Expecting - Hope Lake Country Church

Expecting Part 1 Audio

November 20, 2022 • Jason Ewart

Expecting Episode 1: Christmas is advertised as a season of giving, joy, and peace. For a lot of people, it is anything but because we live in a broken world it is easy to lose our anticipations and our expectations about life and God. In this episode, we are going to show you how the Bible can regain an eager sense of expectation for Christmas.

Expecting Part 2 Audio

November 27, 2022 • Jason Ewart

For adults, the day before Christmas flies by. But for kids, Christmas expectations can be so high that the days leading up to Christmas can feel eternally long. That was how believers before the first Christmas felt. They were waiting and waiting for the Messiah to come. And he seemed to be taking forever. In the middle of this, we meet a couple who faithfully waited and waited and waited for God to show up. But they refused to lower their expectations. What about you? Are you stuck in a waiting room? Don’t lose your expectation. How? By remembering that he has taken away our disgrace.

Expecting Part 3 "Flipped Script"

December 4, 2022 • Jason Ewart

Has your life gone according to script? Has your career, family, health, or relationships gone according to plan, or does it seem like the script has changed? Welcome to Hope Church/s online experience, in this episode we are looking at the first Christmas and how it was not even close to going to plan and how that is relevant to our lives today.

ExpectingPart 4 Hopes and Fears

December 11, 2022 • Jason Ewart

Christmas can cause all kinds of anxiety and stress. The demands and expectations that the holiday places on you can be overwhelming. If you think getting ready for Christmas is stressful, try getting ready to give birth to God. Mary teaches us that the way to move past Christmas stress, anxiety, and fear is to worship,

Expecting Part 5: That's Great

December 18, 2022 • Michael Wright

Outside of Jesus, who is the greatest person who ever lived? Well, that depends on the criteria you use to judge greatness. Herod the Great was king of Judea when Jesus was born... but it turns out he wasn't that great. Our world assigns greatness to people who are great AT something – at singing a song, throwing a football... at making money. But there’s a difference between being “great at” and being “great”. what would it take to be called "great" in God's book? The Scriptures don't discourage our desire for greatness, they simply offer a way to achieve greatness that is counterintuitive to our world.