A Sure Hope

Everyone sins and falls short of God's glory. That's where repentance and forgiveness through Jesus's sacrifice come in. Today, Pastor Dave will encourage you to keep your heart focused on God. Keep His Word in your heart so you don't sin against Him. Live for Him, repent when you sin, and keep living for Him.

Jesus knows that you're human. He knows that sometimes you're going to fall into sin. But does that make Him love you any less? Not at all. As Pastor Dave is going to point out today, God will still use you and work through you despite your shortcomings. You need to keep coming before Him in repentance.

Would a nonbeliever see you and recognise the love in your heart? Would that be how those outside the church would know you're a believer? That's how it should be. Pastor Dave's going to reveal the important thing that identifies you as a disciple of Christ today. It should be the love in your heart that you show to others.

Do you call yourself a follower of Christ? That would make you a disciple. And all disciples are called to love each other. As Pastor Dave will explain today, that's how people are supposed to know that you're a disciple. Jesus had love and compassion for people everywhere He went, and that's how it should look for you, too.

Nothing that you do is of your own strength. Your health is a gift from God. So is your income. Your success in difficult times is, too. Today, Pastor Dave wants you to know how much God loves you. Everything God's done for you is cause to praise Him and give Him glory. It's through His goodness that you have what you have.

No matter how dark the evils around you are, God can still work and bring about His glory. Pastor Dave's going to take you to the Last Supper today so you can see how darkness and betrayal led eventually to Jesus's resurrection and our forgiveness of sins! God can work in any situation to make it work out for good and for His glory.

Have you ever faced betrayal? Has your trust in someone been broken when you were stabbed in the back? As you'll get to see today with Pastor Dave, you're not alone. No one knows the pain of betrayal more than Jesus. Pour out your heart to God, and He can take care of it. He'll help restore you and bring justice where it's due.

One of the most well-known betrayals in history is when Judas betrayed Jesus. What Pastor Dave is going to teach you today from Judas' life is that nothing stops God's will. Even knowing Judas would later betray Him, Jesus chose him as a disciple, and Judas got to see Jesus do amazing things because of his calling.

As Pastor Dave continues his teaching series, he’ll be challenging you to be a servant and, more specifically, others-centered. It’s always been God’s intention to make you like His Son, Jesus. When you look at Jesus’ life, there’s no denying that He was a servant. He came not “to be served but to serve”.

Today, Pastor Dave will remind you that the Word of God is not just a beautiful piece of literature to be savored and enjoyed. Its purpose goes beyond provoking thought and inviting meditation. It demands a change of heart that prompts a change of behavior. The Word of God is to be obeyed!