Tapestry at NHBC

08/21/2026

06/06/2026

Only a couple spots left in a room for 4

06/06/2026

Day 147 - Children and student activities start at 6:15 pm & Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm. No Wednesday Evening meal, eat before or after Church. Church should be open by 6pm.

Love Pays the Price | Hosea 3:2

“So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.” — Hosea 3:2

This is the moment the story turns. Hosea doesn’t just go to find her.

He buys her. Let that sit on you for a second. His unfaithful wife. Hooking up on a street corner. Owned by a pimp.
And the only way to bring her home is to buy her back.

Underline those words, “So I bought her.” And this is important. No argument. No hesitation. No condition.

The price? Thirty shekels in total—silver and barley combined. The cost of a slave.

She had fallen from wife, to object, and then to property. And Hosea steps in and pays the price, or redeems her, to bring her back. Not because she earned it. Not because she asked for it. But because he chose to love her.

This is not just a story. This is a picture. This is exactly what God does for you. He doesn’t stand at a distance and call you to fix yourself. He steps in. He pays. He redeems.

The image is unmistakable—redemption always comes at a cost.

The redemption of mankind comes at a great cost, and that cost is not silver or grain. It’s blood. The blood of a perfect man for imperfect humanity.

What Hosea does here is what God has done for you in Jesus. You were not rescued for free. You were not redeemed cheaply. You were bought.

If you’ve been treating your faith casually. If you’ve been drifting, cheating, and compromising. You’re forgetting the price.

Today, remember: you were purchased. You were purchased because you have great value to God. See things from God's perspective and start acting like you are worth it, because God thinks you are.

DO THIS:
Take time today to reflect on the cost of your redemption and thank God specifically for what He has done for you.

ASK THIS:
Why is it easy to forget the cost of redemption?
How does remembering the price change the way you live?
Where might you be treating something costly as if it were cheap?

PRAY THIS:
Father, thank You for the price You paid to redeem me. Help me live in a way that reflects the cost of Your love. Amen.

06/06/2026

Come love on Bill and Sherrie 10am-12pm 💒

01/23/2026

Day 23 - Due to inclement weather Sunday, New Heights AM service will be online only. Please listen 11AM on radio K106, or New Heights facebook live, or live stream. For the safety of our community Sunday due to icy road conditions.
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Unpicked to Proven | 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

Some of the most defining moments in life aren’t victories.
They’re the moments you were overlooked.
Not chosen.
Not impressive enough.
Not the one anyone expected to matter.

Paul actually wants you to remember those moments —
because they’re the key to seeing how God works.

Our text today is 1 Corinthians 1:26-29:
"For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God." — 1 Corinthians 1:26–29

God doesn’t choose people the way the world does.
He’s not scanning for the polished, the pedigreed, or the popular.

He looks for the humble.
The ones without a platform.
The ones without the résumé.
The ones the world doesn’t even see.

Why?
Because God loves turning the unpicked into the proven.

God picks the ones nobody picks to prove what only He can do.

That’s the gospel pattern:

The weak shame the strong.
The foolish confront the wise.
The overlooked carry the truth.
The small things become his strategy.
You weren’t chosen because you were qualified.
You were chosen because Christ was qualified.

And in Christ, your story becomes his showcase. Your weakness becomes his window. Your life becomes his evidence.

So don’t resent the places where you feel overlooked.
Those are often the very places where God grips your life the tightest and displays His strength the loudest.

DO THIS:
Write down one weakness you usually hide — then ask God to use that exact weakness as a platform for His strength today.

ASK THIS:
Where do you feel overlooked — and how might God use that?
What weakness in your life might actually be a doorway for God’s power?
Are you comparing yourself to others instead of trusting God’s calling?

PRAY THIS:
Jesus, thank You for choosing what the world overlooks. Turn my weakness into a platform for Your strength. Amen.