Be Hope Church

KEY POINTS - What we pass on to others impacts their life. - We are all followers (disciples) of something. - Others can tell what we follow by what we love with all of our heart, soul, and strength. - When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we carry it with us wherever we go.

KEY POINTS - The key to your success is God’s word. - “Choose it or lose it” - God’s word connects our life to God’s power.

KEY POINTS - God has freed you from captive to calling. - God’s plan is where He planted you. Don’t worry about the “whether” – take possession of it! - Sometimes God’s calling comes with unfavorable conditions, and that’s the greatest thing holding you back. - Following God wholeheartedly is when you place the calling of God over the conditions of your life.

KEY POINTS - Grace is the unmerited favor that is given to us by God. - What others may see as useless, God sees as love and sacrifice. - It is the work of the Lord to choose grace with other people. - Grace is easy to accept and hard to extend.

KEY POINTS - Worship is our “why”. - Without knowing “why”, “what” will always get in the way. - Worship is when we faithfully and gratefully respond to a holy God, no matter WHAT is happening. - Lifted hands signifies victory and it signifies surrender – and surrender is where our greatest victory happens.

KEY POINTS - Front row is where the battle is won. - Front row people recognize that they’re in a fight. - Front row people are relentless.

KEY POINTS - Generosity is a lifestyle, not a limitation. - It’s the tangibles in our lives that project the way we want to be perceived. - There’s no limit to what God can do when you decide to live generously. - Generous people don’t give from abundant wealth, but the anticipated work.

KEY POINTS - The insight to invite is the weight. - Weight signifies the incoming work of God. - One of the greatest ways to champion someone’s faith is as simple as an invitation. - Put on weight – invitation begins with your story.

KEY POINTS - The church should never be outpaced. - In God’s Kingdom, the highest seat takes the lowest form – a servant. - When you’re in pursuit, you have the heart of a servant. - Bearing your cross isn’t a status symbol. It’s an identity marker of your purpose. - True hope is relentless for the hopeless.

KEY POINTS - The “solitary place” in your life is the tragedy that leaves you breathless. - Compassion is the gift from God that makes you feel forgotten. - Hope is the ability to see the redemptive side of the story. - The miracle is the breath between tragedy (“He is not here”) and the redemptive side (“He is risen!”)

KEY POINTS - “There” doesn’t exist because “there” is always changing. - We compromise our values, our character, and our integrity to get “there”. - There is only “here”. God has already given us everything we need and more. - The inheritance we receive is the power of God.

KEY POINTS - God makes me to make me. - Your focus defines your future. - Adversity is not the failure of God, but the favor of God. - God can’t make you until you make Him first.

KEY POINTS - Accessibility is the leverage sin uses to pull you from God’s plan. - God hates anything that hurts. - Holy is not what you’re doing. Holy is who you’re becoming. - God uses our scars to show how He saves.

KEY POINTS - Good is the enemy of great. - Great can be the enemy of good. - First church champions love second place.

KEY POINTS - What we see gives us a perception of who God ISN’T. Yet what we DON’T see gives us a truer picture of who God IS. - Every trial, test, and temptation is not an attack from God, but about His all-out affection for you. - God’s affection is often demonstrated by developing you through the difficulty. - The God we don’t see is the God who sees what we can’t see. - God doesn’t give you Hi...

KEY POINTS - What we see gives us a perception of who God ISN’T. Yet what we DON’T see gives us a truer picture of who God IS. - Every trial, test, and temptation is not an attack from God, but about His all-out affection for you. - God’s affection is often demonstrated by developing you through the difficulty. - The God we don’t see is the God who sees what we can’t see. - God doesn’t give you Hi...

KEY POINTS - Pick up the pieces. - Don’t overlook the leftovers. - God can do big things with little faith.

KEY POINTS - Ahava = Hebrew word for love - Ahava is an action, a sacrifice. - The previous standard was self-love, providing the Golden Rule. The NEW standard is not to love as you would yourself, but to love as Jesus did. - We don’t choose feelings. We execute expectations of how to love. Actions speak louder than words. - If we really love someone, it will be our concern that they know Christ.

KEY POINTS - God uses light in ways that we don’t. - The world uses light to condemn. - God uses light to heal.

KEY POINTS - To see what’s great in you, you must know the God who’s in you. - Jesus is the access point for God to develop you for greater things. - “Preconnected” means you already have. “Reconnected” means you’re always trying to earn. - It’s not dead, it’s developing. - “Cut back” is God’s work for greater things. - You are saved by grace – sin cannot become your excuse for living less than wh...

KEY POINTS - The ground work is God’s work. - My struggle is rich soil for new opportunity. “I am an overcomer. I serve a resurrected God. In moments of defeat, I stand firm at the feet of Jesus knowing difficulty and struggle serve as seasons for the start of something new.”

KEY POINTS - Identity lives on the other side of the struggle. - Don’t let the past damage your identity. - Holy ground is where you claim your identity. - Practical steps to standing on holy ground: Making church a weekly priority (Becoming Early People), Giving God the first five minutes (Bible app, praying, giving thanks), Having a plan to read God’s word. “I AM because God is The Great I Am. M...

KEY POINTS - Give no space to F.E.A.R. - Ask yourself the question: what am I doing here? - You must walk by faith.

4 Reasons why we settle: 1. We settle because we’re tired of waiting. 2. We settle because we don’t believe we deserve better. 3. We settle because we feel pressure. 4. We settle for safe. What we were made for: 1. We were made for relationship. Matthew 6:33, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, all these things will be given to you as well.” 2. We were made for freedom. Galatians 5:...