A Thrill of Hope
A Thrill of Hope - Week 5
December 25, 2022 • Eric Hankins
Hope. This one word sums up the great longing in the heart of every person, the great longing for broken things to be repaired, for needs to be met, for wrongs to be put right. Hope was certainly reverberating in the hearts of the people of Judea the night a baby’s cry was heard from a Bethlehem manger. For almost five centuries they had been waiting and watching for God to do what He had promised, to send someone to lead them to freedom. Jesus was not the Savior they expected but He was the Savior they needed. He was the hope they didn’t even know they had. Their problem wasn’t political or economic or psychological. It wasn’t located in Rome or the Temple or their neighbor’s house or their spouse’s side of the bed. Their problem, THE problem, was right in the center of their very own hearts. If hope was to be experienced anywhere, it needed to be experienced in their hearts first. And so has it ever been. Jesus is still the hope of every person, the possibility that our shattered lives can be put back together better than ever. - Give toward what God is doing through First Fairhope: https://firstfairhope.org/give - Join us in person or online every Sunday. Join us at https://firstfairhope.org/watch - Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all messages and gatherings from First Fairhope: https://http://www.youtube.com/c/firstfairhope - Follow First Fairhope: https://http://www.instagram.com/fbcfairhope - Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/firstfairhope
A Thrill of Hope - Week 4
December 18, 2022 • Eric Hankins • Luke 2:34–35
Hope. This one word sums up the great longing in the heart of every person, the great longing for broken things to be repaired, for needs to be met, for wrongs to be put right. Hope was certainly reverberating in the hearts of the people of Judea the night a baby’s cry was heard from a Bethlehem manger. For almost five centuries they had been waiting and watching for God to do what He had promised, to send someone to lead them to freedom. Jesus was not the Savior they expected but He was the Savior they needed. He was the hope they didn’t even know they had. Their problem wasn’t political or economic or psychological. It wasn’t located in Rome or the Temple or their neighbor’s house or their spouse’s side of the bed. Their problem, THE problem, was right in the center of their very own hearts. If hope was to be experienced anywhere, it needed to be experienced in their hearts first. And so has it ever been. Jesus is still the hope of every person, the possibility that our shattered lives can be put back together better than ever. - Give toward what God is doing through First Fairhope: https://firstfairhope.org/give - Join us in person or online every Sunday. Join us at https://firstfairhope.org/watch - Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all messages and gatherings from First Fairhope: https://http://www.youtube.com/c/firstfairhope - Follow First Fairhope: https://http://www.instagram.com/fbcfairhope - Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/firstfairhope
A Thrill of Hope - Week 3
December 11, 2022
Hope. This one word sums up the great longing in the heart of every person, the great longing for broken things to be repaired, for needs to be met, for wrongs to be put right. Hope was certainly reverberating in the hearts of the people of Judea the night a baby’s cry was heard from a Bethlehem manger. For almost five centuries they had been waiting and watching for God to do what He had promised, to send someone to lead them to freedom. Jesus was not the Savior they expected but He was the Savior they needed. He was the hope they didn’t even know they had. Their problem wasn’t political or economic or psychological. It wasn’t located in Rome or the Temple or their neighbor’s house or their spouse’s side of the bed. Their problem, THE problem, was right in the center of their very own hearts. If hope was to be experienced anywhere, it needed to be experienced in their hearts first. And so has it ever been. Jesus is still the hope of every person, the possibility that our shattered lives can be put back together better than ever. - Give toward what God is doing through First Fairhope: https://firstfairhope.org/give - Join us in person or online every Sunday. Join us at https://firstfairhope.org/watch - Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all messages and gatherings from First Fairhope: https://http://www.youtube.com/c/firstfairhope - Follow First Fairhope: https://http://www.instagram.com/fbcfairhope - Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/firstfairhope
A Thrill of Hope = Week 2
December 4, 2022 • Eric Hankins
Hope. This one word sums up the great longing in the heart of every person, the great longing for broken things to be repaired, for needs to be met, for wrongs to be put right. Hope was certainly reverberating in the hearts of the people of Judea the night a baby’s cry was heard from a Bethlehem manger. For almost five centuries they had been waiting and watching for God to do what He had promised, to send someone to lead them to freedom. Jesus was not the Savior they expected but He was the Savior they needed. He was the hope they didn’t even know they had. Their problem wasn’t political or economic or psychological. It wasn’t located in Rome or the Temple or their neighbor’s house or their spouse’s side of the bed. Their problem, THE problem, was right in the center of their very own hearts. If hope was to be experienced anywhere, it needed to be experienced in their hearts first. And so has it ever been. Jesus is still the hope of every person, the possibility that our shattered lives can be put back together better than ever.
A Thrill of Hope - Week 1
November 27, 2022 • Eric Hankins • Luke 2:7
Hope. This one word sums up the great longing in the heart of every person, the great longing for broken things to be repaired, for needs to be met, for wrongs to be put right. Hope was certainly reverberating in the hearts of the people of Judea the night a baby’s cry was heard from a Bethlehem manger. For almost five centuries they had been waiting and watching for God to do what He had promised, to send someone to lead them to freedom. Jesus was not the Savior they expected but He was the Savior they needed. He was the hope they didn’t even know they had. Their problem wasn’t political or economic or psychological. It wasn’t located in Rome or the Temple or their neighbor’s house or their spouse’s side of the bed. Their problem, THE problem, was right in the center of their very own hearts. If hope was to be experienced anywhere, it needed to be experienced in their hearts first. And so has it ever been. Jesus is still the hope of every person, the possibility that our shattered lives can be put back together better than ever.