Hope Begins With Jesus

Does Jesus think about me? That's a question that haunts many of us — especially in moments when our own minds feel scattered, distracted, or broken. In Psalm 139:17-18, David declares a stunning truth: God's thoughts...

What does it mean to be known before you were even born? In Psalm 139:13-16, David marvels at God's handiwork in the womb — the intricate, intimate way God forms every person. This message explores two truths: Jesus...

We all have limits. The tallest person, the lowest temperature, the smallest baby — even our biggest records have a ceiling. But David writes in Psalm 139 about a God who has none. In verses 7-12, he asks: is there...

Psalm 139:5-6 reveals two gifts hidden in what it means to be completely known by God. The Gift of God's Hand surrounds us — behind us in the past, before us in the future, always present. The Gift of the Infinite...

There is one who knows everything about you, even the things you hide, and still calls you to come and find rest. You are not just fully known. You are fully known and fully loved.

Lament is often seen as a bad thing, but it is the biblical response to suffering.

Masking our feelings when faced with 'the wreckage'—like grief or loss—that mask doesn't just feel heavy; it feels impossible.

Job’s fears did not keep bad things from happening, nor did they cause them, but Job’s response in those moments revealed how he worked through the tension and feeling wrecked by his circumstances.

Whether your life feels wrecked right now, it has before, or it does in the future. You may not know that there is a reason behind those moments. Suffering stings, but it serves a purpose.

The story of Joseph is the story of a man who waits and waits some more, but he doesn’t give up in the waiting, Joseph perseveres. Joseph’s story shows how to continue on with hope and move from the waiting place that...

Jesus’ priority is not your successes, especially not according to the world’s standard because it is your failures that do the most to form you. Jesus uses these moments as we are Shaped by Suffering.

The story of Joseph has similarities to Jesus and the places in the story that look like the end are a plot twist. Jesus' crucifixion looked like the end of Hope, but it became an Easter with Hope.

No matter how your past was created, by your choices or the choices of others, you don’t overcome the past by running from but by working through it, so that in Jesus’ hands he can bring healing and write a Redemption...

Ultimately, like each of us, Esau had a choice. To choose how he responded to what had happened. Your choice will determine if you are shaped by the past or defined by the past. When you Choose to Overcome the past, you...