St. Paul's Discover Life Podcast

This week Pastor Steve opens up our Easter Series "Return to the Field" with the parable of the mustard seed. Come journey with us and let's build up some positive Kingdom pressure and bring life love and healing everywhere we go. (We had connectivity issues during our recording which resulted in a 45 second loss of video at about 7.5 minutes. What you missed is the intro to the Luke 13 parable, a time when Jesus brought life and showed them how to bring life instead of leaving people in death) If you have any questions about this or any other teaching, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca

This week Pastor Steve wraps up our SIMPLE series on Acts 1&2 by outlining just what we can do to engage in our next step of discipleship so that we can be ready to disciple others.

Join us for Part 4 of the I AM - Who is God Series today at 10:15 AM for today's St. Paul's Discover Life teaching with Pastor Steve Kerr. This week we will be looking at How God's Spirit is our Advocate, Counselor, and Comforter.  A look at how we are, our bodies are God's Temple on Earth. We recommend watching this video on the Temple from the Bible Project (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTnq6I3vUbU) to give you some of the Big Bible context for this idea. As part of our service, we will celebrate communion together, so although it doesn't need to be grape juice and bread.

We dive into what seems like the first in a couple of messages on forgiveness; it is our hope that you can start by fully embracing your own forgiveness. Remember God loves you and created you no matter what you have done, the work that Jesus did when He came and lived with us, when He showed us how to live, when He died for us, that was for you!! Jesus message was for everyone and you are worth it, you don't need to do anything except say yes to the gift and take your next step into a relationship with God.

We look forward to joining you in worship Sunday morning. We are excited to begin to worship together in body as well as spirit again. A huge thank you to those who have volunteered countless hours behind the scenes in preparing for our services to open in-person starting today. This weekend we enter a new series called "Called".

As Christians we are called to journey in relationship with others, encouraging and equipping new Christians while continually growing in our own faith and relationship with God. This discipleship cycle only works when we submit to each other in the great model of family that was laid out in the beginning by God and when we bring all our gifts to the table so that we can all share and grow.

We are called into community, to live together in relationship with God, humanity and creation.  Sometimes we get stuck in our own relationship with God, but our faith, our invitation is personal not private we were always meant to share it with others, inviting them to discover the abundant Kingdom life God has for all of us.

For a self guided prayer through the R.E.A.C.H. forgiveness model, the notes for this sermon and links to Dr. Worthington's research head over here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15YpUrT42UbKSjcgKXUP01CFMH8zfnO6bH8vGM8ileTM/edit?usp=sharing

We each have a mission to join in with God's plan to renew all things. The good news is that God besides saving us and including us in the plan to renew everything; God also equips us by giving us every gift and tool we need to join in with His Kingdom vision.

Rev. Bob Beasley unpacks the difference when we partner with God and what happens when we fall short of that. The Good News of the Kingdom today is that failure isn't final and God wants to use you to help build His future church as we invite everyone to discover life with God.

Life isn't always easy, one thing you can always rely on is for God to show up. Rev. Bob Beasley shares the message that we have a good King, a faithful friend in Jesus; someone who will meet us right where we are and help us remember who we are and what we are called to do.

Pastor Steve unpacks Sabbath, what our rest looks like versus God's rest and how we can more fully engage in the true rest that God wants all of us to enjoy. If you have questions about this or any of our teachings please email join@discover-life.ca or comment below.

Pastor Steve unpacks some of the miracles in Mathew 9 and talks about how we need to make sure that we are placing our faith where it needs to be and how we can all get trapped if we forget the practices that help build our faith are only sign posts leading us to Christ and not the destination. If you have questions about different practices you can use to grow in your relationship with God then please comment here or email join@discover-life.ca Want to dig deeper in this teaching? Here are some questions based on the teaching that you can work through on your own, with a friend or in a group.

Are you struggling to hear God? Maybe you are not sure if you have heard God before, maybe you have lost touch with God recently.  Jump into 1 Samuel 3 with us as we unpack how God doesn't just know who we are but wants a relationship with us. Pastor Steve unpacks the biblical characters connecting them to us in different stages of our lives asking us to identify where we are today.  Are you ready to move from belonging to asking... to listening... to action? Don’t get so caught up chasing yesterdays experience that you lose sight of the Living God who has new mercies and challenges for you every single day. Got Questions? Ask 'em here or email join@discover-life.ca

Join us for this final teaching in our Advent 2020 series HOMEMADE.  Pastor Steve wraps up the series reminding us of the characters on the journey and how we fit into God's ongoing story. We hope you will join us and share any questions you have during the teaching right in the comments so that we can interact and grow together. Do you have bigger questions about who God is? Why anyone would follow Jesus? Or; what is the church? We would be happy to have a conversation. email join@discover-life.ca

Pastor Steve unpacks the Peace of God that is promised throughout scripture.  Come listen to how God's peace is about His presence with us in the storm, not the absence of trouble. If you have questions about this or any of our teachings please email join@discover-life.ca or comment below.

Guest Speaker Rev. Colin Paterson helps us unpack 1 John 1: 1-5, What is the big deal at Christmas that should have us proclaiming all year round. Have questions about this teaching, who God is or why a relationship with Him might be important?   Email join@discover-life.ca or comment here to let us know.

Guest Speaker Rev. Colin Paterson helps us unpack John 1, the truth that God came to be with us.  The truth that this wasn't the backup plan but the culmination that all the other plans were pointing towards. Have questions about this teaching, who God is or why a relationship with Him might be important?  Email join@discover-life.ca or comment here to let us know.