A Sure Hope

All too often, people claim to be a Christian and do some of the appropriate things of a believer in order to win favor. Today, Pastor Dave will challenge you to evaluate if your relationship with the Lord is superficial or genuine. It’s crucial to know the Lord and have true faith. Then your life will be blessed by God’s presence.

All too often, believers will seek to live their lives and follow God’s call in their own strength. Today, Pastor Dave will encourage you to remember you have the Holy Spirit in you who fills you, strengthens you, and equips you to do the work of God and to live rightly for Him. You simply can’t do it without Him!

Many people turn to God and seek His help when a crisis hits in life. It’s an act of desperation. Yet, as Pastor Dave teaches today, God longs for a deeper relationship with His children. Praise Him and seek Him every day, for who He is, not just for what He’ll give you. He’ll do amazing things in and through you with this.

There may come a time when you hear “God told me this…”. And while, yes God still uses prophets to speak to His people, you must tread carefully around those kinds of statements. Today, Pastor Dave will encourage you to check all things against God’s word in the bible, and seek God personally in prayer for discernment.

God is so patient with His children. Instead of wiping everyone out for their sin, God often does things to alert you and get your attention to draw you back to Himself. Today, Pastor Dave will challenge you to examine circumstances in your life to see if God is trying to get your attention to bring you back. Don’t disregard these moments!

Just as a father and mother who correct their children when they have misbehaved, God also corrects you when you have done wrong. As you listen to Pastor Dave today, remember, when you have made a mistake there is always a way back. There can be restoration when you give it up to the Lord and turn back to him.

Throughout Scripture, God gives warning after warning of what will happen if you don’t follow His will. Today, Pastor Dave shows you through King Solomon's disobedience what can happen when you don’t listen. God knows what’s going to happen, and he will warn you, so you don’t fall into sin.

What are you always giving into more, your flesh or your walk with the Lord? Today, Pastor Dave speaks to you about sowing and reaping. What you give into can either benefit you or hurt you and if you only focus on your flesh then your spiritual life may die. You must remember what you give power to will grow.

God is very clear in who or what comes before Him. Good or bad, nothing is to come before the Lord. As you listen to Pastor Dave today, he will remind you that even though your marriage, your job, and your kids are all good things, they still don’t come before the Lord. He is first and everything else is secondary.

Many churches pour thousands of dollars, as well as hours and hours of time on planning out and executing fantastic productions, but what good does it do? As Pastor Dave will point out in today’s message, all our efforts are useless if the Word of God isn’t faithfully being communicated to the lost.