UStepIn Hope Ministries

What is faith? Well:

First, faith provides a guarantee, the peg on which we hang our hopes and second faith is that it moves us forward. Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. DO you agree?

If you would like to see the video version of this message, please check it out at: https://www.ustepin.com

We do our best to provide a new message every week. If you would like to support the creation of these messages, you may do so by e-transferring your support to [email protected] (please note, for now no tax receipts will be issued)

Learn To Know Your Creator - Colossians 3:1-11

Maybe these 11 verses are not what you would have expected of Paul? Maybe you didn’t expect Paul to say something like this? Maybe you didn’t expect Paul to be so harsh? Maybe it makes you uncomfortable and maybe that is just exactly what you needed to hear.

Paul’s or any preacher’s primary directive is to bring the truth to the forefront, to make it personal, to bring God’s truth to your mind and to your heart - to the very centre of your soul.

If you would like to see the video version of this message, please check it out at: https://www.ustepin.com

We do our best to provide a new message every week. If you would like to support the creation of these messages, you may do so by e-transferring your support to [email protected] (please note, for now no tax receipts will be issued)

Raised To New Life - Colossians 2:6-19

As I began preparing this message I looked outside, after just having received an amber alert about a water tornado warning in our area. The clouds moved fast, and they were scary… interestingly enough those clouds and the wind got me thinking about today’s message where I’m going to look at two key elements: water and roots. Bringing me to the subject of baptism... Being raised to new life.

If you would like to see the video version of this message, please check it out at: https://www.ustepin.com

We do our best to provide a new message every week. If you would like to support the creation of these messages, you may do so by e-transferring your support to [email protected] (please note, for now no tax receipts will be issued)

A few days ago we looked up and took in the immensity of the sky, then when you look down and you see what is in front of you, when you see a beautiful view, a cliff with a green carpet full of trees, and the river beneath, the lake in the distance, a bridge crossing the river. That moment became a time stop, to pause, to breath and to pray. It became a moment to remember to be thankful to our Lord for all He has made. I was tempted to re-post a number of photos from the James Webb telescope, just looking at them puts me in awe at what our Lord has made!

If you would like to see the video version of this message, please check it out at: https://www.ustepin.com

We do our best to provide a new message every week. If you would like to support the creation of these messages, you may do so by e-transferring your support to [email protected] (please note, for now no tax receipts will be issued)

Often the Lord will take us in directions we don’t expect. Today’s message really represents such an occurrence. I didn’t think to go in this direction at all:

Let me ask you: Have you known a special person, mentor, guide at some point in your life? Someone who impacted your life, being a good example, someone who impacted you by loving others, serving others with a smile and kindness, with compassion, and love? If you have memories of such a person, are you grateful for what they taught you? And do you now still remember to pray for them?

If you would like to see the video version of this message, please check it out at: https://youtu.be/BnsdG87Pyvw

We do our best to provide a new message every week. If you would like to support the creation of these messages, you may do so by e-transferring your support to [email protected] (please note, for now no tax receipts will be issued)

Today's message takes us back to Galatians again. The title:

We Harvest What We Plant - Galatians 6:1-10 and also 11-18

Everyone needs a certain amount of approval from another. But those who go out of their way to secure honors or to win popularity for themselves often become conceited and show that they are not following the Holy Spirit’s leading. After all, those who look to God for approval won’t need to envy others.

Some things Paul reminds us of are:

4 Pay careful attention to your own work...

5 For we are each responsible for our own conduct.

8b ...but those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.

If you would like to see the video version of this message, please visit: https://www.ustepin.com

We do our best to provide a new message every week. If you would like to support the creation of these messages, you may do so by e-transferring your support to [email protected] (please note, for now no tax receipts will be issued)

When we believers lose the motivation to love, we so very easily become critical of others. We stop looking for the good in them and do our best to only see their faults. Then, and soon, we lose our unity. So, when you begin to feel critical about someone - just stop yourself and instead make an effort, maybe even make a list of that person’s positive qualities and focus your attention on those. Maybe even make an effort to pray earnestly for them…

If you would like to see the video version of this message, please visit: https://youtu.be/YDr4jgUwKW8

We do our best to provide a new message every week. If you would like to support the creation of these messages, you may do so by e-transferring your support to [email protected] (please note, for now no tax receipts will be issued)

Keeping the law should not be a mere intellectual formality. We are to obey God's law, not to obtain salvation, but to live in ways pleasing to God. Just to be clear, if you are looking for salvation, there is only one way to find it and John quotes what Jesus said about that in John 14:6: 6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. " That, is the way of salvation and I believe that this fact needs to be firmly anchored in our hearts.

If you would like to see the video version of this message, please visit www.ustepin.com

We do our best to provide a new message every week. If you would like to support the creation of these messages, you may do so by e-transferring your support to [email protected] (please note, for now no tax receipts will be issued)

Keeping the law should not be a mere intellectual formality. We are to obey God's law, not to obtain salvation, but to live in ways pleasing to God. Just to be clear, if you are looking for salvation, there is only one way to find it and John quotes what Jesus said about that in John 14:6: 6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. " That, is the way of salvation and I believe that this fact needs to be firmly anchored in our hearts.

If you would like to see the video version of this message, please visit www.ustepin.com

We do our best to provide a new message every week. If you would like to support the creation of these messages, you may do so by e-transferring your support to [email protected] (please note, for now no tax receipts will be issued)

Almost 33 years ago we as a family were driving around for days looking for a church that suited us. We had just moved into a new area… We were asking the Lord to guide us where to worship Him. And one day as we were driving, all of a sudden, we all said and agreed, yes, this is the church. This is the church where the Lord wants us to worship Him... So, on Sunday we went to that church and as the service started this song is what they sang:

“How Majestic Is Your Name O Lord, our Lord.

How majestic is Your Name in all the earth"

The lyrics of that song really moved our hearts and with tears of adoration we sang, my wife and I looked at each other and said: “This is home!”

If you would like to see the video version of this message, please visit www.ustepin.com

We do our best to provide a new message every week. If you would like to support the creation of these messages, you may do so by e-transferring your support to [email protected] (please note, for now no tax receipts will be issued)