Hope Church Munich Podcast

In Mark 10, Jesus tells us that to enter the kingdom of God we need to be like children. What are the principles that allow us to receive this kingdom? Vini challenges us to have the child-like qualities of teachability, flexibility and insistence, yet still seeking to grow in maturity and being willing to let go of our own preferences and connect with everything God is wanting to do. Be encourage...

This series is about how we live in the blessings that God so willingly and gladly provides. Part of this way of life is an ever-growing communion with the Father and an increasing experience of the reality of the Kingdom of Heaven. In this episode, the focus is on an attitude of giving ourselves completely to God and consciously depending on Him. Jesus calls this in the Sermon on the Mount: &quot...

Experiencing the reality of the kingdom of God – it is because the Pharisees and scribes hinder people from experiencing this that Jesus rebukes them (he actually says that they are hiding the keys to knowledge). He is not talking (only) about a future Kingdom, but about the Kingdom that is at hand. We can be sure that Jesus is teaching on these keys, so that we would be able to experience the rea...

This week was a Kairos moment in the history of Hope Church Munich. We celebrated, blessed, and sent out Kevin and Marty on their new adventure and welcomed Martin and Heike as our new church leaders. Our apostolic father, Ian Rossol shared the significance of this day and how it is an upgrade for the church. This is a time for everyone to receive a fresh anointing and grace to do what He has call...

In this week’s message, our guest speaker Nancy Goudie shares a timely word to the church where she encouraged us to hear, obey and trust God for his plans for our lives and the church during this pivotal time of change. And, like Elisha, we are to get involved and stay focused on what God is doing to receive His double-blessing (not to watch at a distance like the fifty men from the company of pr...

In this message, Kevin Brogan shares his final message as Pastor of Hope Church on the importance of Christians living in freedom, realising our identity as children of God and being led by the Spirit of God (and not by other lesser priorities in our lives). Life lessons and testimonies are intermingled with these important foundations of living life in the Spirit, living for God and seeking first...

In this message our church elder Kenny highlights the importance of receiving the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The gifts of the Spirit enable us to live a victorious life and to be a blessing to those around us. This sermon focuses on the ability to speak in tongues. The Bible says that whoever speaks in tongues builds themselves up. Also, when we pray in tongues, the Holy Spirit is praying on our be...

When Moses was called by God in Exodus chapter 3, he asked God five questions (some of which were excuses). God only answered with the following “I will be with you”. Has God spoken to you about your calling? Do you have questions about this? Or excuses as to why you may not seem up to the job in your own eyes? In this week’s message, Kevin Brogan unpacks the five questions (excuses) and highlight...

Do you sometimes feel it’s impossible for God to use you for great things? Have others written you off? Through testimony and the Word, Marty Brogan addresses these thoughts that sometimes paralyze us and highlights that no-one is ever “written off” by the Father. --- Hast du manchmal das Gefühl, dass es für Gott unmöglich ist, dich für große Dinge einzusetzen? Haben andere dich schon abgeschriebe...

Pastor Kevin unpacks the importance of being baptised in water in being set apart to Him. All the way through the Bible we read about God’s people being set apart to Him - in the Old Testament it was through the covenant of circumcision, in the New Testament however this practice was superseded through full immersion water baptism for believers (See Colossians 2:11-12). When we are baptised, after...

In this message, our church elder, Kenny, highlights the importance of cultivating our relationship with the Holy Spirit. He is our Comforter and Counsellor who guides us into all truth. The Holy Spirit empowers us to live victorious lives. He directs our steps as we listen to His voice and He assists us in reaching out to the people God has placed around us. We can do nothing on our own, but when...

This Pentecost Sunday message from Martin Spreer is thought-provoking, anointed, and divinely inspired to encourage God’s people to seek Him afresh and be continually filled with the Holy Spirit. God responds to our hunger for Him -and a full equipping of the Holy Spirit is what is required for what God wants to do in us and through us. There is an expectation of the Holy Spirit bringing waves of...

