Jessica Fields, Author at Hope Church https://www.hopechurchatl.com/author/jessicafields/ A Community of Hope in Woodstock Georgia Wed, 27 May 2026 01:44:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.hopechurchatl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hope-blue-logo-270x200.png Jessica Fields, Author at Hope Church https://www.hopechurchatl.com/author/jessicafields/ 32 32 When “Fine” Isn’t Enough https://www.hopechurchatl.com/when-fine-isnt-enough/ Wed, 27 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopechurchatl.com/?p=7460 There’s a kind of discomfort that doesn’t come from life going wrong—it comes from life going too… normal. Not chaotic. Not dramatic. Just… flat. Manageable. Predictable. The kind of ho-hum spiritual temperature where everything is technically fine, but nothing really feels alive. That’s where “holy dissatisfaction” shows up. The uncomfortable grace that refuses to let […]

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]]> Jesus for All: For All the People—Love in the Ordinary https://www.hopechurchatl.com/jesus-for-all-for-all-the-people-love-in-the-ordinary/ Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopechurchatl.com/?p=6725 The Angles said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” Luke 2:10, ESV It’s easy to miss how ordinary the moment was. When the angel announced the birth of Jesus, the Messiah wasn’t revealed to kings, scholars, or spiritual elites. Heaven […]

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]]> Jesus for All: Great Joy—Needing Space https://www.hopechurchatl.com/jesus-for-all-great-joy-needing-space/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.hopechurchatl.com/?p=6721 The Angles said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” Luke 2:10, ESV The angel doesn’t promise mild contentment or fleeting cheer. He announces great joy. The kind of joy that can survive a dark night, an uncertain future, or a […]

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]]> Jesus for All: Good News—Here and Now https://www.hopechurchatl.com/jesus-for-all-good-news-here-and-now/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.hopechurchatl.com/?p=6718 The Angles said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” Luke 2:10, ESV If Week 1 began with “Fear not,” Week 2 picks up with heaven’s next breath: good news. Not average news. Not seasonal news. Not “your package finally arrived” […]

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]]> Jesus for All: Fear Not—The First Word of Christmas https://www.hopechurchatl.com/jesus-for-all-fear-not-the-first-word-of-christmas/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.hopechurchatl.com/?p=6696 The Angles said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” Luke 2:10, ESV Advent always seems to sneak up on us—right between the leftover pumpkin pie and the first frantic Walmart run (or late-night Amazon scroll) of the season. But here […]

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]]> Saturday: The Silence https://www.hopechurchatl.com/saturday-the-silence/ Sat, 19 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopechurchatl.com/?p=6119 “But we were hoping that he was the one who was about to redeem Israel.”— Luke 24:21, CSB It’s Saturday. The cross has already happened. The tomb is sealed. Jesus is dead. And the silence is deafening. The disciples are scattered. Confused. Afraid. Grieving. This isn’t how the story was supposed to end. They gave […]

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]]> Friday: Finished Means Finished  https://www.hopechurchatl.com/friday-finished-means-finished/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopechurchatl.com/?p=6116 “It is finished.” — John 19:30, CSB Good Friday. The day that changed everything. In the quiet of the morning, Jesus, the Son of God, was condemned to death by crucifixion. He carried His cross through the streets of Jerusalem, bearing the weight of the world’s sin. And when He was nailed to the cross, […]

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]]> Thursday: Remembering the Master https://www.hopechurchatl.com/thursday-remembering-the-master/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopechurchatl.com/?p=6113 “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” — John 13:35, CSB It’s Thursday of Holy Week.The cross is just hours away. But before the nails, before the trial, before the garden…we find Jesus gathered at a table with His disciples. Not with crowds or miracles or teaching […]

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]]> Wednesday: The Silent Betrayal https://www.hopechurchatl.com/wednesday-the-silent-betrayal/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopechurchatl.com/?p=6107 “Then one of the Twelve, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?’ So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him. And from that time he started looking for a good opportunity to betray him.” […]

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]]> Tuesday: The Fig Tree—Faith that Bears Fruit https://www.hopechurchatl.com/tuesday-the-fig-tree-faith-that-bears-fruit/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.hopechurchatl.com/?p=6104 “Early in the morning, as he was returning to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, ‘May no fruit ever come from you again!’ At once the fig tree withered.” — Matthew 21:18–19, […]

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