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Rev Dr Tassie Green, Interim Senior Pastor

Luke 23:50-24:12 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went to Pilate and asked […] The post Real Resurrection for Real Hope (Luke 23:50-24:12) first appeared on Hope of Christ Church.

Anchored in the Word Morning Reflection: Season 4 Episode 74: Glorying in the Cross While There is Hope: Luke 23:33-46 #morningreflections #cross #resurrection #redemption

His Humility, Our Hope (Luke 19:28-40) - 04/13/2025 by Divine Grace Lutheran Church

By Pastor Dan Nash

To be a disciple of Christ we must know Jesus, become like Jesus, and act as Jesus did. He prays, He unifies, He helps, He gives hope. The apostles and the great crowds all go to Him because there is no other person in which they can live. Christians today are to live in the same manner, showing their faith to a watching world.

“All human wisdom is contained in these two words — Wait and Hope.”—Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo Luke 2:22-40

Mike shares with us the hope in the waiting from Luke 2.

This Sunday marked the fourth Sunday of Advent. We prepare our hearts to receive Christ as we focus on God's love. In our Scripture, Mary sings about a God of liberation who pulls the powerful from their thrones and lifts up the lowly. Mary sings a story of hope, one in which justice and joy are interwoven. As we prepare to celebrate Christ's birth, may we also sing stories of hope, justice, and joy.

Simeon's song reminds us that we can have hope in the midst of the waiting. We can hope for Jesus is our hope in the hopelessness.

Part of the Advent 2024 series. Sermon by Pastor Nathan Alley The post A Thrill of Hope – Luke 1 first appeared on Applewood Community Church.

