Vision Of Hope

03/29/2026

Wonderful Palm Sunday today at Vision of Hope

03/16/2026

The Israelites had a choice, notice the word “If”, If they chose to obey God and follow his divine direction for their lives they would be blessed.
Yes, God is a God of Grace.
Yes, God is a God of Mercy.
Yes, God is a God of and Love.
Yes, God is a God of Forgiveness.
But that does not give us the freedom to live our lives ignoring His will and purpose for us.

We have a freedom to make our own choice, and our past may have been shaped by the good or bad choices we have made. God wants us, His people, His followers to choose to commit ourselves to Him.

Prompted by our love for Him.
Prompted by our commitment to Him.
Prompted by His perfect sacrifice for us.
Prompted by His perfect plan for us.
We respond with grateful hearts.
Praise

Jesus often used the word “IF”: “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.” Mark 8:34.
“If you love me, obey my commandments.” John 14:15
“If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.” John 14:23

If, If you choose, God has given us a choice. A choice that can result in us being blessed and also being a blessing to others.
God wants us to move forward, to grow closer to Him, to grow in our faith and spiritual maturity, to stop dwelling on the things that have past and to embrace all He has planned for each and every one of us.

03/02/2026

Somebody ought to declared this
Even in the dark.
Even in delay.
Even in confusion.
God is faithful.
God is intentional.
God is sovereign.
And He’s working it out for my good!

02/25/2026

Satan cannot rob or steal any of your territory… he cannot make you do anything.
Satan has no power to take your territory… your mind or your heart
BUT… he can squat on any territory you willingly surrender, and when you do, he gets a foothold, an opening, you surrender an area of your mind or life to him.

When Satan gets enough of these footholds in your territory, your nature, your worldview, your conscience become evil.

When we get saved, we get a new nature and a new mission… go and TAKE the Promised Land... take possession of our territory and bring it under the rule and reign of God.

11/01/2025

10/15/2025

Come and join us for some food, fellowship and fun!

09/18/2025

• Too many of God’s best have fallen because of greed
• II PETER 2:15-16 “WHICH HAVE FORSAKEN THE RIGHT WAY, AND ARE GONE ASTRAY, FOLLOWING THE WAY OF BALAAM THE SON OF BOSOR, WHO LOVED THE WAGES OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS”
What’s going on here, our prophet wants to do what God has told him not to do. We all do that now and then and it’s never a good thing, but God allows us to do what we want to do. That’s something called THE PERMISSIVE WILL OF GOD. It means that He will sometimes allow us to do things that we insist on doing, even when what we want directly opposes his will.
God indicated to Balaam that it was okay to go with the men, but if, and only if, they contacted him first. For whatever reason, Balaam got ready to go before anybody said anything and God was very displeased with this. Isn’t that a classic definition of sin, to do what God expressly said not to do?
• I JOHN 5:17 “ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN…”
• I JOHN 3:4 “…FOR SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW”
Balaam is on his way, heading to MOAB along with the princes/messengers from the king. Now, I can’t say for sure just what Balaam was thinking, or if he was thinking, as he was riding the donkey from PETHOR, his hometown, to MOAB. The only thing he was most likely thinking about was – how much money was in those money bags with his name on them. I doubt, though, he was anyway near ready for what was about to happen!

Like Balaam, Christians are full of compromise today. If you think that sounds familiar, it should. Christians today are full of compromise.
• We compromise by the type of words we allow to come out of our mouths
• We compromise by what movies and shows we watch
• We compromise by the books we read
• We compromise by the music we listen to
• We compromise by who we hang out with
• We compromise by what we do while we’re hanging out
• Some even compromise by what verses in the Bible they choose to overlook so as not to be socially offensive.

Remember God was very angry that Balaam had ignored the command, and as a result rebelled against God. We don’t know when or how far from Balaam’s hometown these events happened, but we can rest assured they did. God cannot lie -- TITUS 1:2 “IN HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE, WHICH GOD, THAT CANNOT LIE, PROMISED BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN”