Hope City Church

David Smyrell preaches on the incarnation; the coming of the Son of God into His own creation.

The modern health, wealth and prosperity gospel is essentially the gospel of greed. However, the Bible is clear that the true gospel does bring a real prosperity to all who believe. So what does that prosperity look like?

Rev Gareth Dicks shares from Isaiah 40 concerning the preparation of the coming of the Messiah into the world. Are our hearts prepared for him? Are we prepared for His second coming?

We look at the betrayal of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. What can we learn about humanity from this crucial moment in history?

Trials reveal the heart and the heart reveals the man. We look at the condition of David’s heart in the cave of Adullam and consider what it is for one’s heart to be ‘steadfast’.

Trials reveal the heart and the heart reveals the man. We look at the condition of David’s heart in the cave of Adullam and consider what it is for one’s heart to be ‘steadfast’.

David Smyrell preaches from Mark 14 on Jesus and the disciples in the garden of Gethsemane.

David sang in the cave of Adullam of the God who fulfils all his purposes. What reason did David have for saying that? We explore the links between David and Christ and see that the Father also accomplished all his purposes in the son.

As Jesus and the disciples head out of Jerusalem on the evening after eating the Passover supper, Jesus predicts that all of them will fall away that night, Peter defends himself ardently saying ‘even if everyone else falls away, I will not.’ We look together at the dangers of self assurance and man’s tendency to think more highly of himself than scripture warrants.

We rejoin David in Adullam's Cave, looking together at Psalm 57; a Psalm of triumph written at a time of adversity and trial. How was it that David was able to come to such a place of faith when everything around him seemed to be going wrong?

This passage covers Judas’s plot to betray Jesus and also the last supper on the night before Jesus was crucified. We focus on the disciples preparation both for the last supper and for what was to come next. We also take a look at the inauguration of the Eucharist, what did Jesus mean when he said ‘this is my body?’

Continuing through Psalm 34 we look together at verse 18 and see God’s compassion towards the broken and the hurting.

We continue with our study through Mark. This week David Smyrell preaches on the plot to kill Jesus and the woman who anointed Jesus at Bethany.

Concluding our series on The Church we take a look at what the future holds for God’s people.

We look together at the 34th Psalm verses 1-10. A Psalm written by David during his time at the cave of Adullam. What pours out of our heart during difficult times? David finds that God is a God who delivers us out of trouble - even trouble of our own making!

In our final week focussing on Mark 13 we look at Jesus’s command to ‘stay awake’. What does it mean for us to be awake? How should we position ourselves in light of Christ’s second coming?

Continuing with our series on the Doctrine of the Church we look at the mission of the Church. What is it that the Church has been commissioned to do? We look to Matthew's gospel for answers.

We continue our study of the spiritual gifts. Focussing on 1 Corinthians 12 and 13 we consider the diversity of gifts and also their unity in function.

Continuing our series through the gospel of Mark we focus again on the Olivet discourse in chapter 13. Pastor Graham preaches from verse 14 through 23, looking at the signs of the end including the abomination of desolation.

We continue our series on the Church this week looking afresh at the gifts of the Spirit. Looking at the twelfth chapter of Paul's first letter to the Corinthian church we ask; what are the Spiritual gifts and what is their purpose and function in the Church today?

We begin our study through chapter 13 of Mark’s gospel, once of the most incredible and most contentious passages in the whole Bible. Jesus predicts the destruction of the temple and tells His disciples of the signs that will signal the beginnings of the birth pains.

Focussing in on Acts chapter 1 we look at what it means for the Church to be baptised in the Holy Spirit.

Mark 12:38-44 contains a strong warning from Jesus about certain ‘money loving’ scribes. This is contrasted with the account of the poor widow who’s offering at the temple pleased Jesus. What can we learn from these two stories about real vs fake spirituality?

At Pentecost the Apostle Peter preached the first sermon of the new covenant Church. He speaks of a promise that is ‘to you, your children, and to all who are far off’, we dive into the significance of the phrase and see that God’s people are a people of covenant.

Jesus asks why the scribes say that the Messiah will be David’s son when in Psalm 110 David calls Him, Lord. We pick up on Jesus’s view of scripture and also learn more about His nature as our redeemer.