Hope & Encouragement

Ever feel like life is just a series of ups and downs, good times and tough times, and you're constantly trying to keep your head above water? Maybe letting go of control is the key to everything.

Sometimes, the path we think leads to fulfillment actually leads us to a dead end, leaving us wondering, "What was the point?"

What if freedom from anxiety isn’t just a distant hope, but a real and present possibility?

This Christmas, let’s reframe the familiar phrase, “Jesus is the reason for the season.” While it’s true that Jesus is the central figure of Christmas, there’s a deeper layer we often miss. What if we told you you are the reason for the season?

Have you ever felt like your life was too messy for God? Remember God works in the mess, and the mess is why God sent the Messiah. The mess of Christmas reveals the depth of God’s love for us. Discover how the glory of Christmas shines brightest in the mess we try to hide.

Your definition of success determines your conduct and satisfaction with life.

God’s character matters for how we understand and interact with Him, and how we view His promises and actions.

Because God is in control, we can trust He has the power to fulfill His promises.

Because God is unchanging, we can trust His promises of salvation, hope, access to God, comfort, and redemption.

Jesus’ arrival means that peace can be achieved between God and humankind. Peace comes through Jesus. We are both recipients & providers of peace.

Zechariah’s story is a reminder that God hears our prayers and is at work in ways that are beyond what we can often imagine, even if it exceeds our life on earth.

Mary responded in faith to the angelic messages given to her. She responded thoughtfully, gradually, in amazement and wonder, and willing to surrender.

When you embrace Jesus as Comforter, it changes everything.

We are the answer to Jesus' prayer to reach the world.

How can we be concerned without worrying? What tools does God give us to combat worry and anxiety?

Don't mistake Jesus as being passive. The Ascended Jesus is present with us.

You can have an encounter with Jesus, and just like the disciples, it changes you forever

Why do we celebrate Easter?

Have you had a mountaintop experience and then your world came crashing down?

What's the big deal about living good lives? Because we're going to suffer for following Jesus, we need each other to help us get through.

How we live our life matters, because we have hope and, because others need hope.

Why be good? What's the big deal with how e live our lives? Why does hope matter? Why does how we live matter?

It’s easy to be critical of the Church and focus on what’s wrong with her (and rightly so at times), but let’s look at what Jesus had to say about His Church.

The Gospel is for everyone who fears and believes in Jesus Christ.

How do we find joy when things aren’t going our way?

The Easter story is a story of hope, but we are going to focus on three men who were hoping for change.

Jesus found in the 5th chapter of the Gospel of Mark and these moments were Jesus met 3 very different and very needy people who, once they meet Jesus, are all given what they can only be described as New Life.

Mark shows us that Jesus’ intension was singular, whether a person was a Jew or a Gentile: to bring freedom to those who are under oppression. Jesus is someone who desires to see everyone living freely and peacefully with dignity and purpose and he will take on the forces of hell to see that this gets done.

Who needs Christmas?, is so important. And though we’ve come at the question from a different angle each week, we’ve basically returned to the same answer – we all need Christmas. People needed it then and still need it today.

As a community, we are called into an adventure, but what makes a good adventure?