Journey to the Manger - A Message of HopeLuke 2:1-20Pastor Gordon

Sermon: Casey McCormick & Poppy; Communion Meditation: Ellie Koranek

Message from Zack Thompson on December 22, 2024

Message from Zack Thompson on December 22, 2024

Hey there! Welcome to the podcast. In today's episode, we'll be taking a look at the hope and the promise of Christmas, from Luke chapter two. This is a time of year when hope is a watchword, and traditionally has been a season when people are much more open to receive kindness and blessings and when you say Merry Christmas and God bless you, maybe they don't do that little uncomfortable wince that happens at times. This year, let's take a few minutes and consider the hope we have because of Christmas, and because of all the promises God made and then fulfilled when Jesus came to earth as a newborn baby.    You're listening to The Burt (Not Ernie) Show, part of the Spark Network, now playing in the Edifi app. That's Edifi, spelled E D I F I, and you can find it in your device's app store. The hope and the promise of Christmas is our focus today, and this is episode number 201.    As I did some research for this episode, I read that there were at least eight specific prophecies that were fulfilled when Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Now of course, Jesus fulfilled hundreds of prophecies when He lived on this earth, and died and rose again. And the remainder will absolutely be fulfilled at His second coming. But regarding His birth in Bethlehem, we find the fulfillment of prophecies from Genesis 22:18, Numbers 24:17, Isaiah 7:14 (that one is a common Christmas card verse, for good reason), Isaiah 9:6-7, Daniel 9:25-26, Micah 5:2 (one of my favorite verses for this time of year), Jeremiah 31:15, Hosea 11:1 which does tie in with the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.    The Bible truly is an amazing book, God's Word is profound. And at Christmastime, I hope it has a profound impact and blessing on your life. I say this a lot, but I think it needs to be said often -  not only are God's promises true…they are true for you. He loves you enough to make promises to you and then to keep those promises. And that's where hope comes in for us - we have such great hope because we've seen Him keep His promises, and in the midst of tough times, we hold on to our hope that He will continue to keep His promises. This is not hope misplaced; it's the opposite - perfectly placed hope. Hope in the Lord ends up being the kind of faith that yields results. It's unseen at first, those results, but ends up being seen when our faith becomes sight. If you need some hope right now, well, this is for you.   From the Amplified, Luke chapter two verse 1 says: Now in those days a decree went out from (the emperor) Caesar Augustus, that all the inhabited world (the Roman Empire) should be registered (in a census).  So this was more than just an emperor deciding he needed to take a census and get an accounting of all the citizens of his empire. This was done at the Lord's behest, because of His will. One of the things that is easy to overlook in the Christmas story, to take for granted, because we've heard this passage so many times, year after year, it's easy to overlook the significance of the way God's hand, albeit invisible, was at work to move the heart of Caesar to order this census that required everyone to return to their own city, hometown, the town for their family's official registration. And if we just read verse one, that single sentence, and move right on into the rest of the chapter, we can miss the reality that's here for us, for our lives, right now. God moves in the lives and in the hearts of men, women, and children. He moves little people, and that's like little in quotes because all mankind is so precious to Him, nobody is small or miniscule to Him. Our God is not in the business of marginalizing people. He created each one, knitting each in their mother's womb, has engraved us on the palms of His hands, and no one is without value to Him. So that's not what I mean when I say little persons. What I mean is, societally, the shepherds were not big wigs, power players, in that culture. And yet, they were given the message, the announcement, of the birth of the Messiah, the very Son of God. Amazing! The emperor, Caesar Augustus, was moved to issue the decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world, all his empire, and so mankind was on the move, headed to their hometowns to be registered as part of this mandatory census. Don't miss this. There is great importance and value to this moment in time - and it's valuable and important for your life. The God of hope is the God who wants you to believe that He can move mountains and the hearts of kings, rulers, those in authority, in order to bring about what He has in store for your life. He is not arrogant and narcissistic, that He would move those mountains and turn those hearts in ostentatious ways. He does not need to be loud about it, because He has no insecurities, needs no validation - so He can do it without there being a lot of fanfare about the WHY behind what He is doing.  And yet, He may still announce what He is doing, with great praise and rejoicing for His goodness toward us, He may still announce it to those who are not a big noise, household name, someone important in the world's eyes. This should amaze us, and simultaneously cause hope to spring up anew in us regarding our own lives and circumstances.    Got something you have been praying about, carrying a burden about, for a long time? Weeks? Months? Years, even? The message of Luke two verse one is for you, then. Now in those days… My friend, for you right now, it might just be one of “those days” when God begins to move on your behalf.    The hope we have when we live in a state of expectancy, of believing God for what we see no evidence of, well…that kind of hope is real hope. Romans 8:24-26 says that hope that only hopes for what is seen is no hope at all (that's not verbatim, of course). What kind of hope do you and I have? Is your hope doing any stretching in your life? Are you having to hope more, trust more, believe more, as the days wear on and the promise isn't yet fulfilled? Then that's actual, biblical hope.  Proverbs 13:12 tells us that hope deferred makes the heart sick, and that is true. So from these two passages about hope, which seem to be in conflict with each other, what do we learn? How do we make them make sense to us when we need to hold on to our hope in Jesus, and yet we can relate to the feeling of hope deferred making us heart sick? When your faith is not sight, and you cannot even begin to fathom how it will ever become sight, how do you hold on to hope and keep holding on?  