Chapter 4 is quite short but interesting. As you were reading it, did you sense the messianic prophecy. Isaiah, in the previous chapter, had just gotten through describing the Lord’s judgement on the people for their sin and rejection of the things of God. Then, in this chapter, there is a shift. We are now looking into the future at a time when the Messiah is among the people. They are cleansed and holy. In chapter 5, we find a parable in the form of a song. Israel is the vineyard and God’s intention was always for them to produce good fruit. But that has not happened. There is oppression and bloodshed. As a result, there will be a series of woes. One that made an impression to me was the woe to those who intentionally sin because they think God will not do anything. The people will go into exile and they have no idea. In chapter 6, we read about a vision that Isaiah had. In this vision, he saw the Lord in his glory and holiness surrounded by an angelic being. Isaiah was deeply moved and said, “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” (Isaiah 6:5). But God appointed him as a prophet. He received a strange commission, “Go, and say to this people, Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive. Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” (Isaiah 6:9-10). Basically, the people’s hearts have been heartened. It seems that God might not even be interested in the people waking up anymore. Things may be too far gone. Our New Testament passage is Matthew 23. Throughout most of this chapter, we see Jesus strongly denounce the Pharisees. Their system of rules and regulations was originally designed to help people seek godliness but their extremism only harmed people. The rules had become an end in themselves and the teachers of the law were much more concerned with following the letter of the law than they were about the people themselves. This gives the appearance of godliness but it is all a facade. The heart is still far from God. Jesus’ final words in this chapter about Jerusalem are quite sad. Jesus loves Jerusalem and had longed for the people to love him back. He wanted to gather the people under his protective wings and offer them true solace and hope. Remember, this was the holy city where the temple of God resided. And yet, over and over again, the people of Jerusalem had rejected God’s efforts to care for them. It was no different with Jesus. Jesus’ words were also prophetic. When he says...”Look, your house is left to you desolate,” we understand from history that it isn’t long before the Romans totally destroy the city in AD 70. But besides the physical desolation of the city, there is this tone in the text that suggests God had forsaken it as well. And, of course, when Jesus states that they will not see him again, we know that he is indeed heading to the cross. His earthly ministry has come to a close until God does a new thing. Let’s chat again tomorrow. Blessings, Pastor Vicki
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  • November 11, 2024; Day 2 of Week 33

    November 11, 2024; Day 2 of Week 33
    2024/11/11
    Daily Dose of Hope November 11, 2024 Day 2 of Week 33 Scripture: Isaiah 1-3; Psalm 9; Matthew 22 Welcome to the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional and podcast that complements the New Hope daily Bible reading plan. Happy Monday. Let’s get right into our Scripture for today. We are starting the book of Isaiah. Isaiah was certainly a great prophet, quoted more in the New Testament than any other Jewish prophet. He prophesied to both Israel, the Northern Kingdom, and to Judah, the Southern Kingdom. His prophecy begins during a time of economic prosperity but spiritual depravity. It was during Isaiah’s prophecy that the Northern Kingdom was defeated by the Assyrians. But it isn’t easy to prophecy judgment to people when things appear on the surface to be going so well. One thing that is interesting and amazing about Isaiah is that besides judgement, we can still find a lot of hope. There is quite a bit of messianic prophecy in this book. Probably some of the most famous Scripture about Jesus is found in Isaiah. If you have time today, I would strongly encourage you to watch the Bible Project’s video on the book of Isaiah. You can access it via YouTube or on the bibleproject.com. It gives a great overview of this long and important book. The book of Isaiah begins with the Lord making a case, similar to a lawsuit, against the people of Israel. He speaks of the sin that has become apparent throughout the generations of Jews living in Israel. Basically the charges go something like this: God brought up Israel has his children and they have rebelled. There appears to be a kind of spiritual sickness that will eventually lead to physical destruction. Isaiah states that if God had not spared a remnant from Israel, they would be like Sodom and Gomorrah with total destruction. Isaiah goes on to speak of how God is unhappy with Judah’s sacrifices. By chapter two, we see that Isaiah’s prophecy is speaking directly to Judah. God is going to judge them, that’s for sure, but they will ultimately see redemption and resurrection. And yet, this chapter doesn’t end positively. Isaiah tells the people to stop trusting in men to save you; only God offers what is needed. In Isaiah chapter 3, we learn that God plans to take away the experienced leadership from the people. This is why you can’t trust in man; the rule of men is temporal and fleeting. God, as a result, will leave them with people who are young and inexperienced. Why is God doing this? Well, the people have been sinning boldly. There will be consequences. I know we haven’t spent a lot of time on the Psalms lately. However, today I do want to touch on Psalm 9, a psalm of David. David points to how God will never abandon his people. There is this overall theme of worship, to praise God when things are good and to praise God when things aren’t good. God will remember his people. There is a beautiful certainty about this – no questioning, this is simply the way things are. Do you believe that God will take care of his people? What might it mean for God to care for and provide for his people? Let’s head over to Matthew 22. In this chapter, we see the Pharisees and Sadducees are trying to trick Jesus. They are desperately trying to trap him in his words so they can discredit him and/or arrest him. These teachers of the law feel like Jesus is destroying the very fabric of their religious faith. He certainly is turning everything upside down! When asking about which commandment is greatest, the expert in the law is hoping to engage in some kind of debate. But the commandment Jesus chose was not one that could be open for debate–it was a commandment recited by pious Jews each and every day, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. But then, Jesus adds something new, as he often does. He says...and the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. A person cannot love God and treat their neighbor poorly. Love of God is not an intellectual or abstract claim. Rather, love of God is expressed in the way we love others. I John 4:20 speaks to this truth, Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. What’s interesting to me here is that Jesus says that the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments. If one loves God wholeheartedly, then they will observe the law. If someone loves God wholeheartedly, they will care for others as well. The prophets often proclaimed the need to worship God sincerely (not just go through the motions) and take care of those who were oppressed. One cannot split hairs about observing the Sabbath but then cheat your neighbor in the marketplace. Love of God and neighbor are intricately connected. This was true 2000 years ago and it’s true ...
