A family business is what you get when people who are related to each other get on and build something together and with that definition, I would say that the local church, Hope Church, is a family business... We are a group of people who are doing something together
Read MoreWhen we read the bible or listen to a sermon that teaches us from the bible there are these four things that happen:
We get taught what is true
We realise what is wrong in our lives
We get corrected when we are doing or thinking wrong things
And we are taught how to do what is right
And all this is in order to equip us to DO - James and Paul agree on something for a change - don’t just be hearers of the word but do-ers - put into practice what your have learned.
Read MoreIt’s time to get Back to Basics with Pastor Lydia - a strategic, prophetic message for Hope Church.
Read MoreThis week Mark examines the role of the women who funded Jesus ministry then went on to plant churches and join the ranks of the apostles.
Read MoreJesus is the Forgiver… but he is not what people expected or even what they thought they wanted or needed
Jesus does not look at us in the same way we look at each other - he looks beyond our failings to see a beloved child of God.
This week Dave Jones invites us to look again at Jesus the Forgiver as we continue to discover the The Promise & The Purpose in the Gospel of Luke
Read MoreJesus is the Messiah… but he is not what people expected or even what they thought they wanted or needed
The same is as true today as it was 2,000 years ago.
This week Sue Jones invites us to look again at Jesus the Messiah as we continue to discover the The Promise & The Purpose in the Gospel of Luke
Read MoreGOD SEES YOU and HAS COMPASSION ON YOU
In this miracle story NOBODY ASKS JESUS for ANYTHING…
And nobody is described as “believing for a miracle” – This miracle in today’s story comes out of the HEART of JESUS… HIS COMPASSION moves him into the miracle. Discover the depth of God’s compassion towards you today as Lydia shares a thrilling and uplifting word from Hope Church Malmesbury
Read MoreToday’s message is about Faith and Authority… But mostly it is about Authority. Often, when we fail to see the breakthrough and success we are looking for in our life - it is not a lack of faith that is the problem, but a lack of authority that is blocking our breakthrough
Today Mark shares the two key principles of walking in authority as a disciple of Jesus
Read MoreThis week Dave Jones explores the foundations we build our life upon.
Read MoreThis weeks Sue and Michelle lead us into the heart of worship and show us how to test the treasure in our hearts
Read MoreGet yourself right before you try to fix other people… self awareness leads to fairness!
Let’s be honest… It feels much easier to fix everyone else… to tell everyone what they are doing wrong… than to examine ourselves and make the changes we need to get right!
It is easier to criticise someone else rather than deal with those same faults in our own lives.
Learn the secret of self-awareness that leads to peace with Lydia this week
Read MoreJesus is gathering his disciples, he is making his apostles, he is explaining his new approach to life - he is defining what it means to be a Jesus follower, laying the groundwork for the new covenant and defining the culture of the Jesus people.
Jesus is - right here - in these pages of your bible - you can see the birth of a movement that would change the world and shape human civilisation for the next two thousand years
Jesus doesn’t lay out a vision, he doesn’t write down a mission statement instead he talks about how his follows should behave, their attitudes - he is defining the culture
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