Glorifying God by bringing hope, help, and reconciliation through Christ!

Dating... Today many WELL-intended people, including those who love GOD and aspire to follow JESUS go about finding a romantic companion the same way they go about finding a religious community... all wrong. ... without GOD and without GRACE at the center. ................ If this message adds value to your life, hit that like button, subscribe, and share with someone you care about. May God BLESS you! Hope City Sermons is a ministry of Hope City Fellowship, an authentically Christian, intentionally-diverse church based in Asheville, North Carolina that officially launched in November 2021. Our mission- "Bringing hope, help, and reconciliation through Christ!" To learn more or to support our ministry, visit our website at hopecityfellowship.org. ............. #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #HopeCityFellowship #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart

Honey I Shrunk the Kids was a blockbuster HIT in 1989! It tells the fantastic fictional story of a scientist who accidentally shrunk his children and a few of the neighborhood kids with a shrink ray that he hadn't quite dialed in yet. When he shrunk the kids and they are unknowingly swept up and put into a garbage bag and taken to the street for the weekly pickup, they make their way out of the garbage and into the front yard, but now have the overwhelming task of trekking through the yard, into the house, and up to their dad's attic laboratory again in order to be zapped back to size- but must navigate monstrous bumble bees, angry ants, and the deluge producing sprinkler system along the way. Although at times they absolutely wanted to give up, the need and the mission were far, far, far too great to give up. They needed strength, encouragement, and wisdom. And that's what we see going on within Hebrews chapter 10, and our lives today. Jewish people in the first century who became followers of the Messiah Jesus found themselves overwhelmed at their opposition and adversity. Some of them were tempted to shrink back and to turn their backs on Jesus and return to Judaism in order to get away from the overwhelming adversity they faced... ridicule, rejection, getting their homes and assets confiscated, and imprisonment. However, the writer to the Hebrews encourages them, and challenges them... Jesus didn't shrink back in coming to SAVE us, and we can not and will not shrink back in living for and serving HIM! He goes on to insist that they practice a fundamental of the faith in order to be strengthened and encouraged and equipped for the adversity they faced... Faithfully, and consistently locking in on... Church attendance. Passage: Hebrews 10:19-39 Points: 1) Hard 2) Help ................ If this message adds value to your life, hit that like button, subscribe, and share with someone you care about. May God BLESS you! Hope City Sermons is a ministry of Hope City Fellowship, an authentically Christian, intentionally-diverse church based in Asheville, North Carolina that officially launched in November 2021. Our mission- "Bringing hope, help, and reconciliation through Christ!" To learn more or to support our ministry, visit our website at hopecityfellowship.org. ............. #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #HopeCityFellowship #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart

Abraham Lincoln was quoted as saying, "Give me three hours to chop down a tree and I'll spend the first two hours sharpening the axe." The wisdom here is to say, it doesn't matter how much strength one has, or how much endurance one has, if he has a dull blade. When we sharpen the ax, the work goes much faster and is much, much, much more fruitful. This is very similar to what the author of Psalm 5... King David, the legendary giant-slayer, singer-songwriter, turned dynastic ruler and biblical progenitor, said in his now famous song written for a mass choir to be accompanied by the flute. He said that having a meaningful, one-on-one time with Almighty God at the BEGINNING of the day, was absolutely critical to both his EFFECTIVENESS in his daily life as well as his INTIMACY with the Divine King of the Universe who GAVE him success, salvation, and the satisfaction of his soul. A MEANINGFUL, one-on-one time with God every single day is one of the ABCs of following Jesus. When we learn our ABCs, so much else opens up for us as we walk and work with Him to impact our world for good and for His glory. Passage: Psalm 5:1-12 Points: 1) Effectiveness 2) Intimacy ................ If this message adds value to your life, hit that like button, subscribe, and share with someone you care about. May God BLESS you! Hope City Sermons is a ministry of Hope City Fellowship, an authentically Christian, intentionally-diverse church based in Asheville, North Carolina that officially launched in November 2021. Our mission- "Bringing hope, help, and reconciliation through Christ!" To learn more or to support our ministry, visit our website at hopecityfellowship.org. ............. #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #HopeCityFellowship #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart

