Hope City Church

Welcome to Hope City Church! NEW If you are new to Hope City text “HCNEW” to 33777 SERMON GUIDE Truish Part 3 - The Truth Will Speak to You (Mysticism) Big Idea: The biggest threat to your faith is not bad behavior but bad beliefs. Mysticism- The belief that mystical experiences convey knowledge that our rational faculties cannot grasp. Galatians 1:6-8 I am shocked that you are turning away so soo...

Welcome to Hope City Church! NEW If you are new to Hope City text “HCNEW” to 33777 SERMON GUIDE Truish: Part 2 - Your Heart Will Tell You the Truth (Emotionalism) Big Idea: The biggest threat to your faith is not bad behavior but bad beliefs. Emotionalism: the tendency to rely on or place too much value on emotion. Matthew 7:24-28 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a p...

Welcome to Hope City Church! NEW If you are new to Hope City text “HCNEW” to 33777 SERMON GUIDE Truish Part 1 - You’re Wrong to Tell Me I’m Wrong (Relativism) Big Idea: The biggest threat to your faith is not bad behavior but bad beliefs. Galatians 1:6-7 I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a differ...

Welcome to Hope City Church! NEW If you are new to Hope City text “HCNEW” to 33777 CONNECT We created a Facebook group to help stay connected while we aren’t meeting in person for service. Click the link below to join the Hope City Church Online Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/206609247109415/ CARE If you or a loved on is in need of prayer or care, we would love to help! Drop a com...

Welcome to Hope City Church! NEW If you are new to Hope City text “HCNEW” to 33777 SERMON GUIDE "I'm Fine" 1 kings 19:3-7 3 Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. 4 Then he went on ALONE into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he s...

Welcome to Hope City Church!! NEW If you are new to Hope City text “HCNEW” to 33777 SERMON GUIDE Student Takeover Big Idea: We love the next generation. Romans 5:21 'So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God's wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.' John 5:24 'I tell you the truth,...

Welcome to Hope City Church! NEW If you are new to Hope City text “HCNEW” to 33777 SERMON GUIDE Jonah Part 5 - Idols Big Idea: Changing your actions won’t change your heart, but a changed heart will change your actions. Jonah 3:1-10 Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time: “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.” This time Jonah obeyed the Lord’s c...

Welcome to Hope City Church! NEW If you are new to Hope City text “HCNEW” to 33777 SERMON GUIDE Jonah Part 4 - Jonah's Prayer (Jonah 2:1-9) Jonah 2:1-9 “I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the land of the dead, and Lord, you heard me! You threw me into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea. The mighty waters engulfed me; I was b...

Welcome to Hope City Church! NEW If you are new to Hope City text “HCNEW” to 33777 SERMON GUIDE Jonah Part 3 - Storms Big Idea: Sin causes storms. Jonah 1:4-16 But the Lord hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart. Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the sh...

Welcome to Hope City Church! NEW If you are new to Hope City text “HCNEW” to 33777 SERMON GUIDE Jonah Part 2 - Running From God Big Idea: Running from God is choosing the hard way over God’s way. Romans 7:19 “I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.” Recognizing there is this rebellious spirit inside ourselves is the first step to understanding...

Welcome to Hope City Church! Sermon Guide Jonah Part 1 - How to Hear God Matthew 12:39-40 But Jesus replied, “Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and t...

Welcome to Hope City Church! Sermon Guide Looking for Joy- James 1:1-4 Big Idea: Obstacles are opportunities for joy. James 1:1-4 1This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing to the “twelve tribes”—Jewish believers scattered abroad. Greetings! 2Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3For...

Welcome to Hope City Church! Sermon Guide A New Normal Part 4 - Building Healthy Emotions 1 Thessalonians 5:23 NIV- May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Emotionally Solid in the New Normal 1. We experience shock. 2. We feel sorrow. 3. We begin to struggle. Matthew 7:24-25...

Welcome to Hope City Church! Sermon Guide A New Normal - Part 3: Make Room 1 John 2:26 I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray. But you have received the Holy Spirit (NIV and Greek say the anointing from him) and he lives within you Anointing = to smear or rub with oil Ephesians 5:18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be fille...

Sermon Guide A New Normal Part 2: Spiritual Renewal Renewal = the replacing or repair of something that is worn out, run-down, or broken. John 21:1-9 Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. This is how it happened. Several of the disciples were there—Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciple...

Welcome to Hope City Church! Sermon Guide A New Normal - Part 1: Don’t Be a Normal Christian (2 Corinthians) Big Idea: Following Jesus isn’t normal. 2 Corinthians 5:14-18 Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ,...

Sermon Guide Blind Spots: Pastor Miles McPherson - Rock Church, San Diego, CA Big Idea: Your blindspot is the gap between the intent of what you say or do and the impact of what you say or do Matthew 7:1-5 “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your...

Welcome to Hope City Church! Sermon Guide Thriving in Babylon Week 3: Wisdom (Book of Daniel) Big Idea: Influence is earned. Daniel 2:46-49 Then King Nebuchadnezzar threw himself down before Daniel and worshiped him, and he commanded his people to offer sacrifices and burn sweet incense before him. The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer o...

Welcome to Hope City Church! Sermon Guide Thriving in Babylon Week 2: Humility (Book of Daniel) Big Idea: You’re only as spiritual as the kindness you show to those you disagree with. Daniel 1:5-15 The king assigned them a daily ration of food and wine from his own kitchens. They were to be trained for three years, and then they would enter the royal service. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah...

Welcome to Hope City Church! Sermon Guide Thriving in Babylon Week 1: Hope Big Idea: God is in control of who is in control. Daniel 1:1-7 During the third year of King Jehoiakim’s reign in Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Neb...

The Blessing - Mother’s Day 2020 - The Book of Ruth Big Idea: I am blessed when I am fully satisfied in God. Ruth 4:13 So Boaz took Ruth into his home, and she became his wife. When he slept with her, the Lord enabled her to become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son. Then the women of the town said to Naomi, “Praise the Lord, who has now provided a redeemer for your family! May this child be fa...

Welcome to Hope City Church Sermon Guide- Five for Five PASTOR MICAH PELKEY- Storyside Church, Bellville OH God is still with you. Mark 14:32 - They came to a place called Gethsemane. Matthew 14:15 - When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Luke 10:32 - Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and pass...

Welcome to Hope City Church CONNECT We created a Facebook group to help stay connected while we aren’t meeting in person for service. Click the link below to join the Hope City Church Online Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/20660... SALVATION If you made the decision to follow Jesus click the link below. https://realhopenow.churchcenter.com/... CARE If you or a loved one is in need...

Welcome to Hope City Church CONNECT We created a Facebook group to help stay connected while we aren’t meeting in person for service. Click the link below to join the Hope City Church Online Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/20660... SALVATION If you made the decision to follow Jesus click the link below. https://realhopenow.churchcenter.com/... CARE If you or a loved one is in need...

Welcome to Hope City Church CONNECT We created a Facebook group to help stay connected while we aren’t meeting in person for service. Click the link below to join the Hope City Church Online Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/206609247109415/ SALVATION If you made the decision to follow Jesus click the link below. https://realhopenow.churchcenter.com/people/forms/121822 CARE If you or...