Hope Alliance Nazareth

"What do you want me to do for you?" By asking this question of people, Jesus shows us a picture of our God as more than just a genie that answers our wishes.  Instead, God gets to the heart...to our…

In John 11 we see Jesus as fully God and fully man, intentionally exchanging his own life to resurrect Lazarus.  In his ministry to Martha and Mary, Jesus paints a picture of God meeting people where…

Humanity has always advocated for a quick fix, whether it be religious, political, or vocational in nature.  But in Matthew 13, Jesus paints a picture of God as being patiently slow and even subversi…

In Matthew 15 Jesus teaches us that religious legalism and moral relativism don't deal with the root problem of sin.  But we see in Jesus a picture of God as fulfilling the Law and leading us into a …

In Mark 5 Jesus shows us a picture of God as interruptible...stopping in the midst of profound ministry to heal and give dignity to a few different people.  In doing so, we see that God will still in…

In the story of Jesus "cleansing the Temple", we find a picture of God who defends His children and makes a way for them to connect with Him through prayer.  And through prayer, we find a Father that…

God Himself took time to cease working and enjoy new creation.
He set up a day of rest for His children after rescuing them from slavery in Egypt.
In Jesus we see a picture of our God as the Lord of th…

In John 4 Jesus has a scandalous interaction with a Samaritan woman at a well.  We see a picture of God breaking through gender, racial, and religious barriers to offer His life-giving Spirit to all …

In the encounter between Nicodemus and Jesus in John 3 we see a picture of God as loving humanity and welcoming them into the light of full and eternal life.  We find that Jesus is confronting Nicode…

In the temptation of Jesus in Matthew 4 we see a picture of our God who wants to see idolatry (and temptation) overcome.  And in Jesus we see his faithfulness to God to do just that!  Through our uni…

When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, it not only connected him to the larger narrative of the Gospel throughout Israel's history, it also firmly rooted him in and WITH humanity.  In looking a…

What we think God is like has practical implications in our everyday lives whether we realize it or not.  To get a clear picture of God, we simply need to look to Jesus.

After trying to find their identity and provision in anything but God, "nevertheless" God tells His children that hope is coming into their darkness and despair.  In Isaiah 9 we see that their hope i…

In Jeremiah 29-33 we find a God who calls His people to invest and to be a light in the midst of exile and pain.  They can do so because their hope is in the God who will restore.
But when we look fur…

In this season of Advent we remember that our hope for spiritual and physical healing is found in Jesus.  Looking back to Isaiah 53 we learn that the mighty warrior God of Isaiah actually becomes the…

In this season of Advent we have reason to put our hope in God.  Isaiah 61 points to a savior who would come and rescue the children of God, giving them purpose, provision, and righteousness.  We see…

God has given us the identity of a Gospel-centered, family, on mission.  But this is not something we simply will into existence.  It is the role of the Holy Spirit to empower God's children to under…

In John 20, Jesus says something profound: "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you."  We find our identity as a congregation and as individuals in being a family on mission, living as sent ones …

The narrative of Scripture shows again and again that God desires to reunite heaven and earth and that His primary means of doing so has been through a family...the families of Noah, Abraham, Isaac, …

Hope Alliance Nazareth aims to be a "Gospel centered family on mission."  We believe that God is a compassionate Father who wants to find His lost, rebellious, and even self-righteous children and re…