Thank you for worshiping with us today at Hope Family Fellowship! We are a place of hope with people who love God and others! May God richly bless you in our time together today!

Rusty and Sasha Posey, Lead Pastor

Hope Family Fellowship Announcements

Lion’s Club Christmas Parade Watch Party
Friday, December 2nd
Meet Pastor Rusty and Sasha in front of Alliance Bank
to watch the parade. The Parade begins at 7:00 pm.

Ladies Christmas Party
Friday, December 9th at 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall
Bring your favorite appetizer or dessert
and a wrapped gift to exchange ($10 limit)

Family Christmas Service
Sunday, December 18th at 10:00 am
Lunch in the fellowship hall after service
Christmas Sweater/Attire Contest

2023 Camp Dates
Youth Camp – June 20-23
Kids Camp – July 19-22

Hope Family Fellowship Merch for sale!
Hats - $25 / All T-shirts and Hoodies - $10

Hope Box Needs: Mac N Cheese, Spaghetti Sauce, Pasta, Cereal, etc!

Bible Reading Plan

Day 1 – James 4-5; Proverbs 29:1-10; Ezekiel 35-38
Day 2 – 1 Peter 1:1-2:3; Proverbs 29:11-27; Ezekiel 39-41
Day 3 – 1 Peter 2:4-25; Psalm 133-134; Ezekiel 42-44
Day 4 – 1 Peter 3-4; Psalm 135; Ezekiel 45-48
Day 5 – 1 Peter 5; Psalm 136:1-12; Daniel 1-3

Hope Partner of the Week
Calcutta Mercy

Join us in reading the Bible through in 2022! To join the Bible App group and find the plan, go to www.connectathope.com!

Prayer – Every Sunday Morning at 9:00 am

Hope Kids
Sundays at 10:00 am

With: A Great Light
Pastor Rusty Posey
November 27, 2022

Isaiah 7:14 (NLT) “All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).”

Isaiah 9:1-7 (NLT) “Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory. 2The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine. 3You will enlarge the nation of Israel, and its people will rejoice. They will rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest and like warriors dividing the plunder. 4For you will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders. You will break the oppressor’s rod, just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian. 5The boots of the warrior and the uniforms bloodstained by war will all be burned. They will be fuel for the fire. 6For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!”

In creation, the light was revealed.

Genesis 1:1-5 (NLT) “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.”

Genesis 1:14-19 (NLT) “Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.15Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened. 16God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17God set these lights in the sky to light the earth,18to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.”

Revelation 21:23-24 (NLT) “And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light. 24The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the world will enter the city in all their glory.”

The birth of Jesus revealed light to the world.

John 1:1-4 (NLT) “In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He existed in the beginning with God. 3God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. 4The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.”

John 8:12 (NLT) “Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

Prophets declared the Messiah would be the light of the world.

Isaiah 9:1-2 (NLT) “Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory. 2The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine.”

Psalm 132:17-18 (NLT) “Here I will increase the power of David; my anointed one will be a light for my people. 18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but he will be a glorious king.”

Prophets spoke directly about Jesus as the Light of the World.

Luke 1:76-79 (NLT) “And you, my little son, will be called the prophet of the Most High, because you will prepare the way for the Lord. 77You will tell his people how to find salvation through forgiveness of their sins. 78Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us, 79to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.”

Luke 2:32 (NLT) “He is a light to reveal God to the nations, and he is the glory of your people Israel!”

Matthew 4:12-17 (NLT) “When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and returned to Galilee. 13He went first to Nazareth, then left there and moved to Capernaum, beside the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. 14This fulfilled what God said through the prophet Isaiah: 15“In the land of Zebulun and of Naphtali, beside the sea, beyond the Jordan River, in Galilee where so many Gentiles live, 16the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined.” 17From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”

Jesus brings light to the darkness.

John 1:1-13 (NLT) “In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He existed in the beginning with God. 3God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. 4The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. 6God sent a man, John the Baptist, 7to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. 8John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. 9The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. 11He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. 12But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. 13They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.”