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1.20.16 // Luke 4

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1.13.16 // Jeremiah 23

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1.6.16 // Luke 4

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4.10.16 // PRAYERS THAT WORK

PRAYERS THAT WORK

Life Hacks – Part 2

Scott Young.com – Pastor of Hope

PRAY WORKS WHEN WE…

1. Give Praise

Matthew 6:9 – Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 

2. Surrender To Power

Matthew 6:10 – Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 

3. Connect With Provision

Matthew 6:11 – Give us this day our daily bread. 

4. Stay Pure

Matthew 6:12 – And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Matthew 6:15 – But if you don’t forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your sins. 

5. Receive Protection

Matthew 6:13 – And to not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. 

6. Stay Positive

Matthew 6:13 – For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

4.3.16 // GETTING RID OF GUILT

GETTING RID OF GUILT

Life Hacks – Part 1

Scott Young.com – Pastor of Hope

Matthew 11:30 – For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Psalm 38:4 - My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.

STAGES OF GUILT

Stage One: Denial

Psalm 32:3 - When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 

Stage Two: Conviction

Psalm 32:4 - For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. 

Stage Three: Confession

Psalm 32:5 - Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin. 

Stage Four: Connection

Psalm 32:6 - Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them. 

Stage Five: Safety

Psalm 32:7 - You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.

Six: Joy

Psalm 32:11 - Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!

3.20.16 // WHY DID JESUS COME?

WHY DID JESUS COME?

Color Your World – Part 3

Scott Young.com – Pastor Of Hope

Mark 10:45 - For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Matthew 26:28 – [Jesus] for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

 

John 1:29 - The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

  

1 Corinthians 5:7 - For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.

SEVEN HISTORIC FACTS

Fact 1 - Jesus Lived

Fact 2 - Jesus Was Crucified

Fact 3 - Jesus Was Buried

Fact 4 - The Disciples Preached The Resurrection

Fact 5 - Religious Leaders Opposed The Resurrection

Fact 6 - The Disciples Were Persecuted For Their Message

Fact 7 - The Tomb Was Empty

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

Theory 1 - The Disciples Stole The Body

Theory 2 - The Jewish Leaders Stole The Body

Theory 3 - The Roman Leaders Stole The Body

Theory 4 - The Wrong Tomb Theory

Theory 5 - The Swoon Theory

Theory 6 - It Was All A Hallucination

Theory 7 - The Disciples Lied

Theory 8 - The Disciples Told The Truth

THERE ARE ONLY TWO REAL OPTIONS

OPTION 1: The Disciples Lied

OPTION 2: The Disciples Told The Truth

DID THE DISCIPLES TELL THE TRUTH?

1. We Have What The Disciples Wrote

John 20:31 - But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

2. We Have How The Disciples Lives Changed 

John 20:28 - Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

3. We Have How The Disciples Died 

John 21:18 - I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” [19] Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God.

3.13.16 // LIFE BEYOND LIFE

LIFE BEYOND LIFE

Color Your World – Part 2

Scott Young.com – Pastor of Hope

John 17:3 - And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF LIFE

1. Receiving Eternal Life 

Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

John 3:36 - He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him. 

2. Eternal Life Here On Earth 

John 6:47 - Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. 

John 10:10 - The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. 

3. Eternal Life After Life 

2 Corinthians 5:8 - We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. 

4. Eternal Life In Heaven 

John 14:3 - And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 

1 John 5:13 - These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

3.6.16 // YOUR FRIENDS MATTER TO GOD

YOUR FRIENDS MATTER TO GOD

Color Your World – Part 1

Sam Farina & Scott Young

Proverbs 17:17 - A Friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

WHY ARE FRIENDSHIPS DECLINING?

* Increasing Work Hours

* Rising Divorce Rates

* Explosion Of Social Media

LEARNING TO BE A GOOD FRIEND

1. Good Friends Are Present 

Hebrews 10:24-25 - Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

2. Good Friends Are Vulnerable 

James 5:16 - Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.

3. Good Friends Are Trusted 

Proverbs 27:5-6 - Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the Wounds of a friend can be trusted, an enemy multiplies kisses.

FRIENDS MATTER

1 Samuel 18:1-4 - After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself... And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.

1. Friends Love Friends Selflessly 

1 Samuel 18:1-4 - After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him [David] as himself...

2. Friends Invest In Friends Futures 

1 Samuel 18:1-4 - Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt.

3. Friends Lay Down Their Lives For Friends 

1 Samuel 19:5 - Have you forgotten about the time he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the Lord brought a great victory to all Israel as a result? John 15:13 - Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

2.28.16 // HOW CAN WE HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER?

HOW CAN WE HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER?

Better Together – Part 4

Scott Young.com – Pastor of Hope

Colossians 1:15-20

Colossians 1:17 – He [Jesus] is before all things, and in him [Jesus] all things hold together.

JESUS HOLDS US TOGETHER BY …

1. Connecting Us With God 

Colossians 1:15 - Christ is the visible likeness of the invisible God. He is the first-born Son, superior to all created things. 

2. Connecting Us With Creative Power

Colossians 1:16 - For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

3. Connecting Us With God’s Family 

Colossians 1:18 - And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 

4. Connecting Us With Peace 

Colossians 1:19 - For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, [20] and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

2.21.16 // HOW TO FIGHT FAIR

HOW TO FIGHT FAIR

Better Together – Part 3

Scott Young.com – Pastor of Hope

1. Agree To Work On The Problem

Proverbs 16:28 - A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends. 

2. Replace Problems With Peace

Proverbs 17:1 - Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting—and conflict. 

3. Speak Softly 

Proverbs 15:1 - A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. 

4. Practice Generosity 

Proverbs 25:21-22 - If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

5. Keep Cool 

Proverbs 29:22 - An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins. 

6. Emphasis The Good And Smile 

Proverbs 15:30 - A friendly smile makes you happy, and good news makes you feel strong. 

Proverbs 15:13-14 - A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed. 

7. Live In Love 

Proverbs 10:12 - Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. 

8. Think Long Term 

Proverbs 15:18 - A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel. 

9. Please The Lord 

Proverbs 16:7 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.