Waypoint Omaha

"To wrap up our Ignite the Boiler Room series, guest speaker Brandon Seibert shared with us why the Antioch Movement is using this "Ignite the Boiler Room" phrase and what it means to be a house of prayer for all nations. A word that Jimmy Seibert, a leader in the Antioch Movement, had that started this concept was that we were to be like the Queen Mary. It was a cruise ship that was conscripted to become a warship during World War Two. It was special because it had very powerful boiler rooms, which helped the ship move so quickly that it would out-run German boats. The church is not called to be a comfortable cruise liner, but a warship or a troop carrier. The power of the church comes from the place of worship, prayer, and intercession. The power and strength we have is directly correlated to our boiler room. We can’t do more than what we are praying for. He has called us to partner with him through prayer and intercession.

In Isaiah 56:6-7, God is calling and reminding Israel who they are. Our names have meaning. God has a name for his people. God wants to dwell in our midst and to find a resting place in our community. He describes it as a house of prayer in Isaiah 56. Prayer is simply relating to God. This can happen as an individual, in a small group, in a church, or in a community! Being a house of prayer is relating to God, together. A house of prayer has an element of not only relating to God together, but also living life together that lives missionally. We are on a constant journey as a community, ministering, loving, honoring, and serving God. In verse seven, it also talks about sustaining joy in the house of prayer. When we make each meeting about Jesus, we find joy."

Join us as we discuss the personal space of prayer--not as duty but as an invitation to know Him more.

Join us as we talk prayer at Waypoint and answer questions like: what keeps us from praying and what is prayer?

Join us discuss the role of the prophetic church with Pastor Josh.

This week, Pastor Josh continued on with the second half of our ‘Move’ sermon series with a message on what it means to a prophetic people.


We are a part of Antioch, which means that we are an apostolic and prophetic people. We need to understand what this means to fully step into all that God has for us as a people.

What does it mean to be a prophetic people? Pastor Josh made three primary points:

1. We are called to live in tension

We need to know who God is; His character and nature, and based on that – how we are to live our lives. When it comes to the prophetic, this means seeing and filling the gap between the church and the world. We need to be a people who identify where and how the world is not lining up and fill the gap.

2. We are called to be guides to the church and signpost to the world.

Being a prophetic people means that we are people who guide. The majority of the world around us is going the wrong way, the broad way, and therefore, the church needs to firmly plant themselves in the road to show the way that leads to life. We do this through living out our values in bold ways. We must be signposts to the people around us, pointing people to Jesus, and true life in Him.

3. We are called to pull the future into the present

We need to seek the Lord, and as we do so He will give us clues about how we are to encourage, inspire, and warn the people around us of what is coming.

In our world today there is so much coming at us that it’s very easy for us to lose our ability to hear the voice of God. We have too much input, which makes it harder to hear the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we need to be people who fast and pray as a way to clear the air, tune out the distractions, and hear God clearly for ourselves, for others, and for our world.This week, Pastor Josh continued on with the second half of our ‘Move’ sermon series with a message on what it means to a prophetic people.


We are a part of Antioch, which means that we are an apostolic and prophetic people. We need to understand what this means to fully step into all that God has for us as a people.

What does it mean to be a prophetic people? Pastor Josh made three primary points:

1. We are called to live in tension

We need to know who God is; His character and nature, and based on that – how we are to live our lives. When it comes to the prophetic, this means seeing and filling the gap between the church and the world. We need to be a people who identify where and how the world is not lining up and fill the gap.

2. We are called to be guides to the church and signpost to the world.

Being a prophetic people means that we are people who guide. The majority of the world around us is going the wrong way, the broad way, and therefore, the church needs to firmly plant themselves in the road to show the way that leads to life. We do this through living out our values in bold ways. We must be signposts to the people around us, pointing people to Jesus, and true life in Him.

3. We are called to pull the future into the present

We need to seek the Lord, and as we do so He will give us clues about how we are to encourage, inspire, and warn the people around us of what is coming.

In our world today there is so much coming at us that it’s very easy for us to lose our ability to hear the voice of God. We have too much input, which makes it harder to hear the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we need to be people who fast and pray as a way to clear the air, tune out the distractions, and hear God clearly for ourselves, for others, and for our world.This week, Pastor Josh continued on with the second half of our ‘Move’ sermon series with a message on what it means to a prophetic people.


