SMARTALK - hope for today
Messages of hope from Pastor Chris Smart of Hope Church Presbyterian, Tampa, Florida.
Episodes
John 14:1-14 : Jesus Gives Peace and Power with Sam Lago
Jesus promises that His followers will never be abandoned like orphans, because the Holy Spirit—the divine Comforter and Advocate—comes to dwell within believers, making the love and presence of the Father and Son their eternal home. John 14 reveals that true peace, obedience, holiness, and security flow not from human strength or perfect circumstances, but from the indwelling life of the Triune G
John 13:1-17 : True Greatness Serves
True greatness is not found in status or power but in humble, Christlike service, as Jesus—fully secure in His identity and authority—stooped to wash the feet of disciples who would fail Him, pointing ultimately to the deeper cleansing of the cross. John 13 calls believers to lay aside pride, serve sacrificially in everyday life, and follow Jesus by trading the “crown” for the “towel,” knowing our
John 15:1-17 : The Fruitfulness from Friendship with Jesus
Jesus, the true Vine, calls us into friendship with Him. As we abide in His love, the Father works in us, pruning and shaping our lives so that we bear lasting fruit that glorifies God and brings true joy.Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creativ
John 15:18 - 16:15 : When Following Jesus is Costly
In this message from John 15:18–16:15, Jesus prepares His followers for a difficult but faithful path: following Him in a world that may reject those of us who follow him. His aim is clear—to keep His people from falling away by helping us to understand both the cost and the help we have in Him (John 16:1). Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk
Isaiah 44:1-5 : Do Not Fear - God Pours out His Spirit
Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Tags: Sermons Isaiah chapter 43 Floods Fires Suffering Promises Fear
Isaiah 43:1-7 : Reasons Not to Fear
Isaiah 43:1-7 : Reasons Not to Fear. Life is full of reasons to fear! But here in Isaiah, we are told that even if our lives have to pass through flood and fire, God is with us. He places limits on our suffering and promises to carry us through it. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic
Isaiah 42:1-9 : God Delivers
Isaiah 42:1-9: God Delivers. Perhaps you didn't know it, but you are looking for mishpat! It means justice, but it's much more than that. It's when all of life aligns with God's divine order, a hint of a perfect world. Here we see who will deliver this perfection one day. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@
Genesis 15:5-6 and Revelation 7:9-10: God's Vision for His People
Genesis 15:5-6 and Revelation 7:9-10: God's Vision for His People. From Abraham to Revelation, God reveals His vision to bless all nations through His people. Jesus fulfills this vision and sends His disciples on mission, calling His people to be disciples who make disciples. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.c
Ephesians 2:11-18: Leaving the Past Behind
Ephesians 2:11-18: Leaving the Past Behind. Can we leave our past behind? It's a very important question, especially for people who carry a burden of regret in life. When we build the foundations of every year of life upon Christ, then there is access to an eternal peace. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMu
Isaiah 41:8-16 : God's Friendship over our Fears
Isaiah 41:8-16 : God's Friendship over our Fears. In this amazing passage, God shows us multiple foundations for his command not to give in to fear. He is with us, he holds us by the right hand, and he can move the unmovable mountains before us. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celti
Colossians 2:6-10: The Gift of God
Colossians 2:6-10: The Gift of God. In Christ, God gives us the greatest gift - Himself. We are challenged here to open that gift and walk-in in growing dependence and thankfulness in Him. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attrib
Isaiah 40:9-11 : The Gospel of Looking to God
Isaiah 40:9-11 : The Gospel of Looking to God. God calls us to look to Him - coming in Christ as Warrior-King and gentle Shepherd - who defeats our enemies, gathers His people, carries us close, and leads us faithfully unto eternity. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeo
John 1:14-18: Advent Reveals God
John 1:14-18: Advent Reveals God. In Advent, God reveals Himself in Jesus Christ, who draws near to dwell with us and displays God's glory through sacrificial service, so that we may live in loving fellowship with Him forever. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod
Matthew 1: Jesus' Family
Matthew 1: Jesus' Family. We don't get to pick our families, but when God came to earth, he did. When you look at the mothers, men, and marriages that make up the line of Jesus, you see God's grace and all the reasons why he came! So if your family is far from perfect, take courage from what God's grace can do. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.
