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Monday, March 30, 2026

The Safe-Keeping of the Heart [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 23:12–24:2]

How can the heart be kept safe? Proverbs 23:12–24:2 looks forward to the midweek sermon. In these twenty-six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we keep our heart safe from following evil by giving it to the wise’s wisdom. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson) Summary of the transcript of the audio: The devotional centers on the vital importance of cultivating a wise and godly heart through faithful instruction, disciplined correction, and loyal devotion to godly parents and generations past and future. From Proverbs 23:12–24:2, it emphasizes that true wisdom begins with the heart’s surrender to divine truth, parental guidance, and the fear of the Lord, rather than worldly allurements such as drunkenness, gluttony, or immoral relationships.

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CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, March 25. 6:30p in the Chapel. (see the Prayer Meeting Folder) We will hear a sermon from Proverbs 22:22–23:11 then PRAY until around 8 p.m.

▫Monthly Men’s Breakfast, Saturday, March 28, 7a in the Fellowship Hall

▫Church Workday, Saturday, March 28, 8:30a in the Fellowship Hall

▫Children’s Catechism for March 29. Q45 What did Christ undertake in the covenant of grace? To keep the whole law for His people, and to suffer the punishment due to their sins. [CC 45 Simply Explained: “Christ's Act of Obedience”]

▫Shorter Catechism for March 29. Q22. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man? Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to Himself a true body and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without sin. [WSC 22 Simply Explained: “How God the Son Became the God-Man”]

▫Memory Verse for March 29, Nahum 1:8, But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, and darkness will pursue His enemies.

▫Songs for public worship on March 29: ARP45B [mp3], ARP108A [mp3], ARP119I [mp3]

▫Diaconate Meeting, Thursday, April 2.

▫Session Meeting, Wednesday, April 22, at 8p.m. in the Pastor’s Study.

Weekly Schedule: Study, Worship, Fellowship, and Pray with Hopewell!

Each Lord's Day
9:50a - Free full breakfast during…
10a - Sabbath School for all ages
11a - Public Worship (current series: Nahum)
1p - Coffee/Fellowship Time
1p - Catechism Class
1:15p - Shared Food Fellowship (there's always plenty, so come!)
2:50p - Memory Verse Recitations and Song Requests
3:00p - Psalm/hymn Sing
3:45p - Evening Sermon (current series: Song of Songs)

Wednesdays
6:30p in the Chapel - Midweek Prayer Meeting for all ages. We hear a sermon from Proverbs and then join all together in prayer led by men, before splitting into groups and individuals for intercession, thus balancing being led in praying corporately together with giving everyone an opportunity to pray out loud and covering our requests list.

Every Day in Your Home
You are the most important individual on earth in your and your children's spiritual lives!

Scripture teaches us that shepherd-teachers and every other member of the church are given as gifts from Jesus to help us grow up into Him. But there is nothing that anyone else can do that will substitute for daily worship of Him, by those means that He has appointed, through which He works in us by His grace.

The Hopewell at Home daily devotional guide is a weekly publication that comes alongside to facilitate personal and family devotions. Freshly written every week by a pastor who knows those entrusted to his spiritual care (Heb 13:17), it not only enables you to see the meaning of the text by asking simple, inductive questions, but also gives a sample exposition and application for you to use for yourself, as a couple, or as a family.

Other Service, Fellowship, and Worship Opportunities
The ministry of the Gospel at Hopewell focuses especially upon those church activities started and commanded by Christ Himself. While formalized/programmed events can be useful to get us going, our elders encourage us to take the initiative ourselves.

Some examples have included a ladies' book club, sidewalk ministry at Planned Parenthood of Nashville, and a ladies' fellowship tea put on by some of the youngest ladies in the congregation.

What ministries will you be starting, or are you already participating in, that you will use to encourage the rest of the church in walking with the Lord?

Men's Breakfasts
Led by one of our elders, on the 4th Saturday of each month, men ages 1-121 gather for breakfast at 7 a.m. and read and discuss some profoundly helpful Scripture or scriptural book. We’re currently studying Building a Godly Home, v1: A Holy Vision for Family Life by William Gouge—the first volume of a masterfully exposited and applied treatment of Ephesians 5:21–6:9.

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