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Church of Hope in Sarasota, FL - Love God, Love People, Love Life
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Sunday Mar 19, 2017
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
REMEMBER – JESUS SETS YOU FREE
Communion
Scott Young.com – Pastor of HOPE
Luke 22:19 - And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
Ephesians 1:7 - In him [Jesus] we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.
1 Timothy 2:6 - He [Jesus] gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone.
Matthew 26:28 - For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
JESUS SETS US FREE
1. Free To Overcome Controlling Problems
John 8:36 - So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
John 8:32 - And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:31 - If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
2. Free To Walk In Confidence
Ephesians 3:12 - In him [Jesus] and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
3. Free To Serve One Another
Galatians 5:13 - You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. [14] For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
4. Free To Live Clean
I John 1:7 - But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:8 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
I John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Monday Mar 13, 2017
Monday Mar 13, 2017
REMEMBER – JESUS HEALS YOU
Communion
Scott Young.com – Pastor of HOPE
1 Corinthians 11:24 - When He [Jesus] had given thanks, He broke it [the bread] and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
1 Corinthians 11:25 - In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me."
WHY TWO ELEMENTS IN COMMUNION?
Ephesians 1: 7 - In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.
1 Peter 2:24 - [Jesus] bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.
1. God Is A Healer
Genesis 1:2 - Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Exodus 15:26 - He said, "If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you."
Psalm 105:37 - He also brought them out [of Egypt] with silver and gold, and there was none feeble among His tribes.
2. God Promises To Heal Through Christ
Isaiah 53:4 - Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows;
Isaiah 53:5 - But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
3. God Brings Total Healing
Matthew 8:14 - Now Jesus had come into Peter’s house, He saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever. [15] So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them.
Matthew 8:16 - When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, [17] that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses.” [Quoting Isaiah 53]
1 Peter 2:24 - Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.
Sunday Mar 05, 2017
Sunday Mar 05, 2017
REMEMBER – JESUS SAVES YOU
Communion
Scott Young.com – Pastor of HOPE
Luke 22:19 - And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
Luke 19:10 - For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
Romans 10:9 - If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
JESUS SAVES YOU
1. Jesus Saves You By Loving You
Romans 5:7 - Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. [8] But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
2. Jesus Saves You By Forgiving You
Matthew 26:28 - This is my blood, and with it God makes his agreement with you. It will be poured out, so that many people will have their sins forgiven.
3. Jesus Saves You By Redeeming You
Ephesians 1:7 - In Him (Jesus) we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.
4. Jesus Saves You By Living In You
Ephesians 3:17 - Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.
Matthew 28:19 - Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
GIDEON: LITTLE IS MUCH
Extra-Ordinary
Scott Young.com – Pastor of HOPE
Hebrews 11:32 - How much more do I need to say? It would take too long to recount the stories of the faith of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets.
1. Gideon Had Little Self Confidence
Judges 6:11 - Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites. [12] The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!”
Judges 6:15 - So he said to Him, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
2. Gideon Had Little Family Support
Judges 6:27 - So Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the Lord had said to him. But because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night.
3. Gideon Had Little Faith
Judges 6:36 - So Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said— [37] look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
Judges 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew.”
4. Gideon Had A Little Team
Judges 7:2 - The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, the Israelites will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength. [3] Therefore, tell the people, ‘Whoever is timid or afraid may leave this mountain[a] and go home.’” So 22,000 of them went home, leaving only 10,000 who were willing to fight.
Judges 7:4 - But the Lord told Gideon, “There are still too many! Bring them down to the spring, and I will test them to determine who will go with you and who will not.”
5. Gideon Had A Little Plan
Judges 7:16 - He divided the 300 men into three groups and gave each man a ram’s horn and a clay jar with a torch in it.
Judges 7:20 - Then all three groups blew their horns and broke their jars. They held the blazing torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, and they all shouted, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”
6. Gideon Had An Awesome Victory
Judges 8:28 - That is the story of how the people of Israel defeated Midian, which never recovered. Throughout the rest of Gideon’s lifetime—about forty years—there was peace in the land.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2017
Tuesday Feb 21, 2017
NO ORDINARY MO
Extra-Ordinary
Scott Young.com – Pastor of HOPE
1. Faith Sees Potential In The Next Generation
Hebrews 11:23 - By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
2. Faith Chooses To Belong To Family
Hebrews 11:24 - By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
Hebrews 11:25 - He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
3. Faith Leaves The World Behind
Hebrews 11:27 - By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.
John 15:19 - If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world.