Have you ever heard or FELT what happens when an instrumentalist has become ONE with his or her instrument? There is something incredibly POWERFUL and ENRICHING that happens when a musician aspires to do more than play a few good notes or even songs on their instrument but to become ONE with that thang... to make that thang SING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It can give hope, and lift an entire ATMOSPHERE... It can inspire dreams and minister to the heart, mind, and soul. It's powerful. And it's beautiful. The Apostle Paul told the Romans that there is one instrument that EVERY follower of Jesus should learn and aspire to MASTER... and in doing so, they will enrich, beautify, and bless themselves, others, and the world... That is what he called the instrument of...RIGHTEOUSNESS. And truthfully, in doing so, we learn that we are allowing God Himself to sit in front of us and play the music of Heaven through us to beautify and enrich the world. Passage: Romans 6:1-14 Points: 1) Romans 2) Real 3) Reverse ................. If this message adds value to your life, hit that like button, subscribe, and share with someone you care about. May God BLESS you! Hope City Sermons is a ministry of Hope City Fellowship, an authentically Christian, intentionally-diverse church based in Asheville, North Carolina that officially launched in November 2021. Our mission- "Bringing hope, help, and reconciliation through Christ!" To learn more or to support our ministry, visit our website at hopecityfellowship.org. ............. #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #HopeCityFellowship #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart

In music, a remix is when an artist takes a song, adds his or her own sauce to it, and makes it their own. It becomes a TYPE of... NEW. It’s the former song, but it’s a new VERSION of that song. That’s MUSIC. Following the MESSIAH is just like that. Jesus Christ hits us with a REMIX. It’s is what is called a “testimony”. A testimony is where a Follower of Jesus shares their story like this… “This is who and how I was before Jesus saved me and added His grace and sauce to my life. And this is me and my life now that I have been following and living for Him.” In this series, each week we will have a sermon with a TESTIMONY in the middle of it from someone in our congregation about how God has been remixing their lives for His glory. This week, our sister-queen Chastity Zolton shares how God saved her, and has been remixing her life for His glory. You will be encouraged, edified, and inspired to let God make remix, or continue to remix, your life. Passage: The Gospel according to Matthew 7:21-29 Points: 1) Triple 2) Absurd 3) Beating 4) Heart ................... If this message adds value to your life, hit that like button, subscribe, and share with someone you care about. May God BLESS you! Hope City Sermons is a ministry of Hope City Fellowship, an authentically Christian, intentionally-diverse church based in Asheville, North Carolina that officially launched in November 2021. Our mission- "Bringing hope, help, and reconciliation through Christ!" To learn more or to support our ministry, visit our website at hopecityfellowship.org. ............. #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #HopeCityFellowship #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart

"M.A.G.A."… that WORD... that little PHRASE... is extremely PROVOCATIVE and even PAINFUL for many people. Though full of vision, hope, and PASSION for many, it is simultaneously one that produces RESENTMENT and HURT for many OTHERS. This is very similar to the phrase... "Happy FATHERS Day". We live at a time when the word FATHER is TREMENDOUSLY provocative and painful for many. More people today seem to relate to getting their father FIGURE something for Father's Day, than their biological dads. But what if God in OUR day, like He did in GIDEON'S day, was on a mission to bring His people BACK to Himself, and back to BLESSING, by making fathers and men MANLY and GODLY again? ... healthy ... God-centered ... sacrificial ... self-controlled ... protecting ... providing ...life-giving ...men who love, and lead, and look like... JESUS? The good news is... He is... And He is calling us to join Him. Primary Passage: Judges 6:25-32 Principles: 1) Masculinity 2) Femininity 3) Trinity ................... If this message adds value to your life, hit that like button, subscribe, and share with someone you care about. May God BLESS you! Hope City Sermons is a ministry of Hope City Fellowship, an authentically Christian, intentionally-diverse church based in Asheville, North Carolina that officially launched in November 2021. Our mission- "Bringing hope, help, and reconciliation through Christ!" To learn more or to support our ministry, visit our website at hopecityfellowship.org. ............. #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #HopeCityFellowship #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart

