A Sure Hope

What do we do when we find ourselves giving in to defeat, stuck in the spiritual wilderness with attacks on every side? Pastor Dave shows us today in the study of Joshua that Jesus leads us into the abundant life. Lift your head, Christian! You are an over comer in Christ because Jesus has conquered every battle for you!

Just as He was in the first church, Christ needs to be the focus of our lives. As Pastor Dave concludes the book of Acts, we get a good look at how the early church operated. God is looking for people who will surrender their lives to him. He wants to use you to bring life into the world. Will you abandon completely to His will?

What do we find at the heart of our churches today? The early church knew the importance of their Savior, as Pastor Dave shows us in his continuation of the book of Acts. We’ll learn that worship is a primary characteristic of the church. As you allow the Spirit to guide you daily, you can walk in a state of worship.

Shouldn’t we experience a sense of urgency when it comes to sharing the Gospel with others? And yet, we tend to let our limitations hold us back from doing just this. In today’s message, Pastor Dave urges us to look to the hope we have in Jesus. He can accomplish His greater work in you!

While we are called to separate ourselves apart from the world to God, it’s so easy to allow other lords to invade the sanctuary of our hearts. As Pastor Dave uses the example of the apostle Paul’s determination and hope, recognize that you can make yourself ready by knowing God’s Word, just as Paul did.

As Christians, are we daily claiming the promises of God? Pastor Dave continues today’s message on God’s promises, reminding us that when God makes a promise, we can count on it. Be assured that God will complete the things concerning you and all the promises in Christ are yes and amen!

Doesn’t it seem that the promises of God, more often than not, seem to take time? Pastor Dave encourages us to keep moving as we wait for the fulfillment of these promises. As you are faithful in sharing the good news of the gospel and God’s promises, you’ll find there’s great reward when waiting upon the Lord.

The apostle Paul went through a lot of experiences in his ministerial career – ups and downs, triumphs and sorrows. Through it all he was accused of being a lot of things but as Pastor Dave will be reminding us, he was never accused of not being a faithful follower of Christ.

Jesus told us to be His witnesses. More often than not, our witnessing is done in how we live out our lives. Pastor Dave will be sharing events in the life of the apostle Paul where he was a witness of the Gospel without doing much more than living his life as it came to him and reacting in a Christlike manner.

In the first century A.D. no one denied that there was a Jewish teacher named Jesus; the disagreement was whether or not He was Who He claimed to be. Pastor Dave will be bringing this discussion forward 2000 years and reminding us of the hard questions the fact of Jesus’ existence forces us to ask.

These days, it seems fashionable to dismiss Christianity as a superstition or fantasy for simple-minded people, even though many very intelligent people have been followers of Christ. Pastor Dave will be sharing as the apostle Paul defends the Gospel against the skeptics of his day.

Salvation is an incredible gift we are invited to receive. Pastor Dave preaches today that the message of the gospel is not something we produce; rather, the gospel is something that God creates and we receive. Obedience to God is possible because of what He does in and through you!

To live the Christian life is to be obedient to God! Obedience to God is born from a grateful heart. Today Pastor Dave demonstrates from Paul’s life that our hearts can be dramatically changed by Jesus Christ, and no matter what we have done before we can live obediently today through God’s strength!

Today Pastor Dave preaches about his personal call to ministry and Paul’s specific calling in the scripture. The most important decision you will make is to be a follower of Jesus Christ and that is when your ministry starts. Then, continue to seek after God to explore the specific area of ministry He has for you!

What has God called you to? Today Pastor Dave teaches that God gives a global and personal calling to all people. We all are called to a life of salvation and then God leads to a specific area of ministry. An awesome God is extending a personal invitation to join with Him, how will you respond?

When challenges seem insurmountable, our concept of God affects our faith. If our concept of God is small, our faith may fall prey to small thinking that fails to see a big God. In today’s message, Pastor Dave shares how you can rely on a big God who created this world, raised the dead, and granted salvation.

In today’s message, Pastor Dave asks you to consider this question: how big is the God you serve? Our concept of God can affect how we see God working amid our circumstances. God is bigger than whatever you face, and because your God is bigger there is nothing you cannot endure.

Your Christian faith maybe doubted or criticized by skeptics today, who call into question the very core of your belief. In today’s message, Pastor Dave establishes how the resurrection gives us assurance because it can be trusted as both a historical fact and a personal promise!

What is a common element of the cross and the tomb? They were both empty, and that emptiness is full of promise! In today’s message, Pastor Dave emphasizes how central and ultimately true the resurrection is to our faith and salvation in Jesus Christ.

Have you ever been misunderstood or wrongly accused? Have you felt hopeless or defeated? Do you feel like give up or giving in? God has not forgotten you. In today’s message, Pastor Dave brings us hope through the example of Paul who also found himself was waiting for answers and promises from God.

In today’s message, Pastor Dave implores us to avoid procrastinating because that could mean delaying the most important decision of our lives – to accept Jesus as Savior. Accepting Jesus or not will determine whether at judgement He is your Savior or judge; what will Jesus be for you?

In today’s message, Pastor Dave implores us to avoid procrastinating because that could mean delaying the most important decision of our lives – to accept Jesus as Savior. Accepting Jesus or not will determine whether at judgement He is your Savior or judge; what will Jesus be for you?

It’s not uncommon for circumstances or situations in our lives to distort our grasp of God’s promises for us and cripple our trust. In today’s message from Acts, Pastor Dave aims to expand our vision of this life towards an eternal perspective, revealed in the promises of God.

It is not always natural to lean on God’s promises, and we can find ourselves looking all around this world and in many directions for help. In today’s message from the book of Acts, Pastor Dave passionately explores why we can trust the truth of God’s Word and always rest in God’s promises.

In the beginning when God created man, mankind was given authority and dominion over the Earth. Ever since then, Satan has been constantly attacking God's design and those who would choose God over Satan. In today's message, Pastor Dave reflects on the hatred and contempt that Satan and the world have towards God's chosen people.