From Isaiah 59 we see that Christ has come to buy us back from our bondage to sin. Only he is able to stand as our redeemer.

Returning to Isaiah 56, we see that the local church is charged with carrying out the mission of God to bring the gospel to all peoples. As people who have received mercy, we are called to follow Christ into the brokenness of this world to welcome in the hopeless, the outcast, the others who have not yet believed. 

Christianity is about the awakening of your soul to God. We learn about true revival from Isaiah the Prophet in Isaiah 57.

One of the things we learn from Isaiah is that God is the only one who brings true, lasting hope. In Isaiah 9 Hope comes in the form of a child who will reign as king forever.

In Psalm 63 we read of David's praise lifted to God in spite of dire circumstances, and we discover that the deep well of God's lovingkindness will satisfy us more than any other source.

How do we overcome suffering? The Psalmist calls us to sing through our feelings of abandonment and rejection. In Psalm 60 we see David cry out to God, find hope in the promise of God and a renewed dependance on the Lord for the battle before him.

Returning to our series from the Apostles' Creed, we see from John 14, four promises of what the Spirit of God desires to do in us today.

On a morning when the church would normally gather for worship, Pastor Pete, Chip, Allen, and Carey Robinson bring a few words of encouragement and hope from the Scriptures.  

From John 20 we learn that Jesus has the power to say, "Peace be still," and to rebuke the wind and the storm that comes in the form of your greatest fear.

From John 19 we learn that God uses death to give life, suffering to grant hope, and from the ashes of destruction comes beauty, peace and new life.

From John 14:15-31 we see four ways that the Spirit of God makes good on Jesus' promise. He enables love of Jesus, sustains the teaching of Jesus, brings the conviction of Jesus and grants the peace of Jesus.    

Preaching from John 1, Pastor Michael shows us how the incarnate Christ, the full measure of God's grace, redeems, restores and delivers us from fear.