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There is so much we can learn from Jesus. He finished the mission. He lays down His life and surrenders it all. No one took it from Him. He laid it down.Completely surrendered. Completely obedient. All the way to the end.Prayer doesn’t just help you start well. It helps you stay faithful.

Here’s the tension: You will never fully forgive others until you fully receive forgiveness yourself.And you will never fully experience the freedom of being forgiven if you keep refusing to forgive.The cross is where both meet. Jesus is hanging there…offering forgiveness…while purchasing forgiveness.

The main purpose of prayer is not to make life easier or to gain some magical powers but to know God. I need God more than anything I might get from God. Prayer is not about controlling God. It is about surrendering to Him.The victory of the cross began with the surrender of the garden.

For the singles in the….Culture will tell you to settle for convenience. Find someone who makes you happy right now.But Scripture points us to something better. Wait for the kind of love that reflects God’s design. Trust His timing. Because the goal is not just finding someone. The goal is finding a covenant worth building a life on.To the married couples. Marriage was never meant to be perfect. It was meant to be faithful. Healthy marriages are not the ones that never struggle. They are the ones that keep choosing each other.Because covenant love refuses to walk away when things get hard.And the beautiful truth is this. Every love story on this earth is meant to point us to a greater one…The love of Christ for His people.

Culture says test drive everything. Scripture says covenant first.Culture says follow your feelings. Scripture says steward your fire.Guard it now so you can grow it later…and enjoy it the way God intended.

Here is what I think we see here….Feelings start relationships. Pursuit sustains them.That’s why this series is called More Than a Feeling.Because biblical love isn’t passive. It keeps choosing the same person over and over again.

This six-week series walks through the book, Song of Solomon. Many scholars call this the most neglected book in Scripture. We are going to rediscover God’s heart for romance, intimacy, and passion. These are not something to be avoided or abused, but as a sacred gift meant to be enjoyed within His design.

Pastor Bobby led our church into a moment of prayer and abandonment before God—calling us to respond fully to the Holy Spirit. As a church, we believe that without surrender and presence-centered worship, we cannot move forward into what God is calling us to next.

Vision doesn’t move with agreement. It moves with participation.You don’t have to do everything. But you cannot do nothing.Crowds consume. Disciples contribute. Families invest.We believe we are here to lead everyday people to experience Jesus and follow Him in ways that change the world. If City Hope is your church, this is your mission too.Let’s get it started.

Vision doesn’t move forward because we agree with it. It moves forward when we commit to it, together.Scripture says we are members of one body. Not attenders of an event. Bodies only work when parts are connected.John 6.22-36

Spiritual growth accelerates when people know who they are, whose they are, and why they were saved. This series is really designed to lead us (This local body of Christ) into the days ahead. This is not a normal series for us…this is a peel back the curtain series.

Where Jesus is, Joy is.You don’t have to manufacture joy. You don’t have to pretend to have joy. You don’thave to wait for circumstances to improve. You just have to get into His presence.

Luke 1: 5-17Joy doesn’t begin when the promise is fulfilled. Joy begins the moment you trustthe promise.Trust the Promise again | Some of you stopped praying for what still lives in your heart.Bring it back to God.For the weary…Waiting does not disqualify you…it positions you for joy.

we can live on mission because of the confidence we have in the work of Christ on the Cross and the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. We are not just called to be an audience. God calls the church to be an army. Our mission is to join with our heavenly father in the ministry of reconciliation, we ought to approach that purpose with confidence and boldness not in what we have done but what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross and what the HE is doing in our lives.

The question is not if God is speaking – but if we are listening.Jesus is my authority, and his Kingdom is my priority.Are you hearing his voice, listening, knowing, and obeying all that he commanded. Jesus was a prophet powerful and word and deed. A holistic Gospel. We don’t want the Great commission to become the Great OMISSION.Isaiah 6:8a; John 10:27; Matthew 28:18-10, 4:17,19,23

Church… I believe this first week is a moment of decision. Isaiah didn’t just see theLord, he responded. When he saw the glory of God, it broke him, it changed him, and itsent him.It’s about a commitment to See God on Purpose.

We started this chapter talking about the big implications of being united with Christ.When you belong to Him, it changes everything. When Christ becomes your life, He changes what you look at, what you live for, and how you love others.

The false teachers in Colossae said, Jesus plus something. Paul says, Jesus plus nothing equals everything.Know who Jesus is | Know what He’s done | Know who you are | Know what to do

In the first 3 verses, Paul is saying here is what I want for you. I want you to know that in Christ alone there is wisdom and knowledge.Paul is warning them of the add-on trap that Satan is setting. Let me show you some of these add-ons that may be affecting your life even today.

Where are you looking for "fullness" outside of Christ? (Career, relationships, hobbies,religious performance?).Live from your new identity...holy, blameless, loved. Stop seeing yourself as an enemyor an outsider...embrace the reconciliationFind Meaning in Your Suffering. How can your struggles, when offered to God, serve tobuild up others in the body of Christ?"Christ in you" is your hope. Your spiritual life is about relying on His presence andpower, not your own willpower.

Unless we put Jesus first in everything, He’s not truly first at all.Making Jesus “Lord” of your life means that He must have the first and last word in allthings that concern you. It means you are called to walk with Him, to prove yourselfvaluable to Him, to please Him and do what He wants, when He wants it, and in the wayHe wants it done.When you truly...once and for all surrender and make Him Lord over it all. It’s the mostfreeing experience in life.

Paul is saying...I want you to know the will of God and the reason I want you to knowthe will of God is...Colossians 2:10 - so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit inevery good work and growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened withall power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great enduranceand patience, joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to sharein the saints’ inheritance in the light.The question that jumps out is...How do I discern Gods Will?

By default we are Children of Darkness – by choice we become Children of Light.Jesus said in John 8.12 | I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will neverwalk in darkness but will have the light of life.

Even though the letters weren’t written to us, they are stillwritten for us.We can learn about Paul’s heart (his passion, his struggles, his priorities).We can learn about God’s character (His grace, holiness, mission, love for thechurch).We can see timeless theological truths that do apply broadly (like the gospel,salvation, unity, humility).Colossians 2

Church—this is what prayer does. Prayer breaks chains. Prayer opens doors. Prayerchanges lives.“Prayer isn’t just powerful when you do it alone, it’s explosive when we do ittogether.”There is life changing power we havethere waiting for us.

Posture isn’t only about how we stand or kneel, but aboutan attitude of submission and reverence before God.Proper posture provides strength...stability, support, and freedom.