The Hills Church, Fort Worth, Texas

2020 has been a hard year for us. Life in this pandemic has been hard! This difficult season has left many of us feeling like we are not ok! During difficult times such as this, it is easy to feel like God has abandon His people, when in fact God has spoken the contrary to sus Christ and He has it's ok, not to be ok!

You live differently when you realize that the maker of the universe is with you in your valley and mountain top seasons. The God who spoke the solar system into existence tells you "I am with you" today.

2020 has been an incredibly difficult year. With difficult circumstances all around things can sometimes feel hopeless. But because of Jesus, we can Choose Hope anyway whether we see better days coming or not.

Celebrating what God has done through the 2020 Vision of our church. For 15 years this vision has given direction to our mission to make and grow followers of Jesus. We are taking a moment to look back will fill us with great anticipation as we look ahead.

It's amazing how little effort it takes on our part to be such a huge blessing in someone else's life.

The first thought of God revealed in the Bible is "light in the darkness".

God chooses to relate to all people through promise and faith. A promise is God's will and power to create a new future out of a barren past. Faith is the capacity to embrace and act on that announded future with such passion that one must move in its direction.

Natural law cannot restrict our God from intervening when and how He chooses. God can do anything consistent with who He is and what He wants done.

We can find joy and peace in hard seasons by putting our faith and hope in someone that remains unchanging, God, the great I AM.

It's possible to engage the political process in a way that opens doors for our witness of Christ rather than closing them.

During this political season our allegiancer is to Jesus alone, our King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Division seems ever present - but just as present is the solution Jesus offers. Jesus offers unity. But what does that actually look like? In this series out of Romans 12, we'll talk about the unity Jesus offers and what God's people living God's way looks like in the messy, everyday stuff of doing life together.

Healthy Christian community makes no place for personal pride, but shows us a better way to see ourselves and others.

Division seems ever present these days - but just as present is the solution Jesus offers.

The truth is some marriages don't last. God hates divorce, but He loves the divorced!

We can sometimes resist the idea of submission because in our culture we rightly view men and women as equals. But Paul says followers of Christ should choose mutuality of service and surrender.

Our culture puts a lot of emphasis on picking wisely when it comes to marriage, but couples quickly learn that marriage is a lifetime of choices that determine health and happiness. This series will explore the big decisions that followers of Jesus must regularly make to build a marriage that thrives.

We can sometimes resist the idea of submission because in our culture we rightly view men and women as equals. But Paul says followers of Christ should choose mutuality of service and surrender.

For married couples the most important question is "What does God want"? Marriage is a lifetime of decisions to say yes to one thing and no to another. Marriage is God's idea, so it should be a big deal to us.

Paul reminds us that even when so much has been lost, diminished or locked down, love is essential.

Paul insists that disciples of Christ can control their outlook even when they cannot control the outcome. He see joy as a rest of choice rather than a result of chance.

While Paul was in prison he chose to focus on his abundance in Christ. He resisted the enemy's effort to make him forget his true wealth. And the more he reflected, the more he exclaimed, "Thank God for God!"

The apostle Paul was a church planter who traveled the world. When he was unable to go anywhere for several years after being arrested he discovered that there is still life!

From the beginning of Jesus' ministry, he is proving himself as our champion. He is winning everywhere we tend to lose. He overcomes temptation in the desert. He isn't crushed by rejection in his hometown. And he heals everyone in Galilee of both spiritual and physical sickness. These three bouts in Luke 4 will build our faith and confidence in a God who is undefeated. So no matter what it looks l...

From the beginning of Jesus' ministry, he is proving himself as our champion. He is winning everywhere we tend to lose. He overcomes temptation in the desert. He isn't crushed by rejection in his hometown. And he heals everyone in Galilee of both spiritual and physical sickness. These three bouts in Luke 4 will build our faith and confidence in a God who is undefeated. So no matter what it looks l...