Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | October 13, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. What evidence do you see that we live in a culture of contempt? How does it affect you personally? 2. How could a person seek to limit their exposure to the culture of contempt? 3. How have you observed contempt for others in your heart? Who do you see is an enemy in your life? Who do you find difficult to love at times? 4. Do you think it is possible to have genuine compassion for those whom you see as your enemies? Why or why not? 5. How do you see Jesus showing us an example of being compassionate toward His enemies? How can we cultivate that same heart of compassion in our own heart? What makes that difficult for you? What barriers do you need to overcome? 6. Why would praying for your enemies help us change our view of them? How can this soften our heart toward them and change our behavior toward them? 7. What is one “enemy” that you can start praying for today and seek good for them? How can you tangibly show love toward that person today? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard Connect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/children Connect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/students Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Jim Keena | Guest Speaker | October 6, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. How did your parents resolve conflicts between you and your siblings? What's the best advice you've received for dealing with anger?2. Matthew 5:21-26 is the first of what has been called the "Six Antitheses." It is a series of statements in Matthew 5:21-48, where Jesus contrasts the "You have heard it said..." in culture with the "But I tell you..." of Jesus' teachings. Dallas Willard created a chart highlighting the differences in his book "The Divine Conspiracy" (page 146). Please read and discuss his summary of the six antitheses. Situation | Old Righteousness | Kingdom Righteousnessa. Irritation with one’s associates. (5:21-26) | No murder. | Intense desire to be of help. No anger or contempt.b. Sexual attraction. (5:27-30) | No intercourse. | No cultivation of lust.c. Unhappiness with marriage partner. (5:31-32) | If you divorce, give “pink slip”. | No divorce, as then practiced.d. Wanting someone to believe something. (5:33-37) | Keep vows or oaths made to convince. | Only say how things are or are not. No verbal manipulation.e. Being personally injured. (5:38-42) | Inflict exactly the same injury on the offender. | Don’t harm, but help, the one who has damaged you.f. Having an enemy. (5:43-48) | Hate your enemy. | Love & bless your enemy, as the heavenly Father does. 3. Read Matthew 5:23-24. Is there someone the Holy Spirit is prompting you “to go and be reconciled to”?How does Jesus develop a connection between anger and murder? And why is it so essential to guard your heart against anger and contempt?4. How do you distinguish between so-called righteous and unrighteous anger? Can you recall examples in the New Testament when Jesus expressed righteous anger? Read and discuss Paul’s teaching about anger in Ephesians 5:26-32.5. In the sermon on Sunday, the question was asked, “How do we overcome anger when we’ve been overcome by anger?” What are some of the ways you have learned to overcome anger and contempt toward others?6. Read Matthew 5:23-24. Is there someone the Holy Spirit is prompting you “to go and be reconciled to”? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard Connect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/children Connect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/students Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 29, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. What does it mean to say that Jesus was “opposed to religion?” How would you define “religion”? 2. Religion tends to focus on what we do more than why we do it. Why is it so important to Jesus that we do the right things for the right reasons? What can happen when we don’t focus and reflect on our heart motivations for following Jesus? 3. Why does a focus on our inner life (heart/motives) lead to obedience in our outer life (behavior)? 4. What are the right motivations for obedience? What are some wrong motivations for obedience? 5. How can a person learn to discern what our true heart motivations are for obedience? Invite the Holy Spirit to reveal yourself to yourself. Pray this psalm… Psalm 139:23-24Search me, God, and know my heart;test me and know my anxious thoughts.See if there is any offensive way in me,and lead me in the way everlasting. • What comes to your mind that God would want to change in your heart and mind?• Who is one person you could share this with and pray for the Holy Spirit to bring change? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard Connect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/children Connect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/students Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 22, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. What evidence do you see in our culture that followers of Jesus are have not been the salt and light he tells us we are? 2. How do you need to grow in becoming salt and light in the areas of the culture where Jesus has you right now? 3. On a scale of 1-10, how comfortable are you in talking with nonbelievers about faith? Explain. What hinders you from having spiritual conversations with people? Where do you need help? 4. Why is learning to listen to people so important in helping them come to know and follow Jesus? What is the cost of not listening and understanding them? How does being listened to and understood make a person feel known and loved? 5. What are some questions we can ask that help us understand where a person is at on their spiritual journey? 6. What are some of examples in the life of Jesus where we see him being CONTRASTED (different) and CONNECTED to people? Why do WE need both of these qualities to be salt and light to the world? Describe what a person would be like with one or the other but not both. Which one do you need to grow in the most? Explain. 7. Who are some people (or one person) in your life right or on your heart to whom you could be salt and light right now? What step could you take to initiate with them? INVEST and INVITE (bring them to Journey with you)? Listening Questions…What was your religious background growing up?Was that a positive or negative or somewhere in between?What have you tried in your spiritual journey since?Where are you now on your spiritual journey?Do you feel like you are moving toward God, away from God, or staying about the same?If God could be known would you want to know Him? