Ottawa Valley Vineyard Sermons

This week we look at what it is to be united under one God. Ephesians 4:6 expresses a trinitarian understanding of who God is. Paul describes the Father as being over us, the Son as being through us, and the Spirit as being in us. What does it mean to be united by having a God that connects us so powerfully on these levels?

If we are to have any hope of offering a unified, relevant witness to the world, Christians must recenter themselves on the main and the plain of the scriptures and the gospel. We must find singular purpose, less oriented around meeting our personal, individual needs, and be unified by the singular purpose to be a church that glorifies Christ. Ephesians 4:1-5

Thanksgiving Sunday: This week we look at the idea of Thanksgiving being more than us just thanking God for the good things he's done for us. It's us saying we want to become those who are not only thankful ourselves, but cause thanksgiving to rise out of others. We don't just want to be thanksgiving towards, we want to be thankscausing.

Join us this week as Vince helps us investigate what it means to have faith. For more information, visit ovv.ca.

This week, Craig takes us through a fresh look at what it means to love each other. We look at the cost of joining Jesus in what we are commanded to do, and the truth that the highest form of what we are called to do is love. For more information, visit ovv.ca.

Join us as Kathleen leads us through a discussion on what the church will look like after covid restrictions end. For more information, please visit ovv.ca.

Join us as we look at Ephesians chapter 1 verses 15-19, as Jesus calls us deeper, to a life where we experience all that he has available to us. For more information, visit ovv.ca.

James tells us to look into the law of liberty and persevere, not just forgetting what we see, but being "doers who act". Jake sheds light on this mirror that James is pointing us to, and exhorts us to persevere and act on the beautiful reflection Jesus casts to all people.

What is spiritual death? What are we talking about when we talk about the world, the flesh and the Devil? Join us in Ephesians 2:1-4 as we tackle these things and wrestle with what they imply for us today. For more information, visit ovv.ca.

This week we talk about confession and forgiveness. We recognize our desperate need to completely and honestly take responsibility for our sin, to recognize God as the one against whom we have sinned, and to rely on Him as our just Judge, completely trusting Him for forgiveness and grace apart from all our works. Forgive Us Our Debts, Lord!

This week we'll look at what it means to pray for our practical needs in a mission oriented way. We want to pray less about our fears and desires, and more about what we need to accomplish the tasks God has given us. And in the end we find that our deepest fears of want and lack are not so much the fears about practical things, but fears and doubts about God's love. Our natural needs are often spiritual needs.

This week we speak about the longing we have in our hearts for clarity about God's will for our lives. The desire to obey without angst and the freedom to do the things that God is calling us to with a joyful and worshipful spirit.

What does it mean to live a life that establishes what God wants within yourself and the world around you, over and above establishing what you want? It's his Kingdom not ours, so how do we live that out? For more information, visit ovv.ca

Everything starts with "Why?". When Jesus teaches us how to pray, the first of the petitions is that God's name be hallowed or elevated. This guiding principle of giving glory to God helps us order our lives and entangle much of life's confusion.

In the introduction to the lord's prayer, Jesus gives us a new paradigm for conversation with God. In calling God, "Our Father", Jesus takes prayer out of an institutional religious mode, and makes it something familial. You're not a part of a bureaucracy. You're part of a family.

This week we’ll be beginning a series on prayer. Before we jump into a study on “The Lord’s Prayer” from Mathew 6, we’ll give this first week to wrestling with some honest questions! -If God already knows everything, what’s the point? -Does prayer work when I’m not sure I believe? -Why is it so hard to focus when I try to pray? -What if I just don’t feel like praying? -What if it doesn’t seem like God is listening? -How can I break out of shame or failure? -Should I ask for what I want or do I have to know God’s will? For more information, visit ovv.ca

Jesus tells his followers baptize people in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit - What is that, and why are we doing that? Jake brings clarity to a lesser understood part of Jesus' "departing instructions" to his followers!

In honouring our parents we celebrate the goodness of God we see in them, and we become what we celebrate. So honour your mom, celebrate Jesus, and grow yourself.

Wrestling with Christian Exclusivism: What do nice inclusive Canadians do with parts of the bible that say that Jesus is the only way(see Mark 16:16)? Unfair? Bigoted? Mean? Or can love be seen in this? If these are questions you wrestle with, either as a believer or as someone investigating Christianity, this will hopefully be of help. For more information, visit ovv.ca

This week we look at the uncomfortable challenge of being called to reach across space and cultural barriers to tell the story of Jesus. For more information, please visit ovv.ca.