Daily Dose of Hope from New Hope

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.

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  Episode #12

  August 20, 2026; Genesis 11

  Aug 20, 20264 minS16

  Daily Dose of Hope August 20, 2026 Scripture: Genesis 11 Prayer: Dear Holy God, Your love is amazing. Thank you for the way you care for us. In these next few moments of silence, Lord, help us focus on you...Lord Jesus, help us set aside every distraction and take this time to lean on you. We want to hear your voice. Amen. Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional and podcast that complements the New Hope Church daily Bible reading plan. We are currently doing a deep dive into the books of Genesis and Exodus. Today, our reading is Genesis 11. This is the Tower of Babel passage. About a century after Noah, there were people who decided to make a name for themselves by building a high tower, higher and more powerful than any other building ever created, so high it would reach the heavens. This was a tower of pride and arrogance. They thought that by creating this tower, they could be strong and unified as a people, and it would keep them from having to multiply and spread throughout the earth. God had told them to be fruitful and multiply. They wanted to be strong and remain planted in one place, solidifying their power. They wanted to grow in greatness and fame. So God intervenes. In keeping with his promise, God doesn't send a flood or another terrible calamity. He intervenes by making it so they can't communicate with one another. You can't be strong and unified if you can't understand each other. And so they were scattered all over the earth. Here is where we begin to see an interesting shift. God is no longer going to seek a relationship with all the world's nations. Rather, this is when he begins to seek a relationship with one nation. He would enter into covenant with a new people that did not yet exist – Israel. The rest of the chapter is more genealogy. We see how the focus is moving from the scattered nations to one specific bloodline. God's promises will still be fulfilled but in a slightly different way through a different group of people. Blessings, Pastor Vicki

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  Episode #11

  August 19, 2026; Genesis 10

  Aug 19, 20264 minS16

  Daily Dose of Hope August 19, 2026 Scripture: Genesis 10 Prayer: Almighty God, As we move into a new day, we pray that today will be a day that we see glimpses of your glory. We need you, we yearn for you. Lord, help us set aside our distractions and settle our scattered thoughts so we can focus on you and you alone. In the next few moments of silence, Lord, hear our prayers... In Your Name, Amen. Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional and podcast that complements the New Hope Church daily Bible reading plan. We are currently doing a deep dive into the book of Genesis, which will be followed by a deep dive into Exodus. I think you have already realized there is a lot of substance in these chapters! Today, our reading is Genesis 10. Let's start out by stating that this isn't the most interesting chapter. It's the list of the clans of Noah's sons. But if we look a little closer, we realize there is much to learn in this chapter. In the previous chapter, we learned about Ham and his curse. His sons are listed here is verse 6. They are Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. You probably immediately notice Egypt and Canaan, and we notice that for generations, they were the enemies of God's people. But there is more. In verse 8, we read that Ham's son, Cush, is the father of Nimrod. Nimrod was a tremendous warrior and his kingdom was centered in Babylon (who eventually conquered the Southern Kingdom of Judah) and Shinar, where the tower of Babel was built (we will read about that tomorrow). Nimrod's territory also extends into Assyria (who conquered the Northern Kingdom) and he builds the famous city of Ninevah. In verse 13, we read that Ham's son, Egypt, is the father of the Kasluhites. That is the group from which the Philistines were descended. In verse 14, we read that Ham's son, Canaan is the father of Sidon. From Sidon came the Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, and Hivites – all of whom were removed from the Promised Land by Joshua and the Hebrew army. It is fascinating to see how many of the cities, nations, and tribes, descended from Ham, become outright enemies of God's people. That curse was real, my friends. I know that genealogies can be boring, but they are included for a reason. If we look deeper, what we realize is that these genealogies can unlock so much of the Old Testament. Often, they even pave the way for the New Testament, and explain nuances that we just don't get unless we look beneath the surface. Blessings, Pastor Vicki

