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...
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,...
“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...
“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...
God really messed up our plans last Sunday… Our pastor had planned a perfectly good message; he had studied and prayed and gotten the message outlined out. The church office published the message guides so the congregation had something to take home and use for...
“When anyone is in Christ, it is a whole new world. The old things are gone; suddenly, everything is new!” – 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 (ERV) When someone reads this verse, they may wonder about its meaning. A whole new world? Everything new? But I think...
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