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Daily Dose of Hope from New 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.©New Hope キリスト教 スピリチュアリティ 個人的成功 聖職・福音主義 自己啓発
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  • July 8, 2025; Matthew 22:23-46

    July 8, 2025; Matthew 22:23-46
    2025/07/08
    Daily Dose of Hope July 8, 2025 Scripture - Matthew 22:23-46 Prayer: Lord Jesus, We come before you this morning, thanking you for a new day. Lord, you are good and we rejoice in your holy and powerful name. As we begin our day, Lord, help us focus on you. Help us set aside our scattered thoughts and focus on your Word and what you want us to learn today. We get so distracted and self-consumed. Forgive us for that, Lord. In these next few moments of silence, help us have laser focus on your voice... In Your Powerful Name, Amen. Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, a deep dive into the Gospels and Acts. Today, we finish up with 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! The first part of today’s passage is addressing Levirate marriage. The Sadducees, the intellectual aristocracy of the day, did not believe in resurrection. They were pressing Jesus on the topic, hoping to make him look foolish. If you will recall from Mark, levirate law was intended to protect widows without a male heir. When a brother died, leaving his wife without children, a surviving brother marries the widow with the sole intention of producing an heir. If a son is conceived, he is actually considered to be the deceased brother’s child. In ancient near-East culture, a widow without any connection to a male would either starve or be forced to beg or prostitute herself. Thus, the Sadducees question makes a little more sense even though it is a bit absurd. A woman’s husband dies and she marries a brother. That brother dies and she marries another brother and so forth until she has been married to all seven brothers. Then she dies. Whose wife will she be at the resurrection? Keep in mind, they ask this question knowing that they think the resurrection is false. Jesus basically tells them they are missing the point. In the resurrection, our bodies will be different – perfect and glorious. There will also be a change in our spiritual nature. Jesus is saying that in regard to marriage and sexual matters, we will be like the angels (note that he did not say we will be angels but we will be like them.) But the Sadducees were mistaken so significantly not because of this absurd question but because they didn’t believe in the resurrection. This is a fundamental aspect of Jesus’ teaching and they missed it entirely. The next part of today’s Scripture is in regard to the greatest commandment. Keep in mind, 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 today. Think about this past week. How have you demonstrated love of God? What about love of neighbor? In the final portion of today’s Scripture, rather than allowing the Pharisees to try to entrap him, Jesus asks the hard question. He asks the group, “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They immediately respond, “The son of David.” How then, Jesus asked, could David call him by the Spirit ‘Lord’ when he said, “The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’ (Psalm 110:1). “If David”, Jesus said, “Calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” The Pharisees were unable to answer and “from that day on no one dared to question him...
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  • July 7, 2025; Matthew 22:1-22

    July 7, 2025; Matthew 22:1-22
    2025/07/07

    Daily Dose of Hope

    July 7, 2025

    Scripture - Matthew 22:1-22

    Prayer: Holy God, We come before you this morning in awe of your blessings and love. Thank you, Lord, for the ways you continue to guide our lives. Lord, we want more intimacy with you. We are desperate to know you better. In these next few moments of silence, Jesus, please speak to us. We need to hear your voice... In Your Name, Amen.

    Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, a Deep Dive into the Gospels and Acts. Today is the first day of Vacation Bible School (VBS) at New Hope. We are expecting close to 200 children. Please pray for every single child and their families, may they come to know Jesus.

    Today, we are starting Matthew 22. We are starting with the parable of the wedding banquet and it’s a hard one. Let’s remember that parables are not meant to be taken literally. Parables are intended to surprise the audience to make a point. What can we learn from the Kingdom of God from this parable? Let’s be careful not to make arbitrary links between the text and God. For instance, the king is like God in some ways, but he is not the same as God. Also, his son is not Jesus.

    This particular parable is somewhat complex and difficult to make sense of. Why did the king not invite everyone to his banquet from the beginning? Why did the invited guests reject the king’s invitation? That would have been unheard of in their culture! And then, the king’s violence against the guests who didn’t attend does not make a lot of sense. What is the radical message of this parable?

    One possibility is that Jesus is actually continuing the parables of the Two Sons and the Wicked Tenants by making the point that there is nothing more important than doing God’s will. Even though people are called or invited to do God’s work, they may neglect or refuse it, consumed with their own needs and self-interest. But God isn’t giving up on his work of saving people and calling others to join him in that task. The subversive message might be that the position and status of religious leaders, such as the Pharisees, will not last forever. God is going to achieve his purposes no matter what. It may mean breaking traditions and doing new things.

    And then we have the passage about paying tax to Caesar. The Jewish leaders are really trying to find a way to trap Jesus. By this point, they can’t stand him and they simply want him out of their way. He threatens their authority and what they find important. Thus, they ask him about the poll tax. We discussed this in Mark too. This was a flat tax that every person living in the Roman Empire was forced to pay. To the Jews, it was a reminder that they were far from free. If Jesus had responded with a positive remark like “yes, definitely pay it!” then he would have turned off a lot of his audience. If he had said, “don’t pay it!” then he would have been seen as turning against Rome, a dangerous thing. The way that Jesus answered the question blew everyone away!

    More tomorrow.

    Blessings,

    Pastor Vicki
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  • July 4, 2025

    July 4, 2025
    2025/07/04
    Daily Dose of Hope Happy 4th of July everyone! It is our prayer that God bless America and that we will never take for granted the freedom and many blessings we enjoy in this great nation. Matthew 21:28–46 Jesus tells a story: A dad says, “Go work the field, boys.” Son #1: “Nope.” Then later... shows up sweating. Son #2: “Yes, sir!” Then... disappears like socks in a dryer. Which one obeyed? The one who actually did something. Catch this: God’s not impressed with your churchy “yes” if your life says “no.” Talk is cheap. Action? That’s where the faith grows. Stone Cold Truth: Jesus Doesn’t Do Fake Next, Jesus drops a parable about a vineyard (again). God plants it, hires folks to care for it, sends people to check on it… The tenants beat the messengers, kill the heir (which represents… Jesus), and think they’ll get away with it. Spoiler: They don’t. This is a wake-up call for anyone playing landlord with God’s stuff, your life, your time, your talents. It all belongs to Him. Steward it. Don’t steal it. " The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone." (Matthew 21:42) Don’t toss Jesus out of your plans, He’s the only foundation worth building on. Here are some practical truths: • Be the sweaty son. Even if your start was slow, finish strong. • Faith is more than a bumper sticker. Obedience is louder than opinions. • You’re not the owner of the vineyard. Just the manager. Use it well. • Don’t reject the Stone. If Jesus isn’t the center, the whole thing cracks. This might be funny but trust me, it´s true: If saying “yes” was all it took, gym memberships would make us all fit, and Bible apps would make us saints. But showing up daily, faithfully, that’s what changes things. Prayer: Lord, help me obey with more than my lips. Let my life say “yes” where my pride once said “no.” Keep me grounded in Christ, the Cornerstone. And make my life a vineyard that gives You glory. Amen. Challenge: • Say “yes” to God and follow through. Make the call. Send the text. Serve the need. • Ask: Where have I said “yes” to Jesus but acted “no”? Repent and reset. • Identify a place in your life where Christ isn’t the Cornerstone, just yet. 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… https://www.findnewhope.com
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