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard Connect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/children Connect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/students Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 15, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. Read Matthew 5:1-11… How do you define the “#blessed” life? How does our culture define the “#blessed” life? How do these contrast the blessed life that Jesus describes? How have you seen the culture around you shape your thoughts of what a blessed life looks like. 2. Which of the beatitudes are the most challenging for you to believe? Which beatitudes make you question your own following of Jesus? How do you need to grow and/or change? 3. Why is realizing our spiritual poverty (neediness) a prerequisite to experiencing the blessed life? What challenges exist if we don’t? 4. What do the groups that Jesus identifies as blessed seem to have in common? 5. Which of the groups that Jesus identifies as blessed do you feel closest to? Why? 6. Which of the groups that Jesus identifies as blessed do you feel least like? Why? 7. What do the groups have in common? What are some themes or threads you see in these groups? What are examples of each beatitude in the life of Jesus? 8. How can you take these words of Jesus and put them into practice this week? (Matthew 7:23-24) What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard Connect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/children Connect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/students Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
a different way: to make a difference the Church needs to be different | September 8, 2024Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor Reflection Questions: 1. Read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) What are some things that Jesus says that are counter to how our culture thinks?2. What are some things that are challenging for you to hear? How do His words challenge your thinking or behavior?3 .What are some things that are difficult to understand? What questions does this sermon this raise for you?4. How do you think the church would be different if we all took the Sermon On The Mount seriously and sought to obey His words?5. In ways do you think the church in general has not lived out the Kingdom values of the Sermon On The Mount?6. Read Matthew 7:24-27 What is one area that the Holy Spirit is prompting you to listen to these words and put them into practice? How will practically take a step of obedience?7. Jesus what are you saying to me? Jesus what do you want me to do? Next Steps: Complete the Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any question: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/children Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/students Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman
Brian Priebe | Executive Pastor | September 1, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. Read Galatians 5:22-23 & Colossians 3:12-15. 2. Which one or two of the fruits of the Spirit listed in these two passages would you say you do the best job living out in your day to day life? 3. Which one or two of the fruits of the Spirit listed in these two passages would you say is an area you want to continue to grow in? 4. Read Galatians 5:13-14. What principles does Paul emphasize before he shares the fruits of the Spirit that help us cultivate a lifestyle promoting the fruits of the Spirit? 5. The sermon outlined a link between a simple life, margin and investment in relationships. Which of those things are aligned with our culture and which are not? Which are represented by your current lifestyle and which are not? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard Connect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/children Connect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/students Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 25, 2024 9am Reflection Questions: 1. Got a good bear story? 2. What does it mean to you to wrestle with God? 3. Vern said lately he feels that “…forgiveness is the greatest thing about God.” What, these days, is the greatest thing about God for you? (Why is forgiveness such a huge deal?) 4. What are your thoughts about “killing your self-sufficiency?” (Self-sufficient: Needing no outside help in satisfying one’s basic needs.) 5. How might self-sufficiency hinder your relationship with God and with others? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard Connect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/children Connect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/students Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveGather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozemanGather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 18, 2024 11am Reflection Questions: 1. When did you first learn about “Jonah and the Whale” and how has your understanding of the story changed over the years? 2. Reflect about your struggles with the lack of justice in the world. 3. How is Jonah Christ-like and how is he unlike Christ? 4. Talk about your positive and negative feelings regarding grace – that God is “compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding love and faithfulness…forgiving wickedness, rebellion, and sin.” (Ex. 34:5-7) What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcardConnect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/childrenConnect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/studentsGive: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveGather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozemanGather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Logan Holloman | Next Gen Pastor | August 11, 2024 View or Download our full sermon notes here: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2024.08.11.pdf Reflection Questions: 1. What comes to mind when you hear redemption? Any examples whether through personal experience or from culture? (movies, literature, etc) 2. Where in your life are you waiting for redemption? (family, marriage, job, healing, future/past, etc?) 3. Redeemed people are often admired but often only after trials over long periods of time. How are you waiting? 4. Ruth’s posture of self-sacrifice is evident throughout the four chapters. In doing so she hands over control to allow God to redeem her and her family. What is the posture you might have to take to allow God to redeem what you might be trying to control? