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Confession without power is simply regret. Too many times we can approach faith as simply a solution to our problems, rather than a starting point to moving forward in an amazing life with God! Is there power in your faith, or only forgiveness? The Bible says that the gospel comes "not only in word, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with full conviction!" (1 Thessalonians 1:4-5) Is that your experience? Do you want to experience MORE?!!

Our family history does NOT get the final word in our lives, our future, our peace, or our potential...God gets the final word! And His kingdom is made up of sinners and strangers, even Jesus' own family genealogy points to this! Even from the most tragic, dire, or misguided situations, God can make a way! This is the gospel! God rewrites our family history as He adopts us into His family tree through Jesus!

Take a moment to consider the vital importance of spiritual health and wellbeing with Rob Basler as he shares his experiences serving the homeless community in Brockton and observing first-hand the powerful impact of the love of Jesus on spiritual, mental, and physical wellbeing.

Faith isn't just a belief, nor is it a specific action...it is anything done with complete confidence trusting in God! Faith has stages! Faith grows! Faith is rewarded! What stage(s) of faith are in you in today?

If you need an anchor in your life right now, a life-line of something to hang on to...perhaps what you need is to see the goodness of God? What if experiencing His goodness is the thing that would change your entire life and eternity? Do you know the gospel of the goodness of God? Can you tap into His goodness? Will you change the world with the power of His goodness?!

"We choose our level of happiness when we choose what we will delight in." - Rev. Richard Griffin

What do we do when the things we have faith will happen don't happen? Is our faith in positive outcomes, or Jesus Christ? Would our faith still be strong if we never see the results we are hoping and praying for? What sort of faith can stand strong no matter what our circumstances or trials?

Are you enough? Do you do enough? Do you compare yourself to others who have more or can do more? Do you doubt if you have a lot to offer? What if God doesn't want you to give "a lot"...but rather to give "all" you have...even if it's just a little? Giving a little can still be giving "all"! Take a few minutes to meditate on the powerful Hebrew word-concept of "hineni", saying "Here I am" to God and offering Him every bit of ourselves...no matter how little! Never forget that God is enough! God has enough! It is God's strength we need, He just wants our wholehearted love!

Most of us have ideas about who God is that are not based in biblical truth. We might think of Him like an angry father, or as a distant God who isn't really listening to our prayers. But we can know who God is by looking at the life and person of Jesus, because just as Jesus said in John 14, "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me." Just as God promised through the prophets (Joel 2:28), He still speaks in dreams and visions to His people today! Take a few minutes to listen to the beautiful vision and message that God gave to Rachel Caetano, and ask Him to continue to reveal Himself to you!

Is it in you...? When difficulty finds us--and it will--does faith come out of you because it's in you? Does peace come out of you because it already resides within you? Does hope pour out of you because you're full of confidence in God? Does the power and love of the Holy Spirit come out of you because He's in you? Find encouragement and instruction from Paul's letter to Timothy to put our whole trust and hope and faith confidently in God's power!

Join one of New Hope's Mission Directors, Brendon Shea, in a biblical reflection on how, where, when, and why God invites His people to partner with Him in His Kingdom work.

Is the "good news" of Christianity really just than an angry God, angry at our sins, directed His anger at His Son instead requiring Him to die on a cross? What if the good news is actually about the victory of Jesus proclaimed on the cross?! What if the good news Jesus and Paul preached is about being invited to join God's Kingdom right now despite our sins?! Maybe we don't know the gospel like we thought we did? And maybe we'd find it so much easier to share a gospel with others that is actually "good news" if we truly understood it?!

When you look at the people in the world around you, do you see evil to avoid? Or...do you see the potential beautiful bride of Christ, His eternally beloved people?! What if our lives were meant to be expressions of passionate love for Jesus, rather than desperate attempts to "do the right thing"? And what if the way we treated people sought to introduce them to the love of their eternal lives?! What does it really mean for the church to be "the bride of Christ"? And how can that understanding transform how we relate to the world around us?

God's great love for us, and His eager adoption of lost children into His eternal family is the heart of God and the core of the gospel of Jesus! Then if our faith is built on this premise, how can we embrace and welcome those who are lost and hurting around us into our families?! As spiritually adopted children, every Christian should have a heart for all the children around them who also long for homes, belonging, love and nurture! How can you live an adoption-centric life for Jesus?!

Be blessed by this practical, relatable and powerful sermon by pastor and church revitalization consultant, Shawn Keener, from the letter of 2 Peter on what church is really all about: Christ's Church Is On Mission!