My Prayer of Hope

             Dear Daddy,

                     As I am sitting here looking at hope in my life, I just want to thank you for Hope. It was You clothed as Hope to get me through the changes of my life. You made me a girl that doesn't like changes so I could see the Hope in You. Don't know what you have planned for the future but apparently it has needing Hope in it. Why would I be learning about Hope my 1st year of marriage? With You, though, I can handle it!

                   In Jesus' name, Amen

Hope in April

       Hope can mean so many things. We usually want something when we say it but it means so much more. We have Hope in Jesus. We can look at Him at anytime. Hope is good and bad. In the darkness and in the light. No better time to see that then at Easter and through my dad. There was no mistake that my dad was born in the month of Easter. The month of Hope. The way I look at it. He needed all the hope he could get in his lifetime. From raising 4, no wait, 6 kids to all the cancers he had. He needed something to hold on to. Never thought about it but hope is probably what gave him the strength for everything. He kept having more that he hoped to see with his 6 kids. Hope that he had enough strength to see evry one of his children grow up. Hope to make it through his drs. Degree with 4 children during the summers because he knew he needed to do it for them. Hope that he would be the 1st to graduate from college in his family even with dylixa. A heard time reading. Hope he would get through every cancer and sickness. Hope he knew when it was time to meet Jesus. Hope when he had to get another job and move epically before us to finish building a building. Hope to get a child through her math classes. Hope to see his children get married. He kept going for as long as he could. Hope in the darkness and in the light. I want to live my life that way for my dad because if HOPE got him through life what can it do for me. God knew what He was doing when my dad was born in April. He had it all under control.

Three Important Truths about the Cross

Easter 2023 message

3 truths:

-Jesus paid our sin debt in full

-we have a cross to bear

-buried and rose again

1 Cor. 15:3-4

3 truths about Resurrection:

-no grave could hold Jesus down

-join him in His Resurrection being a new person

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1 Cor.15:58

-the whole 15th chapter

-most detailed about the death of Jesus

-Eph. 2:8-10

The Last 24 Hours

That your confidence in Jesus will grow stronger. That your love will grow deeper.

-Jesus isn't an influencer but He is my identity.

-Jesus isn't a disruptor but He is a Completer.

-Pilate saw Jesus as a question to be avoided. Jesus is the defining answer.

What you believe about Jesus is the most important and impactful decision you will ever make.

What will you do with Jesus who is Christ tommrow?- Ask everyday

We want Jesus to be our rescuer but He came to be our Savior.

When God is working, lean in.

God is Hope and Grace and Life. This Easter and always!

Verses-Stand firm

1 cor. 15:58

Eph. 2:1-7

Isaiah 61: 1-3-our job for Christ

Psalm 1:1-3

Roman's 5:1-2

Victory: Part 3

January 5, 2023

GRACE POINT CHURCH of NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

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Message Notes

BEATING THE ADVERSARY

Mike McDaniel, Lead Pastor

Scripture: Zechariah 3:1-10

SPIRITUAL WAR BRIEFING

1) ENEMY: Lucifer is an arrogant fallen angel

Isiah 14:12-13

Revelation 12:4

2) STRATEGY: The enemy’s trifecta

Acts 20:28

Ask why?

Why am I thinking this?

Why am I feeling this?

Why am I saying this?

Why am I doing this?

Why am I?

Reread this verse.

• satan - John 10:10

• World - 1 John 2:15

• Self - Ephesians 4:22

FOUR ROLES OF THE ACCUSER

1) Setting you up to fail

• Ruling and deceiving

• Roaming and devouring

2) Reminding you that you have failed

Shame is a sham of Satan.

Guilt is a gift from God.

1 John 1:9

3) Identifying you as a failure

Satan defines.

4) Satan fails at our failure

God defeats.

Satan reminds you of your past, remind him of his future.

Victory: Part 2

The Schemer
Series: “Victory: When Losing Isn’t an Option” - Message 3
Mike McDaniel, Lead Pastor

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-12

TWO SCHEME THEMES OF SATAN

1) Satan has a STRATEGY and a structure.

• STRUCTURE: An Army
• STRATEGY: war

To be able to stand in the mist of it all is having victory.

Verses 11 and 12

The devil will take you at your weakness.-anxiety

The scewrtape letter-CS Lewis

2) Satan has a MEANS and an end.


• The Tempter
- Satan uses lies to attack the mind.
- The antidote to a lie is the truth of God.

Doubts

Psalm 119:11

• The tormenter
– Satan uses suffering to attack the body.
- The antidote to suffering is the grace of God.

2 Cor. 12:7-9

• The terminator
- Satan uses destruction to attack the life.
- The antidote to destruction is the life giver.

BONUS CONTENT:

We have a savior and Lord.