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  Episode #10

  August 18, 2026; Genesis 9:18-28

  Aug 18, 20266 minS16

  Daily Dose of Hope August 18, 2026 Scripture: Genesis 9:18-28 Prayer: Holy God, We come before you today in humility and awe. You are a good God. You, who put the stars and planets in motion, also created us. You care about the most minute details of our lives. You have numbered the hairs on our head. Thank you for loving us. Thank you for caring so much. Help us be put even a small reflection of your love toward those around us. More of you and less of me, Jesus. Amen. Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional and podcast that complements the New Hope Church daily Bible reading plan. We are currently doing a deep dive into the book of Genesis, which will be followed by a deep dive into Exodus. I think you have already realized there is a lot of substance in these chapters! Today, our reading is the second half of Genesis 9. Although the judgment of the flood changed the earth, it did not change the heart of humans, which is still inherently sinful. Today's reading is strange. Most of you probably noticed that. But I don't think the point of the story is Noah's drunkenness. Rather, the point is that even though we have this beautiful renewed earth and humans are given a second chance, sin is still rearing its ugly head. Let's go deeper. The Scripture says that Noah, as the new Adam, is a man of the ground, which means he was a farmer. He plants a vineyard and gets drunk on his wine. Here is where things get odd. In his drunken state, Noah is naked in his tent. Thus, his nakedness was seen by his three sons. Most of us would say, well who cares? Not that big a deal. But there is more here than we can see on the surface. What does it mean that the three sons "saw Noah's nakedness?" There are different theories. One is simply that Ham saw his dad naked and didn't do anything to cover him up. He then shared this bit of gossip with his brothers. That is the most straightforward, but it seems a little extreme that his father would then curse him and his sons forever. More scholars tend to think that some kind of sexual sin occurred here. Some think that Ham sexually assaulted his father and others think he assaulted his mother, who was most likely laying next to Noah. Regardless, it was bad and then he went and told his brothers. His brothers had more wisdom. In contrast to Ham, Shem and Japheth went to great trouble to cover up their father and not look at his naked body. They actually walk backwards so they don't have to see his exposed parts. And they end up being blessed for this. And Ham ends up being cursed. Actually, its his son, Canaan, who really gets the curse. This is a painful lesson. When we sin, we make the assumption that we are going to bear the consequences of that sin. But with so many things, it isn't just the sinner who bears the sin, it's their offspring and future generations. The sin of Ham results in the Canaanites being cursed – they become horribly perverse in the next few hundred years. In fact, the Canaanites are often held up as an example of how we are not supposed to be. The whole Canaanite culture was shaped by Ham's sin. It isn't until Jesus that we see this begin to change. I think of the Canaanite woman who begs Jesus to heal her daughter who is suffering. It's an odd exchange in the Scripture (look up Matthew 15 or Mark 7), and she and Jesus have dialogue about how even the dogs get to eat their owners' scraps. In the end, Jesus is amazed by both her wit and her faith. Her daughter is healed. And Jesus shows us that his mercy and love now extend even to the Canaanites. Blessings, Pastor Vicki