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcardConnect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/childrenConnect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/studentsGive: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveGather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozemanGather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Logan Holloman | Next Gen Pastor | August 4, 2024 View or Download our full sermon notes here: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2024.08.04.pdf Reflection Questions: 1. Can you recall a time when you saw God’s power at work in your life? Since that time have you ever doubted God’s care for you? 2. We often discredit ourselves from God’s work in our lives due to our complexities and brokenness. Take that to God in prayer, what might he want to speak to our heal? 3. Elijah hands off to Elisha, Jesus to the early church. Who has God given you influence with that you can pass your faith to? 4. Where might I need to repent and ask for God’s grace in my life? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcardConnect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/childrenConnect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/studentsGive: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveGather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozemanGather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Jim Keena | Guest Speaker | July 28, 2024 View or Download our full sermon notes here: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2024.07.28.pdf Reflection Questions: 1. In Joshua 1:1-9, God gives Joshua a great command. After reading verses 1-2, discuss the emotions and thoughts that Joshua might have experienced at that moment. 2. Joshua faced a pivotal moment in his life where he could understandably be "afraid and discouraged" (Joshua 1:9). Describe a pivotal moment when you experienced something similar. 3. After reading Joshua 1:3-9, discuss how God strengthened and encouraged Joshua. Also, reflect on how God strengthens and encourages you today. 4. Journey Church's mission statement is: "Together, we're leading people to become all in followers of Jesus." Would you describe yourself as an "all in follower of Jesus"? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcardConnect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/childrenConnect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/studentsGive: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveGather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozemanGather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Derry Long | Guest Speaker | July 21, 2024 View or Download our full sermon notes here: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2024.07.21.pdf Reflection Questions: 1. What or who encourages you to keep on believing?2. What sometimes discouraged you to keep on believing?3. How does a person develop courage?4. Who is a courageous person that you know?5. What would you like to be remembered for? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcardConnect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/childrenConnect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/studentsGive: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveGather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozemanGather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | July 14, 2024 View or Download our full sermon notes here: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2024.07.14.pdf Reflection Questions: 1. Read John 5:39,46 — In what ways does the Old Testament point to Jesus? What are some examples that you can think of? How can this reality change the way we read and understand the Old Testament? 2. Read Hebrews 12:5-6 — Why is it comforting to know that God tests and disciplines out of His love? What difference does this make in the midst of testing? 3. God tests us to show us where we are at and to grow us to become more like His Son. How have you experienced testing in your life? How did you respond? What did this reveal to you about yourself? How did it help you grow? Explain. 4. What could be an “Isaac” in your life? What in your life, if you lost it, would make life seem unbearable? What are you fearful of losing? What has become the center of life? 5. Read Genesis 22:1-14 — What from this story grabs your attention? What questions does it raise for you? What do you learn about God? What do you learn about yourself? How does this story connect to your life? 6. What connections to Jesus do you see in this story? How does this story point to Jesus and the cross? 7. Obedience to God is ALWAYS in our best interest. Agree or Disagree? 8. When have you found obedience difficult? How can this reveal “Isaac’s” (idols) in our life? 9. Read Romans 8:32 — How can this perspective give us courage to obey even when obedience seems difficult? What's your next step?Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcardConnect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/childrenConnect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/studentsGive: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveGather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozemanGather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman
Logan Holloman | NexGen Pastor | July 7, 2024 “God loves us, and we have the opportunity to love others as he loves us, not in big things, but in small things in great love”— Mother Teresa, 1979 Nobel Peace Prize Speech 1 John 4:10 (NIV)This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Romans 5:8 (NIV)But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Mark 10:45 (NIV)"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Romans 12:1 (NIV)Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Ephesians 5:2 (NIV)And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Mark 2:16-19 (NIV)These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter), James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. What Gets in the Way? Matthew 28:16-20 (NIV)Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Mark 1:14-15(NIV)After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” Reflection Questions: 1. Is it hard for you to believe that God loves you?2. Who is God giving you the opportunity to love currently?3. What is one small thing in great love you could do for that person this week? 4. What does that look like?5. What obstacles or barriers do you need to overcome to make this happen?Matthew 28 says that some doubted while worshiping. Where is your area of doubt in regards to you living this passage out? (Fear of rejection, inadequacy, impact, lack of conviction, etc) Next Steps: Complete the Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any question: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcardWant to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveDownload our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozemanGet your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/childrenOur Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/studentsSubscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozemanNotes Page: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2024.07.07.pdf
