Hope Begins With Jesus

The story of Joseph is the story of a man who waits and waits some more, but he doesn’t give up in the

Jesus’ priority is not your successes, especially not according to the world’s standard because it is your failures that do the most to form you. Jesus uses these moments as we are Shaped by

The story of Joseph has similarities to Jesus and the places in the story that look like the end are a plot twist. Jesus' crucifixion looked like the end of Hope, but it became an Easter with Hope.

No matter how your past was created, by your choices or the choices of others, you don’t overcome the past by running from but by working through it, so that in Jesus’ hands he can bring healing and write a Redemption Story.

Ultimately, like each of us, Esau had a choice. To choose how he responded to what had happened. Your choice will determine if you are shaped by the past or defined by the past. When you Choose to Overcome the past, you are choosing forgiveness, freedom and hope.

No matter who we are Jesus takes us as we are.

Humanity now has a past that will have to be overcome, but in the hands of Jesus your past can become a story of hope. A story of Jesus' power to turn Brokenness to Blessing because no matter what is in your past, Brokenness is never a Boundary for God's Blessing. Today, we’ll see the brokenness of Gen 3 show up in the life of Ishmael and what God does to bring blessing.

From the beginning, God designed us for a Rhythm of Rest and we need this rhythm to flourish. But many of us are going at a pace that is unsustainable and unhealthy.

We are designed by God, Designed to Flourish, but when we try to find our identity elsewhere, we are robbed of the flourishing God designed us for. We flourish in Identity before Activity because what you do can change, but who you are never will.

Our world is clearly realizing what the Bible stated long ago - “It is not good for man to be alone. You weren’t made to be alone; you were made to be known. Being known requires relationships, and we were Designed to Flourish through Relationships