North Hope Cooperative Ministries

08/18/2026

Day 99 — Leave a Better Legacy

“Leave a better legacy.”
One small thing you can do today to make the world better: Teach kids Jesus.

“How can we leave a better world for our children?”
I hear people say that all the time. “We should leave a better planet for our kids.”
Yes. We should!
Let’s take care of God’s creation. Let’s be good stewards of the world He created.

But in the process...Let’s leave better kids for His planet too!
Kids who...
Know kindness.
Tell the truth.
Love their neighbors.
Care for creation because it’s not ours; IT BELONGS TO GOD.
Value people more than they value possessions.
Seek peace instead of division.
…and know what it means to follow Jesus.

The best legacy we leave behind won’t have a hefty price tag.

It will point to the goodness of Christ because of the children you taught about Him.

Whether you have children...
Teach a classroom of them.
Coach a sports team.
Serve at your church.
Or you’re just living out loud for Him where others can see.
You are teaching children!

Today...

Live life in such a way that the generation coming behind you has one more reason to believe that love is stronger than hate.
That grace is stronger than bitterness.
And that Jesus is worth following.

Leaving the world a better place... Isn’t just about the world we leave. It’s about the people we leave in it.

Love First...Love Always!
🙏❤️🙏
Rev B

08/15/2026

Day 96 — Start with the Mirror

One small thing you can do today to make the world better: Be harder on yourself than you are on everyone else.

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to see what's wrong with other people?
We spot their mistakes.
Their faults.
Their bad attitudes.
Their poor decisions.

Yet somehow...our own shortcomings often seem much smaller.

Jesus understood that tendency.
That's why He said, "Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but fail to notice the plank in your own?"

The Kingdom of God is a mirror before it's a microscope.
Followers of Jesus don't begin by examining everyone else's hearts.
We begin by inviting Christ to examine our own.

It's much easier to point a finger...than to open our hands and say, "Lord, begin with me."

Today...Before criticizing someone else...Pause.
Ask yourself, "Is there anything in me that Jesus wants to change first?"

Because that's where transformation begins.
Not with winning arguments.
Not with proving we're right.
But with humble hearts that are willing to be changed.

The world doesn't need more people keeping score.
It needs more people becoming like Christ.

That's the Way.
That's the movement.
That's...Love First...Love Always!
🙏❤️🙏
Rev B

08/13/2026

08/12/2026

Day 93 — Join the Movement

One small thing you can do today to make the world better: Choose to live differently.

Over the past few months, we've shared these little "One Small Thing" posts each morning.
At first, they were simply daily encouragement.
But I've begun to realize something.
This isn't just a series of posts.

It can become a movement.
A quiet...
joyful...
countercultural movement.

A movement of people who choose to love before judging.
Who forgive before getting even.
Who listen before arguing.
Who pray before reacting.
Who refuse the mob.
Who cross the street.
Who speak life.
Who walk the way of Jesus.

The world has enough outrage.
Enough division.
Enough fear.
Enough people asking, "What's in it for me?"

What if we became known for asking a different question?
"How can I love first?"

That's countercultural!
And that's exactly what Jesus did!

The earliest followers of Christ changed the world one life at a time.
Not because they held power.
But because they lived differently.

Today...Join the movement!
Choose one small act of Christlike love.
Then another tomorrow.
And another the next day.
Because that's how the Kingdom grows.
Not all at once.
But one transformed heart...one faithful act...one small thing at a time.

Love First...Love Always!
🙏❤️🙏
Rev B

08/10/2026

Day 91 — Step Into the Storm

One small thing you can do today to make the world better: Face today with courage because Christ goes with you.

Yesterday, many of us gathered to worship.
We prayed.
We sang.
We blessed backpacks.
We celebrated a new beginning.

And today...Monday arrives.
Children head back to school.
Teachers unlock classroom doors.
Parents begin another busy week.
Many of us return to work carrying hopes, worries, and responsibilities that no one else can see.

Life has a way of moving quickly.
Sometimes it even feels like stepping into a storm.

But remember...The disciples didn't find Jesus only after the storm had passed.
They found Him in the middle of it.
The promise of Christ has never been that we'll avoid every storm.
The promise is that we never face them alone.

So today...Walk into your classroom.
Walk into your office.
Walk into your home.
Walk into whatever this week brings...With quiet confidence.

Not because you know exactly what will happen.
But because you know who walks beside you.

Whatever this week holds...Christ is already there!

Because making the world better begins with people who carry the peace of Jesus into the middle of life's storms.

Love First...Love Always!
🙏❤️🙏
Rev B

08/09/2026

Day 90 — Get in the Game

One small thing you can do today to make the world better: Don't stop at attending church. Live what you've learned when you leave.
I love gathering for worship.
I love singing together.
Praying together.
Learning together.
Sharing Holy Communion together.
The Church is one of God's greatest gifts.

But church was never meant to be the destination!
It was meant to be the starting point.

Here's an illustration that has helped me think about it.

Five men or women sitting in a locker room don't make a basketball team. They may have the uniforms. They may know the plays. They may even love the game.

But until they step onto the court...they're not playing basketball.

The same is true for us!
We don't become followers of Jesus simply by attending church.
We become followers by living His way every day.

Church is where we are encouraged.
Equipped.
Challenged.
Fed.

Then we're sent back into the world to love our neighbors, forgive our enemies, seek justice, extend grace, and bear witness to Christ.

Today...Don't just attend.
Participate.
Don't just listen.
Practice.
Don't just admire the teachings of Jesus.
Live them.

Because making the world better doesn't happen only inside the walls of a church.
It happens when followers of Jesus leave those walls and carry His love into the world.

So...Get in the game.

Love First...Love Always!
🙏❤️🙏
Rev B

08/04/2026

An invitation to be congregations that don’t sit and wait, but that go and create, led by the laity, supported by clergy and fueled by the call to evangelism.

07/28/2026