SMARTALK - hope for today

Close but not Quite There.  People can be just one step away from making the biggest discovery of their lives and it may be your call to help them cross over that line. Acts chapter 19 verses 1 to 7 we meet people who were followers of Jesus' cousin John the Baptist who finally came to understand who Christ is, setting off a revolution in their home city.   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.

Playing Chess With Jesus. In Acts chapter 18 verses 1 to 23 we see how Jesus works in the background of our lives all the time, through all our troubles and knows exactly how to sustain us all the time.  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.

Everybody's Religious.  Yes, that is how Scripture understands human nature and once we understand that we understand how people tick.  Acts chapter 17 verses 16 to 34 unpacks this in Paul's famous address to the Athenian Philosophers.  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.

The Offer of a Lifetime. Doing the right thing, even being successful in life doesn’t mean you will be excluded from hardships. In fact, the two are usually joined at the hip. As we see a powerful invitation to the Gospel being made in Acts chapter 17 verses 1 to 15 we see rejection and acceptance are part of 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 4.0 license.

Life Changes. We touch on three testimonies of people whose lives were radically changed by their encounters with Christianity. Today, we focus on the one who had to battle here demons literally! Acts chapter 16 verses 16 to 34. 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.

The Fruitful Life. No one wants their life to be a waste. Many may feel that there is. But here is a picture of fruitful work for God. To get to a place of fruitfulness we will work backward from working in the right field which is pointless if you don’t have the right seed to sow in that field and that’s pointless if you don’t have the right equipment.  That's what we unpack from Acts chapter 16 verses 1 to 10.  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.

Testing God is Always a Bad Idea! But when the church makes things hard for people to believe in Jesus then we are in danger of testing God's patience. Acts chapter 15 unpacks a time of division, resolution, and blessings that still flow when we keep Jesus as the main thing.   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.

The House of Blessing. How strong are the foundations in your life? In  Romans chapter 16 verses 20 to 27, we encounter the living God who has the power to establish our lives through his blessing. Here is the power of a blessed 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 4.0 license.

Losing Your Riches. Who can you trust when it comes to the big questions of life?  Learn to discern from Paul's teaching in Romans Chapter 16 verses 17 to 20.    Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.      hope4tampa.com/smartalk      smartalk@hope4tampa.com Music: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

Doing Life Together. Friendships in life have to be worked at. Good friends have to be maintained. And such friendship should be part of what makes a church the church.  In Romans Chapter 16 verses 1 to 16 Paul tells us a lot about the art of friendship.   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.

Knowing you are in the Right Place in Life, brings huge peace of mind. In Romans Chapter 15 verses 23 to 33, we see what it is to have a sense of direction, gratitude, and dependence upon God as he directs our steps through 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 4.0 license.

Defining Success:  He who dies with the most toys wins is not the best definition of sucess in life! Look into Romans Chapter 15 verses 14 to 22 to discover that sucess is knowing your purpose in life and how that interfaces with people around you.   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.

The Power of Hope.  A life of hope will find the ability to accept people very different from ourselves enabling us to bridge divides through the power of the Holy Spirit at work in our lives. All of this is unpacked in Romans Chapter 15 verses 7 to 13.   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.

"I Need a Hero," has been sung by many over the years. Our stories and movies are filled with a longing for a real hero. In Romans Chapter 15 verses 1 to 6 we see the real hero of life, Jesus, his quest, and how we encounter this hero.     Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.     hope4tampa.com/smartalk     smartalk@hope4tampa.com Music: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

Prioritizing Peace: It's easy to fracture relationships, especially when you know you are in the right! We need to learn how to deal with differences, look beyond superficial issues and keep the bigger picture in mind, which is how Romans Chapter 14 verses 14 to 23 directs 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.

How Not To Win Friends And Influence People! It's easy for people to fall out over issues that shouldn't divide them. Romans Chapter 14 verses 1 to 13 guides us in how to navigate differences and still accept one another.   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.

Future Proofing Life: Holding a long-term perspective on life is transforming.  Romans Chapter 13 verses 11 to 14 help us to break with life-destroying activities and find spiritual protection.    Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.    hope4tampa.com/smartalk    smartalk@hope4tampa.com Music: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life are wildly popular.  The Bible talks more in terms of God's Law fulfilled by loving one another. How do we pay this outstanding debt towards one another?    Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.    hope4tampa.com/smartalk    smartalk@hope4tampa.com Music: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

How do you relate your faith to your politics? When is civil disobedience justified? Romans Chapter 13 verses 1 to 7 bring us answers to many of the questions that  arise here.  Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.   hope4tampa.com/smartalk   smartalk@hope4tampa.com Music: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

Dealing with evil people is hard. It also brings with it the danger of causing us a spiritual heart attack brought on by the stress of revenge.  Romans Chapter 12 verses 17 to 21 show us the way to overcome evil.   Contact Pastor Smart from our Church website or send an email.   hope4tampa.com/smartalk   smartalk@hope4tampa.com  Music: Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.