Ottawa Valley Vineyard Sermons

How do you actually pray for healing for someone? Ahren walks us through 5 helpful steps, and we put it in to practice during the service!

Giving generously out of the abundance Christ has given us, as a way of life (not just in finances). What do we do when we feel like we have nothing left to give? What does it mean to give from the heart, not out of compulsion?

Barry spoke at church this week on how the Bible teaches us God will guide us in our life. Is Jesus our Chauffeur? Our Navigator?

Doug teaches how we've all been influenced from wounds in our past, and how Jesus comes and restores us. Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

Linda gives us an in-depth explanation of what "the gospel" really means!

Paul teaches on the covenant relationship God has with people. What has changed between the Old Testament and New Testament? What hasn't? What is our part in this covenant God has extended us through Jesus?

The Bible teaches us that love is the most important thing. What does this mean for your life, big picture? What does it mean for your every-day life? Matthew 22:36-40 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, I gain nothing. 1 John 4:8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Andrea shares from the book of Philippians on the biblical model given by Paul for us taking risks and trusting God when it's hard.

If God loves us and has the ability to prevent our pain, why does it happen? Why do we suffer? Ahren shares what he feels is the biblical call to responding to suffering.

Psalm 18 was written by David as he was on the run from Saul (the king of Israel at the time - you can read this story in the book of 1 Samuel). In this concluding portion of our series on Psalm 18, we read about David as he exalts and praises God for delivering Him from his adversaries. God is still a deliverer today. What do you need to be set free from, and what can you praise God for already doing in your life?

Psalm 18 was written by David as he was on the run from Saul (the king of Israel at the time - you can read this story in the book of 1 Samuel). We will be looking at this Pslam over a 3-week sermon series. This week we looked at David's journey of understanding God as a God who walks with us, not simply a religious God rewarding the correct behaviour.

Psalm 18 was written by David as he was on the run from Saul (the king of Israel at the time - you can read this story in the book of 1 Samuel). We will be looking at this Pslam over a 3-week sermon series. This week we looked at how God responded to David's cry for help in a desperate place. Are we this honest with God as we struggle in our own lives? How does God respond to us?

Doug spoke this week on Matthew 14:22-33, when Peter cries out to God "Lord, save me!". He shared personal experiences of being in dark places when he felt like all he could do was cry out to God, and looks at how this passage portrays God's character, and how He relates to us in times of struggle.

Ahren and Anna share about the struggle all parents have with perfectionism. What does Jesus say to the perfectionist in all of us that feels like we aren't good enough?

How do our body and spirit connect? If God calls us to life in the full, what does this mean for spirit and body? Ahren walks us through the biblical picture of full life in Jesus.

Who am I when I am born again in Christ? What does it mean if I stumble? How do we become secure in who the bible says we are as sons and daughters of God? Jake shares his journey learning these things

Why Is the resurrection relevant? It's an amazing story, but what does it really mean?

With the waving of palm branches and filled with hope they celebrated Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and proclaimed him to be King... the one who would set them free from the tyranny of Rome. He had a freedom much richer and deeper in mind... something SO much better!

Doug shares his journey understanding the gospel and learning who Jesus is through his personal experiences. What does it mean that we have died to ourselves, with Christ? What does this mean about the guilt and shame we feel?

Doug shares his journey of growing in faith and his experience seeking understanding in verses like 2 Corinthians 5:14 and 15 which say: For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.