Hope Fellowship - Mike Zenker

What happens after the resurrection?  How were the disciples impacted?  Today and next week, we continue the story and explore some of the “appearances” of Jesus, and then examine the ascension.  There may be a few surprises that you didn’t count on, but that is what Grace does, surprises and grows in us.  Enjoy!   Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on YOUTUBE:  https://youtu.be/SwuXOwiL37s   or LISTE...

What happens after the resurrection?  How were the disciples impacted?  Today and next week, we continue the story and explore some of the “appearances” of Jesus, and then examine the ascension.  There may be a few surprises that you didn’t count on, but that is what Grace does, surprises and grows in us.  Enjoy!   Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on YOUTUBE:  https://youtu.be/Co-XgvKj8V0 https://ww...

The Message Jesus shared impacted the lives of the disciples after the ascension.  It impacted how they lived, how they loved, and it changed their minds in how they thought.  It was the coming of the Holy Spirit that really fueled the power to express these changes from the inside out.  The good, the bad, the ugly, all of it was on display as they continued to learn and grow. What can we learn fr...

There was great joy when Jesus rose from the dead.  Looking back at the story, we can observe a deeper love that had been at work the whole time.  In a story of “heroes & villains’, even the villains are loved just as deeply as everyone else.  Ponder that this Easter.   Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on YOUTUBE:  https://youtu.be/vGg-ZICkZpE   or LISTEN to it on our PODCAST https://podcasters....

There are only a few times that Jesus wept, at least only a few are recorded in the ‘Gospels’.  As we journey the road towards Easter, Palm Sunday is a day of people rejoicing and the Saviour weeping!   Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on YOUTUBE:  https://youtu.be/3tyyaSLwZzc   or LISTEN to it on our PODCAST https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-zenker   ***Love what you are hearing?  DON...

Those who had a hope in a violent Jesus, were thrilled to see or hear of Jesus turning over tables.  Finally permission to be vengeful.  However, Jesus modelled and taught the exact opposite of what they were hoping for.  He constantly stole the thunder from those hoping for power and superiority.  He turned over ‘rolls’, he turned over ‘faulty concepts of his Father’, he turned hearts towards lov...

Growing up does not mean just physically.  It doesn’t just mean in maturity either.  Growing up ‘Spiritually’ is something we tend to neglect because we don’t know what it looks like.  Today we will explore some Scriptures that encourage us to ‘grow up’ and what it is supposed to look like.  It has less to do with our behaviour than you might think, and then again it will mirror in our behaviour a...

Growing up does not mean just physically.  It doesn’t just mean in maturity either.  Growing up ‘Spiritually’ is something we tend to neglect because we don’t know what it looks like.  Today we will explore some Scriptures that encourage us to ‘grow up’ and what it is supposed to look like.  It has less to do with our behaviour than you might think, and then again it will mirror in our behaviour a...

Growing up does not mean just physically.  It doesn’t just mean in maturity either.  Growing up ‘Spiritually’ is something we tend to neglect because we don’t know what it looks like.  Today we will explore some Scriptures that encourage us to ‘grow up’ and what it is supposed to look like.  It has less to do with our behaviour than you might think, and then again it will mirror in our behaviour a...

Growing up does not mean just physically.  It doesn’t just mean in maturity either.  Growing up ‘Spiritually’ is something we tend to neglect because we don’t know what it looks like.  Today we will explore some Scriptures that encourage us to ‘grow up’ and what it is supposed to look like.  It has less to do with our behaviour than you might think, and then again it will mirror in our behaviour a...

Growing up does not mean just physically.  It doesn’t just mean in maturity either.  Growing up ‘Spiritually’ is something we tend to neglect because we don’t know what it looks like.  Today we will explore some Scriptures that encourage us to ‘grow up’ and what it is supposed to look like.  It has less to do with our behaviour than you might think, and then again it will mirror in our behaviour a...

Hope Fellowship has a very unique history.  Our journey of ‘growing in our knowledge and understanding’ of who God really is has been an adventure.  It included learning new things. (new to us), and unlearning things that just didn’t fit ‘a loving God’.  Enjoy as we chat through some of the big shifts in our theology over the past few years.   Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on YOUTUBE:  https://yo...

Hope Fellowship has a very unique history.  It’s past sheds light on it’s present and its future.  Today we take a moment to remember who Hope Fellowship is, it’s history and then explore the hope of it’s future! ENJOY!!    Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on YOUTUBE:  https://youtu.be/JpP0L63QrAY     or LISTEN to it on our PODCAST https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-zenker   ***Love wha...

