One Hope Outreach THE HUB Newsletter August 2025

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Dear friends and partners:

Thank you for your generous support each and every month. Your prayers and financial gifts to this ministry are seed sown into the lives of those who hear the gospel through the various media outlets and the Home Church Group of One Hope Outreach Ministry.

13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? 14 The sower soweth the word. -Mark 4:13-14 (KJV)

The Eden within:

In the Holy Bible’s creation account, God made man in His own likeness and image. Since God is Spirit then man in likeness is also a spirit being. The spirit of man is the heart of man, the innermost part of his existence. In the innermost part of man, “the heart” God has enabled man to receive words that come as seed planted. In Mark’s gospel account (4:14-20 KJV) Jesus likens the heart of man to soil of which seed are sown and the seed sown here are words. In this scripture account some seed fell on hard, rocky soil and didn’t produce anything while other seed fell into good soil which produced abundantly. The seed in this parable was all the same. The determining factor was the condition of the soil or the heart. The hard, rocky soil represents a hard heart that is resistant to truth. The good soil represents a tender and open heart to the truth.

When the seed of gospel truth is received into the heart and acted upon, that seed will then produce a harvest of eternal value both in this life and in the life hereafter.

What about you? Has the soil of your heart been tilled lately? Are you receptive to the life changing message of the Holy Bible? I urge you to open the Bible and read afresh with an open heart to receive. God will meet you there!!

-Marvin Smith

One Hope Outreach THE HUB Newsletter July 2025

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Dear friends and partners:

I want to thank you for your partnership with One Hope Outreach Ministry. Your prayers and support are having an impact around the world as we proclaim the gospel message of God’s saving grace.

Where you will spend eternity?

Do you know where you will spend eternity? Every person on planet earth will someday die and spend eternity somewhere. When your day comes to depart this life on earth, do you know for sure what your destination will be? According to the Bible, there are two possible choices of eternal existence: Heaven or Hell. Heaven is described as a paradise: a destiny and dwelling place with God for those that are born again. There, all tears are wiped from the eyes and every sorrow and pain is removed; for the former things have passed away (Rev. 21:1-4), and the redeemed enjoy the peaceful presence of God forever. Hell, on the other hand is described as separation from the presence of God, a place of weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth (Matt.8:12). A place of pain and anguish, where the soul of man never dies and will languish there in misery for all eternity (Luke 16:19-26, Mark 9:44-48).

The Bible says, “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). All of mankind is born with the moral disease called sin. The inbred sin nature of man keeps him separated from a relationship with a Holy God.

Man, within himself is without remedy for the sin problem. For the rescue of man from the sin dilemma, God provided His own solution. He sent His son Jesus Christ as a redeemer to purchase man unto Himself.

Sin is the reason Jesus came to the earth. Here He was crucified, buried and raised from the dead to effect reconciliation between sinful man and a Holy God. Through His sacrificial death, Jesus paid the ransom for man to be released from the penalty of sin and the dominion of sins. Once that price was paid, the sin problem was taken care of.

Even though God sent Jesus to pay for the sin of man and even though He holds nothing against mankind; any person can still go to Hell. Every man is born a free moral agent and holds the right to choose his own destiny. That is a free choice of every individual. The Bible says, “that no man can see nor enter the kingdom of heaven unless he is born again.” (John 3:3-8)

Jesus’ first message in the gospel of Matthew, was “repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matt. 4:17). Repentance is a decision that results in a change of mind (a renunciation of and reversal from sin) and a submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

There is no birth into the kingdom of God without hearing the call to salvation ( This article that you are reading is that call) renouncing of one’s sin and turning from sin too Christ the Savior (Acts 3:19).

Salvation, receiving eternal life, or being born again (all synonymous terms) does not come by doing good deeds, living a good moral life or even becoming a member of a church. The Bible says there is only one way to be saved and that is to be born again.

Jesus’ message of repentance and a call to salvation poses an inescapable decision to every person. Will you repent and receive Jesus as Savior and Lord? Settle that single most important question of your life. Pray the following prayer, sincerely, from your heart and receive Jesus as your Savior.

God, I come to you in Jesus’ name. You said in the Bible, “If I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe with the heart that you raised Him from the dead, I will be saved,” For it is believing in my heart that I am made right with God, and it is by confessing with my mouth that I am saved. I believe in my heart that Jesus died for my sins and was raised from the dead. I confess out loud and publicly that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I repent of my sin and will live for Him forever, amen!

-Marvin Smith

[Editor’s note: This article first appeared on One Hope Outreach ministry web page under “prayer request” “Receiving salvation” (by Marvin Smith) and was adapted for January 2025 edition of “The Hub” newsletter] and is again adapted for this July 2025 edition of “The Hub” newsletter.]

One Hope Outreach THE HUB Newsletter June 2025

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Dear friends and partners:

We are very grateful for your great generosity and continued prayer support of One Hope Outreach Ministry. Your support is having an impact around the world as we continue to broadcast the message of Jesus’ love for humanity.

Singing the right song:

It has been said that singing is the music of nature. Isaiah the Old Testament prophet says, “For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” The singing and rejoicing is because God’s word has gone forth accomplishing all that He sent it to do.

The Psalmist says, “The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.” Psalms 65:13 (KJV). Nature is sounding its joy for the goodness of God.

When King David had the ark of covenant brought and placed in the Tabernacle he delivered a fitting song unto Asaph and his brethren to sing thanksgiving to the Lord. In our Bibles we read for 36 versus the words of that song. (1 Chronicles 16:1-36 KJV). 

Here I will share just a few verses;

Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. 10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. 12 Remember his marvelous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth (1 Chronicles 16:8-12 (KJV).

When life seems to invade our minds; perhaps it is time to take a few moments to lift our voices to heaven and do our own singing and not leave nature to itself to do all the singing for us.

-Marvin Smith