Hope really does have a name, and His name is Jesus. Some moments are simply crawling through the crowd on your hands and knees, pressing and pushing to get to Jesus, reaching out and just skimming the edge of His robe, knowing that's all you can do, there is no more gas in the tank, you're spent, without Him it's over…that's what it is like sometimes. It's really that rough sometimes. Sometimes the biggest part of our faith journey ends up being hanging on to Jesus, hanging on to our hope in Him, when we are getting awfully heartsick and nearing the point of more than we can bear. (Spoiler alert: if you have not yet had a moment in your life when you were maxed out beyond what you ever dreamed you could handle, well, keep walking with Jesus and that will be your experience. It isn't easy street, this discipleship life. It's daily taking up your cross and following after Him, it's knowing that the servant is not greater than the master and as they treated Him, so shall they also treat everyone who follows Him. It is a somewhat hard knock life, this life with Jesus, but these hard knocks are the hardest it will ever be and for the unbeliever, this life is the best it will ever be. Eternity is worth living for, my friend, because Jesus is there and He has gone ahead of you to make ready a place for you, that where He is, you may one day also be. It's hard, but it's such a good hard.) Hope deferred does make the heart sick. It's absolutely true. But the point at which we feel our hope has been deferred for too long is not usually the same point at which God, in His sovereignty and providence, knows our hope has been too long deferred.  Trust Him, even when, especially when, it's been a long, hard road.  The journey to Bethlehem was not easy for Mary, or for Joseph. The labor and delivery, also not easy. But they were exactly where God wanted them to be for that moment in time. And they HAD to be there, according to Caesar's decree. Everyone had to be counted and registered…and likely, taxed, too. So, all around not ideal, at least from a human point of view. But thank God we have the option, the choice, the ability thanks to the Holy Spirit who indwells us, to look at the less than ideal, difficult times of life via God's point of view. Thank God that we have the Bible, full of all it's raw honesty about people and sin and life, and also full of God's love and intervention and His righteousness and His fair judgements and standard that played out at Calvary - thank God we can choose to face our most not so easy moments knowing that the God who was at work in the lives of those we read about in the Bible is also at work in and through our lives and circumstances.    I want you to know that God sees you. He really does know how hard this is, how long it has been going on, and how ready you are for it to be over. We can want our deliverance to come so badly that we get hyper focused on it, and we miss the presence of God in these places. Perhaps that's just me, maybe I am the only one who does that. It takes a reset sometimes to find God in our midst when life is overwhelming.    And I'd like to mention something about overwhelm. It isn't always what you'd think. Sometimes that one thing that pushes you right over the edge into a state of overwhelm is so small, such an itty bitty little thing, you can hardly believe that THAT was what did you in. But the old saying about the straw that broke the camel's back? A single piece of straw does not seem like much, and by itself, it sure isn't much, but it can be the thing that adds just enough pressure to be the last straw. Just like the last place you look is where you find something you've been searching for, that's the last place I looked - well, the final straw is the one that breaks the camel's back. Of course it is! The last one is of course the last one. But just like you didn't think that place was where you'd find the item you'd looked for, the last straw is not the one you thought would be the deal breaker and game changer.    Overwhelm happens to all of us. We need to give others grace in their overwhelm, and not judge them so severely when we don't understand how that little old straw could be the one that is just too much because we have our own pieces of hay, basically, that do us in, too. And give yourself grace as you navigate these things. Of course, if you are in sin as a result of your straw breaking your back, repent and don't delay in that. Today is the day to repent, to make things right with God, being sure to keep short accounts with Him. But giving yourself grace does not need to be exclusive of repentance. They go hand in glove, because the Cross is the standard for all the grace we receive and all the grace we extend to others and to ourselves, and we only access that grace by coming to the Lord in repentance and receiving Jesus as our Savior, since He was the propitiation for our sin. Give grace, to yourself and to others. Because grace is what you need when you find yourself in that place of hope getting close to being deferred for too long. Grace is yours, if you'll have it.    And next time you find yourself wondering why it is taking so long for God's promises to be fulfilled, remember Luke chapter two, verse one. God is still on His throne, He has not abdicated and He never will. He is still sovereign over all. He is still faithful and true and dependable and consistent and true to His word. God is, after all, still God. And He is still moving the hearts of kings and rulers to accomplish His perfect will in His perfect timing. Who knows? That time might just be today. And if you find yourself in a position where you can glorify the Lord, whether you are a big noise and a big name or no-name who makes no noise that is noticeable in this world, you just go on and rejoice like those shepherds did. Because the God who delivered the message of Jesus' birth to them is the same God who is still delivering messages to people today. Rejoice like the whole world is watching, even if nobody else is around. The darkest night can be pierced with angels rejoicing and the light of Jesus shining bright. What will you do when He shows up in your life? And what will you do while you wait for Him to show up?    Merry and Blessed and Joyful and Hope-filled Christmas to you. Thanks so much for joining me for this episode, and I do hope you'll share it with a friend or on social media this Christmas season.  God bless and I'll see you next time. Bye bye.

