An Encouraging Word from New Hope – “Our Mighty Creator” Pastor Mike Hiller
Sept. 4, 2025
Please note that the links to the service and various things are in a very light yellow. I apologize I am trying to figure out how to fix that. The links are there they’re just very light. But you can still click on them to see the sermon or the references in the Bible.
Dear Beloved in Christ,
Reviewing what we have learned through the week enables us to be active listeners that meditate on God’s Word so that we might be doers💞 of His Word, not just hearers only, deceiving ourselves. James 1:22
Romans 10:17 ESV
[17] So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
https://bible.com/bible/59/rom.10.17.ESV
Hebrews 11:6 ESV
[6] And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
https://bible.com/bible/59/heb.11.6.ESV
Scripture encourages us greatly to meditate on God’s word day and night.
Psalm 1:1-3 ESV
[1] Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
[2] but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
[3] He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.1.1-3.ESV
The time and energy we put into the Word of God has great rewards, temporary as well as eternal.
Of course, each of us have things in our natural day that are required, but how many times through our day do we fill ourselves with the world’s thinking through what we listen to in music, just letting our TVs or electronic devices feed our brains with various things that are not healthy for our souls…😯🙃?
Some of the stuff of the world is a bit like sugar, a little is okay, a lot’s going to make you sick.
Other stuff the world happily feeds us is more like chocolate-coated cyanide and completely poisonous to our walk with Christ.
After Moses had died, Joshua was called by God to lead the people into the Promised Land. These are some of the words God spoke to him:
Joshua 1:7-9 ESV
[7] Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
[8] This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
[9] Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
https://bible.com/bible/59/jos.1.7-9.ESV
This past Sunday Pastor Hiller taught on “Our Mighty Creator.”
We read from Psalm 8:1-9:
Psalm 8:1-9 ESV
[1] O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
[2] Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
[3] When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
[4] what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
[5] Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
[6] You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,
[7] all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
[8] the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
[9] O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.8.1-9.ESV
One of the things that really important me from the sermon was the following quote, (to the best of my ability)
“This amazing God that created such an expansive Universe – Do you come to a God like that and just ask him to be your servant? Just come to Him when you want something?
Do you make Him your consultant and just consult Him every now and then?
No! You come to this God as His servant and His disciple. And you worship this God and praise Him. He has to be King. Not just someone that you call on when you want something. He has to be the Lord and Ruler in our lives. He is the Center of our existence.”
Aren’t those words beautiful, powerful and true?💞
Let’s diligently seek God this week by meditating on these verses and the sermon throughout the week and allowing God’s Word to penetrate our often stubborn hearts and busy schedules and worship Him alone in all we do.
Missed – or Forgotten – the sermon?🙃🙃😊
You can review it here!
https://youtu.be/ZODlzPwDcZA?si=8_Iz_eY_AMwLO4tl
The service starts around 3:15 timing on the video after the pre-service music.
The sermon starts around 24:45 on the video starting with the Bible verses.
Join us this coming Sunday, Sept. 7th as we look forward to hearing Pastor Joe Watson preach from Deut. 30:15-20 on “The Lord is Your Life.”
So many times there are things that take precedence in our lives and clutter out the importance of the Living God as the source and reason for All We Do and all of our lives.
How can we bring our thoughts and focus daily back to God and not blaspheme God by minimizing His importance in our lives?😪😯
Come on down Sunday to find out!😊
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Blessings and God’s peace!
Christ crucified. Hope for this life – and eternity.
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.” 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 ESV
In Christ’s Love, Christa for New Hope
New Hope Lutheran Church - Golden, CO 