Hope Unlimited Church

2 Tim 3:16-17 ESV

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Gal 5:13-14 NIV

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Gal 5:16 NKJV

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 

Gal 5:22 ESV

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control; against such things there is no law.

1 Corinthians 13:1 NASB

If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:2 NASB

If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 

1 Corinthians 13:3 NLT

If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:4 Prms

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, Love isn’t rude.

1 Corinthians 13:5 NLT

Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable and it keeps no record of being wronged.

1 Corinthians 13:6 NLT

Love does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.

1 Corinthians 13:7 NLT

Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

1 John 4:7-8 NLT

Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1 Corinthians 13:8 NASB

Love never fails;

Key #1 - You can See it!

Isaiah 43:19 NLT

For I am about to do something new.

    See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?

I will make a pathway through the wilderness.

    I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

Key #2 - You can Touch it!

Luke 24:39 NIRV

Look at my hands and my feet. It’s really me! Touch me and see.

Key #3 - You can Hear it! 

John 10:27 NKJV

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

1 Kings 19:11-12 

Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper.

Key #4 - You can Smell it!

2 Corinthians 2:15-16 NLT 

Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing. 16 To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume.

Key #5 - You can Taste it!

Psalm 34:8 NKJV

​​Taste and see that the Lord is good;

    blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

Psalm 119:103 NLT

How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey.

Key #6 - You can KNOW it!

1 Corinthians 2:11-12 NLT

No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. 12 And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.

Psalm 150:6 NIV

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.

P - Prioritize God First

R - Read the word

A - Assemble with other believers

I - Intercede

S - Serve

E - Encourage

Why do we praise Him…

Just Because

Psalm 145:3 NLT

Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.

How should we praise Him…

Be cool

Psalm 149:3 NLT

Praise his name with dancing.

What happens when we praise Him

It Changes our Perspective

Psalm 100:4 KJV

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

John 14:27 NLT

“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.

Key #1 - Don’t sweat the storm

Mark 4:35-40 NLT

As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” 36 So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). 37 But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water.

38 Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?”

39 When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. 40 Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

Key #2 - Don’t base your Posture off your present perspective

John 16:33 NLT

I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

Luke 4:35

But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”

Key #3 - Don’t stay on the shore

Mark 4:35 NIV

That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.”

Mark 5:21 NLT

Jesus got into the boat again and went back to the other side of the lake.

Point #1 - The Holy Spirit The Revealer 

Isaiah 55:9

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, & My thoughts than your thoughts". 

1 Cor 2:9 KJV

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

1 Cor 2:10 KJV

But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

Acts 2:38-39 ESV

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Point #2 - The Holy Spirit The Reminder

John 14:26 ESV

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance of all that I have said to you.

John 16:8 NLT

And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment.”

John 16:9 NLT

“The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me.”

Point #3 - The Holy Spirit The Refresher 

Ephesians 5:15-19 NIV

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, continually speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,

John 20:21-22 ESV

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit."

Acts 2:1-4 ESV

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Luke 11:13 ESV

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Psalm 150:6 NIV

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.

Key #1 - The Root

Genesis 2:7 NIV

“Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”

Job 33:4 NIV

“The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”

Genesis 3:10-12 NIV

He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Key #2 - The Rescue

Exodus 15:8 NIV

At the blast of your breath, the waters piled up! The surging waters stood straight like a wall; in the heart of the sea the deep waters became hard.

Key #3 - The Restoration

Mark 15:37 NLT

Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last.

Matthew 4:18-22 NLT

One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. 19 Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” 20 And they left their nets at once and followed him.

21 A little farther up the shore he saw two other brothers, James and John, sitting in a boat with their father, Zebedee, repairing their nets. And he called them to come, too. 22 They immediately followed him, leaving the boat and their father behind.

Key #1 - You’re NOT ready, GO anyway

Key #2 - Behind every Choice is a VOICE

Matthew 10:27 NLT

What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!

Key #3 - God sees your POTENTIAL Through your PROBLEMS

Colossians 1:9-12 NIV

We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, So that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father,who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.

Key #4 - Faithfulness leads to Fruitfulness

John 15:16 NIV

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

John 21:5-6 NIV

He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”

“No,” they answered.

6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

KEY SCRIPTURE:

Psalm 23 (NIV)

1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters,

3 He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for His name’s sake.

4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

6 Surely Your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD:

I will never LACK

I am never LATE

I am never LOST

I am never LONELY

I will never LOSE

“WE NEED TO BELIEVE WHAT WE SAY WE BELIEVE IN.”

HEBREWS 11:6 (NAS1995)

“And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”

Point #1 - Believe what the word says

ROMANS 4:19-21 (NAS1995)

Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb; yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.

John 4:47-53 (NAS)

When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and was imploring Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe.” The royal official *said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus *said to him, “Go; your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started off. As he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his son was living. So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives”; and he himself believed and his whole household.

Point #2 - Receive what the word says is yours!

"Have you embraced what the word says is yours?"

Point #3 - We need to Act on the word!!!

"What do we do with His word?"

John 4:50 (NAS)

The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started off.

John 4:51 (NAS)

As he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his son was living.

John 4:51 (TPT)

"...Your Son is healed, he is alive!"