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CHURCH OF CHRIST

SERMON TITLES

DATE: June 7th, 2020      SPEAKER: David Hicks

SUNDAY MORNING 10:55 AM:
"Jonah - Revival-Reaction-Response!"

Scripture Reading: 1 Timothy 1:12-15

SUNDAY EVENING 5 PM:        
"Foundations - The Body of Christ!"

NEW POSTS

KNOW THE TRUTH - "Desire + Expectation = Hope!" June 1st, 2020

Excerpt -  The quality of hope is that it is oriented to something in the future that one expects but is not yet in possession of!

Yet, in life there are those with hope and those without hope. Why is this? Is hope something that is only present in a godly man?

Hope, in and of itself is not just a religious principle (much like faith). Every person is born with desire. Many of the desires we are born with have fulfillment in the things around us. For example: When we experience hunger, we seek out food. When we desire warmth, we seek out clothing or fire. This is a basic foundation of hope.

We can continue to see basics of hope in all of us, defined by the expectations that many of us who work for a living, expect to receive a pay-check. Some of us hope to receive a raise in pay for our efforts. Even more, we hope to retire someday and be able to sustain ourselves. These basic desires define our base nature and unify every single person to a unified understanding.

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer” Albert Camus (A famous French Journalist).

“The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient’s hopes are the physician’s secret weapon. They are hidden ingredients in any prescription” Norman Cousins (A famous American Journalist).

Universally, we can easily recognize this common drive.