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  • November 10, 2024; Day 1 of Week 33

    November 10, 2024; Day 1 of Week 33
    2024/11/10
    Daily Dose of Hope November 10, 2024 Day 1 of Week 33 Scripture: 2 Kings 15-16; Matthew 21 Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional and podcast that complements the New Hope Church Bible reading plan. Welcome to week 33! By this point, we have covered over half of the Bible. Keep up the good work!!! In our 2 Kings chapters for today, we get a slightly different perspective of the Judean kings than yesterday’s readings in 2 Chronicles. For instance, in 2 Kings 15, the king is called Azzariah, not Uzziah as in 2 Chronicles. I did a little research on this. It could have been an error in the original text or his given name may have been different from his throne name. Regardless, he was a man who started well and ended poorly. Jotham, his son, seemed to learn from his father’s mistakes and does what is right in the Lord’s eyes. Overall, he ended well, even though he didn’t totally clean out the pagan idols in the high places. Not totally getting rid of the pagan temples and altars will not end well for Judah in the years to come. At the same time, we get a picture that things aren’t going so well in Israel, in the Northern Kingdom. King after king is evil. King after king, there was warfare and bloodshed. We are getting very close to the end of the Northern Kingdom. Chapter 16 in 2 Kings takes a bit of a turn. King Ahaz, while he ruled in Judah, decided to follow the ways of the kings of Israel. He not only worships the Baals, but he engages in child sacrifice and he desecrates the temple. He does what is utterly detestable in the eyes of God. And so God allows him to be conquered by the pagan kings around him. Judah may last a little longer than Israel but sin and evil are also finding their way to the Southern Kingdom. Our New Testament passage is Matthew 21. Today, we are looking at what we know as the Palm Sunday passage. Jesus has sent the disciples ahead to fetch a donkey and its colt. Let’s start by talking about these animals. Some of us may think it’s strange that Jesus rode on a donkey rather than a horse but that would have been normal at the time. Horses were only used for battle. What’s more, in the Old Testament, new kings would come riding in on the donkey or mule of the previous king. We see this in 1 Kings 1 when King David puts his son Solomon on his own mule, the trumpet is sounded, the people rejoice and shout, and then the priest and the prophet Nathan anoint him as king of Israel. The mule is like the presidential limo, a sign of power and prestige that says this is the new leader. What is interesting in this case is that Matthew is very clear–Jesus is not riding on a previous king’s colt or donkey. He is riding on a colt that has never been ridden before. This is a sign that God is doing a new thing. Jesus is king but a different kind of king. We also see Jesus being given a royal welcoming. The people are laying cloaks and branches down for him. This is the kind of welcome that the emperor or a high official of the Roman government would have received. Think of it kind of like the red carpet being rolled out, a sign that a very important leader, the new king, has arrived. For the Jews in the crowd, they would have also know that this a fulfillment of prophecy–Zech. 9:9, Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. All the signs point to the fact that this Jesus is the king! In addition, the people are running ahead and shouting “Hosanna to the son of David, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” Hosanna means “pray, save us.” They are expressing that this is the messiah, the anointed one, the one they have been waiting for that God has sent to save them. These words are based on Psalm 118:22-26, The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. The LORD has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad LORD, save us! LORD, grant us success! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you. Surely, this is the messiah who has come to sit on the throne of David, just as God promised 600 years before. You see, it’s all coming together for them. There is joy and celebration. God has sent King Jesus to save us all. But the enthusiasm is short-lived. Human beings get distracted and disillusioned fairly quickly (2000 years ago and today!) They realize that while there is something clearly royal about Jesus, he is the promised figure, it’s not in a way they expected or wanted. They think Messiah has entered the royal city to stage a royal takeover, to save them from the Romans. And we know what happens...he has actually entered to royal city to suffer and die. Yes, Jesus is Messiah and Savior. But he wasn’t a ...
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