Announcements
Men's
Breakfast—Tomorrow
at 8.
Hubfest—Tomorrow
from 11-4 at Heritage Park. Come and enjoy it, come and spend some
time at New Hope's tent.
Sunday
Evening Prayer Service—Come
check out a prayer service this Sundy evening @ 6:00 in the McMillan
Building.
Food
Collection—We
will continue to collect food for East Brainerd Elementary over the
summer. Please remember to bring in individual size fruit cups
during the month of May.
New
Hope News
Kid's
Musical—Sunday,
May 20.
Sunday
School—We'll
explore 2 Kings this Sunday @ 9:45.
Pray
for:
Christine
Dyer, Gerai's daughter, as she recovers from surgery
David
Smith
Madeline
Sims—she went home yesterday
Links
Book
Recommendation
If
you've not read C.S. Lewis' The
Screwtape Letters,
they are a treat. It's an easy read, and Lewis gives wonderful
imagery to the way the devil plays with our minds, distracting us
from what truly matters, keeping us from drawing nearer to God.
Random
Thoughts
I
was thinking this morning about a relative of Rachel's who returned
from Afghanistan with bedbugs in his gear. Soon, they infected the
entire house, and the process to remove them was extensive, to say
the least. It was a costly hassle, and the bedbugs were not easily
rooted out.
I
think sinful habits are the same way in our lives. We develop them
over time, often slowly, but in order to root them out, we have to
tirelessly seek them out, often requiring the assistance of others.
We have to pursue them with focus—if we expect them to leave on
their own, or to disappear with a half-hearted effort, they will only
grow to play a larger role in our lives. If we relentlessly seek to
avoid sin, developing a hatred for it, and replace our sinful habits
with things that bring us closer to God, we will grow as a faithful
people, coming closer to God's will for our lives while at the same
time developing useful ways to work with those around you to help
them root sin out of their lives as well.
Text
for Sunday, May 13
Matthew 5:11-16
11“Blessed
are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds
of evil against you falsely on my account. 12Rejoice
and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way
they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
13“You
are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can
its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is
thrown out and trampled under foot. 14“You
are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be
hid. 15No one after lighting a lamp
puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives
light to all in the house. 16In the
same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see
your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
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