North Way Christian Community

It’s been one year since our lives were interrupted by Covid19. We’ve been living in trauma, in multiple ways, since it began. And one of the areas it has affected us the most is in marriage. Marriage is supposed to be oneness, but if you’re honest, that probably isn’t how you feel right now. Are you feeling distance in your marriage today? How do you overcome that? There are answers and a way to oneness! Speaker: Pastor Dave D’Angelo

Do you think the sins of this generation is worse than it has ever been? Porn, sexual promiscuity, entertainment, social media, culture, it’s all signaling that sin is overtaking us in a way it never has before! Ephesians 5 actually tells us something different. The sin that was facing the church and the world back then, is the same sin that is facing you today. What do you do to fix it? What is the shame you’re carrying? Speaker: Pastor Dave D’Angelo

You’ve just accepted Jesus as your savior. Now what? The steps that follow your simple acceptance are explained by Paul in this week’s study of Ephesians. Pastor Scott Stevens ties these messages to his own story that he may help you relate to your own experience. Speaker: Pastor Scott Stevens

Do you think there are things starting to happen at the church? Are we becoming something we aren’t supposed to become? Paul gives us a vision of what the church should be in this chapter of Ephesians. He is encouraging us not to settle, knowing that we have been graced for more. Paul teaches us the calling for the church is gentleness, humility, patience and selflessness. This is the complete opposite of what today’s society would teach. Today, if we don’t agree, you get get cancelled. Being selfless doesn’t mean you get walked all over, it just means you value other people in the world before you value yourself. This may feel a little predictable or elementary. But take a moment to dig in and really look at your life over the last year. We’re you marked by humility, gentleness and patience? Or something else? In today’s world we’re urged and tempted to always be right. But the scriptures show us the people who were only interested in being “right” were the Pharisees. And they’re the ones who missed the savior. Do you want to be right or in relationship? Speaker: Pastor Dave D’Angelo

The Bible is a Valentine’s Day card to us. It is literally a love letter to His people. We see so many passages that illustrate God’s love and instructions on how we should love each other. That is where we are in our study of Ephesians. This text shows the depth of His love for you. One of the ways He demonstrates His love is through the Holy Spirit. Do you have strife with someone? Do you desire better choices from someone you care deeply about? We challenge you to pray. Even if you don’t know how or what to pray, that is the challenge. What would happen in your life, if your first posture was prayer because of a Godly love rather than a condemnation because of human frustrations? There is power through the indwelling of the Holy Sprit within you. This is deep work. Not selfish “self help” work. The power of the Holy Spirit is at your finger tips right now if you’ve placed your love and trust in Jesus. Your love and trust in Jesus Christ requires faith. He wants you to experience faith in Christ, being rooted and grounded in love. This is a big love. Not a small worldly love. But a BIG LOVE. Speaker: Pastor Paul Hunter

Paul doesn’t lack for confidence. He makes bold statements! Yet, in the letter to the church at Ephesus, he says he is the “least of all the saints.” This isn’t false humility. He says that his confidence comes only from God. Specifically, he claims he is gifted grace from the Lord. What gives him confidence is that God “graced him” with it. Paul is most confident and sure and bold when he is doing what God graced him to do! What fuels your confidence? When you were a kid, where you bolder? Did you not fear rejection or risk? What happened as you got older? Where did this boldness go? You struggle to find confidence today, especially with the advent of social media. It is pervasive for all of us. This is why there are so many books dealing with “Self Confidence”. What if confidence doesn’t come from within? Confidence and boldness are not sourced from our personality, our past successes or what others say about us. This week, we search out the place where true confidence, assuredness and life come from. Speaker: Pastor Dave D’Angelo

Is there someone in your life against whom you have unending hostility? It’s not hard to find it in our world right now. It’s everywhere. Even in the church. Hostility is everywhere. It’s extinguishing our light. As a church, we’re meant to be a light. Unfortunately, division, hate and hostility are abound and many within the church are putting up “keep out” signs rather than signs of welcome and love. In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul shows us that Jesus is the path to peace. Where sin brings division, peace brings us unity. But, how do we do this in a world so divided? Obviously making posts on social media isn’t working. This week we explore how to restore your relationship with God and those around you. Speaker: Pastor Brad Beggs

Whether we admit it or not, we care so much. We might express it differently, but we are all looking for someone, or something, to show that we matter. Is it in your family? In your career? In the knowledge you’ve acquired? What if worrying and trying so hard to prove to someone or something that we matter didn’t have to be an option? The Gospel tells us that we don’t have to work harder, achieve more, or prove ourselves to find acceptance or love. That’s given to us, by grace, when we accept Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit. Does what you do flow out of who you are or does who you are flow out of what you do? You don’t have to live in the identity you achieve, but live in what you receive in Christ. Speaker: Amanda Beggs

Paul wrote his letter to the church in Ephesus because he heard that the people who lived there loved the Gospel. He was giving thanks to the Lord for them. He prays that the Lord gives them wisdom and hope. Don’t you think we all need a little of that right now? A preacher’s role is to "feed the sheep". Most of the time, all a pastor is doing, is trying to get you to your “next meal.” Each sermon isn’t supposed to solve every issue you face. God often does new things within the difficult things. Difficult times are expressed as "desert times" referring to the periods when Jesus was in the desert. Studies indicate we, as a society, are experiencing mental illness at extremely high rates right now. Entering 2021, most of us are warn out, stressed and feeling anxiety more than ever. This may be the longest period of unrelenting “desert experience” in our recently history. It is time to dig down and look at what God may be doing in this season. Let’s take one step, just one, out of the desert. Speaker: Pastor Scott Stevens

For the next several weeks, we’re going to take a deep dive into the book of Ephesians. There is so much happening in our nation right now. Regardless of where you stand, you’re probably feeling a wide range of emotion. Yes, reform is needed in a number of our institutions, but we’re focusing on fixing the problem in the wrong place. The way we act is derived from the way we think and the way we think comes from the status of our hearts. The evil we see and experience stems and starts in our hearts. Ephesians presents a path forward. The book is broken into two sections, one deals with how we think and the other deals with how we live. The way we live is dictated by the way we think. For the world to be right, our heart needs to be right. You’re invited to dig in deep with us, visit northway.org for reading material and a free downloadable bookmark. Grab your physical Bible and journey into your heart with our teaching team. Speaker: Pastor Dave D’Angelo