Zechariah 9:9-17: God is Faithful to His Promises
Zechariah 9:9-17: God is Faithful to His Promises. Here we see God promises to come to his people like a shepherd, reminding us of Psalm 23, both so powerfully fulfilled in the coming of Christ as the Good Shepherd. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed unde
Daniel 12: God's People in the End
Daniel 12: God's People in the End. Throughout history God's people will face great challenges, but the promise of resurrection and Christ's ultimate victory over evil, gives believers courage and power for faithful witness to the end. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celti
Daniel 11: Game of Thrones.
Daniel 11: Game of Thrones. Is the world out of control? Does history travel on a road to a clear destination, or are we on a loop, destined to keep repeating the same events like wars, plagues, and financial crises? This paints a big picture of God, that he is in control of history, even the worst possible events, and how God’s people are to live through it by seeing the bigger picture. Contact P
Daniel 10: The Touch of Strength
Daniel 10: The Touch of Strength. Sometimes it's in our greatest moments of weakness that God reaches out to us through his messengers and renews us with his touch. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Daniel 9: Promises, Prayer, and God's Plans
Daniel 9: Promises, Prayer, and God's Plans. God's promises call Daniel to repentance and hopeful intercession. God's answer points beyond exile to Christ, the true fulfillment of God's saving plan.Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed un
Daniel 8: When God Dashes our Hopes
Daniel 8: When God Dashes our Hopes. When Daniel's particular vision for the future is dashed, God reveals a far greater plan - ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ.Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Daniel 7
Daniel 7. If you want to understand the world we live in, then you have to be realistic about the reality of evil and realistic about the reality of good. Daniel does that and gives us the basis for hope. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creati
Daniel 6: The Lion's King
Daniel 6: The Lion's King. This is one of the most outstanding narratives in the Bible. We see how to withstand spiritual attack, how to maintain character under fire, and how God's power delivers his people through suffering—not just from it. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - C
Daniel 5: God's Power and the Proud
Daniel 5: God's Power and the Proud. Through Daniel's faithful testimony and His own sure Word, God confronts human pride and reveals that every act of judgement is also a gracious call to humble repentance before the one true King. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kev
Daniel 4: A Kingdom Revealed Through Humbling
Daniel 4: A Kingdom Revealed Through Humbling. Through Nebuchadnezzar's humiliation and restoration, God reveals His sovereign rule - pointing us to Christ, the true King, who humbled Himself to bring sinners into His everlasting Kingdom. God continues to call all of us into the blessings of His Kingdom by humbling ourselves before Him. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an
Daniel 3 : Faith in the Furnace.
Daniel 3: Faith in the Furnace. This is the ultimate "bad day at work"! Huge pressure is heaped upon believers, overwhelming, destructive emotions dominate the story, yet deliverance comes through the suffering, not from it. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLe
Daniel 2. The Insecurities of Life
Daniel 2. The Insecurities of Life. No matter how much power someone has in this life, to be human is to be insecure. Here we learn where our truest basis for security in this life and the next lies. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Com
Daniel 1. Thriving Under Pressure
Daniel 1. Thriving Under Pressure. Here, we meet four young believers who are under immense cultural pressure to conform to the surrounding culture, providing a powerful example of how followers of Christ can respond to such pressure. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLe
Pastor Sam Lago. Acts 4:23-31. Partnership in Prayer
Pastor Sam Lago. Acts 4:23-31. Partnership in Prayer. As they move forward in mission, the early church faces fierce resistance - but instead of shrinking back, they pray. Grounded in Scripture, united in Christ, empowered by the Spirit, they show us how Jesus still partners with His people in prayer to advance His Kingdom.Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4ta
Pastor Sam Lago. Acts 1:1-8. Jesus and our Co-Mission
Pastor Sam Lago. Acts 1:1-8. Jesus and our Co-Mission.Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.
1 Peter 2:1-12 : Priesthood of all Believers
1 Peter 2:1-12: Priesthood of all Believers. This is part of our Vision series, outlining core principles that should lie at the heart of the church. What is your place in the church? The answer to that depends upon how you understand your identity in Christ. Then you can see why it matters and the areas of your life that will be impacted by that. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or s
Psalm 19 : What Directs Your Life
Psalm 19 : What Directs Your Life. If you ask what should be at the center of the life of a church, hopefully people would say Jesus! But how we know anything about Jesus is through God's Word. Psalm 19 celebrates the power of the Word to direct our lives. So we see that we need a whole Bible (Covenant Theology) for a whole Christ who transforms whole Iives. Contact Pastor Smart from our Chu
Pastor Sam Lago. Psalm 4: God's King and the Lost
Pastor Sam Lago. Psalm 4: God's King and the Lost.In Psalm 4, David confronts the lost, calling them to turn from empty pursuits, acknowledge him as God's King, and trust the Lord for joy in His presence - foreshadowing Christ, who as King rules, as Prophet calls to repentance, as Priest intercedes for His people. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4t
Pastor Sam Lago. Psalm 3: Strength in the Storm
Pastor Sam Lago. Psalm 3: Strength in the Storm.In Psalm 3, David shows us how to find rest and courage when life falls apart - by remembering who God is, trusting what He does, and praying with bold faith in His promises. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licens
Pastor Sam Lago. Psalm 2: Blessings for a Rebellious World.