Max Lucado was on the last leg of a 30 mile TRIATHLON when the runner beside him started complaining about how it was the worst decision he had ever made in his LIFE! Max knew if he didn't remove himself from this fellow's negativity, that energy-consuming negativity and complaining would soon be his OWN and he would have very little chance of making it across the finish line! The nation of the Hebrews had been epically LIBERATED from deep slavery in the Egyptian Empire, and by God's amazing and CONTINUED grace, they were on their way to a Land FLOWING with milk, honey, homes, and prosperity. But before they GOT there, complaining and whining about breakfast turned a 30 day trek into literally 40 YEARS of wandering through the desert. As great of a leader that Moses WAS, we find that the people needed a BETTER Moses. And as much as God had done for the people, like we ourselves, we find that the people needed a better HEART...one that remembers all that God has ALREADY done and therefore replaces COMPLAINING with CASTING their cares before Him in faith, patience, and love. Passage: Numbers 11:1-15 Principles: 1) Complaining 2) Casting .................... If this message adds value to your life, hit that like button, subscribe, and share with someone you care about. May God BLESS you! Hope City Sermons is a ministry of Hope City Fellowship, an authentically Christian, intentionally-diverse church based in Asheville, North Carolina that officially launched in November 2021. Our mission- "Bringing hope, help, and reconciliation through Christ!" To learn more or to support our ministry, visit our website at hopecityfellowship.org. ............. #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #HopeCityFellowship #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart

C.T. Studd was the Anthony Edwards of his day. Anthony Edwards, the franchise player for the National Basketball Association's Minnesota Timberwolves is surmised by some to be the next Kobe Bryant, or possibly Michael Jordan himself. C.T. Studd was a rising cricket star in England in the mid 1880s. Millionaire. Elite athlete. Blindingly bright future in sports, wealth, and fame. After a sickness pulled his professional athlete brother to the brink of death, he realized that all of his riches and affluence didn't ultimately mean a thing. He left it all to pursue God's plans for him to serve as a mighty missionary to China, India, and the cannibals of the interior of Africa. On his death bed, at 70 years old, with lungs failing him due to the pollution of the smog filled China, with his last breath, he uttered the word, "Halleluyah." God is calling every human being to LIFE in Christ, and to live LARGER than themselves. But living larger is WAYYYYY better than God prospering you so you can acquire more stuff and accomplish more things. It's far, far FARRRRRR better than that. God has called us to live BIGGER than ourselves for His own life-giving purposes and pleasure, and for our own impact and enjoyment. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares Yahweh, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope." -Jeremiah 29:11 Primary Passage(s) Jeremiah 29:11, Jeremiah 1:1-10 Principles: 1) Obstacle 2) Empower 3) Fusion ..................... If this message adds value to your life, hit that like button, subscribe, and share with someone you care about. May God BLESS you! Hope City Sermons is a ministry of Hope City Fellowship, an authentically Christian, intentionally-diverse church based in Asheville, North Carolina that officially launched in November 2021. Our mission- "Bringing hope, help, and reconciliation through Christ!" To learn more or to support our ministry, visit our website at hopecityfellowship.org. ............. #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #HopeCityFellowship #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart

If this message adds value to your life, hit that like button, subscribe, and share with someone you care about. May God BLESS you! Hope City Sermons is a ministry of Hope City Fellowship, an authentically Christian, intentionally-diverse church based in Asheville, North Carolina that officially launched in November 2021. Our mission- "Bringing hope, help, and reconciliation through Christ!" To learn more or to support our ministry, visit our website at hopecityfellowship.org. ............. #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #HopeCityFellowship #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart