A Sure Hope

If the thought of leading your family to Christ overwhelms you, start with just one person. As Pastor Dave shares in today's study, Jesus was His strongest in one on one relationships. Be real with one person. Go out of your way to share love with one person. Don't let the thought of impressing everyone get in the way of one relationship.

Jesus knew His followers would be helpless without the Holy Spirit. In today's message, Pastor Dave asks, "Why do so many of us try to do life without the Holy Spirit?" How often do you make choices without seeking the Spirit's direction? When you share the Good News with others, do you ask that He go before you?

The world is not what the Lord intended it to be. Your life as a follower of Christ is the opposite of the world. Your light exposes the darkness of the world. The truth found in Christ unmasks the error of the world. As Pastor Dave shares in today's lesson, you don't belong here. As the Lord's chosen, you belong in heaven.

As Christians, Scripture tells us, we are not of the world. As Pastor Dave explains, you should thus hate the things of the world. Today's message employs you to seek your heart. Are you interested in the riches offered by the world? Do you strive after the treasures offered? Or are you kingdom-focused?

Once fruit of the Spirit, as explained by Pastor Dave in today's message, is to love people and see them come to Christ. Why is this a fruit of the Spirit? Because it can be hard to love sinful people! And especially to have such love lead them to Christ. You can't love like this on your own; call out to the Holy Spirit for help.

Belonging to the Lord's family means you have been chosen. The Israelites and the disciples were chosen, and part of this calling is the blessing of bearing fruit. Fruit comes from an intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit. In today's message with Pastor Dave, he asks how much fruit are you producing?

In today's message, Pastor Dave will share with you what it means to have friendship with God. As Christians, we can have personal relationships with God. We can know Him through the Bible, and by speaking and listening to Him in prayer... This is how friendships are made, by honoring and loving one another.

In today's message, Pastor Dave will examine what a true friend looks like. A true friend is one who will help to guide you towards truth, goodness, and most importantly, Christ. A true friend is one who is willing to have hard conversations because they love you... As Christians, it should be our goal to be good friends to our friends.

In today's message, Pastor Dave will talk about the many blessings that Christians receive by being in Christ and allowing Christ to be in them. Through Christ, we can be made into new creations, free from the sin of our old selves... And part of that freedom from sin is there is no more condemnation for us!

In today's message, Pastor Dave will share with you the fruit of your life. Some trees grow fruit. Healthy trees grow good fruit, and unhealthy trees grow bad fruit. The “fruit” that you grow in your life is a solid indication of your health as a “tree”. So allow God to work in you to produce healthy fruit.