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Continuing in our series, 1 Peter, A Living Hope, John focuses on 1 Peter 1:10-16 and covers 3 actions of faith regarding hope and to what we should conform ourselves.
Continuing in our series, 1 Peter, A Living Hope, John focuses on 1 Peter 1:1-9. Using a collection of sign posts illustrates that "Your faith is of greater worth than gold." and powerfully spoken that "... what's kept in Heaven is coming into today, as we live in the joy of the Lord, through grief and trials, by faith, and we love Jesus in the midst of it."
John kicks off a new series based on 1 Peter. In this message we hear the Bible Project's synopsis (https://bibleproject.com/explore/1-peter/) as well as read through 1 Peter together to set the stage for upcoming messages. John also gives us 3 themes to use as a lens while reading through 1 Peter.
Luke brings us back to the basics on the gospel message with a great message based on John 1:29-34.
Jason Najacht shares some great lessons to be pulled from the book of Job. Job overview courtesy of the Bible Project, and you can see this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GswSg2ohqmA
Christmas season starts early this year! But seriously, John starts a series talking about Emmanuel, God with us, where God is breaking in to our lives, preparing us for this Christmas season and God's gift to us in Jesus Christ.
This week Corey shares around this idea of not growing weary of doing good and unconditional love. We start with the video story of Brad & Julie Wildman rooted in Galatians 6:9, and wrap up talking about unconditional love and allowing God to bear the burden that accompanies that.
David Prince joins us for our 10 year anniversary celebration and shares a word that he shared just a few weeks before we planted back in 2009.
After an emotional morning of celebration, worship and sharing testimonies, John wraps up our 10 year anniversary celebration service talking through 1 Corinthians 15:1-6. Paul's message of first importance, that we're saved by what Jesus has done for us.
John takes us through John 13:1-17 where Jesus washed the disciples feet, to talk about the example Jesus was for us to serve others.
John talks about ways we experience God's love, going through John 15:9-12,17, we learn the qualities of this love and how we can experience it together.
John continues looking at what things delight the Lord, and this week covers Luke 15:1-10 to talk about how heaven celebrates the restoration of each and every person.
This week we're breaking from the norm to celebrate baptisms! John takes a moment to talk about baptism including a passage from Acts 8.
This week Corey continues the theme of what delights God, and he talks about the importance of community and living life together.
John brings us through Matthew 25:31-46 where we talk about what delights God, specifically in this passage, serving the least.
Tony talks a little bit about the impact of The Welcome Network, and how God can quickly change our course. This also includes the audio from a video that you can watch here:
Continuing in our Joy of the Lord series, John covers Jeremiah 9:23-24 to continue answering this question about what pleases the Lord.
Continuing in our Joy of the Lord series, John digs in to Ephesians 5:8-10 to start answering the question, what brings God joy?
Continuing in our Joy of the Lord series, John covers 1 Thessalonians to talk about being joyful and thankful in all circumstances and encouraging us to cultivate the fire of the Holy Spirit.
Corey and the youth group recount some of the stories and experiences from the recent missions trip in Minnesota.
John reaches into Isaiah 12, and ends up talking about how we need to draw water from a deep well that is refreshing and life sustaining.
John talks about finding Joy in what God is doing, especially in the lives of others, and reads out of Luke 10.
Continuing with our Joy theme, John talks about finding joy in our limitations, focusing on a passage from the book of Job. Also, here's the ostrich video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotWv4MCxNI
This week we hear stories from our team that went to Lebanon to work with Kids Alive and help with Syrian Refugees in Lebanon.
John takes us through the beginning of 1 John 1, talking about where we find joy, and shows some places where we do not find joy.
Corey starts us on a theme about the Joy of the Lordpodcast_template Joy of the Lord is my Strength Corey Knudsen 20190616 Reading from Nehemiah 8, he talks about the practice of choosing joy.