Pastor Sam Lago. Psalm 2: Blessings for a Rebellious World.God confronts a rebellious World - not to destroy, but to bless. Through His Son, the true King, He invites all people to refuge, repentance, and joy-filled submission to His Kingdom. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kev
Pastor Sam Lago. Psalm 1: An Invitation into Blessedness
Pastor Sam Lago. Psalm 1: An Invitation into Blessedness.In Psalm1, God invites us into true blessedness - found not in following the ways of this world, but rooted in His Word, sustained by His Spirit, and fulfilled in Christ. This blessed life can endure testing, bear fruit, and overflow in blessing to others.Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smar
John 12-1-11: Encounters With Jesus: The Scent of Devotion.
John 12-1-11: Encounters With Jesus: The Scent of Devotion. There are two examples of devotion in this passage that show us the two ways humanity can live. Which one defines your life?Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution
John 11-17:45: Encounters With Jesus: Living in a City without Walls.
John 11-17:45: Encounters With Jesus: Living in a City without Walls. Death is a reality we all face throughout life, and one day personally. Society struggles to find an answer to it, but here Jesus declares his authority even over the grave. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Ke
Pastor Sam Lago. John 9: Encounters With Jesus: Responding to the Light.
Pastor Sam Lago. John 9: Encounters With Jesus: Responding to the Light.In healing a man born blind, Jesus reshapes our understanding of suffering, reveals the urgency of God's redemptive work, and shows that true sight - faith - often leads us into testing that grows us in discipleship. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@
John 5:1-18: Encounters With Jesus: Who is the Healer?
John 5:1-18: Encounters With Jesus: Who is the Healer?John reveals to us the touch of the one person who can heal humanity. Here, Jesus seeks out someone in the deepest need, and by the end of the story, his life is transformed. It reveals to us how the touch of the healer works in our lives today, freeing us from being stuck in a rut, revealing one who can ask us to do the impossible, but whose c
Tony Ancona. John 4:43:54: Encounters With Jesus: Double Vision.
John 4:43:54: Encounters With Jesus: Double Vision. Life is hard. Many things happen to us that really challenge our faith. How can we trust God through suffering? Jesus shows us through the encounter with the Royal Official that there is always more than meets the eye in our suffering. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4t
John 4:1-29: Encounters With Jesus: Reaching an Outsider.
John 4:1-29: Encounters With Jesus: Reaching an Outsider. All people long for more in life. Jesus addresses that directly and personally in this moving story of his love, which reaches a social and religious outsider, overcoming all barriers to put her in contact with the source of life's deepest satisfaction. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/
Pastor Sam Lago. John 3:1-21: Encounters With Jesus: Jesus challenges religion
John 3:1-21: Encounters With Jesus: Jesus challenges religion. Jesus' Encounter with Nicodemus reveals how the Kingdom of God confronts 'religion gone wrong'. Salvation can only be experienced through the sovereign work of God's Spirit and is for everyone who receives Jesus in true humility. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smar
John 1:35-51: Encounters With Jesus: The Skeptic
John 1:35-51: Encounters With Jesus: The Skeptic. When talking to someone skeptical about Christianity, see how Jesus handled such situations. He reaches out to people through friendships and reveals who he is by showing what he knows about us. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by K
John 1:19-34: Encounters With Jesus: Great Expectations
John 1:19-34: Encounters With Jesus: Great Expectations. What is the logic behind the universe? John points us to Jesus, who claims he can bring meaning to our lives. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. htt
Isaiah 39 Handling Success Successfully!
Isaiah 39: Handling Success Successfully! When things go well, they can often be followed by a crash, often because of our pride. Here we see the dangers of mishandling the achievements of life, processing the fallout and how to handle these moments with humility. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh
Isaiah 38: Bad News From The Doctor!
