Maplecrest Church: Recent Episodes
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Psychologist Dr. Syras Derksen is lead pastor of this charismatic church. Listen to his Biblical, uplifting, and practical messages that are informed by his practice as a clinical psychologist.
It's safe to admit that there's a gap, and God meets you there between who you think you are and who you really are.
Teaching is an art form you can learn, but also a responsibility, and Holy Spirit is your guide in all of it.
How do we come together around the differences and the uniqueness's of spiritual gifts? We humble and quiet ourselves to listen, intentionally, and not just to those who are saying the same things as us.
How does God heal? Acts 3. How do we interact with Holy Spirit when we go do what He says?
Creator of The Hero Collective, men's Facebook group.
Knowing God, not only about Him.
Engage with God on a daily basis.
December 8, 2024
How do you be intentional? What are tools you can use to make and keep friends?
December 1, 2024
Are you waiting for or are you being intentional about making a friendship?
Deuteronomy 31:6 "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you".
October 27, 2024
It's not easy to transition into a new family.
What is your story of adoption?
How God sees you, and your identity, and your ability to be discerning of your own self. Do you feel that God made you wonderfully?
You can bring healing through the Holy Spirit and by the same Spirit, bring people into the kingdom!
How do you connect others to the faith? Are you witnessing in the way that God intended? Evangelism is more than facts and evidence. How did Jesus connect?
How do you know whether someone is in a truly needy reality or not? Discerning the difference between capacity for carrying your own weight or needing help.
Understanding All of God's Heart.
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He confronts injustice.
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Do you see God's anger as toxic?
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See God and the bible clearly in the midst of pain.
The strategy of anger as a kind of spiritual warfare.
This is the final instalment of the Spiritual Warfare and Deliverance Course offered by Lorraine Peladeau. Sorry for the audio quality.
We are happy to be able to post the third session in our Spiritual Warfare and Deliverance Workshop. In this session, Lorraine Peladeau presented first and Pastor Syras Derksen presented second.
Session 1 was not recorded, but we are happy to be able to post the first session of our Spiritual Warfare and Deliverance workshop presented by Lorraine Peladeau.
A transformative journey of breaking free from the bonds and patterns that hold us back, and explore how to live a life that tuly honors God.
Learn how to seek and discern God's guidance when faced with life-changing choices. This sermon will equip you with Biblical principles and practical steps to confidently make decisions aligned with God’s will.
Discover how to listen to God not only for your personal guidance but also to be an encouragement and a prophetically uplifting voice for others. Learn the responsibilities and joys of sharing God’s heart and words in a manner that is both edifying and sensitive.
Explore the spiritual significance of dreams and how God can speak through these nighttime visions. This sermon will help you understand common symbols and provide tools to interpret dreams in a way that brings clarity and direction.
April 7, 2024
Extend your vision to see how forgiveness impacts the wider world, shaping our interactions and perspectives in profound ways.
March 31, 2024
Discover the spiritual underpinnings of forgiveness, connecting us with the divine and something greater than ourselves.
March 24, 2024
Engage with the cognitive processes behind forgiveness, offering clarity and a peace of mind that transcends understanding.
March 17, 2024
Awesome Heart: Journey through the emotional dimensions of forgiveness, exploring its power to heal and restore relationships.
March 10, 2024
Wilma Derksen, Syras Derksen
Delve into the physical aspect of forgiveness on our bodily well-being.
February 25, 2024
Ian Dyck shares his testimony of life before and after receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
February 4, 2024
The connection between leadership and humility.
Know what walking in humility looks like.
January 14, 2024
Leadership Series - Part 1 of 6
How to engage in a lifestyle that inspires.
January 7, 2024
Hearing from the Lord for other people.
God wants to speak through you!
December 17, 2023
How do you respond in the Holy Spirit to the delayed promise?
God cares more about how you get to the promise than the promise itself.
December 10, 2023
God calls us to confront the bully named, "Anxiety."
Spiritual warfare imagery is all throughout the bible and teaches us about the boldness to overcome.
