Be Hope Church

KEY POINTS - When it looks like our story is almost over, God is just getting started. - How we choose in the hard times determines our legacy after. - God takes messes and makes them miracles. - We don’t have to like suffering, but our feelings don’t have to determine our responses.

KEY POINTS - We often elevate something when it solves a pressing problem. - The greatest threat to an elevated faith is one that you’re not aware of. - If you’re spiritually empty, you’ll never have a heart to serve. - The way we elevate our faith is to chase God’s agenda.

KEY POINTS - God sent the Spirit so we could experience and live in the fullness of our status as sons and daughters. - The Spirit is our inheritance. - You have access. - You have affection. - You have authority. - You have assurance. - God sent the Son to change your status, and He sent the Spirit to change your experience.

KEY POINTS - Becoming a champion is not about what you do, but it’s about who others become by you doing it. - We are not meant to be alone, but to work alongside each other. - Our strength comes from the Lord. - We have been given the Holy Spirit so that we can be bold in leading others in faith.

KEY POINTS - Becoming a champion is not about what you do, but it’s about who others become by you doing it. - The struggle with ambition is knowing the moment that it becomes selfish. - What starts as an act of service unchecked becomes an act of selfishness. - Money is often a reflection of our true ambitions. - Do good and be generous. - Generosity is the mechanism that God uses for miracles. -...

KEY POINTS - God helps us create a new story of the world. - We are chosen. - We are blessed. - We need both the “choosing” and the “blessing” because choosing without blessing is just tolerance. - You don’t die for the people you tolerate. - We grow best when we remind each other that we belong. - We deal with brokenness. - We are given.

KEY POINTS - You choose your level of connection. - It’s easier when you’re not inconvenienced. - Faith causes inconvenience. - God’s greatest lessons are often in our unwanted frustrations. - A champion doesn’t just experience victory – they help others experience it as well. - There is no greater victory than watching people cross the line of faith and find their purpose in Christ.

KEY POINTS - Champions of faith are our biggest challengers as well as our biggest cheerleaders. - Challengers aren’t afraid to call us out when we’re wrong. - Cheerleaders encourage us to remember who God is. - In order to move into where God is calling you, you have to surround yourself with champions. - The greatest champion you can have in your life is Jesus.

KEY POINTS - There’s nothing worse in faith than knowing that God called you but having no idea how you’re going to get there. - It’s your responsibility to carry the presence of God. - Stop carting off when you were called to carry. - Surrender is your best strategy. - God never calls you to something that He isn’t a part of.

KEY POINTS - When you’re unfit in life, you’re foggy in faith. - You’ll never be happy where you are if God is not the Lord and Leader of your life. - Maybe you aren’t where you want to be because you aren’t willing to be where you don’t want to be : “to see the stream, you have to be willing to brave the wasteland.” - God can change you in the cave you choose. - You have to choose to come out of...

KEY POINTS - You can’t assess where you are until you know where you want to go. - Where you want to go is not always where God needs you. - You cannot go where God needs you until you see a need. - When you stop fighting for needs, you fulfill your own selfish desires. - Worship realigns you with God’s purpose for your life – which is where He needs you to go.

KEY POINTS - Wherever you are – there you are! - Only God sees your heart : what others may reject, God’s hand anoints. - Maybe you are where you are because you often allow the wrong people to decide what God can and can’t do in your life. - The presence of your insufficiencies does not signify the absence of God. - Start where you are!

KEY POINTS - God has good plans for us. We can live in the plans knowing that they are good – not easy, but good. - God’s purpose is going to happen. Are you willing to be a part of it? You can be enthusiastic like Isaiah or you can be bitter and angry like Jonah. - We sometimes fear being willing to say “Here I am” because he will ask you to go somewhere or do something. - We are called to go and...

KEY POINTS - Wherever the Holy Spirit is, something powerful happens. - When God gives you a vision, resistance is part of starting something new. - What may feel like a distraction, God is using to refocus our faith. - God’s presence is what takes you beyond your ability.

KEY POINTS - It’s difference that draws us together. - The opposite ends of your life experience are what others find attractive in faith. - Sometimes not being chosen is what you need to appreciate the power of being chosen. - When you forget that God chose you, you can’t hold the tension of the old you and the new you. - Baptism isn’t our arrival, it’s the beginning.

KEY POINTS - We want our physical reality to accommodate our spiritual distress. - The only thing that can accommodate our mess is the grace of God. - The grace of God is that He loves our mess. - Humiliation leads to hiding. - We buy the lie that isolation will bring healing from humiliation. - God loves people that are willing to believe that a messy something is better than a perfect nothing.

KEY POINTS - Emotion produces little to no change – just saying sorry isn’t enough. - God isn’t interested in your “sorry”. - An invitation to repent is an invitation to become something brand new. - When you change your mind, your faith is no longer about knowing all the answers. It’s about “who’s next?” - We can experience the Kingdom of Heaven here and now. - Only the mighty work of God can cha...

KEY POINTS - We define human beings as “good” or “bad” based on one event. - Seeing others’ mess is Satan’s way of reminding you of your own struggle – it’s the stronghold he uses to make you feel dismissed from the love of God. - Jesus holds the tension between grace and truth. - You need the truth of your brokenness so you can understand your need for His grace. - Forgiveness has no favorites. “...

KEY POINTS - Some of your relationships may be pulling you away from your calling and your identity. - Change craves change. - “thelies” = “God’s best offer” - Some people in your life don’t want the help, they just want the attention. - You can’t save people who don’t want help. - Run with the winners. Faith is when you start wanting what God wants for you.

- Maybe you’re walking with God, but still doing the things you wish you wouldn’t – you relate to Peter. - The only thing you have control over is yourself. - The baggage we carry is meant to make us better. - Holy means healing. - Our baggage is where God works. - Be aware of your reactions. Ask yourself 5 questions: 1. What happened? 2. What am I feeling? 3. What is the story that I’m telling my...

KEY POINTS - We enter into relationships thinking that people will fix us. - We have a God-shaped hole in our hearts that we try to fill with people. - Our true identity comes only from God. - With Christ, we are made whole.

KEY POINTS - God’s impact is not limited to your generosity, but our level of generosity controls the amount of light we shine. - Giving is an opportunity. Giving in love is a sacrifice. Sacrifice without love leads to scarcity. - Oftentimes, our worry gets in the way of God’s work. Don’t let your worry block the world from God’s blessing. - The difference between those who live generously and tho...

KEY POINTS - We often ask God to move us forward into the future, but don’t allow Him to train us for it. - There are some walls in your life that need to fall. - Our view of God changes our view of everything. - You can’t see what you want to see unless you get a new view.

KEY POINTS - Be intentional parents. - Favor comes/is before behavior. - Faith-filled, intentional parents believe favor takes priority before right behavior. - Stepping up and becoming intentional fathers will confront the brokenness and leave a powerful legacy in the lives of our sons.

KEY POINTS - Sometimes God’s future is in the fulfillment of the successor. He may give you a vision and ask you to lead and invest in it, but you may never see the rewards of it. - There are 5 rules to life that faith will teach us: Life is hard. You’re not important. Your life is not about you. You are not in control. You’re going to die. - God’s story continues through the people you empower. -...