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In this second message of 2023, pastor Bogdan Kipko encourages us to fire up our prayer life in the new year.  Oswald Chambers said this about prayer: Prayer is not a preparation for work, it IS work. Prayer is not a preparation for the battle, it IS the battle. Prayer is two-fold: definite asking and definite waiting to receive. 

The big idea in this message is that Paul prays that the Colossian believers will be filled with God’s knowledge and put it into practice. Our prayers for the new year should focus on putting our knowledge of God and His ways into practice every day. When people become Christians, God implants into them a new sense of his presence and love, his guidance and strengthening. This sense needs nurturing and development. 

New Christians need to understand what’s happening to them, and how they must cooperate with the divine life that’s gently begun to work in them. Paul, in prison, can help this process in two ways: by writing, as he is doing, but supremely by prayer. He may not be with the Colossians in person. But the God who is with them is also with him, and in the mystery (and hard work) of prayer he can help their progress toward Christian maturity. 

Let's get ready to find hope in Jesus, by listening to this message. 

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In this first message of 2023, pastor Bogdan Kipko kicks off the New Year with an encouraging message to rally us as believers to trust God who is our firm foundation. This message addresses the anxieties and excitement of the new year by reinforcing a central truth: while our world constantly changes, its creator does not. James’s word about God’s unchanging nature not only reassures us of our firm foundation in God but also gives us an exhilarating exhortation to witness God’s goodness from that firm foundation. God does not change, which means we can participate in his redemptive plan for creation and trust him with our future. 

Let's get ready to find hope in Jesus, by listening to this message. 

YOUR NEXT STEP: If you don't have a home church, then your next step of faith is to click this link and fill out the digital connect card. We would love to connect with you: https://bit.ly/4g9b4Gm

If this message encouraged you and inspired you to boldly follow Jesus, we ask that you share it with a friend by sending them this message! We help YOU find hope in Jesus. We can't wait to see you in person at Forward Church in Irvine, every Sunday at 11 am! 

CONNECT WITH FORWARD: For more information, please visit: www.forwardchurchirvine.com and follow us on Instagram: @forwardirvine.

In this message, pastor Bogdan Kipko concludes the Christmas Sermon series by drawing our attention to the greatest story ever told in all human history. The good news of Christmas is not that we get good advice but rather that we get delivered to us, good news. We no longer have to worry about the future, because we know the One who holds that future. If we believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are promised to live happily ever after. Knowing this, we are equipped to handle any triumphs or tragedies that come our way because Jesus promised to never leave us or forsake us. Be encouraged by this reality, this Christmas season. 

Let's get ready to find hope in Jesus, by listening to this message. 

YOUR NEXT STEP: If you don't have a home church, then your next step of faith is to click this link and fill out the digital connect card. We would love to connect with you: https://bit.ly/4g9b4Gm

If this message encouraged you and inspired you to boldly follow Jesus, we ask that you share it with a friend by sending them this message! We help YOU find hope in Jesus. We can't wait to see you in person at Forward Church in Irvine, every Sunday at 11 am! 

CONNECT WITH FORWARD: For more information, please visit: www.forwardchurchirvine.com and follow us on Instagram: @forwardirvine.

In this message, pastor Bogdan Kipko continues the Christmas Sermon series by drawing our attention to the fact that Christmas means that you can overcome your fear of failure. The big idea of this message is that Jesus came for the failed and the flawed because the failed and the flawed are all that there are. Everything about the birth of Jesus points to poverty, obscurity, and even rejection. But into the darkness breaks forth a glorious light. The glory of God shines into our deepest insecurities and regrets, leaving no room for anxiety or worry. The proper response to the trials and triumphs in our lives is to continuously worship Jesus. 

Let's get ready to find hope in Jesus, by listening to this message. 

YOUR NEXT STEP: If you don't have a home church, then your next step of faith is to click this link and fill out the digital connect card. We would love to connect with you: https://bit.ly/4g9b4Gm

If this message encouraged you and inspired you to boldly follow Jesus, we ask that you share it with a friend by sending them this message! We help YOU find hope in Jesus. We can't wait to see you in person at Forward Church in Irvine, every Sunday at 11 am! 

CONNECT WITH FORWARD: For more information, please visit: www.forwardchurchirvine.com and follow us on Instagram: @forwardirvine.

In this message, pastor Bogdan Kipko continues the Christmas Sermon series by drawing our attention to the fact that we aren't promised perfect circumstances but rather a perfect Savior. The point is that Jesus is born this day, for you. Jesus is your hope, not just for tomorrow, but for today, for right now, for this day. The promise of Christmas isn’t perfect circumstances but rather a perfect Savior. 

Let's get ready to find hope in Jesus, by listening to this message. 

YOUR NEXT STEP: If you don't have a home church, then your next step of faith is to click this link and fill out the digital connect card. We would love to connect with you: https://bit.ly/4g9b4Gm

If this message encouraged you and inspired you to boldly follow Jesus, we ask that you share it with a friend by sending them this message! We help YOU find hope in Jesus. We can't wait to see you in person at Forward Church in Irvine, every Sunday at 11 am! 

CONNECT WITH FORWARD: For more information, please visit: www.forwardchurchirvine.com and follow us on Instagram: @forwardirvine.

In this message, John Stanley begins the Christmas Sermon Series Season by preaching on the fact that Christmas Fulfills Old Testament Prophecy. In the gospel of Matthew, several Old Testament prophecies are fulfilled in our Christmas story! This wonderful evidence of supernatural intervention, by God, is a boost to our faith. 

