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Ep 101Shut Up and Listen
The first message in the "Too Busy To Listen" series at Hope Community Church with Pastor Mike Lee on August 3, 2014. God is the creator of communication, and communication is a 2-way street. Most of us are pretty good at talking at God but not at listening. Join us this weekend as we discuss how to hear God above the clamor of our busy lives.

Ep 103Learn To Be Still
Lead Teaching Pastor Mike Lee shares the third part of the "Too Busy to Listen" series at Hope Community Church on August 17, 2014. You're busy. Too busy. When was the last time you threw your To-Do list out the window and just stopped? To sit. To listen. To spend time with Jesus. Join us this weekend as we unpack how to get less busy in this crazy life.

Ep 99Necessary
Part two of the "Literally" series at Hope Community Church with Morrisville Campus Pastor, Bryan Cheney on July 20, 2014. Is the Bible necessary for your everyday life? Is it relevant no matter where you are in your spiritual journey? Join us this weekend to find out.

Ep 97David
The final message in the "Summer Blockbusters" series at Hope Community Church on July 6, 2014 with Raleigh Campus Pastor Jason Gore. #HopeBlockbusters You’ve heard the story of David and Goliath. Little guy. Big giant. This weekend we’ll take a fresh look at the story—and discover how we are a lot less like David than we think.

Ep 98Knowable
Part one of the "Literally" series at Hope Community Church with Raleigh Campus Pastor, Jason Gore on July 13, 2014. What does it take to know God and His Word? Is He even knowable? Join us this weekend as we unpack keys to knowing God and His word.

Ep 94Abraham
The second part in the "Summer Blockbusters" series with Bryan Cheney on June 14, 2014 at Hope Community Church. What does Biblical faith look like? How can you live a life of faith? Join us this weekend as we explore the life of Abraham and see how to live with faith like his.

Ep 95Moses
The third part of the "Summer Blockbusters" series at Hope Community Church on June 21/22, 2014 with Jason Gore. God’s plan for your life is bigger than what you’ve dreamed of for yourself. What’s keeping you from living the life He’s called you to? This weekend we’ll uncover how our past, our excuses and our opposition can’t stop God’s great plan for us.

Ep 96ESTHER
The fourth part of the "Summer Blockbusters" series at Hope Community Church on June 21/22, 2014 with Doug Stride.

Ep 91Encouragement for Dummies
The 5th part of the "Simple Life" series with Lead/Teaching Pastor Mike Lee from Hope Community Church on the weekend of May 24/25, 2014. Discouragement is a thief, stealing hope, joy and happiness. What if we understood how to encourage others to persevere and move forward in spite of it? And what if that helped our own discouragement in the process?

Ep 92Humility For Dummies
The final message in the "Simple Life" series at Hope Community Church with Lead/Teaching Pastor Mike Lee on June 1, 2014. We spend a lot of time pleasing people, puffing up our egos, and building our resumes just to impress others, overlooking the rest and strength to be found in the biblical pursuit of self-forgetfulness.

Ep 93Adam
The first part of the "Summer Blockbusters" series at Hope Community Church on June 8, 2014 with Raleigh Campus Pastor, Jason Gore. Carefully placed fig leaves and dark trees couldn’t hide Adam after he disobeyed God. Join us this weekend as we explore God's surprising response to Adam's sin and discover how this scenario plays out in your life today.

Ep 87You've been invited...
The first part of the "Simple Life: Relationships for Dummies" series at Hope Community Church with Lead/Teaching Pastor, Mike Lee on April 27,2014. God has invited us into a relationship with Him. Once we accept His invitation, He sets about teaching us what this relationship should look like, both with Him and with others.

Ep 90Acceptance for Dummies
The fourth part of the "Simple Life" series at Hope Community Church with Lead/Teaching Pastor Mike Lee on May 17/18 2014. What’s the key to our own self-worth and emotional well-being? It’s knowing how to give the gift of unconditional love and acceptance to others. Challenging? Usually. A biblical mandate? Always.

Ep 88Forgiving for Dummies
The second part of the "Simple Life" series at Hope Community Church with Lead/Teaching Pastor Mike Lee on May 4, 2014. Forgiving is simple but not easy. To help with this, God models a game plan that helps us get out of the debt collection business, leave the past behind, and live fully in the present.

Ep 84Rebel
The third part of the "Broken" series at Hope Community Church with Lead/Teaching Pastor Mike Lee on the weekend of April 5/6, 2014. It was a good day for Barabbas, the rebel; he missed his cross and the death meant for him. Though rebels through and through, because of Jesus, we miss our cross too.

