Penhold Church of Hope

One of Jesus' simplest commands may also be His hardest to follow. In fact, without His help, it's impossible: "You must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matt. 5:48)

Following the example of the early church, we find four elements useful in developing the community and intentional relationships that are beneficial for the purpose of mentorships.

Pastor Dave interviews three church members about their real-life mentorship experiences.

Jesus mentored both Judas and Peter with very different results. Like in discipleship, mentorship requires one to be FAT - Faithful, Available, and Teachable.

Church member Darian Nikula highlights contrasting examples of mentorship in the lives of Joshua and Rehoboam.

This is what mentorship is all about - it’s telling the next generation about everything we have seen and heard as we have learned to follow Jesus. When you are intentional about using your relationships to show others how to apply God’s truth to their lives, even if we don’t do that perfectly, God works through that in some amazing ways.

Danielle Lester shares her heart and her progress in following God's calling into fulltime missions to South Sudan with Africa Inland Mission. Find out more at aimint.org/ca/

Sharing God's blessing with others is about more than simply being nice. It is important that others hear our story about God's work in our lives.

God has blessed you to use those blessing to serve and meet the needs of other people, and in so doing, create the opportunity for them to meet Jesus.

It was around the dinner table that Jesus showed his love for sinners. If we are trying to find ways to share God's love with our neighbours, start by inviting them to supper.

Like Jesus and the blind beggar and Philip with the Ethiopian, knowing how to bless others begins by listening and asking the right questions to discover their needs are.

Throughout the Bible, we find God looking for volunteers to help complete His to-do list. What would happen if we started each day with the prayer "Here I am, Lord"?

Living in Alberta in 2024, most of us are likely incredibly blessed in many ways. But with those great God-given blessings comes great responsibility to share those blessings with others.

As 2 Samuel 12 concludes, we find Joab, David's army commander, ensuring that his king gets the glory he deserves and a king ready to get into the fight to earn the crown as victor.

Taking a more systematic look at 2 Samuel 12, we find the power of stories to get to the heart of the matter, the dangers of forgetting God's provision amidst our affluence, and the duality of God's justice and mercy.

God's response to David's repentance is not what we would expect, seemingly letting David go unpunished. Wrestling with this response forces us to consider who is at the center of the universe.

2 Samuel 11 is one of the most shocking and disappointing chapters in Scripture. The moral collapse of David is hard to read but provides important warnings about the power of temptation and the depth of sin while hinting at God's redemptive power when we take a peek into the future of David's lineage.

A chapter of kings and commanders offers lessons about wise counsel, boldness, and doing what you're meant to do.

David's treatment of his defeated enemies and loyalty to his promises shows that the idea of valor is more than we find in superhero movies.

In 2 Samuel 8, we find David conquering the land promised by God to Abram 900 years ago, as he demonstrates himself to be a man after God's heart.

There is no shortage of voices offering opinions about who you are. But there is only one voice that offers the true and life-giving answer to this important question.

Instead of David building a house for God, God promises David a dynasty that has eternal implications.

Hear several testimonies about how Camp Little Red has impacted lives for Christ and message from camp director Gord Russell.

As David starts to bring the Ark of the Lord into his new capital of Jerusalem, we are reminded that we approach a holy God according to His terms, not our own.

With his pact with David, Jonathan recognized a man who, like himself, was ready to follow God no matter what. Even as it became clear that David was going to become the next king of Israel, Jonathan showed his loyalty to God and whatever God had planned.