A message from the Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church
We offer new hope to Sonoma County, Marin County, San Francisco, California, our nation, and the world beyond.
8) I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9) Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 10) For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11) Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. {Psalm 16:8-11}
23) O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. 24) Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. {Psalm 31:23-24}
6) Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 7) And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. 8) Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. {Psalm 39:6-8}
"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God" {Psalm 42:11}
We want those who have been raised in this Church to be able to say, "Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth." {Psalm 71:4-5}
And we want to grow to become strong enough to effectively reach the children and teens of our area, and children who are not yet born, but who are on their way. "That the generation to come might now them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God." {Psalm 78:6-8}
We want to produce Christians who yearn for Heaven, and can sincerely say, "My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in they word." {Psalm119:81} And we're going to teach them that the King James Bible is the Word of God, worthy of their trust, and able to fully justify their hope. "I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope." {Psalm 130:5}
"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." {Romans 15:4} This is why America is filled with such hopeless teenagers and young adults. They don't have the Scriptures that are mankind's only source of hope. They don't have The Answer, which is Christ, nor the answers, which are found only in the Bible.
By disseminating the Gospel and Bible truths throughout southern Sonoma County, we're going to try to restore hope to thousands of hopeless souls. Those who hear and heed our preaching and teaching will be introduced to their Saviour and the salvation He alone can give. "In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching..." {Titus 1:2-3}