Isaiah 38 Bad News From The Doctor! When bad news comes, Isaiah outlines how to handle it by calling us to rely upon God's power, not our own, to do so in prayer and then to process it creatively. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative C
Isaiah 37:21-38 Pursuing Greatness
Isaiah 37:21-38 Pursuing Greatness. How can we pursue excellence in all things while not succumbing to the spiritual danger of pride? We need to learn that whatever we achieve in life is built upon the greatness of God and what he has done for us. Then we will see greatness in terms of what Jesus teaches us, which is true greatness. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.
Isaiah 37:1-20 Intimidation 101
Isaiah 37:1-20 Intimidation 101. God is more real than the most threatening of life's circumstances! Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.
Isaiah 36: Trust Issues With God
Isaiah 36: Trust Issues With God. We look at what it's like to trust God in the up and the downs of life, and when compelling voices are speaking into your life that undermine such trust.Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Att
Isaiah 35: Highway to Heaven.
Isaiah 35: Highway to Heaven. There are days when life is like walking through a desert, but when God turns up, everything changes, from the direction we are walking in to finding the road to recovery to profound character transformation through the power of hope. Walk this road with the help of John Bunyan's famous book, The Pilgrim's Progress. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church websi
Isaiah 34 Justice Will Have The Final Word
Isaiah 34: Justice Will Have The Final Word. The longing for justice is something that is innate within each one of us. Here, we see what God's justice will mean for this world, something we will all have to face. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed
Isaiah 33 Stability in Unstable Times
Isaiah 33 Stability in Unstable Times: the whole world is unstable. It always has been but we are feeling it acutely in our present times. So how do we live in unstable times? We aren’t the first and won’t be the last to ask that question. Isaiah’s people had to, and he gave them the answer in the middle of turbulent times in v.6, talking of God - he will be the stability of your times.Contact Pas
Isaiah 32 The Parable of De-Churched Deborah
Isaiah 32 The Parable of De-Churched Deborah. 40 Million Americans have stopped going to church over the last 20 years. We follow the story of Deborah, becoming a Christian, falling away from church and how she came back. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is license
Isaiah 31 Picking the Wrong Friends
Isaiah 31 Picking the Wrong Friends: Who has been the worst boyfriend or girlfriend you have taken home or could take home? The kind that would make your dad reach for the gun? You see parents are touchy about bad friends. The reason being, is the power of friendship to mold us. You can just have the wrong friends. Now put on the clothes of Isaiah’s time 2600 years ago- replay the drama of his day
Isaiah 30:1-21 Listening to God
Isaiah 30:1-21 Listening to God does not come naturally to us, but when we do learn to listen, we discover the truth that Isaiah shares in verse 15, In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod
Isaiah 29:15-24 Spiritual Renewal
Isaiah 29:15-24 Spiritual Renewal. What does spiritual renewal look like, even from a really low starting point? Here we see the reasons, the promise and the experience of renewal. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.
Isaiah 29:1-14 The Blind Leading The Blind
Isaiah 29:1-14 The Blind Leading The Blind: We see here God's people in maintenance mode, then called to renew their mission by getting to the heart of the issue which is the human heart. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons At
Isaiah 28 : The Foundation of Faith vs Addiction, Anger and Anxiety
Isaiah 28 : The Foundation of Faith vs Addiction, Anger and Anxiety. It’s when the rubber hits the road that you learn what you trust. So this section of Isaiah is about who and what you put your trust in, especially when there is real pressure in life. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Ce
Isaiah 27 : The Fruitful Life
Isaiah 27 : The Fruitful Life. When God is at work he protects us, he prunes us and he purifies us. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.
Isaiah 26 : Feet on the Path
Isaiah 26: Feet on the Path. If you pick the right path to walk in life it can be marked by peace even in the face of tough decisions you may face. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommon
Isaiah 25 : You're Invited to the Party!
Isaiah 25 : You're Invited to the Party! Hope in the face of death. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.
