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All In

All In We are continuing our series All In! It is an excellent time to be at Hope City! God has been calling us to walk closer, and we have responded. We are a hungry church, and we want more of God! Sometimes, it can be hard to believe that God wants us to be close...

We Don’t Need More Faith

You heard me correctly! We Don't Need More Faith! "Wait a minute, Mark...Pastor John's been telling us that 2023 is The Year Our Faith Takes Center Stage! I've got to increase my faith, to grow it!  Faith's like a muscle...you've got to work it!  Pump it up!  The more...

You are a V.I.P. in the Kingdom!

You are a V.I.P. in the Kingdom! This month, we start a new sermon series called V.I.P.  We all know what that stands for, right?  It stands for Very Important Person. I have good news for you.  In the eyes of God, we are ALL very important people.  We are so...

A New Me: Real Deal Unveiled

I’m a new me. When I heard the gospel, something was unveiled to me. I had been unhappy, unfulfilled and full of sorrows. But that changed when the real deal unveiled that Jesus paid the price for me. It’s an amazing truth! “I have been crucified with Christ and I no...

A New Me!

We’ve started a new series called A New Me! and our core scripture is Galatians 2:20. “So here I am dead and alive at the same time. I’m dead to the old me I was trying to be and alive to the real me which is Christ in me. Co-crucified, now co-alive. What a glorious...

Freedom Is Here!  Arise to a New Life!

Freedom Is Here! Arise to a New Life!

I heard another pastor say, the other day, “People put more faith in a face mask than they do the Blood of Jesus.” That’s a sad truth. As Christians, we need to be more concerned about what the Word of God says instead of what the world says. How would you like to be...

Freedom Is Here!  So Are You Free?

Freedom Is Here! So Are You Free?

Jesus has redeemed us; He has set us free and has called us by name!  He's set you free from the law of shame and guilt, and He's set you free from your past. So I have a question for you...are you free? If Jesus truly redeemed us, let's walk in that freedom!  If...

Jesus Crucifixion: Our True Independence Day

Jesus Crucifixion: Our True Independence Day

At Hope City, we took communion on July 4 this year.  When we take communion, we get a great reminder of what was done for us through Jesus on the Cross.  And although we celebrate our country's Independence Day on July 4, when we take communion we look back and...

Are You Full of It?  You’ll Find Out When Pressure Comes!

Are You Full of It? You’ll Find Out When Pressure Comes!

Sunday's guest speaker, Gary Auten, had a message about the Holy Spirit (I'd encourage you to check it out after reading this...catch the link at the bottom of this post).  At one point, he started talking about the cost of following Jesus and he said, "When you're...

Give It a Rest!  We Have Been Justified!

Give It a Rest! We Have Been Justified!

"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ..." - ROMANS 5:1 (NKJV) Justified is such a strong word!  In the Greek, it literally means "to render righteous or such as he ought to be."  In other words, my original...

Give It a Rest!

Give It a Rest!

"So, there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God.  For all who have entered into God's rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world." - HEBREWS 4:9-10 (NLT) Give it a rest!!  What does that mean?  What's it mean to...

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