Ep 86Third Day -Easter 2014
It was the day that changed the world. On the first day, He was dead. On the third, He was alive again. What do you do with that? What do you do with Him? Watch Easter at Hope 2014.

Ep 85Thief
The fourth part of the "Broken" series at Hope Community Church with Lead/Teaching Pastor Mike Lee on April 13, 2014. Hanging on a cross on either side of Jesus, one thief chose Him, the other, in anger, rejected Him. What’s keeping you from choosing Jesus?

Ep 81It Takes a Village
Pastor Mike Lee's message from Hope Community Church on March 15/16, 2014. Community is a fundamental life search. As terms like neighbor, family and congregation are being redefined in the 21st century, people still crave face-to-face relationships. So how do we experience belonging as well as believing?

Ep 83Manipulator
The second part of the Broken series (#broken) at Hope Community Church with Lead/Teaching Pastor Mike Lee on March 30,2014. Judas’ manipulation of the truth and his betrayal of Jesus had dire consequences. Like Judas, try as we might, we can’t bargain with God. In mercy God forgives, but in justice we’re responsible for the consequences of our sin.

Ep 82Conspirator
The first part of the "Broken" series leading up to Easter with Mike Lee from Hope Community Church on March 22/23, 2014. Caiaphas, high priest in Jerusalem, went to great lengths to keep anyone — including Jesus — from threatening what he had built. We’re not so different when it comes to holding on to what is ours.

Ep 78Where is God when it hurts?
Week 8 of the "Apply as Directed" series at Hope Community Church with Lead Pastor Mike Lee on February 23, 2014. How, in a world of suffering, can we call God good? Something about this life is so broken that only God can fix it, so why doesn’t He? And where is He when life seems at its darkest?

Ep 80Living out what lies within
The final message in the "Apply as Directed" series with Chase Gardner at the Raleigh Campus on March 8/9 2014. As this series wraps up, we are reminded that standing still is not an option in our relationship with God. Growing in Christ means we’re on the move, learning to walk into greater spiritual maturity.

Ep 79Word to the Wise
"Word to the Wise" - Week 9 of Hope Community Church's series "Apply as Directed" with campus pastor Bryan Cheney

Ep 76Grow Up
The sixth part of the "Apply as Directed" series at Hope Community Church in Raleigh NC with Mike Lee on February 9, 2014. It’s not my fault. He did it first. I’ll stop if she will. We have a hard time owning up to our part in disagreements. But resentment is a self-inflicted wound. What if we could learn how to get over ourselves?

Ep 75Burn Victims
The 5th part of the series "Apply as Directed" from the book of James by Lead/Teaching Pastor Mike Lee at Hope Community Church on the weekend of February 1/2 2014. Our tongues, like a small spark, can start an uncontrollable wildfire in our lives and the lives of others. We need wisdom for when to speak up and when to shut up.

Ep 77If I Were Rich
The 7th part of the "Apply as Directed" series with Lead Pastor Mike Lee at Hope Community Church on February 15/16, 2014. We don’t think we’re rich, we think we’re only average. We feel we don’t really “have enough.” But what if it’s not about how much we have, but what we do with what we have?

Ep 72What Doesn't Kill You...
The second week of the Apply as Directed series at Hope Community Church with Pastor Mike Lee from January 11/12 2014. The hardships of life do not shape us; how we respond to them does. A biblical view of responding to disappointments can safeguard us from spiritual disillusionment when—not if— difficulties surface in our lives.

Ep 74Dirty Little Secret
The fourth part of the "Apply as Directed" series at Hope Community Church with Mike Lee. We all do it. We like to think we don’t, but we do. And we’ll probably need God’s help to stop doing it. It’s our dirty little secret about what, and who, we value.

Ep 73Man in the Mirror
The third part of the series "Apply as Directed" by Lead Pastor Mike Lee at Hope Community Church on the weekend of January 18-19, 2014. There comes a time to stop standing still, to do something more than just listen, receive and get. At some point, we must do something different.

Ep 70There's Something About Mary - Holly Springs
The third part of Hope's "Presence" series at the Holly Springs Campus with Chris Cockerham. What kind of faith did it take for a young Jewish girl to remain clinging to her God in the midst of pain, persecution and doubt? What kind would help us do the same?

Ep 69Yes, Virginia, There Is a Savior
The fourth and final part of the "Presence" series at Hope Community Church with Lead/Teaching Pastor, Mike Lee.

Ep 71Real Faith for the Real World
The first part of the "Apply As Directed" series at Hope Community Church with Lead/Teaching Pastor, Mike Lee.