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | June 30, 2024 1 Corinthians 7:26b-31 (NIV)I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this. What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away. Matthew 22:29-30 (NIV)Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. Hebrews 12:1b-2 (NIV)And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Romans 12:2 (NIV)Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. LIES WE BELIEVE ABOUT SINGLENESS: 1. Singleness means FAILURE.2. Singleness means no INTIMACY … 2 Samuel 1:26 (NIV) 3. Singleness means no FAMILY. Mark 3:33-35 (NIV)“Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” Matthew 19:28-29 (NIV)Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. Reflection Questions: 1. What aspects of church culture can make it challenging for single people?2. What perspectives about singleness do we need to have in order to navigate singleness in a healthy and biblical way?3. What is God’s perspective on singleness?4. What are some wrong perspectives we can have about singleness? What are some lies we can believe about being single?5. Why is important for all people in a church family to have the perspective that singleness is valuable and viable way to live out our walk of faith?6. Reflect on these statements… Singleness does mean no intimacy. Intimacy does not mean romance/sex. Agree or Disagree? Explain. How can single people cultivate intimacy outside of romantic/sexual relationships?7. How can married people in a church family love and care for single people? And vice versa? What are tangible ways we can love and support each other?8. If you are married, do you have single people from the church that are close to you? How could you grow your connection with them?9. Read Matthew 22:23-29. Why is it important to remember that none of us will be married for eternity in heaven? How does that reality impact your thinking? How does that reality change the way we view marriage and singleness? Next Steps: Complete the Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any question: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcardWant to worship through giving and...
Logan Holloman | Next Gen Pastor | June 23, 2024 John 15:1-5; 8 (NIV)“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing… This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” Galatians 2:11-14 (NIV)When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? Acts 15:7-12 (NIV)After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.” The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. 1 Peter 3:14-16a (NIV)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. Acts 15:36-40 (NIV) Choose one of the topics from this Restoring Us series:ConflictListeningForgivenessHumilitySpeaking Who?When?Fear/roadblockWhere can I make room? Reflection Questions: 1. Which of these areas of relationships comes most naturally to you? (conflict, listening, forgiveness, humility, or speaking)2. Which area of relationships might God be inviting you to intentionally focus on during the next week? Month?3. What obstacles come to mind when you think of intentional relationship areas in your life? What obstacles or challenges might you face if you don’t intentionally grow in these areas?4. What one or two steps can you take to overcome these obstacles you just identified?5. Finish this sentence…Through the Holy Spirit, I am beginning to realize my next step in relationships… Next Steps: Complete the Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any question: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcardWant to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveDownload our app: https://journeybozeman.co...
Say the right thing in the right way at the right time. Brian Priebe | Executive Pastor | June 16, 2024 Matthew 12:34b-35 (NIV)For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. Matthew 15:18 (NIV)But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. Psalm 19:14 (NIV)May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Romans 10:9 (NIV)If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Matthew 12:36-37 (NIV)“But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” James 3:9-10 (NIV)With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Colossians 4:6 (NIV)Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer every one. Conversation Characteristics that Represent a Healthy Heart: 1. Full of Grace Proverbs 16:24 (NIV)Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proverbs 15:1(NIV)A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Luke 4:22 (NIV)All spoke well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. 2. Seasoned with salt Proverbs 12:18The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. 2 Timothy 4:2 (NIV)Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 1 Peter 3:15 (NIV)Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect. 3. Know how to answer everyone Proverbs 12:25 (NIV)Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. Ephesians 4:29a (NIV)Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs… Reflection Questions: 1. Share a time where you asked yourself 'Why did I say that?' in reaction to a conversation.2. Read Matthew 12:34b-35 and Matthew 15:18. When we reflect on our words and say, 'Why did I say that?', where do those words come from?3. Read Matthew 12:36-37 and James 3:9-10. Why do our words matter?4. Read Col. 4:6. What does a conversation full of grace look like?5. What does a conversation seasoned with salt feel like?6. What does it mean to have an answer for everyone?7. If you were to analyze your conversations in light of Col 4:6, what would be the area you feel most comfortable with? How about the least comfortable with? Next Steps: Complete the Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any question: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcardWant to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveDownload our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozemanGet your chi...