We are a part of Antioch, which means that we are an apostolic and prophetic people. We need to understand what this means to fully step into all that God has for us as a people.

What does it mean to be a prophetic people? Pastor Josh made three primary points:

1. We are called to live in tension

We need to know who God is; His character and nature, and based on that – how we are to live our lives. When it comes to the prophetic, this means seeing and filling the gap between the church and the world. We need to be a people who identify where and how the world is not lining up and fill the gap.

2. We are called to be guides to the church and signpost to the world.

Being a prophetic people means that we are people who guide. The majority of the world around us is going the wrong way, the broad way, and therefore, the church needs to firmly plant themselves in the road to show the way that leads to life. We do this through living out our values in bold ways. We must be signposts to the people around us, pointing people to Jesus, and true life in Him.

3. We are called to pull the future into the present

We need to seek the Lord, and as we do so He will give us clues about how we are to encourage, inspire, and warn the people around us of what is coming.

In our world today there is so much coming at us that it’s very easy for us to lose our ability to hear the voice of God. We have too much input, which makes it harder to hear the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we need to be people who fast and pray as a way to clear the air, tune out the distractions, and hear God clearly for ourselves, for others, and for our world.

This morning, Pastor Matthew starts our new series, "Move", with a message about identity.
Culture says that what we do defines who we are, but that drives us to be stuck, burnt out, and more frustrated. Our true and primary identity is that we are children of God. This identity isn’t earned, but we are born or grafted into it. Being a child of God not only defines who we are but also how we operate. In Genesis 1:27–28, Adam and Eve were chosen to be a son and daughter of God, and with that, came a role to fill the earth, subdue it, and expand heaven across the earth. When sin affected that mandate, God later chose Abraham as a vessel for his "heaven on earth" desire (Genesis 12:1-3). Through Abraham, God created the people of Israel, who would bless the earth. Because of what Jesus did on the cross, the Gentiles can also be a part of that covenant and mandate of heaven on earth.
Matthew also discussed our identity as people of Waypoint Church. We are apostolic people, which means that we are sent ones. We are called to plant churches as it is an assignment that God has given to us. Apostolic people see gaps, run to them, and then ask the Lord if we are the ones that are supposed to fill them. Living missionally and with a purpose every day is another aspect of life at Waypoint. It’s important that we are constantly led by and dependent on the Holy Spirit. That means we dig deep into the Word so we can hear and know his voice more clearly, which leads to obedience. We want to be people that live differently by the power of the Holy Spirit! We are also people who are all in it for Jesus and the people of the world, which means dying to oneself. This means that we are called to be fathers and mothers in the kingdom of God. It is our heart to have people climb on our shoulders and go farther and be better than we ever could.

Join us as we talk about the 15 year journey of Waypoint--the good, the funny, the hard, and the future.

This week, we celebrated our 15 Year Anniversary and Pastor Matthew shared his heart about the history of the church, the people who have invested into Waypoint over the years, and what God has been doing locally and within the nations.

Join us as we close out our series on being a Witness. We talk to Pastor Matthew about his time overseas and making disciples here in Omaha... we maybe dabble in some end times stuff even.

This morning, Pastor Matthew finished up our ‘Witness’ sermon series.

When we lay our lives down for God we give Him permission to lay His life down through us. We all need to be ready to give answers to why we live the way we live.

There is no other name under heaven or earth by which we can be saved apart from Jesus. His is the only name that saves.

God made the church for His mission. He has always had a mission, that all creation would know His reign and rule through His people. This mission has not changed, and we are a part of it.

God’s mission it to make right all that sin made wrong; a plan that culminated in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. God is in the process of making all wrongs right. The world presses us to live for ourselves, but God calls us to live for Him in the service of others.

God wants to give Himself away through us to a world that doesn’t know Him.

God is on the move all over the world. The same God, doing the same things.

The world needs Jesus, and our city needs Jesus - and thus we must proclaim Him. If we ask Him for opportunities to share, He will give them to us. We all need to practice telling our stories, and sharing with one another.