Where can we turn when hope feels lost? The Bible tells story after story of moments when defeat seemed inevitable—until God worked in unexpected ways to bring about redemption and victory. Following Jesus will often feel like losing, but in Christ we learn that it is always worth it.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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When Jesus returns to his hometown to minister, he’s not greeted with a red carpet—he’s met with resistance. Rather than being honored, he’s rejected. The people who have known him the longest fail to truly see who he is. By reducing Jesus to a caricature of himself, they miss entirely the life-giving relationship he’s inviting them into.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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Mark’s account of these two daughters gives us a timeless picture of the hardest realities of human life. In these twin stories, we stare disease and death in the face, and we feel the weight of true desperation. And yet, like a diamond hidden in rough stone, what emerges is something of immense value: weak, imperfect faith resting in a powerful Savior.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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Jesus crosses the sea for one person—one broken, bound, hopeless man—and what follows is a breathtaking display of both divine power and divine compassion. And in that display, our self-righteousness is undone: about our own need, and about how generous or compassionate we imagine ourselves to be.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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What is the grand story we are part of? What role does Hope North Lakes play in that story? How are we going to help more people start a relationship with Jesus in 2026? How are we going to help more people strengthen their relationship with Jesus in 2026? What will utter dependence look like? Jesus is not a reluctant Savior but one who rejoices over sinners coming home to God and we can trust in him to act.

Series: Vision 2026
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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What if we stopped looking to the mirror for transformation and instead looked to God—would our lives be any different? Is that why Jesus says, “You must be born again,” before promising the gift of the Holy Spirit? The Spirit comes to dwell within us as both God and gift, making us alive to God’s love and power to change us from the inside out.

Series: Christmas 2025
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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Isaiah declares that a people walking in darkness will see a great light. When the light comes it is the Son of God who comes to us not on our terms but on his terms. He comes as an infant and dies as a man, willingly giving his life to end our estrangement from God. Will we receive him as a gift given to us?

Series: Christmas Series 2025
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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The Bible from Genesis to Revelation is filled with God’s story of his continual giving to his creation, culminating in the best gift ever, Jesus Christ.

Series: Christmas 2025
Speaker: Steve Treichler
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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