A Sure Hope

Living like Jesus should be a huge focus in your life. He died for you to have eternal life in Heaven with God, and as Pastor Dave is going to point out today, He just asks that you do God’s will and walk like Him. His Word shows you how to live, and He’s waiting for you to dig into it and start living a life that looks like Him.

People should be able to see you’re a child of God by your love for everyone around you. As you show the people you’re surrounded by the love of Jesus, it should point them to God, so they can experience the same love from Him that you have. It’s what John wanted to make clear in his letter, and Pastor Dave to you today.

Jesus showed perfect love for you by dying on a cross for your sins so you can be free from them once and for all. Today, as you look at that sacrifice with Pastor Dave, he’s going to encourage you to show other people around you love that’s unconditional, just like the love Jesus showed you before when you didn’t deserve it.

The penalty for sin is death and separation from God. But, Jesus came to die for your sins so you don’t have to be a slave to it or suffer from it anymore. As Pastor Dave tells you about Jesus’ sacrifice for you, you’ll get to be encouraged to walk in the light of God’s Word, and experience the joy that comes from it.

When you give your life to Jesus, He wants you to give up your old ways of sin to follow His ways. Pastor Dave is going to show you today that Jesus didn’t die for you to continue sinning as you used to before Jesus. He wants you to live a holy life, set apart from the world, focused on knowing Him more each day.

To know real truth about Jesus and to experience full joy in knowing Him, spend time in God’s Word. Know Him intimately. Do what His Word says. Pastor Dave is going to show you today that John pointed out this simple truth over and over because it’s such an important truth. Living for God brings great joy.

There’s no greater joy than knowing Jesus intimately. God’s Word is the only source of complete truth about Him, and Pastor Dave wants you to know how important it is today to spend time in It daily. John knew the importance of it, too, and it’s a message you’ll hear repeated again and again in the book of 1 John.

Can you think of a time when you were extremely happy? How long did that happiness last? In today’s message Pastor Dave shares about something that doesn’t come and go as happiness can. One of many blessings you receive when you accept Christ as your Lord and Savior.

Have you ever heard of Ripley’s Believe It or Not? It was a book that told amazing true stories of people that were honestly hard to believe. In today’s message Pastor Dave shares that many in the early church began to have doubts about Jesus and the reality of His existence. Do YOU believe it or not?

What questions about the Christian faith have you had or do you have? One of them may be about salvation and how do you KNOW you are saved? In today’s message Pastor Dave shares about how John tells you how you can know FOR SURE that you are saved. As well as other encouraging words.