Isaiah 24 : The Second Coming
Isaiah 24 : The Second Coming. Are you a pessimist or an optimist about the future? There are two approaches to life that are like living in two totally different cities. The question is what are these cities like, and how do you move from the one facing destruction to the one that is eternally secure? Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk
Galatians 6:7-18 : Sowing For The Future
Galatians 6:7-18 : Sowing For The Future. As we look ahead in life we see that our actions are like a farmer sowing seed. So make sure it's the right seed in the right field and sow with the right attitudes and the right tools.Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod
Galatians 5:25-6:5 : Walking in The Spirit
Galatians 5:25-6:5 : Walking in The Spirit. This phrase sounds very mystical, but Paul shows that it's intensely practical in its impact on our relationships. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https:
Galatians 5:16-24 : Dr Jekyll or Mister Hide
Galatians 5:16-24 : Dr Jekyll or Mister Hide. Literature in many stories reflects the deep sense of being divided within our will. But the power of God's Spirit at work can bring us a profound wholeness. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Cr
Galatians 5:1-15 : Running Free
Galatians 5:1-15 : Running Free. Where does genuine human freedom come from? How do we connect to it? How can we abuse such a freedom? Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/license
Galatians 4:21-31 : Losing My Religion
Galatians 4:21-31 : Losing My Religion. A message of hope following the devastation of Hurricane Milton and loss of power. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Galatians 4:8-20 : Don't Die Another Day!
Galatians 4:8-20 : Don't Die Another Day! God gives his children many gifts and because they are so precious the Apostle Paul goes to great lengths in these words to encourage us not to lose them, whether it's the freedom Christ brings us or the Joy of his Spirit. Like James Bond, we face hostile forces that would rob these treasures and put us back into a spiritual prison. Contact Pasto
Galatians 3:26-4:7 : Defining Your Religion: Slavery or Sonship
Galatians 3:26-4:7 : Defining Your Religion: Slavery or Sonship. In this amazing passage, we learn about the freedom, joy, and privileges of being sons and daughters of God through our faith in Christ. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative C
Galatians Chapter 3:15-25 : The Craftsman's Tools
Galatians Chapter 3:15-25: The Craftsman's Tools. When God works upon your life, he is like an artist. Here we see two particular tools he uses to craft our character into the likeness of Christ, God's Law and God's promises. We also think about the timing in God using these tools: why Christ came when he did and not earlier. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an
Galatians Chapter 3:1-14 : Lifting The Spell
Galatians Chapter 3:1-14 : Lifting The Spell. The Bible is very clear about how easily anyone, including believers, can be fooled. Here are some ways to guard against it. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Galatians Chapter 2:11-21 : Convictions and Confrontations
Galatians Chapter 2:11-21 : Convictions and Confrontations. Through the lens of a parable about otters and beavers, we learn how to handle convictions and deal with confrontations in life. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attri
Galatians Chapter 2:1-10 : United We Stand!
Galatians Chapter 2:1-10 : United We Stand! There are times when your reputation may be attacked. Do you defend yourself or let it go? Take a lesson from the Apostle Paul on making that call. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Att
Galatians Chapter 1:10-24 : Communication With Conviction
Galatians Chapter 1:10-24 : Communication With Conviction. Conviction in life has to be like a tree, with good roots, branches and fruit. Only such conviction over the Good News of Jesus can keep a believer healthy. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed unde
Galatians Chapter 1:1-9 : A Spiritual Pandemic
Galatians Chapter 1:1-9: A Spiritual Pandemic. How healthy is the church? Here is a spiritual health check where we deal with a virus of false teaching creating a medical emergency, called by a medical examination before being sent off for lab work. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic
Romans Chapter 11:17-36 : Uniting Humanity
Romans Chapter 11:17-36 : Uniting Humanity. Here we see what keeps people apart in life, like arrogance, and the unique power of Christ to draw the most unlikely people together. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Romans Chapter 11:1-16 : The Journey to the New World
Romans Chapter 11:1-16: The Journey to the New World. When God makes promises he keeps them. Maybe you doubt that at times. But in these verses, we see that one of his biggest promises was made to the Jewish people and that God is still keeping that promise. If God will reach his ancient people then we can be assurred of his power and willingness to reach those in our own lives who seem so far fro
Romans Chapter 10:14-21 : Heaven's FedEx
Romans Chapter 10:14-21 : Heaven's FedEx. Here we look at how God communicates with us today, by thinking of the package delivered, the delivery man, the address, and potential issues with the delivery and what is in the package. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLe
Romans Chapter 10:1-13 : Driving on Route 666
Romans Chapter 10:1-13 : Driving on Route 666. What direction is your life going? Where are you headed? We look at the fuel we put in our tank, the danger of pollutants, the destination we are heading towards, and what the ride will be like. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevi
Romans Chapter 9:14-33 : Questioning God
Romans Chapter 9:14-33: Questioning God. Can God be trusted? Does he keep his word? Does God make the right choices every time? Here God speaks for himself. Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email. hope4tampa.com/smartalk smartalk@hope4tampa.comMusic: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://crea
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