Be Hope Church

KEY POINTS - We do what we do for His name. - Serving isn’t our job, it’s our joy. - Serving isn’t what we do, it’s who we are. - We serve to make His name known!

KEY POINTS - Faith isn’t built in the big event, it’s built on a big God. - When nothing’s happening, God’s just getting ahead. - Faith is built in boredom. - God can turn boredom into breakthrough.

KEY POINTS - God runs with winners. - Obedience to God is death for Satan. - Winners live like sin is losing. - The spiritual journey of dealing with sin doesn’t happen in a moment, it takes a lifetime. - One is how they won. - Sin loses one win at a time.

KEY POINTS - Silence creates tension and it gets our attention. - We create silence in our faith by allowing fear to be louder than the peace God is offering. - Silence is not absence. - The world sees peace as calmness, but in faith, we see peace as contentment. - God’s plan is always better. - We can move from the fear and silence of our “not yets” and into the peace and surrender of opening our...

KEY POINTS - Some parts of the Bible are prescriptive (how we should live our life) and some are descriptive (learning from the mistakes of others). - Sin blinds you and sin will always bind you. - God uses broken people. - God has been and always will be working. - God doesn’t just save us – He redeems the story. - One moment of humility before God can change everything. - It’s in the middle that...

KEY POINTS - It’s the simple things that keep us in bondage. - God will always answer your prayers when you call out to Him. - God uses what we have to accomplish His mission. - God has given you what you need to live out His plan. - We need markers to go back to that remind us that God is faithful.

KEY POINTS - Storms reveal who we trust the most. - You don’t know how strong your faith is until you’re in a storm. - You will either panic in the storm or have peace in it. - We need to know how to sail the storms! - We must decide who Jesus is. - We must learn to trust in a Savior that doesn’t just deliver us FROM the storms but THROUGH them. - He’s a trustworthy anchor for our souls.

KEY POINTS - God works His power where you give Him permission. - God won’t touch anything in your life that you don’t give Him access to. - Jesus leads out of relationship with His Father. - We live from the foundation of the Father. - We’ll never learn to lead until we learn how to be led. - Great faith changes everything.

KEY POINTS - Sin is the thing that will have you swimming in a toxic environment unaware that you’re actually drowning. - A friend that isn’t willing to call out your sin isn’t your friend. - God is not blind to the things that keep you bound. - Greed is the hollow pursuit for fullness that can only be found in God. - Greed is obsessing over things that don’t deserve our full attention but get our...

KEY POINTS - Toxic measuring is when you let someone other than God determine whether or not you measure up. - God knows what you’ve got. - God loves equally and equips each accordingly. - God is your portion and your share. - When I start looking OUT, God calls me to look WITHIN. - Jesus is my joy! “Stuff” isn’t a substitute for a Savior. - Know who holds the standard. - If it’s not from God – tu...

KEY POINTS - Fire = Renewal - Fire needs to breathe. - The one who doesn’t rest never recovers. - It’s hard to be unreasonable in faith when we’re irresponsible with our recovery. - When we return what doesn’t belong in our hands, we return our hands to where they belong.

KEY POINTS - God’s not silent, you’re just out of position. - The evidence of my heart is found in the dialogue of my head. - “Wholeheartedly” = walk behind, to be filled - “Run on full” = be in position to LISTEN

KEY POINTS - From the very beginning, God planned to be with us – to dwell. - RECOGNIZE that the spirit of God is alive in us and all around us. - Ask God to REVEAL where He is working in your life. - Ask God how you should RESPOND to His spirit – how you can become more like Him.

KEY POINTS - When we feel like God is gone, we think He doesn’t know us enough to care about what we’re going through. - You get to choose whether you live your life distracted or “pulled apart”, or encountering the hope of Jesus. - Your posture as a disciple is what matters the most. - You choose to keep God in front of you.

KEY POINTS - God’s not missing. You’ve just lost perspective. - Perspective helps us determine who is fighting the fight. - “Be Still” (Kawrash)  - Be silent - To plow - Devise a plan - The plan is to quit complaining and keep moving.

KEY POINTS - You can come close to God and never actually experience the power of who He is. - Faith and reason are great partners. But reason without faith is pointless. - The stone was not rolled away so Jesus could get out. The stone was rolled away so people could step into it. - You might not know the power within you because your faith is too small.

KEY POINTS - The “What If” that keeps us from God’s miracle is when we have something to prove. - The greatest miracle God could perform is saving us from ourselves. - You have nothing to prove because it’s in His hands. - The only way to prove yourself in life is to HAND IT OVER to God.

KEY POINTS - We allow our “WHAT” to get in the way of “WHO”. - There’s a “WHO” that can handle your “WHAT”. - Anything that points to you is not the Gospel. - Just ask for the Holy Spirit to lead you!

KEY POINTS - Sometimes we say “let’s go” and then we get scared of the “what if’s”. - Fix your focus. Feed your faith. - The real miracle happened in the Garden. - Focus determines direction.

KEY POINTS - How they knew you doesn’t invalidate the new you. - Home is wherever people tell God’s story. - Your story is God’s mercy.

KEY POINTS - A miracle is anything that brings God glory. - God doesn’t work with “what if’s”. He works with “what is”. - The staff isn’t what God used to perform the miracle through Moses – it was the person! - YOU are a miracle.

KEY POINTS - Because He is faithful, we are faithful. - Courageous people respond unreasonably. - YOU lead them. Don’t slow your ROLE. - We’re not working for an earthly promise. We’re working for an eternal promise. - You are called by God, confident in Christ, and empowered by His Spirit.

KEY POINTS - “Exalt” feels like something we should do in reverence for God. But exalt is what God does when He’s in a relationship with you. - The people who have the courage to cross believe that God can do amazing things. - The heart of God from the very beginning has been transformation to exalt you. - Composure is the key to courage. And courage is the key to cross.

KEY POINTS - God commanded Joshua to “stand up” when he was in mourning and confusion. - Grieving over defeat is natural, action and obedience to God’s commands are necessary for moving forward. - Fear is God not being who we expect Him to be. - Courage is to believe that God can fight for both sides.

KEY POINTS - You aren’t meant to react – you’re meant to be ready. - Courage isn’t made in a moment. It’s made in a series of decisions. - We will often “choose” God, but hold on to our “backup plans”. - Our fear keeps us waiting for the right conditions. - Choosing God at every corner takes courage. - The name of Jesus is enough.