‘Believing What Is True About How God Sees You Impacts How You Live’ The goodness of God is true whether we believe it or not.  However, ‘if we do’ believe it, it will radically transform our minds, bodies, actions, and those around us.  Today we explore some of the more obvious Scriptures that seem to ‘declare the goodness of God’.  If you have ears to hear, then hear this good news about how muc...

There are times we ‘do not realize’ that our attention has been attracted to our circumstances.  We focus so hard on the problem, the fruit of the problem, and make plans to correct the problem.  However, ‘the problem’ is not the primary focus, at least is isn’t supposed to be.  Today we explore other ways to ‘intentionally’ redirect our thinking process and find better places to keep our focus. ...

Have you ever been disappointed?  Of course you have.  However, the word ‘disappointed’ comes from ‘failed expectations’.  Where you put your faith can have some similarities.  We can put our faith in the idea that ‘things will turn out badly’…..and then we ‘see’ that result and think to ourselves, ‘told you so.’  What if there is a more ‘hope-filled perspective’ on where to place our faith?  Enjo...

It is ok to, and sometime necessary to ‘change our minds’.  What we believed about a certain topic may need to change when ‘new or new-to-you’ information comes your way.  In Scripture we see many who changed their minds and a few who did not.  How flexible we are will reveal a lot about how we have been programed to learn.  Be teachable, not gullible. ENJOY!!    Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on...

The wisemen and Mary & Joseph plotted their course by faith AND by what they saw as a result of the faith given TO THEM.  We each have a measure of faith, and each measure is a gift, not something we ‘muster up’.  Let’s live from THAT faith and experience an abundant life!!  ENJOY!!     Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on YOUTUBE:  https://youtu.be/KUuqPj6HO1k   or LISTEN to it on our PODCAST ht...

Faith is not something we ‘muster up’ or ‘try to create out of nothingness’.  Faith is a gift and the measure we receive is what we are able to express.  The ‘simple faith’ of the shepherds is something to ponder.  ENJOY!!     Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on YOUTUBE:  https://youtu.be/SKhFnu29vlg   or LISTEN to it on our PODCAST https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-zenker   ***Love wh...

Mary has her own stress of trying to convince everyone she is telling the truth.  Joseph also has a crazy dilemma to wrestle with, truth or lying…. And how to best respond.  It is interesting he planned to respond with Grace even though he didn’t believe her.  We have SO MUCH to learn about this story.  ENJOY!!    Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on YOUTUBE:  https://youtu.be/e-M1YKMrqgY   or LISTEN...

Is a ‘hope handed down’ real hope?  Can someone else’s ‘hope’ be transferred or caught?  What if it was ‘hope’ inspired 400 years ago?  Would you give up ‘hope’?   Well, a huge ‘disruption’ sparked a new hope for an ‘old hope’….. and it led to the ‘real hope fulfilled’.  Enjoy!!    Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on YOUTUBE:  https://youtu.be/V6OOxETaDhM   or LISTEN to it on our PODCAST https://pod...

When we hit waves of discouragement, reminders of hurts, or threats of being hurt again…it is just the time to focus on and remember the truth of your identity in Christ.  Today we take a look at some of the primary and most encouraging verses that reflect the truth of who you and I are ‘in Christ’. Enjoy!!   Watch today’s ‘edited’ message on YOUTUBE:  https://youtu.be/xDlcSvGTRJQ   or LISTEN to i...

When are physically hurt, we tell the Doctor what happened so that the Doctor knows how to treat best. When we are emotionally hurt or traumatized,  often there is a need to tell the therapist what happened, so they can know best how to treat you.  Love/Agape is the safest One to have on the healing journey with us.  Helping us remember ‘Who’ the Healer is, and that the Healer is safe.   Watch tod...

Each of us have faced loss, pain, and sometimes deep hurts.  Those hurts can scar us for life.  Agape/Love can heal the pain of those scars but the scars may remain as a reminder.  They remind us of our humanity.  They remind us we all have been hurt and have hurt others.  They remind us that the scar does not define ‘who’ we are, instead they remind us of the path we have already walked.  Maybe w...

Maybe it is not so much about learning ‘new’ teaching as it is understanding and applying what we have already been taught.  What if we celebrated the value of ‘being reminded’ instead of trying to learn new things.  This is where we may find ‘hope’ when things are not going well, as well as when things are going well.  If we open our eyes to see, we will be stunned at the overflowing grace that h...