Hope Fellowship - Mike Zenker

A God We Can Trust: ‘Building A Case’:  Many people have walked away from ‘god’. When they describe ‘that god’…I agree with them that I would walk away from that ‘god’ as well. Today I would like to build a case for “A God We Can Trust’. Many trust ‘in’ God, but fewer would be honest and say they actually ‘trust God’. Today we take a look at some very important ground work that needs to be la...

Finding Hope In The Darkness: The recent number of weeks have revealed that so many folks are going through some very serious losses. Loved ones passing away, relationship crisis, etc… all very real and when you are in those situations, it feels like you are walking in ‘darkness’. Today you will hear some very encouraging word that will inspire HOPE…. There is hope in all of these situations….perh...

Experiencing God When Life Is Painful  – Special Guest Ellen VeltKamp, comes back to Hope Fellowship after having moved away to North Buxton, ON. Be ready to hear real life and down to earth stories of real pain and how God showed up in some very tragic circumstances. I believe you will be encouraged by what you hear! Thrilled to have her back share at Hope Fellowship.   Watch on YOUTUBE...

What I Have Learned On My Journey Of Growing In Christ – Special Guest Laurinda Wallace shares her journey of growing in Christ, the ups and downs. I believe you will be encouraged by what you hear! Thrilled to have her share at Hope Fellowship. (***PLEASE NOTE: we had technical issues with the sound and have edited the audio as best we could so you can at least ‘hear’ what Laurinda is sharing. Ou...

LIVING THINGS GROW: enjoy special guest “Jennifer Shouldice” as she shares a bit of the journey of faith she is on. Jennifer has always asked a lot of questions in the years I’ve gotten to know her. Finally you get to hear how the questions have become a blessing and perhaps you also will be encouraged by what you hear! Thrilled to have her share at Hope Fellowship.    Watch on YOUTUBE:...

“We All Need Some Good OL’ Encouragement” Sometimes the circumstances all around us can appear discouraging and even down right dark. However, there is hope in all circumstances. Perhaps you are the one needing the encouragement, if so, you will hear good news today. Perhaps you are going to be the one that will be sent to ‘be’ that encourager! Today, you will be inspired to be a gift of hope to s...

Which Of Your Footprints Do You Want Followed? (Even missteps can be redeemed) A quick read through the Old Testament will reveal a lot of ‘Bad Dad’ patterns. Even those whom we hear a lot about, seem to have really made some very ‘bad dad’ choices! Many of these choices have led their children to repeat the negative patterns. The good news is this: Without looking at their behaviour, most of thes...

Finding Hope: “When You Have Nothing” What if ‘nothing’ is a gift. What the ‘nothing’ you are struggling with can become the very means God will use to show His blessing to you? I know I like to know what my short term financial future is going to look like so I can plan accordingly. (Future planning is also a great help). But what happens when that ‘plan’ suddenly takes a sudden left turn or cras...

Finding Hope When Fear Cripples You - How God Turns Our Excuses Into Success . Have you ever felt that you are not good enough or qualified to fulfill the dreams you may have? Is insecurity paralyzing you or does fear cripple any move forward? What if God has placed dreams in you and the only thing blocking them is ‘a fear mindset’? What if there is a way through that seemly impossible brick wall,...

Expanding Our Understanding: The Mother Heart Of God .   Be prepared to have your understanding of who God is ‘expanded’, especially if you have only believed God to be a ‘male’. We will be exploring metaphors & anthropomorphisms that reveal God in many forms. When the movie ‘The Shack’ came out, it created a lot of discussion as to who God really is. What the book did do is create h...

Living Like Jesus Lived Pt 9: “Jesus Loves To Restore” – Today we dive into the Gospel of John and look at his perspective on the post resurrection account. You may be surprised but some of the details you forgot about or where never told. More importantly, take note of how Jesus was in the business of restoration and healing. After feeling shame and guilt from denying Jesus three times, Jesus sin...

Living Like Jesus Lived Pt 8: “Varying Resurrection Accounts” - “What You May Have Forgotten About The Story”. It may have been a LONG time since you really heard the accounts of what happened to Jesus after He died on the cross. Join us today as we look at four different perspectives beginning with the story of who took Jesus and buried Him. Enjoy this message as we take a second look at the stor...

Living Like Jesus Lived Pt 7: “Fickle Crowd and a Forsaken Saviour” What if the crowd that shouted ‘Hosanna Hosanna’ with palm branches 7 days before Christ’s death, was not the same crowd that shouted ‘Crucify Him, Crucify him.’ What if God the Father did not forsake His son on the cross even though Jesus cried out ‘My God, My God, why have you forsaken me’? What if there are better hope filled p...