Recapping on 1 John 1 from last week and talking about Psalm 32, John sits with Jim & Suzy to talk about the testimony of God's faithfulness over the past 30 years.
John continues in 1 John to discuss our relationship with God, this idea of Koinonia. John addresses 3 false claims with rebuttals in this passage about our fellowship with God.
This week Miguel shares about our need for an advocate including a story out of the book of Job.
Continuing on with Relationships in the Sermon on the Mount series, today we are in Matthew 7 where John focuses on treating others how you would want to be treated.
Taking a short break from the Sermon on the Mount series, Brett shares a testimony and encouragement on the importance of reading the Word and speaking the truth to yourself.
Continuing on with Relationships in the Sermon on the Mount series, today we are in Matthew 7 where Corey talks about judging others. Would you want to be judged by your own standards?
We return to our Sermon on the Mount series in Matthew 5 where John talks about relationships. What relationship looks like with God as well as with others.
Happy Easter! He is Risen! This week as we celebrate Easter John reads through Luke 24 as we talk about the resurrection.
Taking a short break from our Sermon on the Mount series, John briefly explores Genesis 18 while we also talk about some things happening with the church family now and in the near future.
This week our Sermon on the Mount series continues in the Wealth, Worry and the Kingdom theme where John looks at Hebrews 13:5-6 and talks about how we can live in confidence that God will never leave us.
This week our Sermon on the Mount series continues in the Wealth, Worry and the Kingdom theme where John explores what it looks like to live in relationship with God, reading from 1 Timothy 6:6-19.
Continuing in our series in The Sermon on the Mount, Luke walks us through Matthew 6:25-43 discussing the topic of worry and what we can expect God to provide.
Continuing in our series in The Sermon on the Mount, John leads us through Matthew 6:19-24 discussing the topic of Wealth, Worry and the Kingdom.
This week we've got a special message from a dear friend, Javier Uboldi, who brings us a powerful message about finding rest in the Lord.
John continues our Sermon on the Mount series. This week we return to Matthew 5:27-32, and focus on how we need God to be at the center of our lives.
David Prince brings a message from Romans 5 on this special Sunday where we set in some new Elders, Jason Najacht & Luke Dalach.
John continues our Sermon on the Mount series looking at Matthew 12:1-14. Talking about it being lawful to do good on the Sabbath, John shares a burden on his heart for us being the church.
John continues our Sermon on the Mount series with Matthew 5:20-48 focusing on changing our perspective and what it means when Jesus says blessed are the pure in heart.
Continuing in our series in The Sermon on the Mount, Jason discusses Matthew 7:7-8 talking about seeking God through these three simple activities, asking, seeking and knocking.
Last week Corey shared about seeking God through prayer, and to start this week of prayer and fasting, we want to start with some testimonies and encouragement while we take some time to pray together.
Continuing in our series in The Sermon on the Mount, Corey covers Matthew 6:5-8 talking about seeking God through prayer.
Continuing in our series in The Sermon on the Mount, John leads us through Matthew 6:16-18 & 9:14-15 talking about seeking God through fasting.
Returning to our series in The Sermon on the Mount, John leads us through Matthew 6:1-18 and talks about some of the fundamentals of seeking God.
And with Eternity In Our Hearts fresh on our minds John closes out 2018 talking about the power of giving thanks, looking at Matthew 26:26-29.
During this Advent season we're focusing on Eternity in our Hearts, and today John looks into 2 Corinthians 15:1-8, and discusses what is of first importance.
During this Advent season we're focusing on Eternity in our Hearts, and today John looks into 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, and how we live in confidence by faith.
During this Advent season we're focusing on Eternity in our Hearts, and today John looks into 2 Corinthians 5:1-5, and the certainty of God's promises.
During this Advent season we're focusing on Eternity in our Hearts, and today John talks about Looking to Jesus as we focus on eternity.
This week we continue our series in The Sermon on the Mount with our focus on being Salt & Light. We look at Philippians 2:14-15 where Paul urges us to do all things without arguing and complaining.