Let's get ready to find hope in Jesus, by listening to this message. 

YOUR NEXT STEP: If you don't have a home church, then your next step of faith is to click this link and fill out the digital connect card. We would love to connect with you: https://bit.ly/4g9b4Gm

If this message encouraged you and inspired you to boldly follow Jesus, we ask that you share it with a friend by sending them this message! We help YOU find hope in Jesus. We can't wait to see you in person at Forward Church in Irvine, every Sunday at 11 am! 

CONNECT WITH FORWARD: For more information, please visit: www.forwardchurchirvine.com and follow us on Instagram: @forwardirvine.

In this message, pastor Bogdan concludes the sermon series entitled The Six Sins Of Suburbia. God’s people were disobedient to God’s purposes in order to fulfill their own desires. How often do we neglect the things of God in the pursuit of more for ourselves? God has always called his people to live counterculturally when culture is in opposition to his purposes. Like the people of Haggai’s time, we are faced with choices as to whether we put our resources toward his purposes or our own. 

Even if you don’t get everything you’ve ever wanted in life (and you won’t), you get God and that is enough. The believer should prioritize generosity over fulfilling their every material desire. 

Let's get ready to find hope in Jesus, by listening to this message. 

YOUR NEXT STEP: If you don't have a home church, then your next step of faith is to click this link and fill out the digital connect card. We would love to connect with you: https://bit.ly/4g9b4Gm

If this message encouraged you and inspired you to boldly follow Jesus, we ask that you share it with a friend by sending them this message! We help YOU find hope in Jesus. We can't wait to see you in person at Forward Church in Irvine, every Sunday at 11 am! 

CONNECT WITH FORWARD: For more information, please visit: www.forwardchurchirvine.com and follow us on Instagram: @forwardirvine.

In this message, pastor Bogdan continues the sermon series entitled The Six Sins Of Suburbia. Choosing the path of life means we must be willing to relinquish the default to convenience. Jesus calls his disciples to action, even when the journey is hard. In this text, Jesus describes Two Gates, Two Ways, Two Groups, and Two Destinations. As you listen to this message, think about the following: Are you taking the narrow gate or the wide gate? 

Are you taking the natural path or the narrow path? Are you with a group where there are many or few? Where will your final destination be? What is it that makes you so sure of the answers you gave? Will you be among the few or the many? Let Jesus direct you along the narrow way that leads to eternal life! 

Let's get ready to find hope in Jesus, by listening to this message. 

YOUR NEXT STEP: If you don't have a home church, then your next step of faith is to click this link and fill out the digital connect card. We would love to connect with you: https://bit.ly/4g9b4Gm

If this message encouraged you and inspired you to boldly follow Jesus, we ask that you share it with a friend by sending them this message! We help YOU find hope in Jesus. We can't wait to see you in person at Forward Church in Irvine, every Sunday at 11 am! 

CONNECT WITH FORWARD: For more information, please visit: www.forwardchurchirvine.com and follow us on Instagram: @forwardirvine.

In this message, pastor Bogdan continues the sermon series entitled The Six Sins Of Suburbia. Comparison is the enemy of contentment. Jesus sets up the story with two well-known types of people: a religious insider and a religious outsider. We don’t have the details of who this parable is focused on. This is important since our tendency is often to fill in gaps such as these and to do so in ways that ensure others, not us, are indicted by Jesus’ words. 

When we become too focused on everyone else, we lose the ability to clearly see ourselves, our needs, and our potential. Our righteousness comes from God, not from thinking we are better than someone else. You don’t have to try to justify yourself because Jesus already did that for you. What type of dispositions or commitments exist currently in your heart that generate practices, perceptions, and attitudes that are set in opposition to the Kingdom of God? Make a conscious decision today to surrender to God all of your self-justification efforts and rest in His finished work for you. 

Let's get ready to find hope in Jesus, by listening to this message. 

YOUR NEXT STEP: If you don't have a home church, then your next step of faith is to click this link and fill out the digital connect card. We would love to connect with you: https://bit.ly/4g9b4Gm

If this message encouraged you and inspired you to boldly follow Jesus, we ask that you share it with a friend by sending them this message! We help YOU find hope in Jesus. We can't wait to see you in person at Forward Church in Irvine, every Sunday at 11 am! 

CONNECT WITH FORWARD: For more information, please visit: www.forwardchurchirvine.com and follow us on Instagram: @forwardirvine.

In this message, pastor Bogdan continues the sermon series entitled The Six Sins Of Suburbia. Complacency is a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, or condition. Complacency has a way of leading us to neglect what is important in favor of serving ourselves. We neglect our relationship with God and our God-given responsibility to others. We inadvertently become blind to the people and places God desires us to minister to with his gospel of love. The intentional and daily practice of lamenting over the state of your spiritual condition, namely the sins you’ve committed but also the grace of Christ that you have been offered, is the antidote to complacency. 

Let's get ready to find hope in Jesus, by listening to this message. 

YOUR NEXT STEP: If you don't have a home church, then your next step of faith is to click this link and fill out the digital connect card. We would love to connect with you: https://bit.ly/4g9b4Gm

If this message encouraged you and inspired you to boldly follow Jesus, we ask that you share it with a friend by sending them this message! We help YOU find hope in Jesus. We can't wait to see you in person at Forward Church in Irvine, every Sunday at 11 am! 

CONNECT WITH FORWARD: For more information, please visit: www.forwardchurchirvine.com and follow us on Instagram: @forwardirvine.