December 3, 2023
This sermon explores the concept that anxiety and strongholds in our lives often stem from believing lies. It emphasizes the need for experiencing the truth, not just knowing it. Using biblical examples like Peter's denial of Jesus and David's sin with Bathsheba, it illustrates how recognizing and feeling the truth can break down strongholds.
November 26, 2023
Part 1 of 3
Anxiety is not helpful. Are you aware how your anxiety works? If you can answer that question, it will help you and move you towards not having as much anxiety in your life.
November 19, 2023
God didn't call us to make people right; He called us to make disciples. How do we pass along His values?
November 12, 2023
There are so many ways God expands us and grows us and gives us more of Him. God has more for you.
November 5, 2023
What does God's family (kingdom unity) look like? What are we aiming for? Are we operating in agreement? How can we work at being in agreement with each other?
October 22, 2023
Pastor Syras Derksen shares his story in teaching how to move through spiritual warfare in your own life.
If you can see the spiritual side of your life, it helps you know how to cope.
October 8, 2023
Planning
Planning is a declaration of what's important in your life.
Counterpoint: In relationships, we need to be flexible.
October 1, 2023 - Part 4 of 9 - Asking For What You Need
Our instinct is criticism when we don't want to express our need and the other side of it is ask. Please ask.
September 17, 2023
Relationship Rehab - Part 2 of 9
Who are you? Tell me who you are? How do you engage in really knowing your partner, your friend or coworker?
September 10, 2023
Relationship Rehab - Part 1 of 9
Looking at relationships from scientific research, biblical truth and cultural diversity.
Discern what God is saying to you, what He's doing in the world and when it's God's kingdom and when it's not God's kingdom.
August 27, 2023
God cares about how you are operating in His family, growing and developing in Truth in Love.
August 20, 2023 - Floyd Buhler
Season of Faith - Abraham: Called to go
Season of Favour – Isaac: Unearned Blessing
Season of Fight – Jacob: Wrestling with God
In every season, God's got you.
August 13, 2023
How do we express God's beauty as a family? Looking at family development from a masculine perspective.
July 30th, 2023, Yvonne Heinrichs shares a revelational, transformational message about our powerful position in Christ.
July 23, 2023 - Niels Jeyasegara
We have to be careful not to equate being gentle with someone who maybe isn't bold. With a relationship with Christ, we can learn how to be both humble and bold.
July 2, 2023 - Recognizing your position in spiritual warfare as you're seated in the warring chair.
June 25, 2023 - The first sermon written by Syras Derksen. The heart of the calling of the believer to recognize their own spiritual poverty and their need of God.
Grief is expected when we have loss. God wants us to honour this process. It is also amazing how God blesses people in their loss and this message helps us to see grief through God's eyes.
Helping others is important, but what about sharing your own weaknesses? Being vulnerable is so important sin is what causes us to be guarded. Listen to this message to learn more about how God feels about your heart and sharing your feelings with Him.
It is so important to know what God is doing in your life and part of this is knowing your season. In this message, Pastor Syras walks you through steps to discerning your season.
The disciples confronted Jesus when he spoke in parables. They wanted him to explain himself. Sometimes we feel like clarity is the solution, when Jesus goes another direction. Today we are going to learn more about how Jesus reaches out to people with closed minds.
Today we are talking about Matthew 15:8, which is about Jesus displaying a woman's faith by not listening and then denying her prayer through what seems to be an insult. God sees her heart and answers her faith with healing. How can we be like this woman and see Jesus, even through the offence of our hearts.
Pastor Syras talks about how God's blessing comes directly from Him, but also comes from others. This message outlines how to gather the blessing intended for you in the way God designed.
Happy Easter everyone, He is Risen! Today Pastor Syras talks about life in a dark place.
Pastor Syras talks about the identity Christ has for us when we get to heaven - listen to these powerful words about the book of Revelation.
Pastor Syras talks about the reality of the book of Revelation, and what God has in store for us. Come check it out
Seamus speaks about the living in The Spirit, and choosing to live a life of Christ every day.
Have you ever wondered what God's kingdom looks like? Today Pastor Syras picks apart the scripture and paints a picture for what heaven looks like. Join us!
