Waterville Community Church Podcast

This is the fifth sermon in a six-week series studying the New Testament book of Hebrews.

     

1. Have you experienced pain or suffering because of your allegiance to Jesus?  If so, how?

2. Have you ever grown tired or weary of living the Jesus way because of the pain and suffering it was causing?

3. If someone had told you that following Jesus meant a lifetime of patient endurance, would you have signed up?

GO:

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us." Hebrews 12:1 (NLT)

     

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm (used with permission). To check out more of his music, click here.

This is the fourth message in a six-week series studying the New Testament book of Hebrews.

     

Click HERE for sermon notes and Scripture references through YouVersion.

     

1. Is your faith journey characterized more by a cycle of sin, "sacrifice," and forgiveness or actually being set free from sin?

2. If the former, is it possible that Jesus' sacrifice AS God has not sufficiently changed the way you think about God?

     

"Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near." Hebrews 10:23-25 (NLT)

    

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm (used with permission). To check out more of his music, click here.

This is the third sermon in a 6-week series where we're studying the New Testament book of Hebrews.

     

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1.  Do you ever find yourself spiritually dull or indifferent?

2.  Is it possible that has something to do with how you've thought about Jesus as high priest and his death as sacrifice?

3.  How does Jesus' death as a sacrifice AS God change the way you think about God?

     

"So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God...let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most." Hebrews 4:14-16 (NLT)

     

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm (used with permission). To check out more of his music, click here.

This is the second sermon in a 6-week series where we're studying the New Testament book of Hebrews.

     

1. What do you feel is present in your life that may be causing you hardheartedness toward Jesus?  Where do you need to realign with Him?

2. How can you discover internal peace/rest in Him overcoming anxiety and stress when you feel challenged/threatened in order to experience real salvation?

     

"Then Jesus said, 'Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls...'"     Matthew 11:28-29

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm (used with permission). To check out more of his music, click here.

This is the first sermon in a 6-week series where we're studying the New Testament book of Hebrews.

     

Click HERE for sermon notes and Scripture references through YouVersion.

     

1. Have you "drifted" from the central truth that God is fully and completely revealed in Jesus?

2. In what way has your reading of the Bible or your tradition contributed to that process?

3. If "salvation" is KNOWing God as he is, loving him as we should, and expressing our love for him by the way we love people, are you living a saved life?

"So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it." - Hebrews 2:1 (NLT)

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm (used with permission). To check out more of his music, click here.

This week Mike interviewed a member of our church to hear her story about what it has been like to get connected to WCC and become part of our church family over the last year.  You won't get to hear that interview, but we hope Mike's recap of that conversation will be encouraging as we think about what it looks like to get involved at church and to help others feel like part of the family.

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1. Are you "showing up" in some way to get connected to other people?

2. Are you "showing up" to be a connection for someone else?

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"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as we see the Day approaching." - Hebrews 10:24-25 (NLT)

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Music by Jeremy Mockensturm. To check out more of his music, click here.

This is the second message in a two-week series studying the Old Testament book of Lamentations.

 

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1. Have you accepted as true a version of Christianity that implies God's wrath rather than love is his fundamental and permanent nature?

2. As a result, do you perceive within yourself an insecurity regarding God's fundamental nature that may be keeping you from growing in your faith?

GO:

"But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin." - 1 John 1:7 (NLT)

 

Music by Jeremy Mockensturm. To check out more of his music, click here.

This is the first message in a two-week series covering the Old Testament book of Lamentations.

 

Click HERE for sermon notes and Scripture references through YouVersion.

 

GROW Questions: 

1. How do you tend to cope with pain and suffering?  Do you try and blunt or minimize it or do you allow yourself to really feel the hurt?

2. When trying to make sense of pain, which pole do you tend to gravitate toward?

3. How does knowing that God suffers with us and walks with us in our pain reshape your experience with pain and with Him?

 

"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." - Romans 12:12 (NIV)

 

Music provided by Jeremy Mockensturm. You can find more of his work here.

This is the fifth and final message in a series studying the Old Testament book of Joshua.

 

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1. If you look back and reflect, how has God been faithful to you in previous seasons of unknown?

2. What could it look like for you, in your current season, to pledge a renewed faithfulness to God by taking steps to be more faithful to people?

 

"So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped...Serve the Lord alone." - Joshua 24:14 (NLT)

 

-Music provided by Jeremy Mockensturm. Check out more of his music here.

This is the fourth message in a five-week series studying the Old Testament book of Joshua.

 

1. In your current life transitions how are you balancing waiting on God and taking action?  What do you think your next step might need to be?

2. During the course of your spiritual journey, where/how has your life been characterized by expecting someone else to feed you spiritually versus feeding yourself?

3. During the course of your spiritual journey, when/how have you taken ownership for your character development? 

 

"This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" 2 CORHINTHIANS 5:17 (NLT)

 

-Music provided by Jeremy Mockensturm. Check out more of his music here.