Matthew 7:12-29

The final message in our series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Nate Huizinga recaps the sermon, and exhorts us to put into practice the words of Jesus. We receive the warnings of Christ to know the tree by its fruit, and to look at the fruit in our own lives as well.

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Matthew 7:1-11

We enter the final chapter of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, as Nate Huizinga picks again following our series break last week. We are encouraged to have grace in our dealings with others, and to ask God for help in addressing our own imperfections, even opening ourselves to the help of others in that process.

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Testimony

We pause our series through the Sermon on the Mount to engage together in the witnessing of testimonies from among our church body. Makaela shares some of her experience of the faithfulness of God, his heart as a Father, and her upcoming trip. Nate Huizinga facilitates.

Discussion Starters:

1. Where is your family from?
2. Have you experienced God as Father?
3. What is one way God has provided for you or shown his faithfulness to you?

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Matthew 6:19-34

We continue through Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, with Nate Huizinga picking up where we left off last week. He speaks about anxiety, worry, and fear; we are encouraged to reframe our lives to trust God that as we follow Jesus' teaching he will care for us, rather than worrying we may not be following him well enough.

Discussion Questions:

1. What do you treasure more: time or money?
2. What do you worry about? (Pray for one another)
3. How might you invest more of your own treasure in heaven?

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Matthew 6:9-13

Two weeks ago pastor Jose Rafer spoke on Matthew 6:1-18. This week Nate Huizinga focuses in on the Lord's Prayer within that section, encouraging us to allow ourselves to be challenged by it, and to bring prayer into our whole lives.

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Matthew 5:27-48

Following three weeks of guest speakers, Nate Huizinga returns after some time away following his marriage. We step back into our series through the Sermon on the Mount, looking at the impossible task set before us by Jesus, and our need to rely on Christ and on forgiveness.

Discussion Questions:

1. (Icebreaker) What is something trivial that you are not very good at?

2. Is there anywhere you have been doing just what is required, instead of doing all you can?

3. Is there anything which belongs to God that you are trying to take on yourself?

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Ephesians 2

We break from our current series through Jesus' sermon on the mount in Matthew with guest speaker Wendell Phillips.

Wendell takes us through Ephesians 2, encouaging us to remember our own conversion stories, share them with one another, and find joy and hope in what seeing what God has done. He challenges us also to find ways to be peacemakers, as Christ also makes peace between us.

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Matthew 5:20-26

Continuing through Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, we build on last week's message, with Nate Huizinga preparing us for this next section of Jesus' teaching. He encourages us to strive toward the impossible standard Jesus sets, knowing that we will fail, and to do so while trusting that Jesus will not fail.

Discussion Questions:

1. (Icebreaker) What did you want to be when you grew up?
2. What is something you believe is worth doing or trying to do, even if you fail?

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Matthew 5:13-19

We step out of the beatitudes and continue along with Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Nate Huizinga speaks to us about Jesus' illustrations of salt and light, and his insistance that he fulfils the Law rather than abolish it. Nate encourages us to allow ourselves to be made salty like Jesus.

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Matthew 5:7-12

The second in our series through Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. This week we look at the second half of the beatitudes, with Nate Huizinga speaking on becoming the sorts of people who are characterized by the traits Jesus highlights in these verses.

Discussion Questions:

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