NEW HOPE SERMONS SERIES -FINDING SHALOM IN PSALMS
 In lieu of our meeting together, here is the sermon for Sunday 3/15. So we can maintain our interaction together, please post your thoughts and reflections on our WhatsApp connection. In these shifting times that will be an encouragement to us all. |  This is my sermon on Sunday. It is called God's right turns and explains the reasons for Keith and my surprising move to Florida this spring. I hope it is an encouragement to you who find God calling you to take a right turn you did not expect. |  Many of us face great changes and choices in 2020 which can cause anxiety and doubt. God can help us "fight for sight." |
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 The Christmas model of God's extravagant giving at Christmas is a model for our own lifestyle |  Service of Hanging of the Greens at New Hope. There are two files in one document - the meditation Dr. Mary Lou gave as an introduction to the service and the bulletin itself so you can copy this service in your own context in the future. |  Have you thought about the implications of the Messianic prophecy "The government shall be on his shoulders"? For decades I somehow missed this phrase, but it is loaded with implications for our global world today. |
 Being God's thermostat is God's call for the church to live out God's call for justice and mercy and love. This is a subject very close to my heart and very relevant to our internationals here. Included is also a picture of our church members who were present on Sunday |  Resting in God's love is God's great provision for the believer that will sustain and empower us in all life's circumstances - Updates on our alzheimer situation |  One of the blessings of shalom is living in community. Living in cross-cultural community multiples those blessings! |
 What amazing stories come when we follow the Spirit's lead in corporate intercession! the picture we can use is from exodus 17 - of Aaron and Hur lifting up Moses' hand in prayer as Joshua fought on the battle field. |  The vision of church as a foretaste of our multicultural heaven is a passion in my own life. Today with 16 here we represented 10 nations! And 9 of our other members, from Haiti and China and U.S and Brazil, were missing. May New Hope be a global model. |  Part of the wonder of salvation is that Jesus Christ can wipe away all our guilt and shame when we come to HIm. |
 Jesus said we can be set free. Free from what? |  The Lord IS our Shepherd. He leads beside still waters, He feeds us in verdant pastures; He restores our soul. All people who have faced brokenness, suffering and unending grief need to know His wonderful restoration. |  God's healing is physical, emotional, spiritual and mental and greatly needed by everyone on the planet! It is one of the key components of our shalom, or well-being. |
 Experiencing the wonder of the God's creation is a source of shalom for our souls. |  Experiencing the joy of our salvation is the foundation basis for shalom. |  Here is the next sermon on 'Living toward the vision of shalom' - this week dealing with receiving Jesus' peace |
 It is a powerful witness when Christians can be known as people who are flourishing in community, in the Biblical values of shalom, and in the well-being and peace that everyone is searching for. |