Hope North Lakes Sermons

The church should be the safest place in the world to be honest, and yet it's often where we're most tempted to wear a mask. Psalm 32 shows us why only the gospel breaks that open: when God has already declared you righteous in Christ, you no longer need to perform righteousness. This creates a community that can be fully honest about sin and struggle together, because nobody here is earning anything.

Series: Psalms

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• (00:08) - Gospel of Blessed Suffering

We live in a world that tells us life is found in carving out more for ourselves because we are the center of the universe. Psalm 16 confronts that directly. The Psalmist has found something better: a life defined not by what he's doing, but by who he belongs to. We belong first to God, and because we belong to God, we belong to his people. This is not something we earn, but something we receive, and that changes how we think about everything.

Series: Psalms

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• (00:08) - Refuge and Community

Psalm 2 is one of the most quoted Psalms in the New Testament. But, on first glance it looks like it is simply a coronation Psalm for the next king of Isreal. Join us, as we take a deep dive into how this Psalm is so much more, and very applicable to us today!!

Series: Psalms

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• (00:05) - Lighting Issues and Introductions

Is the Old Testament Law a good or bad thing for the believer in Jesus Christ? This week we go straight into this difficult question by taking a deep dive into Psalm 1.

Series: Psalms

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• (00:11) - Introducing Righteousness

We are told that the solutions in the modern world — for those moments when we most need help — are to look to self, look to technology, or some combination of the two. But the real answer is an ancient one: look to your Creator, to the one who made you, to the one who bought you and redeemed you. This changes us personally and as a church by making us dependent people who put down roots, take godly risks, and show reverence to God.

Series: Psalms

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• (00:05) - Help From the Creator

The iconic commercials "Be Like Mike' told us that if we just drank Gatorade, we too could do the things Michael Jordan does. What about when it comes to following Jesus? Jesus gives us two examples in Mark 12 – a warning of who not to be like, and a poor widow who is honored because she looks like Jesus. The secret to understanding how to look like Jesus is found in who we understand him to be. Is he merely an example or is he a Savior? Is he a king who comes to conquer our earthly enemies or to accomplish something greater?

Series: The Gospel of Mark

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• (00:04) - Welcome and Loss

Jesus summarizes the whole of human existence: we are defined by loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and loving our neighbor as ourselves. These commandments are both a mirror and a window. As a mirror, they reflect our shortcomings — our sin and our inability to love like this. As a window, they reveal the only person who actually loves this way, and how his love for us is our only hope.

Series: The Gospel of Mark

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As his opponents continue hunting for a way to trap Jesus in his words, he meets their challenges on their own terms — and opens a window into who God actually is. God owns everything, including the power over death itself. To understand the resurrection of Jesus is to discover that God wants more for your life than even you do.

Series: The Gospel of Mark

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• (00:03) - Preaching and God's Word

The escalating conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders is leading toward a final outcome: his rejection. Two confrontations create an opportunity for Jesus to tell a story that both indicts and appeals to his hearers. How will they respond? What can their response to Jesus indicate for us today?

Series: The Gospel of Mark

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Jesus curses a fig tree to teach the disciples a lesson about faith in God and how we can't fake it. This story of a tree points to a bigger story - the story of the Bible - which can be told in three threes: The tree in the garden, the tree that formed the cross of Christ, and the tree in the new heavens and new earth that brings healing. What can we learn from a story about a tree?

Series: The Gospel of Mark

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• (00:18) - Community Groups Launch