Living Like Jesus Lived Pt 6:  “Modeling The Heart of a Leader”  The Father weighs in and speaks something so profound that the disciples who heard it, didn’t get it until after the resurrection. Nothing like a ‘proud Papa’. Today the heart of Jesus is revealed again as He makes His way to Calvary, still loving those around Him while knowing full well what was about to happen. Wait for i...

Living Like Jesus Lived Pt 5: “Loving All As He Was Going” Today we continue investigating some of the key stories in the Gospels that reveal the heart and character of Jesus. Join in today and discover some unexpected gems that will encourage you to see as Jesus saw, and live like he lived. Enjoy! 1. Healing at Bethesda pool – John 5 2. Woman caught in adultery - John 7:53–8:11 3. Matthew Tax col...

Living Like Jesus Lived Pt 4: “Expressing Compassion To The Hurting” Life isn’t about trying to ‘copy’ all the behaviours that Jesus modeled in an attempt to ‘try to be like Jesus’.  Instead, it is about knowing his heart and the source of his love and power.  When we abide in Christ, just like Christ abided in the Father, it is THEN that the life and love of Christ flows out of us with...

Living Like Jesus Lived: “His Extra Effort Loving The Overlooked” Do we avoid the marginalized, or are we drawn towards them in love. Do we even see them as we go about our day? Today we will dive into how Jesus “affirmed equality’ of those were not given a voice. Women. Enjoy as we explore the compassionate heart of Christ towards women in a way that was absolutely counter-culture to his day. He...

Living Like Jesus Pt 2: He Just Loved People  If we are to ‘Live Like Jesus Lived’, then we need to know what Jesus meant when he said “as the Father sent me, in the same way, I’m sending you’. He didn’t mean that we copy cat his behavior and focus on doing all the things Jesus did. He meant to abide in Him, just as He abided in His Father. We are to live the same way, each moment of every da...

Living Like Jesus: What Does That Look Like? Many folks have been told they are supposed to live like Jesus, but have never wisely been told how. Instead, they have been told to ‘copy’ Jesus actions and repeat his words recorded in the Bible. What if this advice falls terribly short of what it means to truly ‘live like Jesus’? For the next few weeks, we are going to dig into a number of key storie...

Don’t Lose Hope (lessons from Joseph, the baker and the butler) Our circumstances do not tell the whole story. I only shows us what we are currently walking through. Our emotions tend to respond to the circumstances and therefore can’t always be trusted as the whole truth. There may be much more going on than we realize and this is only one chapter in a much bigger developing story. I trust the ‘A...

Healing Life’s Hurts Pt 12 – ‘What About?”  How do we walk in the path of forgiveness when the person is still in our day to day life? It begins with making sure we thinking correctly as well as living from our identity in Christ. Enjoy as we wrap up a long and intense series on "Healing Life's Hurts through understanding forgiveness" Watch on YOUTUBE:   https://youtu.be/XcSgopEqtUM &nbs...

Healing Life’s Hurts Pt 11 – ‘How To Forgive' part (2 of 3) How do we actually forgive someone? This entire series has led to this part of the series. Taking in everything we have covered, we are now ready to walk through the process of forgiving someone. Last week we discussed the actual ‘event’ of forgiveness, Today we will look at the process of walking out what we just did. This is a huge proc...

Healing Life’s Hurts Pt 10 – ‘How To Forgive' part (1 of 2) How do we actually forgive someone? This entire series has led to this part of the series. Taking in everything we have covered, we are now ready to walk through the process of forgiving someone. Today we look at the “event’ and next week the process of walking this out. This has the potential to impact your soul for the rest of your life...

Healing Life’s Hurts Pt 9 – ‘Reasons We Don't Forgive' - Once we have deconstructed the misunderstanding of what we thought forgiveness was, we are now able to explore what it really is. Today we dig into what are some common ‘hindrances’ as to why we tend not to forgive… but you need to hear last week’s message ‘What Forgiveness is, and that we are each capable of forgiving, even if we don’t thin...

Healing Life’s Hurts Pt 8 – ‘What Forgiveness Is' part A - Once we have deconstructed the misunderstanding of what we thought forgiveness was, we are now able to explore what it really is. Today we dig into ‘What Forgiveness is, and that we are each capable of forgiving, even if we don’t think we can. Forgiveness is an ‘event’ and a ‘process’, enjoy today’s message and next weeks as we explore wha...