Hosanna Christian Fellowship

Do you feel like you're in over your head? Decades after Moses tried and failed to help his people in slavery, God appeared to Moses in a miraculous way, as a flame within a bush that was not consumed. In this encounter, God revealed to Moses that He had heard the cry of Israel and had come down to deliver them. But how will Moses respond to the news that God is sending him to bring the Israelites...

Do you ever feel stuck in an ordinary life? For 40 years, Moses lived in obscurity, as a husband and father and shepherd in the desert of Midian. But God wasn't done with Moses, and He hadn't forgotten the cry of His people in bondage in Egypt. So one ordinary day, God showed up in Moses's life in an extraordinary way. This week we begin reading Exodus 3 and see God appear to Moses in the Burning...

Don't discount the little things. As time goes on statistics are proving again and again the important role that a father plays within his family and within society. And it's a role that has come under attack again and again. This Father's Day we take a break from Exodus to give an encouraging word to fathers. We'll read from Proverbs to see how our Father in heaven is our example of how to be fat...

Time in the wilderness isn't wasted. Having found salvation from death and slavery by the faith of his parents, Moses grew up in the highest positions in Egypt, learning all the knowledge and wisdom of the earthly kingdom. But when Moses sets out to help his fellow Hebrews in his own wisdom and understanding, he finds himself facing scorn from his people and death threats from the pharaoh. This we...

God is still working when every decision we make is a hard one. As the Hebrew population grew in Egypt, the pharaoh enslaved the children of Israel to keep them from rising up and joining Egypt's enemies. But despite their toils, the population continued to grow. And when subterfuge failed to kill the Hebrew's baby boys, the pharaoh finally made an outright decree to throw every baby boy born to t...

Are the pressures of life getting the best of you? Jacob's family numbered 70 people when they settled in the land of Goshen in Egypt. Though Jacob and his sons all died in Goshen, God blessed the children of Israel and caused them to grow and multiply in Egypt. Times were good until a pharaoh came to power who did not know of Joseph or Jacob, and feared the growing population of the Hebrews. This...

Hosanna turned 50! Come celebrate 50 years of ministry at Hosanna Christian Fellowship. This week we look back on the work that the Lord has done through the eyes of pastors and leaders who have served in the church and in the community. Come take a walk with us down memory lane, as we praise the Lord for what He has done in the last 50 years and look forward to what He will do in the next 50!

The story of salvation continues! Genesis ended with Jacob's family moving to Egypt to escape the famine in the land of Canaan. And Exodus begins without skipping a beat, picking up right where Genesis left off. Though they have different names, these books are not two separate stories but one continuous story of God's salvation for the whole world! This week we begin our study of the book of Exod...

The book of Ruth recounts the story of how Boaz becomes the kinsman redeemer for Ruth and how they fit into the family line of King David. But long before their marriage, the widowed Ruth chose to leave her home in Moab to follow her Jewish mother-in-law, Naomi, back to the land of promise. What kind of example did Naomi have on Ruth that would lead her to leave Moab and embrace Naomi's God? This...

What does it mean to be the of the world? In the beginning God called the light into existence and that light shone over an unformed and chaotic earth. Two thousand years ago, Jesus proclaimed "I am the light of the world." It may seem obvious that Jesus was teaching us that He brings light into a spiritually dark world, but do we understand the full weight of what that means? This week Pastor Rik...

It's all about Jesus! Genesis is the book of beginnings. It teaches us the origin of the universe, of men and women, of societies and governments, of sin and evil, and the very first mention of the good news of the gospel. God established His plan of salvation before the universe was formed, and all of it revolved around the prophesied Messiah, Jesus! This week we take a step back and look at an o...

What do you desire? It should be an easy question. We should all know what we want. But in a broken and sin-cursed world, what do we do when faced with desires for ungodly things? Or struggle to desire what is good and matters most? This week Pastor Ron shares a message with us on the importance of seeking God above all else and how to align our hearts and wills with our loving Savior who wants to...

