New Hope Wesleyan Church – Thomasville, NC

In one of those times while searching for inspiration, I picked up an old book entitled “Leaves of Gold” copyrighted by Evan S. Coslett. This old book was given to me by Mrs. Roy Parker just after her husband Rev. Roy Parker had went to Heaven. Contained in this old book are the thoughts of many people who have since “passed on”. As I began reading my thoughts went back to a time, just after Roy’s death, while sitting at Mrs. Parker’s kitchen table enjoying a cup of her good coffee and lessening to how things used to be “ back in the day”; When Mrs. Parker stopped in almost mid-sentence and said: “That Roy Parker makes me so mad”! Why is that I asked. She simply said with tears in her eyes and a smile on her face, “Roy got to Heaven before I did”. When I think of that summer morning and the thoughts Mrs. Parker imparted to me I get a smile on my face and a tear in my eye as well.

The words of Mrs. Parker were said to me in the 1980’s the thoughts of Dinger were pinned before 1935. The point of this devotional is this: Our thoughts which are expressed through our lips affect people for many years, many times even after we have “passed on”. These words either are a blessing to others or they bring much pain and hurt and we get to choose which it will be. May our prayer be: “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalms 19:14) (NIV)

>Learning in Life: Learn from the mistakes of others; you won’t live long enough to make them all yourself. (I Corinthians 10:1- 12)

>Destination; Anywhere: The person who doesn’t know where he is going usually gets there in record time. (Psalms 25:1-5)

>Unseen Obstacles: The ladder of life is full of splinters- most of which you don’t see until you start sliding down. (Psalms 25:16-21)

>Hardened Minds: Some minds are like concrete- all mixed up and permanently set. (Romans 8:5-11 & Philippians 4:8)

>Temper: Temper gets most of us in trouble, but it is pride that keeps us there. (Proverbs 16:17-20)

>Grace: God loves us the way we are – but cares too much to leave us that way. (1 Timothy 1:12-17)

Thank you for visiting the New Hope Web Site and our devotional page! Because your time is valuable and if you are like most of us, very busy; this devotional page is dedicated to “sentence sermons.” These “sentence sermons” are designed to be uplifting and to encourage you as you face our challenging and ever changing world. My prayer is that these devotionals will empower you to face your particular needs today.

God Bless,
Pastor: Hawkins

• Always remember, you can’t be anything you want to be; but you can be everything God wants you to be. (Philippians 4:12-13)
• You are a unique creation, God’s design; you can do something that no one else can do, in a fashion that is uniquely yours.(I Peter 4:10-11)
• God is working in you to help you want to, and be able to what pleases Him. (Philippians 1:6)
• When you are down on yourself and think your life is not important just remember this, God made only one you! (Ephesians 1:11)
• God never calls you to be anyone other than you. (Romans 12:1-2)
• It makes no sense to seek your God given strength until you trust in His. (Psalms 121& Proverbs 20:24 )
• When you transfer your trust to Christ, He not only pardons you; He places you in His family of friends. (Ephesians 2:19-22)
• Just do something and see what happens. (Galatians 6:10)
• Don’t just see yourself as a product of your parent’s DNA, but a brand new idea from Heaven. (Psalm 139)
• In God’s eyes there is no common life. (Psalms 139)