This Valentines day we have our first live service in the office! Pastor Syras will be speaking about the marriage of the lamb, and his continuous sacrifice for us.
Beverley talks to us about God's will for healing us, and the simplicity we can have in asking him.
Wilma and Syras talk about the heavy presence of trauma and share stories about it from their own lives, describing it as a "reptilian presence". Listen to them talk about how they walked through it.
Listen to Syras speak about Jesus' reign on earth by diving into Revelation chapter 11, looking at parallels from this scripture to the real life circumstances at the when it was written, and how it applies today.
Listen to Don this Sunday talk about God's divine plan with Israel, and by extension, our lives.
Join us today as we talk about affliction and suffering for righteousness, and how we have to prepare for spiritual battles by growing in the faith.
Spiritual Crisis - Blaming God Pastor/Psychologist Dr. Syras Derksen and Wilma Derksen speak on the fourth element of trauma - Spiritual Crisis.
Your brain may not be working normally right now! Many people have been having concentration problems - not being able to read for example. This is actually normal and we will be talking about this and how God responds when we reach the end of our own abilities.
Fear - How to Understand Fear in Trauma Pastor/Psychologist Dr. Syras Derksen and Wilma Derksen speak on the second element of trauma - Fear.
Our identities can really be changed when we go through difficult times. Listen to a message on how God deals with identity in the Bible and how this applies to us in trauma.
Join us for our Sunday Morning Service! We have Wilma and Syras speaking on the victim-offender trauma.
Join us for Father's Day! We are speaking about accusation and blame and how its connection with pride. Both Wilma and Syras Derksen will be speaking on the topic!
Join us for our Maplecrest Service! We are speaking about how to be a God’s watchman on the wall. This is part of our 15 Elements of Trauma series and Wilma will also be sharing on the next element - Unsatisfactory Closure.
Join us for Uncontrollable Rage - the next topic in the 15 Elements of Trauma by Wilma Derksen! Wilma will be joining us and then Syras will be talking on experiencing God's emotion in intercession.
We are witnessing a huge justice victimization in the United States with the killing of George Floyd. In this message we talk about the peace God gives those who rely on him, but we also believe in being a voice for justice for those who are victimized and being a God-directed voice for change - which sometimes includes protests.
In our own journey we relied on people who supported us and prayed for us as we went through the flawed court process after the death of my sister, Candace Derksen. We want to stand with those who are experiencing injustice now.
Join us today as Seamus shares with us the grace and the heart of God, and dives into the importance of intimacy with Christ
What happens when we pray and the demon won't leave? Today Syras talks about when God doesn't deliver us from our enemies, but instead describes how the Lord can give us peace in the presence of our enemies.
This Sunday we examine Jesus' faithfulness in the small things - he is a trustworthy and worthy God because he can handle power and not be corrupted, but he also walked in righteousness in all the small items in life. What is inside of our hearts will be amplified when given power, so God calls us to practice righteousness and humility in the everyday smaller aspects of life, just like Jesus did in his time on earth.
Join us as we explore God's purpose for giving, and how it may benefit us more than we think. Today, we explored the psychological effect of giving, and reasons why we need it in our personal spiritual lives.
The first description of Jesus in Revelation is that He is a faithful witness. This sermon digs into why this description of himself is so key to understanding who Jesus is and why this aspect of himself is important in times of change and challenge. Join us as we walk through the book of revelation.
How Jesus makes us feel seen, how He loves us even after he's seen the worst in us, and questioning if we know God as intimately as he knows us.
In this message you will learn about the prayers that rise before the throne of God and how God helps our prayers by using his own prayers and mingling them with ours.
Understanding God's goodness is critical for everyone and not a natural state for people. In this message, you will hear how people naturally become offended with God if they are not receiving ongoing inspiration from the Holy Spirit. This message then goes into the the dynamics of God's goodness and beauty as seen in the throne room of God. May the Holy Spirit continue to inspire you!
We have been doing a lot of discernment as a church recently as we have moved to a new building and walked through the pandemic. This message is about finding God's path through challenging problems by pondering God's perspective and what is important to Him. Our hope is that this talk will inspire you to think about what God feels is important for you today and in the future!