This week we continue our series in The Sermon on the Mount with an example of Jesus being Salt & Light. John looks at Matthew 5 and 15 discussing what it might look like to lose our saltiness.
This week we continue our series in The Sermon on the Mount with a practical look at what it means to be the light of the world. John looks at Matthew 5 as he and some of the team share with us about the recent missions trip in Argentina.
Our good friend David Prince, from Living Word Church, joins us this week to continue our series in The Sermon on the Mount. David looks at Matthew 5, verses 13-16 talking about what it looks like to be Salt and Light.
In week 4 of our series based on The Sermon on the Mount, John looks at Matthew 5, verses 21-26.
In week 3 of our series based on The Sermon on the Mount, John looks at Matthew 11 and 12. We find Jesus putting the beatitudes into action and we see Jesus expressing that it is always a good day to do what is on God's heart.
In week 2 of our series based on The Sermon on the Mount, John looks at Matthew 5. John covers the beatitudes, an exemplary list of Kingdom life.
John begins a new series based on the Sermon on the Mount out of the book of Matthew. This week's focus is "Putting Principles into Practice".
Corey wraps up our series, Questions God Asks, with a message out of Haggai. An encouraging message about how God's work is first.
This week we have a special treat to hear from Tatenda Gunguwo, a brother from Zimbabwe. He brings an excellent message about standing in faith.
John returns with another message in the Questions God Asks series. From Matthew 14:22-32, Jesus asks Peter, Why did you doubt?, and John provides some "Do's & Don'ts" for dealing with our doubt.
John returns with another message in the Questions God Asks series. From John 10:1-11, Where are your accusers?
Today the entire congregation gets to experience what it's like downstairs for Children's Ministry!
Tim Griffin shares this morning about God as The Potter and us the clay, drawing from Jeremiah 18:1-6 and Isaiah 45:9.
David Hamstra joins us to share a message from the book of Acts about what it means to be rescued.
Luke brings our message today, continuing in our series on Questions God Asks, looking at the book of Isaiah, chapter 6. We explore what it looks like to be a sent people.
John continues in our series on Questions God Asks, looking at the book of John, where Jesus is seeking our belief in the account of Lazarus' death.
John continues in our series on Questions God Asks, looking at the book of Jonah and a conversation with Tony Burrell of The Welcome Network. We find God calling us into His heart for people.
John continues in our series on Questions God Asks, looking at Ezekiel 37. We find God calling Ezekiel into faith with the question, Can these bones live?.
Ian Rawley visits from England and continues our series on Questions God Asks. Ian looks at John 21, where Jesus appears to the disciples again after His resurrection to ask Simon Peter the question, Do you love me?.
Questions God Asks, in the fourth week in our series, John looks at Genesis 4, the story of Cain and Abel, and shares a message about sin as a predator and how failure is not final!
Week 3 in our series, Questions God Asks, John looks at 1 Kings 19 where Elijah has gone to great lengths to seek the Lord.
Bryan continues our series on Questions God Asks, looking at Genesis 18, a story about Abraham and Sarah.
John wraps up our series in the Gospel of Mark with a message about Waste vs. Worth. Mark 14:1-11.
This week in the Gospel of Mark, Corey focuses on Mark 12:28-34 and discusses 3 ways in which our worship should be stretching us.
This week in the Gospel of Mark, John focuses on Mark 9:33-37, and discusses how we need to change our value system and learn to be last.
Continuing our series in Mark, John Hamstra talks about Mark 10:32-45 illustrating how Jesus loves us even when we miss the point.
In week 12 of our series in Mark, John talks about the Lord of Rest. What it means to rest and be refreshed in Him, and how the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
Week 11 in our series in Mark, John shows how Jesus walked, and what that means to us today with Mark 6:45-54.
Corey talks about what it really means when Jesus says Deny yourself, take up your cross & follow me. Continuing our series in Mark with Mark 8:31-37.
This week we continue in Mark with John speaking about the Crucifixion and what it meant as Jesus cried out, "My God, my God, why have your forsaken me?" in Mark 15:33-39.
This week we continue in Mark with John speaking about the Crucifixion and the Resurrection and how the disciples reacted in Mark 16:8-14.
This week we continue in the gospel of Mark with John Leitzel speaking about Mark 1:21-45.
This week our Prayer series continues with Corey Knudsen speaking about Matthew 6:12. A great message about forgiveness and the freedom it brings.
This week our Prayer series continues with John Leitzel speaking about Matthew 6:11. It's about constant reliance on God, including some pointers. Admit, Ask & Act.
Our series on Prayer continues. We start out with testimonies from some of our friend's prayer lives, and Johnny speaks about what it means for God's Kingdom to come.
John continues our series on Prayer out of Matthew 6, encouraging us to be authentic in our prayers. We end praying for the victims of the recent Las Vegas shootings.
Luke talks with Ryan Griffin about his recent 9 month missions trip, and wraps up encouraging us to see the miraculous in the mundane.
Week 2 of our series on Prayer continues with Johnny digging further into Matthew 6. Psalm 139 is our Psalm of the week.
Week 14, our final week in our "Tell me a Story" series, Johnny covers the Parable of The Pharisee and the Tax Collector from Luke 18.
Week 13 in our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. Corey covers the Parable of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15.
John takes a break from our "Tell Me A Story" series to talk about the racism due to the recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Week 12 in our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. Yemi covers the Parable of the The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin from Luke 15.
Week 11 in our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. John Hamstra covers the Parable of the The Laborers in The Vineyard from Matthew 20.
Week 10 in our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. David Prince covers the Parable of the The Sheep and the Goats from Matthew 25.
Week 9 in our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. Luke Dalach covers the Parable of the Mustard Seed from Mark 4.
Week 8 in our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. John Hamstra covers the Parable of the Weeds.
Week 7 in our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. John Hamstra covers the Parable of the Talents.
Week 6 in our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. John Leitzel covers the Parable of the Rich Fool.
Week 5 in our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. John Hamstra covers the Parable of the Hidden Treasure.
Week 4 in our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. John covers the Parable of the Wedding Feast.
Week 3 in our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. John covers Luke 11:5-13.
Last week we started our "Tell me a Story" series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. John covers the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant from Matthew 18:21-35.
This week we start a series digging in to some of the parables of Jesus. John covers Matthew 7:24-27, Build Your House on the Rock.
Our final week on Identity, John wraps up the series with God's invitation for us to know Him more from Ephesians 1:15-17.
Continuing our Identity series, Corey talks about our relationship with the Holy Spirit from Ephesians 6.
Corey kicks off our series in Titus demonstrating the deep meaning of a seemingly simple greeting.
To kick off this year's week of prayer and fasting, Luke shares with us about why we fast, and how to make the most of it, including some scripture from Matthew 6.
John talks with Tom & Kristen Buursma about their experiences in the Philippines. He wraps up talking about the cost of discipleship and looking outward.
John brings a simple message from 2 Corinthians explaining why the death of Christ is good news.
Yemi wraps up our Summer Series, From the Pew to the Pulpit, with a powerful message on prayer, and why it's important that we pray earnestly.
Brett continues our Summer Series, From the Pew to the Pulpit, sharing a testimony and exploring reasons why we go through the things that we do.
Cary continues our Summer Series, From the Pew to the Pulpit, sharing a testimony and discussing the difference between different types of love, with a focus on Agape Love.
Matt continues our Summer Series, From the Pew to the Pulpit, sharing a testimony and the importance of reaching out to Jesus especially in times of suffering.
Greg kicks off our Summer Series, From the Pew to the Pulpit, and provides us some encouragement about the we that we live and how that impacts others.
