Hope Unlimited Church

1 Sam 17:8 NLT

Goliath stood and shouted a TAUNT across to the Israelites. "Why are you all coming out to fight?" he called. "I am the Philistine champion, but YOU'RE Only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me! 

1 Sam 17:9 -11 NLT

If he kills me, then we will be your slaves. But if I kill him, you will be our slaves! I defy the armies of Israel today! Send me a man who will fight me!" When Saul and the Israelites heard this, they were TERRIFIED and deeply SHAKEN.

1 Sam 17:16 NLT

For forty days, every morning AND evening, the Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army. 

1 Sam 17:21-23 NLT

And as He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry. Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other. David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and greeted his brothers. As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his USUAL taunt, and David heard it. 

1 Sam 17:24 NLT

When the Israelites saw the man, they all ran from him in great fear.

1 Samuel 17:32 NIV

David said to Saul, "Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.”

1 Samuel 17:33 NIV

Saul replied, “You’re not able” to go out against this Philistine and fight him; “You’re Only” a boy, and he has been a fighting man from his youth." 

The Challenge: if what you’re presently Thinking & Doing Is producing the life You Want – keep Doing it…

Isaiah 46:10

I make known the END from the BEGINNING!

Mark 11:22 NLT

Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Have faith in God.

Mark 11:23 KJV

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

“Your Mountain only Responds to Your Voice!"

Proverbs 4:25 NIV

Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

Key #1 - Don’t take a Detour

Gal 5:7-8 MSG

You were running superbly! Who cut in on you, deflecting you from the true course of obedience? This detour doesn't come from the One who called you into the race in the first place.

Key #2 - Don’t get Tired

Galatians 6:9 NLT

So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

Matthew 11:28 NLT

Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Key #3 - Don’t let down your Guard

1 Peter 5:8 NLT

Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

Psalm 4:4 NLT

Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent.

Key #4 - Don’t lose your Head

2 Kings 6:5-7 NLT

5 But as one of them was cutting a tree, his ax head fell into the river. “Oh, sir!” he cried. “It was a borrowed ax!” 6 “Where did it fall?” the man of God asked. When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the water at that spot. Then the ax head floated to the surface. 7 “Grab it,” Elisha said. And the man reached out and grabbed it.

Point #1 - The Samuel Principle

1 Samuel 2:19 NLT

Each year his mother made a small coat for him and brought it to him when she came with her husband for the sacrifice.

Point #2 - The David Principle

1 Samuel 17:38 MSG

Then Saul outfitted David as a soldier in armor. He put his bronze helmet on his head and belted his sword on him over the armor. David tried to walk but he could hardly budge. David told Saul, “I can’t even move with all this stuff on me. I’m not used to this.” And he took it all off.

Point #3 - The Prodigal Principle

 Luke 15:17 NIV

“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 

Luke 15:18-20 NIV

I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’  So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

Luke 15:21 NIV

“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ “But the father said to his servants”

Point #4 - The Perfect Principle 

Luke 15:22 NIV 

“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

Proverbs 19:21 NLV

“There are many plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s plan that will stand.”

Key #1 - Get the Right Recipe

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.

Romans 1:12

When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours

James 1:3

Your faith will be tested. You know that when this happens it will produce in you the strength to continue.

Key #2 - Begin the Preparation

James 2:14

What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions?

Key #3 - Don’t be a PICKY EATER

Jeremiah 15:16 NIRV

When I received your words, I ate them. They filled me with joy. My heart took delight in them.

Key #4 - Become a Feeder

John 21:15 NIV

When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”

KEY SCRIPTURE - Psalm 16:11(NLT)

“You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your PRESENCE and the pleasures of living with you forever.”

KEY #1 - GRATITUDE

KEY #2 - INTENTIONALITY

Luke 7:36-38 (NIV)

36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.

KEY #3 - FAITH

Acts 16:25-26 (TPT)

25 Paul and Silas, undaunted, prayed in the middle of the night and sang songs of praise to God, while all the other prisoners listened to their worship. 26 Suddenly, a great earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. All at once every prison door flung open and the chains of all the prisoners came loose.

KEY #4 - TURNS YOU AROUND

Luke 24:31-33 (NIV)

31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” 33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together.

Key Scripture: Romans 10:3-4 TLB 

3 For they don’t understand that Christ has died to make them right with God. Instead they are trying to make themselves good enough to gain God’s favor by keeping the Jewish laws and customs, but that is not God’s way of salvation. 4 They don’t understand that Christ gives to those who trust in him everything they are trying to get by keeping his laws. He ends all of that.

KEY POINT #1: GRACE ISN’T FAIR

LUKE 15:24 NIV 

For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

LUKE 15:29 NLT 

but he replied, ‘All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends. 30 Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’

LUKE 15:31 NLT 

“His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours. 32 We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’”

KEY POINT #2: GRACE IS A LICENSE TO WIN

ROMANS 6:6-7 NLT  

6 We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. 7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. 

ROMANS 3:20 NLT 

For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.

KEY POINT #3. GRACE IS FOR YOU, NOT ABOUT YOU

Galatians 2:21 NLT 

I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.

Romans 12:2 NIV

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

Point #1 - We now operate in the spirit, and not the flesh.

Romans 8:38-39 says NIV

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Point #2 - There is nothing you can do to separate you from the love of God.

Genesis 50:20 NIV

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Point #3 - Whatever trial you are going through right now, God can use it for good if you allow Him to.

Titus 2:11-12 NIV

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age

Point #4 - Only the GRACE of God can teach us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions.

Point #5 - We don't pray for victory, we pray from Victory!

John 7:38 NIV

“Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”

Key #1 - Check Your Flow

FAITH

LOVE

HOPE

WORSHIP

1 Corinthians 13:13

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.

Key #2 - Open the Floodgates

Malachi 3:10

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

Proverbs 11:24 CSB 

One person gives freely, yet gains more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

Key #3 - Spring up a Well

John 4:14

But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.

Matthew 25:14-29 NLT

14 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone.15 He gave five bags of silver to one, two bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last—dividing it in proportion to their abilities. He then left on his trip.

16 “The servant who received the five bags of silver began to invest the money and earned five more. 17 The servant with two bags of silver also went to work and earned two more.18 But the servant who received the one bag of silver dug a hole in the ground and hid the master’s money.

19 “After a long time their master returned from his trip and called them to give an account of how they had used his money. 20 The servant to whom he had entrusted the five bags of silver came forward with five more and said, ‘Master, you gave me five bags of silver to invest, and I have earned five more.’

21 “The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’

22 “The servant who had received the two bags of silver came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two bags of silver to invest, and I have earned two more.’

23 “The master said, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’

24 “Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate. 25 I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.’

26 “But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate, 27 why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’

28 “Then he ordered, ‘Take the money from this servant, and give it to the one with the ten bags of silver. 29 To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.

Key #1 - You Own Nothing

Key #2 - You Got Something

Malachi 3:10 NIV

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

Key #3 - Jesus is Coming