One Hope Outreach THE HUB Newsletter April/May 2026

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Dear friends and partners:

Thank you so much for your faithful prayers and financial support of One Hope Outreach Ministry. Your support enables the ministry to continue reaching out to a hurting world and penetrate the darkness with the light of the gospel.

Are you committed?

God’s plan for His church is to be triumphant in every season and at all times. Jesus said in Matthew 16:18 (KJV) “I will build my church: and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” The church (Christianity) has always been a restraining force against evil perpetrated by the devil.

Jesus Christ is calling every Christian to stand true to the Holy scriptures and live a life consecrated to Him. The believer is to be committed to the teachings of the Bible regardless of what is happening in the world. When the disciples asked Jesus when will the end of the age come and what will be the signs, Jesus began by saying, “take heed that no man deceive you” (Matthew 24:4 KJV).

There are many voices competing for our attention. Those voices are crying out to deceive all who will believe the perpetuation of their moral wickedness. Not only do the voices vie for attention but demand no resistance to their moral depravity.

The apostle Paul, in his letter to the church at Rome describes a people that have rejected God and desired that He have not governance in their life at all. That people, according to scripture, (Romans 1:16-32 KJV), was given up to have their way in their own life. The result was depravity, moral corruption and despicable displays of wickedness, unthinkable to a reasonable and morally grounded society.

Today, more than any time in our recent past, wickedness is openly displayed without the fear of God or His judgment. There are many well designed evil statements, phrases, narratives, and philosophies which are aimed at leading a society away from a well-worn path of moral stability.

There is a clarion call for every believer to come out from among the world system and be separated unto God. To live life in the power of His Spirit and be committed to His service. What about you? Have you committed yourself to the only Savior, Jesus Christ; to serve Him and place your trust in Him for your very existence both now and for all eternity? The believers in Jesus as Lord and Savior are the ones identified in scripture as the church, the body of Christ. Are you born into the church through a personal relationship with Jesus?

If so, there is power to overcome evil, resident in your heart, sufficiently supplied by the Holy Spirit to overcome every plot of Satan.

After all, the church is the overcoming ones, because, once again, Jesus said, “----I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.”

-Marvin Smith

[Editor’s note] Portions of this article are adapted from the same subject that first appeared in the April 2023 and April 2025 edition of The Hub Newsletter written by Marvin Smith.