Advent: Hope

Pastor Lester's message centers on the transformative nature of biblical hope—not wishful thinking, but confident expectation anchored in God's unchanging character. We journey through Luke chapter 1, exploring the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth, an elderly couple who had long stopped praying for a child, yet God remembered their prayers and sent the angel Gabriel with impossible news. Their story illuminates two types of hopelessness we face: hope deferred, which comes from our own choices and leaves us living with regret and 'woulda, coulda, shoulda' thinking, and hope dashed, where circumstances beyond our control—job loss, broken relationships, betrayal—leave us feeling like victims.