Each of us live our life in the midst of a host of constantly changing circumstances. Think about just the smallness of your world as a child and how much more pain, suffering, and trials you're aware of now that you're an adult. For many, the natural inclination is to be somewhat reactionary in our prayer life, reacting to circumstances.  Yet Paul casts a different vision for our potential prayers. Read Ephesians 1:15-23 together.  What are your first impressions of what Paul says i [...]

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Colossians 1:9-14What is it that drives your prayer life? How do you decide what or who to pray for? When do you feel your prayer life is the most vibrant? Was this a particular time or situation? Do you feel like you are connected deepest with God in prayer in a specific place? Is it something else for you?Pastor Jeremy said that most of our prayers are driven by circumstance. What do you think he meant by this? Is it true for your prayer life?Together, let’s read Paul’s prayer fo [...]

1 Thessalonians 3:9-13Do you remember the first time you said, “I love you”? What did you mean by that word, love? What was your hope for the person you were saying it to? What did you hope they heard or felt when you said it?Obviously this is different than when we say that we love cheeseburgers, or hockey, or a good cup of coffee.  In our contemporary culture, is the word LOVE by nature a relative term, subjective to the situation and the person who is using it? Or have we t [...]

This week we gather for an evening of corporate prayer and fasting. As a result, we have no questions to accompany the sermon. ​However, if you listen through and would like to post some of your own questions to the comments section we'll be sure to engage! So The Name Of Our Lord Jesus Christ May Be Glorified In You.mp3File Size: 42231 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

Think about the last time you were a part of a group who had to make a major decision together. What was that like for you? How did the discussion go? What type of information was brought into the process (factual, emotional, psychological, logistical, etc.). How did the outcome leave you feeling?This was the situation in at the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15. Read Acts 15:1-5.What were these men teaching? Pastor Jeremy said that the fate of the Christian faith hung in the balance at this point [...]

Acts 14In light of the events of Acts 14, today let’s dig into the big idea of joy. We want to end up with a clear idea what bringing the gospel to a post-Christian world looks like and how it is our path to joy. In this discussion, Pastor Jeremy points us to some incredible tools in scripture that can help us out.(All the questions here are worth going through, but #5-7 are the most important.)When God brings you into connection with non-Christians (neighbours, classmates, friends, [...]

Here’s a link to a simple, free, online cost/benefit analysis calculator… just for fun! How do you make decisions when it comes to things like your time, money, and energy? Running a cost/benefit analysis or a return on investment projection is the way of the world. Will we get more out of this than we’ve put in? Or at the very least, we we break even? Yet we can’t exactly apply the principles of wise business to all personal choices or matters of ministry. So what oth [...]

This past Sunday Pastor Matt talked about two big ideas, suffering and God’s glory. This conversation will probably work better if we’re all on the same page with these words. How do you define suffering?How do you define God’s glory? I’m not sure if this article is helpful for you, but it may work as a bit of a primer on a very big theological theme. Suffering is a bit more straightforward to define, (a link if you need it), ​ but God’s glory could be [...]

Today we’re talking about shattering the myth of comfort. What does that mean?Perhaps it’s best to first talk about what it is that makes us comfortable. In your life (personal, familial, vocational, spiritual, experiential) what things have you put in place to ensure comfort? Maybe a better way to explore this is to ask, what are the discomforts you actively, consciously avoid in your life? Read Acts 11:19-30 together.Pastor Jeremy listed 3 characteristics which these first Christ [...]