Bringing hope, help, and reconciliation through Christ!

We have to be able to say "Nahhhhh bro", or maybe even "Heck NO!!!!!!!!!!" to the things that will give us pleasure NOW but punish us LATER! Yezzzz... Going too hard on the bottle. Junk food addiction. Too many sweets! The STREETS! Steroids. Porn. Sex outside of God's guardrails. Fill in the blank... In this message, Pastor Jazz breaks down King Solomon's passionate admonition to his son and his readers to build up the character and commitment to resist the temptations that come looking for each and every one of us. He also shares powerful and practical insight on how to get back on track with God's help if we have found ourselves ensnared with struggle and regret. ................. 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, a difference-making, disciple-making, 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

We've all gotten our hearts CRUSHED! It's an inescapable reality of life. And when you go through something traumatic and/or deeply painful, the tendency is to TRY to do life with a protective WALL around our hearts... a SAFEGUARD to avoid getting our hearts crushed again! Just one problem... God made us in His image and so we are irreducibly RELATIONAL! We can never be deeply whole or deeply happy in isolation and apart from meaningful relationship with others. We must put a GATE around our hearts, not a wall. A gate allows us to keep the WRONG things and people out, but to allow the RIGHT things and people in while God grows us and makes us whole. During his time, King Solomon was known as the baddest man on the planet- not merely because of his insane net worth but his GENIUS and WISDOM. He famously said, "Above all else, GUARD your HEART because everything you do flows from it." -Proverbs 4:23 In this message, Pastor Jazz Cathcart helps us explore how to play both defense AND offense in the game of life, not ONLY protecting our hearts and minds from danger and threats, but proactively GIVING our hearts and minds what they need to THRIVE for God's glory and the good of our world. ................. 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, a difference-making, disciple-making, 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

Transformation doesn't happen overnight. If we will just get 1% better in an area, and CONSISTENTLY so, our lives will CHANGE! Spend just three minutes in prayer and in your Bible a day. Next week, add one minute. Watch what happens! Do the same thing with working out. Do the same thing with cleaning your room. Do the same thing with spending time with your family and healthy friends. Do the same thing with being a tangible blessing to other people. Do the same thing paying off your debt and saving money. Do the same thing improving in your career or your craft. Do the same thing with getting to school or work early. Do the same thing with cutting back on the things that are killing your emotional and spiritual life... your relationships... your dreams... your potential! There is POWER in getting just 1% better. GROW! GRIND! But don't TRUST your grind. Trust GOD! He'll HELP you. And He'll be there to CATCH you if you fall. ................... This snippet is from a sermon entitled "Three plus One equals TEN!" where Pastor Jazz Cathcart expounds on how when our identity (how we perceive ourselves), our vision (our goals, dreams, and aspirations), and our habits (the things we do regularly) are working together we can go FAR! But when we connect them to the God who gives GRACE, we become UNSTOPPABLE. ................... 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, a difference-making, disciple-making, 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

Your mama may have cussed, smoked, and be doin' the MOST! But if your mama, daddy, or grandparents gave you expectations around the house like cleaning your ROOM, doing your HOMEWORK, and making sure your brothers and sisters were GOOD, then you know that those expectations were actually HEALTHY and helped you become the kind of ADULT you needed to be! No good parent is okay with their kids being lazy! Most people don't know that God HIMSELF is a phenomenal parent!... and that HE has expectations for US. He hates LAZINESS... in general and in JESUS! But He loves, rewards, and EMPOWERS us to LABOR for the everlasting Kingdom and for the kind of life worth living! Primary Passage(s): Matthew 25:14-30 Hebrews 12:2 Principles: 1) Product 2) Process 3) Pain ................. 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, a difference-making, disciple-making, 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

EVERYBODY can get their money up. Yes EVERYBODY! Yes YOU! The question is, "Will you LEVEL up and become the kind of PERSON who is moving from broke to abundant to baller status for good and for God?!" Getting your MONEY up and being rich in good DEEDS for God's glory is about mastering your MIND, your MOTIVATION, and how you MOVE with what you already have! This message will encourage, equip, and empower you to improve your life and live PROSPEROUSLY for Christ Jesus as long as He let's you live! Primary Passage: 1st Timothy 6:17-19 Principles: 1) Motivation 2) Management 3) Moves .................. 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, a difference-making, disciple-making, 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

This can be your YEAR! But in order for this year and for your LIFE to be BETTER... YOU have to be better! And one of the INFINITY STONES here is for you to make time with the right PEOPLE, not the wrong PEOPLE. Primary Passage(s): Luke 13:7 Luke 13:1-9 Principles: 1) Urgency 2) Eternity 3) Intensity ................... 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, a difference-making, disciple-making, 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

We gotta get our Christmas lights game UP! Experts agree that turning on Christmas lights and putting up holiday decor is linked to greater signs of happiness! Apparently it helps people connect to the nostalgia of yesteryear and the bliss of childhood when things were SIMPLE and WONDERFUL and life was full of JOY! SIMILARLY, God is calling alllllllllllll who have the Life-giving Light of His Son Jesus Christ to BE the brightly, boldly, and beautifully lit house on our street... because people need JESUS, His JOY, and the forgiveness of their sins. This message will bless you, empower you, and warm your heart in this the most WONDERFUL time of the year. ................... 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, a difference-making, disciple-making, 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. ............. #HopeCityFellowship #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart

For many of us, it doesn't actually matter if Santa of the Savior comes to town... all we know is what we WANT! A feminine, beautiful, sexually charged, Christ-like woman who cooks like yo' mama but without the attitude! A spiritual, hard-working, well earning, Godly man who is 5'11 or taller with at least a four pack! A five-thousand dollar raise and a little respect at work! To get the heck out of these apartments and into a house! A newer car that doesn't leak oil everywhere you go! An actual CAREER that also pays well, not just a JOB that just pays the bills! We know what we want under that Christmas tree! But are we READY for what comes WITH it?!!!! The difference between Santa and the Savior... Santa isn't real and he can't get us READY for the blessings we want! Jesus on the other hand... He IS!... and He CAN! In this message, we believe He WILL! ................... 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, a difference-making, disciple-making, 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. ............. #HopeCityFellowship #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart

Depression is a BEAST and for a LOT of people! Opinions are very mixed on what it is and how to deal with it. God’s Word gives us some POWERFUL insight and assistance! Primary Passage: Philippians 4:4-9 Points: 1) Atmosphere 2) Attitude 3) Action Series: For real, for real THANK You! Series Big Idea: When we were placed into Christ by virtue of our repenting of our sin and trusting Jesus to make us right with God, we hit the JACKPOT and have been given unmatched and untouchable BLESSINGS because we are in Christ. This is what Ephesians 1:3-14 is all about. And these blessings naturally produce THANKSGIVING the more we understand and utilize what we have been given!  Thanksgiving is not only an awesome & super important HOLIDAY, it’s an extremely powerful HABIT! One of the things it does is it strengthens your relationships. Another thing it does is it blesses YOU! One of the ways it does so is by shifting your inner atmosphere from scarcity to abundance.  ................... 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, a difference-making, disciple-making, 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. ............. #HopeCityFellowship #HopeHelpAndReconciliation #PastorJazzionCathcart #JazzCathcart