JESUS IS ALL YOU NEED!

HIS PEACE IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON! - ISAIAH 9:1-7

One of the names of Jesus in scripture is THE PRINCE OF PEACE.  The word peace here means "Ruler of Complete Contentment - Health, Wealth & Prosperity"

As you go into this holiday season, you may feel like there is a missing piece and that there is a peace missing from your life.  You may face troubled times but it doesn't mean you need to have a troubled mind!  Jesus has come to be the missing PEACE in your life.

Here is how you can have Peace of Mind in Troubled Times:

1. Do Not be Anxious about Anything! Philippians 4:6a

The word ANXIOUS means, "Troubled with cares".  We live in a society full of anxiety but as believers we need to allow the peace of God to rule our hearts and minds!

2. Pray about Everything! Philippians 4:6b

We are encouraged by the Word of God not to be in a Hurry to Worry but rather to Pray Without Delay!  When we do, the results will be The Peace of God which will 'guard' your heart - Philippians 4:7.  The word 'guard' here means 'to protect from a hostile invasion' and 'keep the inhabitants from flight'.

Today the Prince of Peace wants to Rule Your Heart & Mind.  Will you find your missing Peace in Jesus today?

CHALLENGE: Ask God for peace like you've never known before!  Then, pray with thanksgiving for that peace.

---

Please log your comments on how this week's message has been a blessing to you! Simply click on the comments link immediately below this week's blog. Any comments already submitted will appear and you can comment below them.

(All comments are reviewed before publishing.)

NOTE:

The Blogger Navbar includes a button called "Share." When blog readers visit the 'HWC Sunday Message' blog, they can click "Share" to post the blog's URL to Twitter, Facebook, or Google Reader. If they navigate directly to an individual blog post, clicking "Share" in the navbar also lets them share the post by email. Once you have left your comment, please share this post on Facebook. This will allow many others the opportunity to visit the 'HWC Sunday Message' blog and be blessed by the message.

You can also subscribe to the blog with RSS feeds.  CLICK HERE to subscribe to HWC Sunday Messages with RSS.

---

Thanks for visiting!

God Is FOR You, NOT Against You!

Does God cause SICKNESS, POVERTY or DEPRESSION?  ABSOLUTELY NOT!!

• He HEALS ALL OUR DISEASES - Psalm 103:3
• God has a plan to PROSPER YOU and not to harm you - Jeremiah 29:11
• He FILLS US WITH JOY - Acts 2:28

Many of our challenges are caused by others, our own choices and outside circumstances, but whatever the reason for your trial – this is the season for your triumph!

Here are 2 questions you need to ask in challenging times:

1. "If God be with us who can be against us?" - Romans 8:31
2. "Who can separate us from the Love of Christ?"  - Romans 8:35

• Tribulation means 'intense pressure'
• Distress means 'extreme difficulty'

There is NO Situation, NO Mistake, NO Challenge great enough to come between you and God!

CHALLENGE: Thank God for never leaving or forsaking you!  Call someone this week and encourage them that nothing can separate them from the love of God!

---

Please log your comments on how this week's message has been a blessing to you! Simply click on the comments link immediately below this week's blog. Any comments already submitted will appear and you can comment below them.

(All comments are reviewed before publishing.)

NOTE:

The Blogger Navbar includes a button called "Share." When blog readers visit the 'HWC Sunday Message' blog, they can click "Share" to post the blog's URL to Twitter, Facebook, or Google Reader. If they navigate directly to an individual blog post, clicking "Share" in the navbar also lets them share the post by email. Once you have left your comment, please share this post on Facebook. This will allow many others the opportunity to visit the 'HWC Sunday Message' blog and be blessed by the message.

You can also subscribe to the blog with RSS feeds.  CLICK HERE to subscribe to HWC Sunday Messages with RSS.

Miss a service... miss a lot!  View today's recorded service at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2617051.

---

Thanks for visiting!

You have a 'Never Give Up' Character

Romans 5:1-5 & 2 Corinthians 11:23-28
In order to experience victory in every area of your life, you need to develop a 'Never Give Up' character!  Today Pastor Kevin Begley reminded us to rejoice in the TRIALS we experience because they produce ENDURANCE, which means "to bear up courageously, to stand while under pressure."

"Don't Give Up, Bear Up!"
Click Here For a Real-Life Example of Bearing Up

Realize that endurance produces strong CHARACTER, but if you give up, the trials you are experiencing will not produce the strong character required to win the victory!

And finally, to get over that finish line as the First Place Winner, the strong character you have developed through endurance will produce the HOPE required!

CHALLENGE: Thank God for the trials and allow them to produce endurance, strong character & hope in you this week!

---

Please log your comments on how this week's message has been a blessing to you! Simply click on the comments link immediately below this week's blog. Any comments already submitted will appear and you can comment below them.
(All comments are reviewed before publishing.)

NOTE:
The Blogger Navbar includes a button called "Share." When blog readers visit the 'HWC Sunday Message' blog, they can click "Share" to post the blog's URL to Twitter, Facebook, or Google Reader. If they navigate directly to an individual blog post, clicking "Share" in the navbar also lets them share the post by email. Once you have left your comment, please share this post on Facebook. This will allow many others the opportunity to visit the 'HWC Sunday Message' blog and be blessed by the message. 

You can also subscribe to the blog with RSS feeds.  CLICK HERE to subscribe to HWC Sunday Messages with RSS.

Thanks for visiting!

Character of a Conqueror

May the Lord Cause you to Increase and Abound in Love
1st Thessalonians 1-13 Key Verses (v.12-13)

• Increase means 'to add to'.
• Abound means 'to overflow'.
• Love means 'to serve with humility'.

We need to love with humility so that, according to the text, we can be blameless. Notice it doesn't say 'sinless'. There is a huge difference between being 'sinless' and being 'blameless'. Being sinless is impossible but being blameless is possible! Blameless means 'intentionally living in obedience to God’s Word' and holiness is 'being separated unto God'.

The good news is that a pure love brings a pure life!
CHALLENGE: Everyday to look for people who you can love (serve with humilty)
Please log your comments on how this week's message has been a blessing to you! Simply click on the comments link immediately below this week's blog. Any comments already submitted will appear and you can comment below them.
(All comments are reviewed before publishing.)

NOTE:
The Blogger Navbar includes a button called "Share." When blog readers visit the 'HWC Sunday Message' blog, they can click "Share" to post the blog's URL to Twitter, Facebook, or Google Reader. If they navigate directly to an individual blog post, clicking "Share" in the navbar also lets them share the post by email. Once you have left your comment, please share this post on Facebook. This will allow many others the opportunity to visit the 'HWC Sunday Message' blog and be blessed by the message. Thanks for visiting!

Character of a Conqueror

Conquerors have got a destiny of victory! But... we cannot neglect doing our part if we want to walk in that victory!

These are the things that are important, that we must do in order to conquer and arrive at our destiny of victory:

1. Coming to Church - Hebrews 10:25
2. Time for Worship & The Word - Acts 2:47
3. Obedience in Tithing - Matthew 23:23

God is looking for us to have relationship with Him as our foundation, responsibility in all of our actions and a refining of our character daily.

What the Lord Requires of Us: (Micah 6:8)

1. To Act Justly - (with fairness, honesty, integrity)
2. To Love Mercy - (undeserved acts of kindness)
3. To Walk Humbly with Our God - (Living in submissive obedience to His desire & His will)

THESE 3 WILL BRING ME TO VICTORY!!!

Please log your comments on how this week's message has been a blessing to you! Simply click on the comments link immediately below this week's blog. Any comments already submitted will appear and you can comment below them.
(All comments are reviewed before publishing.)

NOTE:
The Blogger Navbar includes a button called "Share." When blog readers visit the 'HWC Sunday Message' blog, they can click "Share" to post the blog's URL to Twitter, Facebook, or Google Reader. If they navigate directly to an individual blog post, clicking "Share" in the navbar also lets them share the post by email. Once you have left your comment, please share this post on Facebook. This will allow many others the opportunity to visit the 'HWC Sunday Message' blog and be blessed by the message. Thanks for visiting!