Ep 66A Service of Praise and Thanksgiving
The fourth and final part of the #ThisIsWorship series with Mike Lee at Hope Community Church. What better way to wrap up a series on worship than to spend time together as a church family in praise and worship, especially this weekend before Thanksgiving. And whether times have been good or difficult, we all have much to be thankful for. Join us for this special celebration.

Ep 68Good News
The second part of a three part Christmas series called "Presence" at Hope Community Church with Mike Lee. The first Christmas brought with it scandal, controversy, massacres, and mystery. Yet the Bible proclaims the birth of Jesus good news. This weekend discover why that is as we unwrap just how good the good news really is.

Ep 67God With Us
The first part of a three part Christmas series called "Presence" at Hope Community Church with Mike Lee. No one in all of history has ever given up more or gone to such lengths for the sake of love. Talk about loving differently. So what was the first Christmas really all about and why does it matter so much?

Ep 64Rethink Worship
Doug Stride talks about worship in the first message in the #ThisIsWorship series. Is worship a noun or a verb? Do we do it only at church? Do we do it only when we sing? And whenever and wherever we do it, does it really change everything?

Ep 63Why We Sing
Every weekend people all over the world look up at a screen, open a hymnal, or simply take a breath, and...sing. Is it simply because it's part of a church service, or does it signify something greater?

Ep 65Courageous Worship
Mike Lee speaks to Hope Community Church in the third message in the #ThisIsWorship series. Worship can be dangerous when it wakes you up to God and His purposes in the world, and it often takes spiritual courage to see that kind of worship through.

Ep 60Love Restores
The 8th part of the series "Love Different" from Hope Community Church with Mike Lee. It's easier to judge. It's easier to require people to change first. It's easier to withhold grace and mercy until it's earned. But Jesus tells us to be different, to love different, and to work diligently toward relationship restoration.

Ep 61Love Engages
The 9th part of the series "Love Different" from Hope Community Church with Mike Lee from the weekend of October 19/20, 2013. When do we walk away, and when do we stay and engage? When do we push for resolve and restoration, and when should we allow time for space between us? It's all part of learning to love different. http://gethope.net

Ep 62Love Submits
The tenth part of the series "Love Different" from Hope Community Church with Mike Lee on October 26/27 2013. We often bristle at the biblical mandate to submit to one another. Why do we have to? What happens when do, and what happens when we don't? And is that what it takes for us to experience the healthy, thriving relationships we so long for? http://gethope.net

Ep 58Love Compromises
The sixth part of the series "Love Different" from Hope Community Church with Mike Lee. Love asks that we sometimes compromise our personal desires and preferences for the sake of someone else. Without sacrificing truth and principles, how and when should we compromise on our practices?

Ep 59Love Forgives
The seventh part of the series "Love Different" from Hope Community Church with Mike Lee. Forgiveness is hard for most of us, especially if the wrong done against us was deeply painful or the person who hurt us is not repentant. So how do we do it? And why is it so important that we do?

Ep 57Love Connects
The fifth part of the series "Love Different" from Hope Community Church with Jason Gore. Loneliness and disconnection are epidemics in our world, but we were never created to live this way. How can we find the reconnections we so desperately need and were designed for?

Ep 56Love Values
The fourth part of the series "Love Different" from Hope Community Church with Mike Lee. What does it really mean to be created in the image of God? And how should our understanding of this be reflected in our relationships with others?

Ep 55Love Surrenders
The third part of the series "Love Different" from Hope Community Church with Mike Lee. We control, convince and manipulate our relationships to get where we want to go. By serving, submitting and sacrificing, Jesus got where He needed to go and emerged victorious. What if we tried it His way? http://gethope.net

Ep 54Love Inspires with copyrighted material
The second part of the series "Love Different" from Hope Community Church with Mike Lee. What’s your story? The one about what God did for you when you didn’t deserve it. The story that makes it possible for you to love others even when you don’t feel like it or think you can.

Ep 52How Can I Make My Life Matter?
The fifth part of a series called "Big Questions, Honest Answers" with Chris Cockerham at Hope Community Church's Raleigh Campus. At one point or another most of us ask if who we are and what we're doing really matters. We want to be on a road to a life packed with purpose. But what if we're unsatisfied with our journey? What's the secret to getting on the right path and leaving a legacy that truly matters?

Ep 51A Clear Vision
Mike Lee, Lead Pastor of Hope Community Church shares a message on the weekend of August 17th/18th at the Raleigh Campus. Time for a vision check-up. Pastor Mike shares a "state of the church" address. We'll see more clearly the vision, mission, and future plans of Hope Community Church. http://gethope.net

Ep 53Love Chooses
The first part of the series "Love Different" from Hope Community Church with Mike Lee. We know what the Bible says; love your enemies, love those who persecute you, love your neighbor as yourself. But how? And why?