Continuing with the theme of Koinonia, John discusses how we relate to society and explains how the church is only a small part of how we serve each other.
John builds off of last week's message continuing on with Koinonia. In this context he talks about our values on three points specifically: relationships, professional ministry, and structure.
John discusses taking a closer look at what Heaven values, covering Philippians 2:19-30.
John wraps up our 1 Corinthians series with Paul's parting words, stand firm in the faith and act like men.
Nearing the end of our series in 1 Corinthians, John talks about Christ's defeat of death and how that changes life for us.
John continues in 1 Corinthians 15 finishing the topic from last week, "God Brings Dead Things to Life".
John continues on in 1 Corinthians, talking about how we need to be reminded about what Jesus has done for us.
Javier shares with us about a Kingdom mentality. He talks about how we need to pray for the will of God, not just our needs.
Paul Michaels shares about some experiences in Nepal, and explains how what counts, is that we have faith.
Continuing the 1 Corinthians series, John continues his message on "Tongues and Prophecy".
We take a break from out 1 Corinthians series, this Easter Sunday, to talk about what Jesus did for us on the cross.
We take a break from our 1 Corinthians to hear from our friend Andy Smith. Andy brings a few verses to our attention to talk about how "Our God Does the Impossible".
Continuing on in our 1 Corinthians series, John continues a mini-series about Love, discussing Familial and Agape Love.
Returning to our 1 Corinthians series, John talks about the Body of Christ in the context of spiritual gifts.
Dave takes us to his favorite verse in Philippians 4 and explains four critical elements for rejoicing in the Lord always.
Luke takes us back to the story of Jesus choosing his first disciples, and talks about how we should continue making disciples for Him.
Continuing our 1 Corinthians series, getting into chapter 12 John talks about a foundation for spiritual gifts. It's all about Jesus, all about grace, and all about others (not the doughnuts!).
Continuing our 1 Corinthians series, John talks about communion, community, and gospel priorities.
Continuing our 1 Corinthians series, John talks about authority and "Keeping the Focus on Jesus".
Returning to our 1 Corinthians series, John talks about us doing everything for the glory of God.
Taking a break from the 1 Corinthians series we explore Isaiah chapter 9 in relation to Christmas.
Johnny continues our series on 1 Corinthians in chapter 10 where Paul talks about God our Provider and Deliverer.
Larry Barker and the India trip team members from Mercy Hill share about their experiences while in India serving the Tender Heart Foundation (www.tenderheartindia.org) and the people of Goa and Karnataka.
In week 12 of our 1 Corinthians series John talks about how we are called to be a "Servant to All".
Continuing in our 1 Corinthians series, week 11, John discusses Chapter 9 where Paul describes how to reach others.
We're in chapter 8 during week 10 in our 1 Corinthians series. John Leitzel shares about what it looks like to live with Jesus at the center.
Week 9 in our 1 Corinthians series finds us in chapter 7 where John discusses principles for marriage and advice for singles and widows.
Continuing in our series on 1 Corinthians, week 8, John covers sexual immorality from 1 Corinthians 6.
Week 7 in our 1 Corinthians series has John sharing from 1 Corinthians 6, discussing lawsuits amongst believers.
John uses 1 Corinthians 5, the sixth week in our 1 Corinthians series, to demonstrate how Christ is our Passover.
John continues our series in 1 Corinthians showing us Jesus is our foundation for all things.
John Leitzel shares today continuing our series in 1 Corinthians focusing on Paul's message of Christ Crucified.
Week 2 of our 1 Corinthians series where John wraps up the content in 1 Corinthians Chapter 1.
This week John continues the "Counter Cultural" series before we dive into the 1 Corinthians series discussing "Time, Money & Possessions".
John Hamstra continues our "Counter Cultural" series, but we'll also dive into a series soon on 1 Corinthians which are really intertwined. Today John shares from the book of John to discuss "Grace and Truth".
