This week's passage uses a phrase that seems to sum up modern life: making headway painfully. We're told and sold the idea that we are only one piece of advice or one product away from stepping into our fullest selves. What if our bigger problem is that our hardened hearts have failed to understand who God is and what he's come to do? Only when God's chosen Savior in our boat will our hearts soften and our lives be opened up to grace.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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“Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy?” The prophet Isaiah asks this piercing question, and if our restless, unsatisfied hearts are any indication, it’s one we’re still asking today. Sociologists describe the paradox of choice and the hedonic treadmill as reasons satisfaction never seems to last, no matter how great the purchase or how lofty the achievement. So where can lasting satisfaction actually be found?

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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Where can we turn when hope feels lost? The Bible tells story after story of moments when defeat seemed inevitable—until God worked in unexpected ways to bring about redemption and victory. Following Jesus will often feel like losing, but in Christ we learn that it is always worth it.

Series: The Gospel of Mark
Speaker: Paul Stiver
Hope Community Church - North Lakes

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