New Hope Church Hilo Hawaii

In any relationship we have, busyness can become one of its worst enemies. Living the slow life is counterintuitive to our culture today. Yet living the slow life is the antidote to the poison of a hurried life.

"Our God is a God who sends. And He's calling us to also live as ones who are sent. Because the world needs Jesus. And He's sending us to bring Jesus to the world.

While living in this world with all that is happening, where do we get our strength from? If we rely on other people or resources besides the Lord, we will be disappointed. Let's make sure to be connected to THE Source and Savior!

With the Lord in our lives we begin to look different than the world around us. But how can we use this to bring others to knowing Him too?

Rules present us with certain boundaries and expectations. But when we live by rules, it's easy to move the boundary lines to accommodate my desires and my wants. How can we follow God and live in this world without moving the boundary lines?

Love can be a great motivator when something difficult needs to be done. Jesus was motivated out of love when it came to people more than what they were doing. Jesus dying for us was because He loved us, not because He didn't like us sinning.

When Jesus told us to make disciples, He did not leave us powerless. We are empowered by the Holy Spirit to do the things God asks us to do.

When we are born…everything is blurry. Our hearing develops and sharpens as a result. Our awareness and senses begin to mature. But then there come some moments in life where our senses are matured, yet for some reason, our brain seems to have a tough time putting things together, remembering, thinking as quick as we used to. There can be so many reasons why life seems foggy. Nonetheless, what do we do when life is foggy?

Everyone has a story, we all have past, present, and future. Some have unspeakably painful stories, some have had it good. One thing we all have in common is that at some juncture in our lives we encountered Jesus and the gospel. Your story in the biblical context, is called a TESTIMONY. It is a testimony based on your relationship with Christ. It is factual account of your personal encounter with Christ. Whatever your story is we all have two things in common, your story is both precious and powerful.

The wisdom God gives to us and the way He does things, are very different than how we might do things. God can see what we want to do, but more importantly, He sees what we need to do. No matter what the circumstances, obeying God's word first, in what He has already spoken, rather than what we think we should do, will unleash the miracles of God

It’s not easy to imagine that God needs us to help advance His Kingdom. Sometimes it’s even harder to imagine that we can partner with the creator of the universe. The good news is, God created us for this reason and has given each of us gifts to get it done.

Freedom. It’s a concept that we desperately desire in life. But the truth is that while we want freedom in life, we often experience the chains of life. Sin isn’t the only thing that keeps us in chains. Our past, our feelings, and our circumstances can also imprison us from experiencing the freedom that God has for us. But where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

We all have desires in us that sometimes conflict with what God is doing in our lives. So how can we live a life of purpose, one that is moving in the direction that God sees for us?

If we are so focused only on salvation, yet disregard God's will for your life, just to use Him for your own purpose...what will you do when you're with Him in Heaven!

We are all to go out and make disciples because the Lord wants all to be saved. But what stops us from stepping up and stepping out to do God’s will? What does it look like to be “Holey, Wholly, Holy?”

God's love is different from what we might be used to in the world. God's love provides the motivation, support, and identity we need, to have a healthy and successful life.

Reading through the New Testament it can be easy to think that the Old testament is no longer relevant especially when it comes to the rules and laws. So tonight we ask the question “Do we still need to follow the Ten Commandments?”

When Jesus told His disciples to go, tell, make disciples, it wasn’t a wildly popular message. Yet, His managed to change the world with His message. Today, using the same tactics they used we can go, tell, make disciples.