Back by popular demand! We wrap up our series, From the Pew to the Pulpit, with Ryan Heath sharing his testimony surrounding the adoption of his oldest boys, and wraps up with a challenge for us.
We wrap up our series, From the Pew to the Pulpit, with Phil Ignas sharing from Luke and Philippians showing us where to put our confidence.
Continuing our series, From the Pew to the Pulpit, Travis Maples shares with us from Isaiah 42 to discuss perseverance through trials.
Continuing our series, From the Pew to the Pulpit, Luke Dalach shares with us God's heart for every nation, every ethnicity, every people group, every culture.
We kick off our summer series, From the Pew to the Pulpit, with Corey's first sermon! Corey uses Romans 12 to talk to us about being a living sacrifice.
John lays the foundation for an upcoming series, Counter Cultural, where he discusses how we're called to be different using Ephesians 4:17-24.
John shares more from 2 Corinthians and Philippians 2 as we wind down our Care & Comfort series.
Continuing our series on Care & Comfort, John shares from 2 Corinthians and discusses where our troubles come from, and how to care for those troubles.
Our friend Steve Hoekstra shares with us from 1 Corinthians 12:21-26, continuing our series on Care & Comfort.
We start a sermon series on Care & Comfort. John shares from 2 Corinthians and explains what it means to care and comfort one another.
Our pastor, John Hamstra, shares briefly on the good news of the gospel followed by an amazing testimony from one of our friends, Chip Bevan.
Our friend John Leitzel joins us this week and shares a message from the book of James. We learn about turning our desires Godward, and four truths about God.
This week we wrap up our series based on "The Story" where John talks on three keys to endurance from the book of Revelation as we approach "The End of Time".
Nearing the end of our series on "The Story", we cover chapter 30, "Paul's Final Days", touching on many of his letters, and John talks about resume and eulogy virtues, and living a forgotten life.
We continue our series in "The Story" with Chapter 29: "Paul's Mission", where we learn about the gospel truths.
We continue our series in "The Story" with Chapter 28: "New Beginnings", covering the book of Acts and we also see how God's message is like glitter.
We take a break from our series based on "The Story" to praise God for all the ways He is working in our lives. Specific testimonies have been removed, but Bryan Hoogerwerf wraps it all up in a hope filled message.
Continuing our walk through "The Story". Chapter 27: The Resurrection, we hear about Jesus' miraculous resurrection, and learn how Jesus is our living hope!
The "Sunday's Comin'" audio clip from Igniter Media is available here: http://www.worshiphousemedia.com/mini-movies/4505/Sundays-Comin
Continuing our walk through "The Story". Chapter 26: The Hour of Darkness, we discuss Christ's final hours and His crucifixion.
Continuing our walk through "The Story". Chapter 25: Jesus, the Son of God, we revisit the question Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do people say I am?"
Our friend Francis Pidigu visits from India and shares with us about what the Tender Heart Ministries are doing in India, and encourages us, as everyday missionaries, to affect one life at a time for Christ.
Our friend Silent Gwashavanhu visits from Zimbabwe and shares with us about Kingdom Partnership from Phillippians 2.
Chapter 23: Jesus' Ministry Begins ; The "Prodigal Daughter" reading is an excerpt from Philip Yancey's book, "What's So Amazing About Grace?".
Chapter 21: Rebuilding the Walls ; Jon Acuff "Booty. God. Booty." clip available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltiYVupSbk
Faith Out Loud - Psalms Alive - Part 6 - Psalm 63 ; Psalm 73:26-26 ; 1 Samuel 3:1 ; Acts 16:25-26
Faith Out Load - Psalms Alive - Part 5 - Psalm 108; John 15:13; Isaiah 9:7; Phillipians 1:6; Romans
Faith Out Load - Psalms Alive - Part 3 - Psalm 13; 67:1 ; 88:18 ; 89:52 ; Isiah 63:15 ; Job 42:5 ;
So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?"