Has God given up on Israel? As we studied through Genesis over the past two years, we read and studied about God's call on the lives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We saw God make promises to the patriarchs, and set aside Jacob, who was renamed Israel, to be His people and bear His name as a light to the world. But what place do God's promises have in our modern world? This week we invited guest sp...

He is Risen! Has the routine of life on earth blocked the glory of the gospel--Jesus is alive! He has conquered death and invites us to eternal life if we come to Him. This Easter morning we celebrated the resurrection of our Savior as we looked at the gifts that the empty tomb has given us to live a life of victory!

Join us this Good Friday as John Stephens shares a message on prophecy and the cross from Isaiah 53.

Who is the King of your life? It's the beginning of Holy week, and in preparation of remembering the death and celebrating the resurrection of our Savior we come to a familiar story of Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem where He proclaimed Himself Messiah and King of Israel. But just as many of the first century Jews had become stuck in the routines and traditions of Passover, many of us tod...

Who do you serve? In our modern culture where the idea of volunteering means helping out if and when it's convenient for us, have we lost touch with what the Bible means when it calls us to serve God with our whole lives? This week we look at what Joshua meant when he encouraged the Israelites to serve the Lord when they entered the Promised Land. We'll compare and contrast the ideas of biblically...

Are you ready to die? Since death entered creation at the fall of man in Genesis 3, men and women of faith have had to wrestle with how to live by faith in the light of death. As Jacob came to the end of his life, after he blesses his sons, he makes one final request to be buried with his fathers in the land God promised to his fathers and his children. But what will Jacob's death mean for Joseph...

God's plan is a plan of blessing! When God created man and woman, he blessed them. And when God called Abraham, he promised blessing on his offspring and on the whole world through his offspring. As Abraham's grandson, Jacob approaches the end of this life, he calls his sons to him to bless them, and in his blessing, he prophesies about the future of the twelve tribes of Israel. This week we conti...

What do the dying words of man who lived 4000 years ago have to do with us today? Jacob's life was full of ups and downs, blessing and heart break, trials and victories. At the end of his life, his twelve sons came to him to hear his last words. After such a long life, what parting words does Jacob have for his sons and the twelve tribes that would come from them to make up the future nation of Is...

What lessons are we leaving for our children? Many years after being reunited with his father, Joseph hears word that Jacob's health is failing and the end of his life is near. So Joseph hurries to this father's bedside with his two sons, seeking a blessing from Jacob. But after many years of struggles and trials, what final words does Jacob have to pass on? This week we read through Genesis 48, a...

Is it possible to be prosperous without being ruled by riches? Jacob and Joseph have finally been reunited! Jacob has made the move with all of his family down into Egypt to survive the severe famine. But as pharaoh's dreams had foretold, there are still 5 years left before the famine will end. How can this Hebrew family of shepherds survive in Egypt without assimilating into Egyptian culture and...

What's the first thing you do when facing a big decision? Jacob has received great news: his beloved son Joseph is alive and a ruler in Egypt! And with the severe famine in the land, Joseph has invited his father and the whole family to live in Egypt where food is abundant. But going to Egypt will mean leaving the promised land, an action that has not gone well in the past for Abraham and the sons...

Are you finding it hard to hope after years of disappointment? Jacob did too. While his sons had reconciled back in Egypt, Jacob remained in Canaan, in the middle of a great famine, uncertain whether any of his sons would return to him. When they finally do return with news that Joseph is alive, will Jacob respond in doubt, or find the faith to hope again? This week we finish reading through Genes...

What's the sound of reconciliation? Joseph has tested his brothers and found out how they have changed in the twenty years since they sold him away to Egypt. As Judah offers himself to take the punishment in place of Benjamin, Joseph can no longer keep his true identity from his brothers. When all the truth comes to light, will Jacob's sons finally be reunited in true brotherhood? This week we beg...