Luis Zamot

Many of us are familiar with Charles Dickens' short story, a Christmas Carol. The story centers on Ebenezer Scrooge, a wealthy, grumpy old man. Every time someone says “Merry Christmas,” Scrooge replies “humbug.” In other words, “Liar, that's fake!” To Scrooge, things aren't merry. Scrooge thought Christmas was a lie and maybe we've got a little Scrooge in us. In Luke 2, the shepherds are invited to follow a star and in a lowly manger, they find a young family and a baby, who happens to be the hope of the world. Joy for all the people. Peace on earth.  At the manger, God asks us to lay it all down. All power. All honor. Our reputation. Our arrogance. Our pride. Our skepticism. Our bah humbugs. Our cynicism. Our resignation to the pessimism that things will never change.  Will you lay all of that down so that you can see the glory of God precisely in his lowliness. Will you see in Jesus, God in a manger, that things have changed? That in Jesus, things are changing, and will be changed forever? Do we join the the choirs of the angels who sing “God to God in the highest” and pronounce peace on earth or will we stick to our humbugs? 

This message explores the biblical concept of hope through Zechariah's song in Luke 1. Unlike the fragile, uncertain hope of the world, biblical hope is a confident expectation rooted in God's character and faithfulness. Zechariah's story shows us that hope is a journey: it sometimes falters in the face of doubts, but it is restored when we anchor ourselves in God's faithfulness. True hope looks back to remember God's fulfilled promises, sees His present work in our lives, and looks forward to the future promises He has promised to accomplish. This Advent season, we are invited to bring our doubts to God, recount His faithfulness, celebrate His work today, and trust Him for what is to come. Biblical hope is grounded, unshakable, and transformative—it carries us through life's uncertainties with confidence in God's unfailing promises.

What happened between the books of Malachai and Matthew? How did the Hanukkah revolution connect to the Christmas story? Why are there so many Christmas movies about nostalgia? Pastor Jeff and Jordan frame the Advent season with a discussion about the intertestamental period.   —   This episode of The Beyond Sunday Podcast expands upon the sermon “The Advent of Hope | Luke 1:26–38.” In this sermon series, we'll explore the lessons of Christmas across the Sundays of Advent. Submit a question: bit.ly/BeyondSundayQuestions — 2024 free Advent devotional: https://firstbaptistbg.org/worship/publications

The prophecies of the coming Messiah were well-known to the Jewish people, stirring hope in hearts living in captivity. Yet, when the angel Gabriel first bings news of practical, tangible hope that sets up the coming of the Messiah, Zechariah is not quite ready to believe it. Six months later, Gabriel brings word to Mary that the long-hoped-for Messiah is going to come through her, and she responds differently. Hope is coming, and hope has a name: Jesus. The Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Son of David, and Son of the Most High God - these are being fully revealed in Jesus Christ, who brings us a forever hope!

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Because God often works in ways we cannot now perceive, His hope can surprise us. That's what happened to Mary so long ago…   ---    There's no shortage of opinions on what worship ought to look like, sound like, and even feel link, but what does God say about worship? Join us as we look to God's Word for God's description of what worship ought to be.    Sermon Notes: http://bible.com/events/49354020 Submit a Question: bit.ly/BeyondSundayQuestions

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The angel appeared to Mary and announced the birth of Jesus. This narrative is full of hope. On this Advent Sunday, we continue to wait expectantly for the continued coming of the hopeful Kingdom of God.

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First Sunday of Advent December 1, 2024

In this episode of Pray the Word on Luke 7:12–15, David Platt encourages us to live with death-defying hope and to share it with others.Explore more content from Radical.

Pastor Jason shares his message, Calamity and New Hope, related to Luke 21:20-28.

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Anchored in the Word Morning Reflection: Season 3 Episode 184 Self-Deception and God's Grace: Hope Luke 16:14-18 #anchordintheword #morningreflections #wisdom #perspective #mercy #grace

Preacher: Kathy Maskell Scripture: Luke 11:1-10   11 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.  3 Give us each day our daily bread. 4 Forgive us our sins,     for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[c] And lead us not into temptation.'” 5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.' 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.'  8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. 9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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Luke 24:1-12 proclaims the greatest news ever told. These verses bridge the darkest night in history to its brightest morning. On Good Friday, the disciples' hopes were buried in the tomb with the Lord himself, On Easter Sunday their hope sprang eternal with the good news of his resurrection. This Easter morning we will look not only at the reality of the resurrection of Jesus, but also what it means. I want to shape our sermon with three truths that might fill our hearts and lives with “Resurrection Hope.” Those truths are: 1. The Tomb is Empty, 2. The Promises are True, 3. The Work is Done.

Celebrate the hope of Easter. Luke 24:1-12.

We might expect that, after denying Christ, Peter would cower in shame -- or even run away. Instead, when he hears the news from the women, Peter gets up and runs to the tomb. When he finds it empty, he is filled with awe. Even after our biggest failures, may we live as Easter people, running towards hope!

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We are journeying through the gospel of Luke as we discover daily how powerful and practical God‘s word actually is. Today's episode is found in Luke 18:35-43 “Loss Of Hope”.

As Jesus introduces the Lord's Supper for his people, he gives them a new center of identity and a new explanation of reality.

Pastor Jay Song

The Gospel According to Luke: Encountering the Real Jesus Pastor Brad Hillman