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  Episode #9

  August 17, 2026; Genesis 9:1-17

  Aug 17, 20267 minS16

  Daily Dose of Hope August 17, 2026 Scripture: Genesis 9:1-17 Prayer: Dear Holy God, Your love is amazing. Thank you for the way you care for us. In these next few moments of silence, Lord, help us focus on you...Lord Jesus, help us set aside every distraction and take this time to lean on you. We want to hear your voice. Amen. Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional and podcast that complements the New Hope Church daily Bible reading plan. We are currently deep-diving into the book of Genesis. Today's reading is the first half of Genesis 9. It's in this part of chapter 9 that God reestablishes his relationship with fallen humanity with a covenant, a binding agreement, a promise of sorts. Let's go back to today's scripture, Let's look at the exact wording, "I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants, and with all the animals that were on the boat with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on earth. Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth." And God says that the rainbow in the sky will be a sign of this covenant that God will never, ever again choose destruction as a means to deal with the evil and sin of humanity. What's interesting to me here is it almost appears that God regrets what he did. Maybe regret isn't the right word. God struggles with what had to happen. I think on some level, we get a picture of the tension between God's sense of justice and God's sense of love and mercy. God saw the hearts of human beings and was grieved by the evil that was present there. I think God is still grieved by the evil that is present in people ---this certainly has not gone away. We see sin and evil all over the world, in how people seem to have this capacity to demonstrate appalling cruelty toward other human beings. This has been a reality for centuries and centuries and it's a reality today. And it still grieves the heart of God. But what we see in the covenant with Noah is that God, knowing that humans aren't going to change, will change how he deals with us. God commits to find another way to redeem his creation --- no more worldwide floods or total calamity. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth. So what will God do instead? God still takes evil seriously but God will deal with evil differently. Really, all the stories that follow this one show how God lives out his faithfulness in different ways, eventually culminating in the coming of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. God judges but God also redeems, over and over and over again. Evil will be dealt with, but it will be dealt with in a different way, one in which all people can be redeemed and reconciled to a holy God who loves them and wants to be in relationship with. Some more thoughts on this: 1. We continue to be in God's care. This is a covenant for all time - it isn't cancelled out by subsequent covenants. The rainbow is God's cupped hand over the earth reminding us of his care and concern for the whole world. Wherever you are, whoever you are, you depend on God and on the earth, which is his gift to us. You may not think you do, but all we have is from God. We are in his care. 2. God is in covenant with all living creatures. All the creatures all over the face of this earth belong to God first. They exist for God and not simply for us. God has concern for all of earth's creatures. Psalm 104:24, How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. The world isn't just about us. God loves all the creatures, God loves all of creation, not just humanity. And thus, we should see to the welfare of the wider world in which we find ourselves. We are stewards of God's creation. How we treat it matters. How we treat what God loves matters. 3. This is the beginning of God's plan of salvation and redemption. God's will is the renewal of all creation, the whole earth. Saving individual human beings is part of God's mission but God's desire is to redeem all people and all of creation. The amazing and totally humbling thing is that he calls us to help him achieve this mission, to put things right. And we as the church, we are the primary vehicle for which God calls us to put things right. In light of the story of Noah and God's ever-lasting covenant with his creation, how might he be calling us to put things right? Blessings, Pastor Vicki

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  Episode #8

  August 14, 2026; Genesis 8

  Aug 14, 20264 minS16

  Daily Dose of Hope August 14, 2026 Scripture: Genesis 8 Prayer: Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, That my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, That my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, That I love but what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, To defend all that is holy. Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, That I always may be holy. Amen. Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional and podcast that complements the New Hope Church daily Bible reading plan. We are currently deep-diving into the book of Genesis. Today's reading is Genesis 8. Can you imagine what life was like on that ark? That was a long time to be hanging out just with family and a LOT of animals! I have all kinds of logistical questions but I will save those for another day. I think one of the best lines of this whole chapter is in verse 1, But God remembered Noah... God remembered Noah, his family, and all those animals. God remembered that ark floating over the floodwaters. God remembered Noah when the waters kept rising. God was always with Noah. We certainly don't have any indication that Noah did anything but trust God. We don't have any Scripture that indicates that Noah, after a few weeks, started panicking that God had left him on that ark to die with a bunch of stinky animals. Not at all. God remembered Noah. God remembered Noah so he sent a wind to cause the floodwaters to recede. The word wind here is actually the Hebrew word, ruach, which is generally translated as Spirit. You guys, this was the Holy Spirit! It was the Holy Spirit that caused the flood waters to recede so that Noah and the animals could find dry land. The Holy Spirit saw the need and took care of things. Our God doesn't forget. I want you to be assured that God remembers you too. Whatever "flood" or hardship you might be going through, please know that God remembers you too. Call upon the Holy Spirit to meet you at your point of need and he will. Blessings, Pastor Vicki

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