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Genuine peace doesn't come from conjuring up an emotion. Genuine peace is found only in the person of Jesus who has not only paid a debt that we could not, but has also given us access to the full blessing of God through a new and better covenant.

Genuine peace doesn't come from conjuring up an emotion. Genuine peace is found only in the person of Jesus who has not only paid a debt that we could not, but has also given us access to the full blessing of God through a new and better covenant.

In Jesus, we have a high priest who has finished our atonement, but continues his advocacy for us. He can sympathize with our earthly struggles and is ready to offer grace and mercy to those who seek it. Therefore, we can have confidence and persistence in the midst of life's struggles.

In Jesus, we have a high priest who has finished our atonement, but continues his advocacy for us. He can sympathize with our earthly struggles and is ready to offer grace and mercy to those who seek it. Therefore, we can have confidence and persistence in the midst of life's struggles.

Often times are thoughts are consumed with our current circumstances. This usually leads to a life of grumbling. Jesus offers us a better way. If we exercise our faith by moving our thoughts from our circumstances to who he is and what he has done, grumbling is replaced with genuine rest.

God’s story in Jesus is the story that frames all other stories. When we make our story more important than Jesus’ story, or we make ourselves the hero of the story instead of Jesus, we will not experience the love that Jesus has for us as our brother and we will not experience the grace and mercy God wants to give us from His throne of grace.

In this first talk in the book of Hebrews we look at the author's warnings against drifting away from our belief in "Jesus Only". In comparing our journey of faith to the journey of the Israelites, we find a common trend: that drifting from belief is a human tendency. So we must take action to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and his Gospel lest we drift away.

In the final message in our Shapshots of Hope series we look at why we love Community at Hope Alliance. In summary, we love community because community shows God's kingdom to the world, it shows God's care for us, and it grows us. But Jesus shows us in John 13 that community is truly a blessing to us when we learn to serve like he did.