St. Paul's Discover Life Podcast

Come with us this week as Pastor Steve unpacks the messy family situation in Genesis 21:8-21. What does God have for us through the Characters of Sarah, Abraham and Hagar? The tragedy in this story is that Hagar, living in the home of Sarah and Abraham did not have a faith in God, Abraham and Sarah’s life did not bear witness to God in a way that even people from their own home could understand God as a God of love. If you have any questions about this teaching or want to find out how you can support the work we do email join@discover-life.ca today.

Are you wondering where God is? Jacob encountered God while asleep in the wilderness, running from the fear of retaliation after deceiving his twin brother and their father. In that place he experienced the awesome presence of God. We'll talk about how the anticipation of experiencing God's presence in the place of worship will change our motivation for coming to church and open our hearts for God to do amazing things in our life. Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching on our Youtube channel, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/

This week Pastor Timothy Lukings takes a look at how intimacy with God comes when we express our love by following in His way. In order to do that we need to get close enough, we need to want to be close enough to hear God's voice. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching on our Youtube channel, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/ 

This week Pastor Timothy Lukings takes a look at the life of Moses. Come hear how this humble servant was used by God, and how humility is one of the character traits that we are invited to continue to lean into as we seek to become like Christ. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching on our Youtube channel, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/

This week Pastor Timothy Lukings unpacks Genesis 17 and looks at the broader lofe of Abraham. Come and see what it is about this flawed character from this history of God's people that has God calling Abraham to start a whole new thing that is going to change the world. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching on our Youtube channel, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/

Join us as we welcome Pastor Timothy Lukings to the family. Pastor Tim is joining us as our Interim Lead Pastor and is excited to meet and make a connection with all of you. In this teaching he will be unpacking Philippians 3:10-19 and looking at how if we follow Paul's example, we should all want a deeper relationship with God. If you have ever wondered what can you do to grow deeper in your walk with Jesus, you won’t want to miss it. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching on our Youtube channel, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/

(sorry we had technical issues & poor audio) In Luke Chapter 4, after overcoming temptation in the wilderness Jesus returns to His hometown of Nazareth. At first this hometown hero's homecoming is going great, but then they want to throw Him off a cliff. Come listen as we uncover how we can be prepared to hear God's voice even when we don't hear what we expect, want or hope.  If you have any questions about this or any other teaching on our Youtube channel, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/

In Luke Chapter 4 Jesus is led into the wilderness and tempted by the enemy.  How did Jesus overcome these temptations and what does it mean for us?  Come listen with us as Pastor Steve unpacks this passage and tells us whats so good about it. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching on our Youtube channel, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do?  Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/

Join us as we look at the concept of faith, what it is and what we are called to do because of it. Pastor Steve unpacks Luke 3:21-38 and Hebrews 11 to help us tackle the topic with the faithful ancestors of our faith. Let's see what faith is all about together. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching on our Youtube channel, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/

Join Brandon Malo as he speaks from the book of Acts 3 & 4, continuing to learn about what it means to be the church. The story of Jesus is an invitation and a call to action, and we see this demonstrated in the lives of his first followers.

This week Pastor Steve launched our advent series walking through how we can prepare for the coming of Jesus by connecting our journey to Mary's journey, one of simple submission. It ended with a challenge to centering prayer, please find a description for centering prayer below that can guide you this Christmas Season. Centering Prayer This form of prayer finds its roots in Lectio Divina. It moves us and helps us prepare to contemplate the gift of God’s presence with us. It is founded on our relationship with God, through the life of Jesus and it nurtures our relationship with God so that we are aware of God’s presence more readily in our daily life. Centering prayer is not meant to replace other modes of prayer but instead works to support our more verbal, or affective prayers. The primary focus is for us to grow in our relationship with God and move beyond conversation with God and into simple restful communion. It is recommended that you engage in this practice a couple times a day, for twenty minutes ea

Join us as Pastor Steve wraps up our series on "The Way" by leading us through five reasons to continue meeting together as a larger community. If you are not connected with a broader community of Jesus followers we want to help you to make a connection email join@discover-life.ca today. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching on our Youtube channel, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/ 

Being a Christian is about following 'the Way' of Jesus. We call this discipleship. This week we take a look at sacrificing to serve others and being prepared to share why. In the first part of this message we talk more about what we are hoping to do with Missions as a church body and we invite you to join us in that mission. Then Pastor Steve unpacks the prophetic message from Ezekiel 37. Join with us today as we listen to find out how we shouldn't try to look like the world, and what happens when we try to disguise ourselves. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/

Being a Christian is about following 'the Way' of Jesus. We call this discipleship. This week we take a look at getting to know Jesus better, and how it is just as important to teach as it is to learn. We look at some of the things that help us to learn, and how we can practically teach. Come find out how if we want to be disciples it is so important for us to be making disciples as we uncover 'the Way' of Jesus through the story of Zacheus in Luke 19. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/

Being a Christian is about following 'the Way' of Jesus. We call this discipleship. This week we take a look at giving. So often in the church we think of giving as tithing, and while that is part of it it really doesn't capture the heart of what God intends. What if the giving God is talking about is something more, sacrificing everything? Come listen this week as Pastor Steve=, helps us look at how we can live with open hands as disciples of The Way. If you have any questions about this or any other teaching, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover-life.ca/give/

Being a Christian is about following 'the Way' of Jesus. We call this discipleship. For the past few messages we have looked at how recognizing where we are in the discipleship cycle is important for us on our journey to become like Christ. Jesus didn't call us to walk a solo journey with Him. He invited us into something so much more, into a new community the church where we are meant to see God's will carried out on earth. We call that our Kingdom Life. Pastor Steve talks about how we were made for life in relationship with God and others and invites us to consider joining a Home Church one of our groups that meets to discuss the messages, care for each other and support each other along "The Way." If you have any questions about this or any other teaching, don't hesitate to comment or email join@discover-life.ca or head to our website to find out more about who we are: https://discover-life.ca/ Do you want to support the work we do? Check out all the ways you can support us here: Support https://discover