A Sure Hope

Today is the day for salvation! As you learn from Pastor Dave’s message today, tomorrow might not ever come. None of us are guaranteed a tomorrow. We have today. Don’t put off receiving Jesus as your Savior. Decide to follow and receive Him today! Eternity is real. You must decide where you’ll spend it.

God’s Word is powerful and transformative! Pastor Dave reminds you in today’s message that the Word of God never returns void. It’s living, active, and sharper than any two-edged sword. Be encouraged that the Bible is transformative. It will refine you to be more like Jesus and less like the world. Stay rooted in Scripture.

Unlike what the world would say, there’s only ONE way to the Father in Heaven and it’s through Jesus Christ! Today, Pastor Dave explains that not all roads lead to God. Only Jesus is the answer for salvation, eternity, and the forgiveness of sins. No one and nothing else can earn you the right to stand before God.

Seek to be in tune with the Lord. In today’s message from Pastor Dave, he encourages you to grow each day in your faith journey with God. Study His Word, seek His counsel through prayer, and live out His loving kindness to the world around you. Each day as you look to Jesus, as Him to help you to be more like Him.

You don’t need a “religion.” You need a relationship! As you learn in today’s message from Pastor Dave, Christianity isn’t so much about being in a religion as it is being in a relationship with the One who can give LIFE. A Savior who came and died for you! Knowing Him, trusting Him, and living on into eternity with Him.

Jesus can always see past the physical and takes us to the spiritual. Pastor Dave shares in today’s message that God doesn’t just see what’s going on externally, but sees straight to our hearts. He identifies the true root of what needs healing both physically and spiritually. He is God who knows you inside and out!

All the answers to our problems are Jesus! In today’s message from Pastor Dave, he explains that Jesus is what every broken and desperate heart needs. The answer we’re truly longing for in this world is Jesus! Pastor Dave encourages you, to allow Jesus to heal you and to receive Christ in faith. He will make you whole!

Faith requires action! As you listen to today’s message from Pastor Dave, he teaches you the importance of continuing to grow and move forward in your faith. God desires you to place all your trust in who He is and what He says He will do. To trust in His Word requires you to act in faith that He will complete it.

Have you ever been in a situation where you felt less than someone else? It could be due to any number of factors like money, or maybe just where you live. In today’s message, Pastor Dave reminds you that at the foot of the cross, you are equal with everyone - because Jesus died for all sinners.

Do you feel like you have a lot of faith or just a little? That may depend on your current situation. In today’s message, Pastor Dave reminds you that you don’t need to have a ton of faith; you just need to have enough to go to Jesus. Even when you are questioning your faith, and you have tried everything else; seek Jesus!

Have you ever changed the path you were taking through a public place, to avoid speaking to someone? In today’s message, Pastor Dave challenges you to make time to speak to those people. The people you try to avoid the most could be just the ones Jesus is pushing you to strike up a conversation with.

Have you ever been so excited about something that you had to tell someone? Many times, it’s not what you say to people but how you say it. In today’s message, Pastor Dave explains how you can downplay what God has done for you when you tell your story, but your level of excitement can make it all that more impactful.

Have you ever tried to get through security at the airport but something kept setting off the metal detector? Maybe you had something small that you forgot about. Today, Pastor Dave explains how in the way a forgotten metal object can stop you from accessing your plane, sin can prevent you from experiencing God fully.

Have you ever had someone challenge your way of living and you didn’t understand because it’s how you’ve always lived? Today, Pastor Dave challenges you to see past your traditions and religion to what God wants for you. Too many people miss a relationship with Jesus due to religious tradition.

Have you ever had a bad day to the point of wondering who you are, or if anyone really loves you? In today’s message, Pastor Dave reminds you that God loves you no matter what you’re going through. Even when you don’t feel it God loves you and is thinking about you, because you are one of His chosen People.

Are there parts of your city that you won’t go to? Maybe those areas don’t feel safe, or, if you’re honest, you feel too good to go to those areas. Today, Pastor Dave reminds you that there is nowhere Jesus won’t go and sometimes He wants to use you to reach those areas in your life that you don’t want to go into.

What a counter-intuitive idea…to be less, so Jesus can be more. It truly brings home the point that “less is more.” It teaches us humility, just as Jesus was humble. It teaches self-sacrifice, as Jesus was Himself a sacrifice. Pastor Dave wants you to know today that by giving your life to Jesus, there’s nothing greater, than being lesser.

Today, Pastor Dave talks about the man who paved the way, before Jesus’ ministry began. John the Baptist was kind of an odd person, but he was God’s chosen spokesman, to prepare people to learn and hear about Jesus, the Savior of the world. Now think about your role, in preparing the way for others to know God!

Oh, the things that are hard-wired into us, right? We tend to be quite selfish, in almost every way. In most cases, we’re looking for how a situation will benefit us. But in today’s passage, Pastor Dave covers the concept of putting yourself last and allowing yourself to be humble, which ultimately honors God.

Weddings are a beautiful thing. All the details, and the people standing up, representing the bride and the groom. Today, Pastor Dave talks about how John the Baptist was the one who was standing up for and representing the groom. He was preparing the way for Jesus to be the groom for His bride, the Church!

The world likes to take the cross and use it as some adornment. It attributes the cross to philanthropy, or a mean, close-minded people. Today, Pastor Dave teaches that the world tries to twist the cross’s meaning, but reveals its true meaning… that it’s the place that Jesus chose to die for your sins and set you free.

Have you seen those land bridges that only appear once a day when the tide is low enough to reveal them? Today, Pastor Dave teaches that many people are living on the sin-filled island, refusing to cross the bridge to heaven while it’s visible. Are you too comfortable in your sin to cross the bridge while there’s time?

Do you take responsibility for your actions? Or do you try to sweep them under the rug until they are brought to light? Today, Pastor Dave teaches that one day, you’ll have to own up to all of your actions. But, if you put your faith in Jesus, the resulting consequences of your actions will have been paid on the cross.

What am I supposed to do with my life? Billions of people around the world wonder the same thing every day. They try to answer that question with work, philanthropy, pleasure, and much more. However, Pastor Dave will teach you the answer in today’s message. Stick around to find out what God has in store for you.

The issue that many of the Pharisees had with Jesus is that they viewed their religion as one of works. They had to follow the Mosaic Law down to the dot. Today, Pastor Dave teaches that the kind of salvation Christ brings can’t be earned. You can’t “serve” your way into heaven. You have to be born again.