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Are You A Candidate For Hope?
Bryan Mowery served us well as he closed out Celebration Midwest 2010. He spoke of hope and the pre-requisite for hope: a discontented heart. We are dissatisfied with the now, therefore we hope for a better future. What are our hopes for God’s great kingdom? He then moved us on from Hebrews 11 to Hebrews… read more
Greatly Desiring » Part 3
1 Corinthians 14 picks up where 12 left off.
What is the most important gift? The one that will help the most in a particular situation! Sweet! Again, content and intent is key. Is it for me or the building up of the body by seeing Jesus manifested amongst us?
The time for our seminar grew short… read more
Greatly Desiring » Part 2
“We should focus our delight more on being part of the body than our part in the body.”
- Tim Chambers
1 Corinthians 12:4-6 is progressive in variety, a gift works and has effect. In these verses we see Spirit, Lord and God – our great 3-in-1 God!
We use gifts to serve, not to get… read more
Greatly Desiring » Part 1
Greatly desiring.
Does that describe you and me?
Does that describe Living Hope Church?
Paul opens chapter 14 of his first letter to the church in Corinth (though to him it was just the continuation of a letter) with these words, “Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.” 1 Corinthians 14:1.
It is… read more
Are You Ready?
Are you ready? It’s here. What is it? It’s Easter. It’s the greatest celebration for us as Christians. Our Savior crushed the bonds of death and rose victorious from the grave. Jesus is alive. And because He lives we now live in, and through, the same power that raised Him from the dead. Christ now… read more
Grace and the Scandal Thereof
Is the grace of God a scandal? The answer, I believe, is yes and no. It’s not a scandal to God, because it’s His grace and He initiated it. I don’t know how it could be a scandal to those who aren’t yet following God or the irreligious. It is amazing.
Freely given? Come on, there… read more
Community Groups 2010
What are community groups? How will they look? How will they function? Let me take a brief stab at answering these questions.
“…because the times in my life when I have been most happy haven’t been the times when I’ve had the most money or the most freedom or the most anything, but rather when I’ve… read more
What’s Your Plan in 20/10?
Happy New Year! Well, almost.
Proverbs 16:9 says this, “The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.”
Plans are good, and I am finding that in my own life, they really do make more room for God to do as He wills. I would like to point all of us to some… read more
Objects of Joy
Tomorrow (12.20.2009) at Living Hope Church we will continue our series titled, “Have You Heard?” with the Joy of Forgiveness as our jumping off point. I could make lots of joy puns now, like…I’m overjoyed to speak this message…I’m rejoicing while looking joyfully forward to sharing joy with you…blah, blah, blah….you get my drift … read more
