New Hope Church Hilo Hawaii

There is a reason why God allows us to connect with Him, He wants to love us. Sometimes we believe it's because we deserve it. God actually loves us so that we can love others.

When something is pure, it means it is “not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material.” How can we have pure relationships? That’s hard to amount to when we live in a sinful world that has been tainted by many impurities. Jesus is the One who is able to wash away all our impurities.

The way God intended to reach us was not through religion, it was through relationships. The church is basically an extension of the hand of God. We're going to learn what the church is for, why should I be a part of it and what happens without the church.

One of the things we have a hard time with is letting go. We have a hard time letting go of loved ones. We have a difficult time letting go of a favorite item. Probably the one that is the toughest to do, is letting go when an injustice has taken place. We're going to learn one of the greatest challenges we will ever face, and that's letting go when we have the right for revenge.

Relationships can be messy. Romans 12 tells us, “If possible, so long as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.” There are some people that will never be satisfied with life and you will never be able to please them no matter what you try to do.

God is in the business of taking us from a filthy dirty life to one that is filled with His glory. We’re going to learn how God breathes into to us His Spirit, bringing us to life so that we represent Him well to a world that is lost without Him.