At the beginning of the book of Joshua, the Israelites are transitioning from being led by Moses through the wilderness to being led by Joshua into the Promised Land! One significant difference, however, is that God stops leading His people by means of a pillar of cloud or fire, and instead leads by His own presence, symbolized in the Ark of the Covenant. God is leading the way, but it is differen...

In times of transition, our sights need to be set on God and His Kingdom!  "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." (Matthew 6:33). In this message, Vini Ferreira looks at how we can all serve the King of Glory in ways that He has gifted us with. However, we have to say “yes” to Him.  As we set our sights and our priorities on God and H...

In times of transition, or difficult times, we need to be strong and courageous - not to be afraid, because God is with us! The early chapters of the book of Joshua mark the huge transition of the Israelites from their nomadic life in the wilderness to going in and taking possession of the Promised Land, so it is very significant that God speaks many times words to this effect: "Have I not co...

With this new season of transition as a church, Marty Brogan shares insights on three important components of transition which we need to walk through with Jesus: (1) dealing with our emotions; (2) being in faith; & (3) new opportunities (as He always leads us into something bigger). Be encouraged with this faith-filled message with practical tips as we move onwards and upwards in new adventur...

In this message, Vini Ferreira unpacks the true meaning of Jesus’ response to the Pharisees in Matthew 9:10-13 “For I desire mercy, not sacrifice” (a direct reference to Hosea 6:4-6). The context of when Jesus said this, i.e. while He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, shows the love He had for the lost and the true Father heart of God. Keeping the rules meant more to the Pharisees th...

Easter is where we celebrate our Lord’s resurrection. At the cross, Jesus paid the price for our sin and His resurrection is the proof (heaven’s receipt) that God the Father has forgiven our sins and we have eternal life together with the resurrected Christ. In this Easter message, our church elder Kenny, shares with us how His love is still alive - and He knows us by name. --- Zu Ostern feiern wi...

In this week’s message, we look at John’s account of Palm Sunday and one possible symbolism of what this means for us today. Jesus lived a surrendered life before God His Father. On Palm Sunday, people laid down their coats and palm branches – this reminds us that we also must live a surrendered life before God. Just as Jesus laid down His life for us and went to the cross, we too must lay down ou...

“Fight the good fight of faith”, Paul tells us in 1 Timothy 6:12. Faith is central to Christianity, and as Christians we are in a constant battle, as the enemy does not want us to be in faith. When we walk in faith, we are strong. When we are not in faith, or decide to do our own thing, then we are ineffective. Faith and fear cannot co-exist, and we know that grumbling and moaning kept the childre...

In this message, guest speaker Martin Spreer unpacks the famous verses of Jesus in Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest … “. A study of various translations of this verse highlights how Jesus wants us to recover our lives by abiding in Him. We need to watch how He does it and learn His unforced rhythms of grace. As we join our life to His,...

What is our identity as children of the God of hope? As our guest speaker Ian Rossol notes, we cannot have an identity as "ordinary“ when we have Jesus living inside us! God has destined us to be like Him and wants us to be overwhelmed by Him alone, not by anything in this world. And when we live this life in Jesus, His hope, joy and peace cannot help but overflow to those around us! Ian also give...

In this encouraging message, Myriam Peebles reminds us of the importance of how praising God is such a powerful key to our walk and partnership with Him! When we praise God, it makes us look up to God, opens our hearts, and brings us into the joy of His presence. "Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name." (Psalm 103:1) Praise is a mighty weapon, especial...

"The Lord is my shepherd... he restores my soul..." (Psalm 23:1, 3) If you are feeling worn out, too hurried, or in a "wilderness" situation, be encouraged by this message as Kenny Gan unpacks the truths of this wonderful Psalm - only Jesus can restore our soul and our part is to let him lead us. And as with Jesus, God turns the wilderness into a place of strength. --- "Der Herr ist mein Hirte ......

Faith pleases God. When we live by faith, as He has instructed us to, we stop limiting things to our own strength and ability … and then ANYTHING with God is possible! God encourages us to live a life of adventurous faith - but to follow this life is our choice. We can come into this way of life by making ourselves fully available to him and by getting his Word inside us - and believing it! As it...