4. Faith Trusts The Sacrifice
Hebrews 11:28 - By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.
Ephesians 2:13 - But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Abraham - An Extra-Ordinary
Journey of Adventure and Patience
Sam Farina.com
Hebrews 11:8-10 - By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he went to live in a land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations whose designer and builder is God. (ESV)
Faith Always Brings Extra To The Ordinary
1. Faith Embraces Adventure
Genesis 12:5 - And Abram took Sarai, his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. (ESV)
2. Faith Endures With Patience
Romans 4:20 - During Abraham’s 25 year wait for a son, “he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God.” (RSV)
Hebrews 11:11-12 - By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised (see Gen 15). From one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore. (RSV)
3. Faith Enjoys The Hope Of An Eternal City
Acts 7:3-5 - Abraham lived as a foreigner in a land where he had no rights of citizenship. Furthermore, he lived there with not so much as a square foot of land to his name.
Hebrews 11:13 - All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth Hebrews 13:14 - But we seek the city which is to come. (RSV)
4. Faith Escapes Death
Hebrews 11:17a,19 – By faith Abraham when he was tested, offered up Isaac... (19) He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead… (ESV)
Abraham is the embodiment of a person of faith (Gal 3:9) because he trusted God’s covenant promises (Gen 17), in the Gospel (Gal 3:8), in entering Heaven (Heb 11:10), in the child of promise (Heb11:11), and in the resurrection (Heb 11:19).
Monday Feb 06, 2017
Monday Feb 06, 2017
NOAH FOUND GRACE
Extra-Ordinary
Scott Young.com – Pastor of HOPE
Hebrews 11:7 - By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Faith Always Brings Extra To The Ordinary
1. Faith Doesn’t Let The Doubters Take Your Dreams
2 Peter 2:5 - And God punished the world long ago when he brought a flood to the world that was full of people who were against him. But God saved Noah, who preached about being right with God, and seven other people with him.
2. Faith Lives Life Long Term
Genesis 6:3 - Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
Hebrews 11:13 - All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
3. Faith Blesses You And Your Family
Hebrews 11:7 - Faith led Noah to listen when God warned him about the things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and built a ship to save his family.
Acts 16: 31 - So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
4. Faith Helps You Live Right In A Wrong World
Genesis 6:5 - The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
Genesis 6:9 - Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
Genesis 6:8 - But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Sunday Jan 29, 2017
Sunday Jan 29, 2017
CONTINUAL GROWTH
ABC’s Of Faith
Scott Young.com – Pastor of HOPE
Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith is ACTING on your BELIEFS in CONFIDENT.
Hebrews 10:36 - Patient endurance is what you need if, after doing God’s will, you are to receive what he has promised.
Hebrews 12:1 - Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. [2] We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.
We Grow When Our Faith Grows
1. Our Faith Grows When We Connect With Others
Hebrews 12:1 - All these many people who have had faith in God are around us like a cloud.
1 Corinthians 11:1 - Follow me as I follow Christ.
2. Our Faith Grows When We Let Go
Hebrews 12:1 - Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
3. Our Faith Grows When We Focus On Jesus
Hebrews 12:2 - We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.
4. Our Faith Grows When We Never Give Up
Hebrews 12:1 - So let us run the race that is before us and never give up. We should remove from our lives anything that would get in the way and the sin that so easily holds us back.
2 Timothy 2:12 - If we endure, we will also reign with Him.
Thursday Jan 26, 2017
Sunday Jan 22, 2017
Sunday Jan 22, 2017
STANDING WITH CONFIDENCE
ABC’s of Faith - Part 3
Pastor Holly Russo
Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith is ACTING on BELIEFS with CONFIDENCE!
Substance – “hupostasis”: (hypó, "under" hístēmi, "to stand") – properly, (to possess) standing under a guaranteed agreement ("title-deed"); (figuratively) "title" to a promise or property, i.e. a legitimate claim (because it literally is, "under a legal-standing") – entitling someone to what is guaranteed under the particular agreement. = CONFIDENCE
1. We Have Confidence In Understanding God’s Word
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6)
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. (Proverbs 25:2)
“King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.” (Daniel 3:16-18)
2. We Have Confidence When We Are Prepared
Therefore, put on every piece of God's armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. (Ephesians 6:13)
When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God. (Nehemiah 6:16)
3. We Have Confidence When Our Actions Seem Beyond Belief
Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)
Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: 'When you reach the edge of the Jordan's waters, go and stand in the river.'" (Joshua 3:8)