Hope Rock Church

(Also includes an update from South Africa and a word from JJ Van Heerden for our church.) We explore the third and fourth commandments in Exodus 20, which challenges us to honor God by how we carry His name, and to trust God's provision rather than relying on endless personal labor. True rest is found not in human achievement or performance, but in entering the finished work of Jesus Christ.

The Ten Commandments—especially the third and fourth—are not merely rules but the fruit of a heart that loves God. They call us to reorient our hearts toward Him, remembering our identity as His representatives and His role as our ultimate provider. Misusing God’s name is less about specific words and more about dishonoring Him through our actions, while remembering the Sabbath means ceasing our o...

The Ten Commandments are a reflection of God’s redemptive grace and character rather than a legalistic checklist for earning favor.

Mount Sinai is the moment God established a covenant with Israel, showing us that His grace and salvation through the blood precedes any laws or commands. God’s primary purpose for His people is not just to provide blessings or deliver them from trials, but to draw them into an intimate, relational knowledge of Himself.

Your testimony has legs!

We are called to multiplication!

"The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.” (Exodus 17:16 .)Israel begins to face giants... and so do we.

“The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.” (Exodus 17:16.) The battles with giants begin.

Who is the Holy Spirit? How can we encounter and experience Him? Is His empowering something all Christians can expect? What about “Charismania”? What about speaking in tongues? These questions, and more, are answered in our resource on knowing the Holy Spirit. This book is also available in print at our campuses, and as a PDF download at hoperocktx.substack.com . CHAPTERS: (00:00) - God, The Holy...

Crises reveal our true heart and trust in God. But Jesus Christ is our ultimate spiritual rock and provider of all those in need!

“They tested the Lord by saying, ‘Is the Lord among us or not?’”(vs 7) How many times have you said or thought the above? When we find ourselves in tough situations, even though the Lord has brought us through before, we still so often question whether He really was with us all this time! As we continue in the book of Exodus, we are being challenged with how we view God’s provision, presence, and...

Shifting from a mindset of control and grumbling to one of daily dependence on God's provision.

God rains down “bread from heaven, and the people go out and don’t know what it is, giving it the name “manna” which is literally the word for “what is it?” In this, God challenges our hearts around provision - and also reminds us that He has provided the "Bread of life", Jesus, for our salvation.

We explore the story of the Israelites in the wilderness, and see how dangerous bitterness is. But we can apply the gospel to overcome it. Only through the cross can our hearts be transformed from bitter to sweet.

If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.” It doesn’t take long for Israel to begin to grumble! But the testing has now arrived. What do the stories of the bitter waters and the Desert of Sin have to say to us, today?

The Song of Moses.

God's rescue leads to praise; motivating us to move toward the inheritance God wants us to take.

As we look at the parting of the Red Sea we see that God often orchestrates difficult situations to reveal His power and truly save His people.

God's guidance - even when difficult - maximizes His glory.

The Lord brings the Israelites right to the edge of the Red Sea, and promises to fight for them.

He is risen!

Celebrating the amazing victory that Jesus achieved!

Gazing at the wonder of Christ who died for us.

Pharaoh’s arrogance is going to cost him, and God is about to reveal just how much. But not only that, God is about to reveal the Passover - what Jesus did on the cross. And so as we approach Good Friday next week, we start getting a sneak peek on what God is up to behind the scenes in the epic showdown of Exodus.

Pharaoh’s arrogance is going to cost him, and God is about to reveal just how much. But not only that, God is about to reveal the Passover - what Jesus did on the cross. And so as we approach Good Friday next week, we start getting a sneak peek on what God is up to behind the scenes in the epic showdown of Exodus.