"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less." - C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | June 9, 2024 “Humility is the single greatest and most indispensable attribute of being a team player.”— Patrick Lencioni, The Ideal Team Player p. 157 1 Peter 5:5b-6 (NIV) Philippians 2:3-8 (NIV) Jesus modeled “choosing to lose”. 1. Jesus saw the needs of others – ahead of his own. John 13:1 (NIV) 2. Jesus used his authority to serve others. Mark 9:35 3. Jesus served those who were difficult to love. John 13:2 (NIV) John 13:15-17 (NIV) 1 Peter 5:6 (NIV) “If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least, nothing whatever can be done before it. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.” — C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity John 13:34-35 (NIV) “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” Reflection Questions: 1. In light of 1 Peter 5:5, why does God oppose pride and show favor to humility?2. How would you define humility? How would you know if you are humble?3. Why is humility a cornerstone of healthy relationships?4. How have you seen a lack of humility damage relationships in your life?Read John 13:1-175. How does Jesus model humility in this passage? How is he “not looking to his own interests but to the interests of others”?6. How can we grow in focusing on the needs of others and choosing to put those needs ahead of our own?7. Where is a place in your life (influence/power/position/time) that you could serve the needs of those around you? How will you do it? When?8. Jesus modeled humility by loving and serving those that would abandon, deny, and betray Him. How could love people in your life that may sometimes be difficult to love? Who is someone you could serve now that is difficult to love? What is a practical way to serve them?9. In John 13:15-17, Jesus promises a blessed life if we follow his example. How can living this way live to a blessed life? Won’t we miss out if we constantly focusing on others? Who will look out for us and meet our needs?10. Humility is sometimes referred to as the “shyest” of all virtues. When you to talk about it or focus on it, it goes away. What do you think that means? How are we then to work on growing in humility?11. How are “insecurity” and “arrogance” both a form of pride? How can insecurity be a more subtle form of pride? How can insecurity even look like humility? How can we see that in ourselves? Next Steps: Complete the Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any question: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcardWant to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/giveDownload our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozemanGet your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/childrenOur Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://journeybozeman.com/studentsSubscribe to our YouTube Channel:
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | June 2, 2024 Ephesians 4:31-32Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, JUST AS in Christ God forgave you. Matthew 18:23-35“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.“At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.“His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’“But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.” Observations from Parable:1) Forgiveness is the decision to cancel a debt.2) Unforgiveness puts us in prison. 3) The cross of Jesus gives us the power to forgive. Practical Steps to Forgiveness:1) Who do I need to forgive?2) What is the debt that they owe?3) Cancel the debt.4) Don’t reopen the case. Matthew 6:12 (NIV)And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. How has Christ forgiven me?How am I to forgive others?With whom do I need to start? Reflection Questions: 1. How have you seen unforgiveness have a negative effect in your life? In the life of people you know?2. What makes forgiving people that have wronged you difficult for you? What causes you to get stuck?3. Where have you seen success in forgiving people that have wronged you? What were some of the positive results you experienced?4. In regards to Matthew 18:34-35, Why do you think that Jesus gives such a strong rebuke to those that refuse to forgive others?5. Jesus describes unforgiveness as a torturous prison sentence. What do you think is the “prison” that we experience? How have you or how are you experiencing this?6. In regards to Ephesians 4:31-32 (referenced above), “JUST AS, in Christ God forgave you.” How has Christ forgiven you? How are you to forgive others? With whom do you need to start?7. Why is it imperative to look at the cross of Jesus as we extend forgiveness to others? Agree or Disagree? Why?When we receive the forgiveness of Jesus on the cross we give up our right to hold unforgiveness toward others. Review the practical steps to forgiveness…Which step do you find the most difficult? Not understand?What would keep you from pursuing forgiveness today? Practical:1) Who do I need to forgive?2) What is the debt that they owe?3) Cancel the debt.4) Don’t reopen the case. Next Steps: Complete the Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any question: