HOPE Covenant AZ

What is a disciple? What is a Christian? Is it possible to be a Christian and not be a disciple?

Community. Because no one stands alone. God wired us to be together.

We often see "monuments" raised up in our hearts, lives and actions. Often immovable, they are reminders of pain, failures, lies or maybe offenses that have been put upon us or we have put upon others. But what if Jesus talks about a different way - a way in which new monuments are lifted up - reminders that bring peace and not pain, joy and not sadness - identity and not shame? And what if these are found in the places that we sometimes least expect it - in community with others?

The life of Jesus was a demonstration for us of what it looks like to invade the kingdom of darkness with the Kingdom of God. Every event of His life -- every healing, every deliverance, every confrontation, every teaching --was a demonstration of supernatural LOVE.

While many are familiar with the story of the Good Samaritan, there is a critical message and ultimately, a question for each of us as we grow together in Jesus: When it comes to loving our neighbors, what do we let inform the who, the when, and the how much?

Doug discusses how to use our scriptures and The Holy Spirit to get to do what Jesus did. By relaying on the fact that The Holy Spirit is bringing the presence and power of Jesus to bear in all situations. Healing is one of the gifts of the Spirit. Its real, and it is for today, and it is available. Second, while there are no formulas and no guarantees, we CAN learn from imitating Jesus. And third, as followers of Jesus here at Hope lets make it our normal practice to pray for healing no matter what results we see or don't see.

Guest speaker Gary Kinnaman on Good vs Evil