Hope City Church Edinburgh Sunday Sermons

What if your "happy place" isn't a beach, a holiday, or even your own home? Where is your Happy Place? As we continue our Songs of Ascents series in Psalm 122, we discover that our deepest happiness isn't found in a destination or circumstance, but in the presence of God with his people. Join us as we explore where our true "happy place" is and why lasting joy is found in Christ and his kingdom.

The journey of life is filled with danger and uncertainty - but this psalm teaches us to fix our eyes not on the hills of this life but the one who made them - the Lord, the Keeper. And it helps us know that the Keper is not a sleeper - he watches over you forever if you are one of his people. So turn to trust him today with your life and circumstances.

Ed considers some thoughts about what Jerusalem signifies in the Old Testament - and how Christians can make sense of it as we read it today. We can look forward to the New Jerusalem with Jesus , the fulfilment of everything that earthly Jerusalem was meant to embody (but doesn't). We partially foreshadow that as we gather as a church family, united in Jesus.

Our journey through life can sometimes feel like we are misinterpreted and misunderstood, or others twist our our words and we feel alone and helpless. Instead of responding in hostility or by compromising, this psalmist instead teaches us to entrust the situation to the Lord, just as Jesus did in his earthly life where his words were twisted and his enemies mocked him. He is the Prince of Peace who leads us to his City of Peace.

The Psalms contain wonderful truths expressed in gritty real-life experience, and yet it's often hard to know how Christians can pray/sing parts of them - and if we can't pray the whole thing, is it right to just select out the verses we like or resonate with? Here Ed explains a solution - reading the psalms in Christ, with Jesus as our choirmaster.

Colossians doesn’t end with a random list of names. It ends by showing how the gospel forms a community of friendship, partnership, kingdom vision, and faithfulness.

Paul has nearly finished his letter. What final advice does he want to give this band of believers in Colossae? How are they going to make sure that others hear of Christ? He calls them to prayer for those in the front line and to engage with the community around them.

Join us as we explore how God shapes us through the everyday relationships right in front of us. In this passage, Paul gives practical instructions for marriage, parenting, work, and authority- not as outdated rules, but as the very places where Christ is forming us into His likeness.

In this passage Paul urges us to put off the old sinful ways like immorality, greed, anger and lying, and to put on the new self. We should clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness, and love. Let the love of God rule our hearts. Do everything in the name of our Lord Jesus with thanksgiving.

Since you've been raised with Christ, set your hearts and minds on things above, where He is seated at the right hand of God. In Colossians 3:1-4, Paul is reminding us that our old life has died, our true life is hidden in Him, and we can live with real hope, because when Christ appears in glory, we will appear with Him.