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Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 The One Thing: Prayer + gratitude = joy.

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Mark 1:1-8 The One Thing: Rewild Your Heart Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did you sense the Holy Spirit saying to you through today’s message (or the gathering as a whole)? Grow G1 There was pent up frustration within the nation of Israel accompanied by hopeful longing for something better when John the Baptist burst onto the scene. For us, what modern event might compare with John the Baptist’s arrival in 1st century Judea?* G2 Why did God do so much work in Biblical people’s lives “in the wilderness”? What is the connection between the outdoors and meeting with God? What options are there for people with limited mobility? G3 In what way do you think our addiction to entertainme

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Mark 13:24-37 The One Thing: Now In A Minute Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 “Now in a minute” is a typical Welsh phrase. Can you think of any Canadian phrases that might sound strange to outsiders? Grow G1 Mark 13:24-37 uses apocalyptic language that modern ears are unused to hearing. How does Jesus’ description of the cosmic catastrophes that will accompany his return strike you? Are these visions simply employed as dramatic descriptions of his arrival or should we expect a shaking of the heavens replete with falling stars and a veil of darkness? G2 Jesus calls his followers to keep their eyes open, to stay awake, and to be vigilant in their watch for him. In what ways do we do this?

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Ephesians 1:15-23 The One Thing: Powered Up But Grounded Ephesians 1:15-23 Flowchart Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did God say to you through today’s teaching? Grow G1 1:15 Read the start of Paul’s letters and see how many of them start with this “grateful for you” and “praying for you” connection. Why do you think Paul uses this motif so often? G2 How has your view of Heaven / the Kingdom of Heaven changed throughout this series? G3 How helpful was the infographic in tracing God’s commitment to our spiritual growth? Was there anything that surprised you or stuck with you? G4 1:17 | The Trinity are committed to you knowing God better. How committed are you [From 1 (hardly at al

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 The One Thing: Be alert. Your country needs lerts. Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did God say to you through today’s teaching? Grow G1 1 Thess 5:5-6 | What is the connection between our identity and how we behave? Which statement is more accurate: (1) we behave we belong (2) we belong because we behave? G2 Are you prepared for when the Day of the Lord comes, or is it going to surprise you? G3 1 Thess. 5:8 | Is the faith and love and hope (also 1 Cor 13: 13) we to wear as armour OUR faith and love and hope, or the faith and love and hope of JESUS? Explain your reasoning. G4 1 Thess 5:6-7 | The two alternatives to being awake or alert are sleep and intoxica

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 The One Thing: Encourage each other with truth Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did God say to you through today’s teaching? Grow G1 Revelation 11:15 talks about this world becoming the kingdom of Jesus. Do you think we take verses like this seriously enough? Why or why not? G2 Discuss the idea of the Kingdom of Heaven being wherever Jesus Christ reigns, rather than a place where we go to when we die. How does this impact your outlook on life? G3 Paul roots his encouragement of an anxious church in two things: the Cross (v14) and the Bible (v15). Why are these two so fundamental to staying encouraged? Why do we so often overlook them? G4 Dan explained that

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Revelations 7:9-17 The One Thing: The other side of the curtain Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did God say to you through today’s teaching? Grow G1 7:9 | Think about how disunited our world is, or even our churches. How does the vision of a united international church strike you? G2 Someone asks you to explain what heaven is. What do you say? G3 Today is All Saints Day. How does the popular understanding of a saint differ from a Biblical saint? G4 7:11-12 | What grabs you most about the scene in Revelation 7: the saints before the throne? God on the throne? The angels around the throne? The Lamb in the centre of the throne? What does the throne being the focal point communicate

Music: Soaking in His Presence (1 Hour) By William Augusto. Available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube etc Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did God say to you through today’s meditation? Grow G1 What kinds of loss have you experienced / are you going through? G2 Do you think our culture (church culture or Canadian culture) deals with loss well? Why do you think this? G3 How is loss an enemy of gratitude? Do you think it always HAS to be? Share your thoughts. G4 Which of Dan’s four points did you find most meaningful? o Loss is unexpected. o Loss is a part of life. o Loss does not stop God’s purposes. o Things will never be the same (and that’s OK) G5 How helpful were the times of silence / meditati

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Matthew 22:15-22 The One Thing: The Freedom of Boundaries. Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did God say to you through today’s teaching? Grow G1 Why do you think two enemies (Pharisees and Herodians) came together to trick Jesus? What was it about Jesus that threatened both of these (very different) groups? G2 What might be an issue from today’s world / culture where Christians might feel “caught between a rock and a hard place”? G3 “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s”. What does being a good citizen mean to today’s Christians (particularly in Canada)? G4 22:20 | Jesus said that the “image and description” of the denarius gave clues as to WHO the coin belonged to. In what way do yo

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Philippians 4:1-9   The One Thing: Trading worries for peace through prayer.   Growgroup Discussion Starters  Know  K1 What did the Holy Spirit highlight to you in this morning’s teaching?  Grow  G1 4:4-5 | How is your balance of joy and gentleness? Why do you think Paul emphasises both? Why do they need each other? Which are you strongest in?  G2 Think about the image of worry being like a “full and unflushed toilet”, prayer being the flush and God’s peace being the clean water that fills back in. Did you appreciate this picture? Why or why not? Can you think of a different analogy?  G3 What are you most worried about? Verbalize it to God. Don’t worry about how it sounds or what you say. Just tell h

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Deuteronomy 8:7-18 The One Thing: Amnesia erases God from our lives Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did the Holy Spirit highlight to you in this morning’s teaching? Grow G1 How much is enough? G2 I How did you feel when you received your first paycheque? G3 Are you in the Good Land (Deut. 8:10) right now? Or the Great and Terrible Wilderness (v15)? What leads you to this conclusion? G4 What is God teaching you during this time? G5 What are the dangers / blessings of being either in the “Great and Terrible Wilderness” or in the “Good Land”? G6 How do you respond to the idea of money being a “training ground for eternity”? G7 Wesley lived by the philosophy “Gain all you can. Sa

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Exodus 17:1-7 The One Thing: Nostalgia robs our past, present and future. Growgroup questions Know K1 What struck you about today’s message? Grow G1 Which era are you most nostalgic for? Why do you think this is? G2 How can nostalgia lead to grumbling and ingratitude (read Exodus 16:3 and Numbers 11:4-6)? G3 How would you define nostalgia? Is nostalgia ALWAYS negative / dangerous? G4 How might nostalgia distort the past? An example? G5 How might nostalgia deconsecrate the present? An example? G6 How might nostalgia destroy the future? An example? G7 As you get older, are you getting more or less nostalgic? Why is this? Show S1 Think of Evelyn’s story: what encouraged you about what

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Matthew 18:21-35 The One Thing: Forgiven as we forgive. Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What struck you about today’s message? Grow G1 Do you think Jesus demand re: forgiveness is realistic? What about war crimes? Rape? Murder? G2 Where are you in the story? Who do you identify with? G3 Why did Jesus use such absurdly HIGH numbers when answering Peter about forgiveness: 490 times to forgive someone? The servant owed $6 Billion Dollars? Why didn’t Jesus make it a bit more realistic? G4 Did anything strike you about Hadassah’s story? (You can read it in full here -kellyrbaker.com/free-from-bitterness-and-resentment/ G5 Imagine being the servant forgiven of a $6 Billion debt. What are y

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: 1 John 1:5-2:1 The One Thing: Jesus knows you’re broken. Come to Him anyways. Growgroup questions Know K1 If someone were new in town and asked you why they should go to Cornerstone, what would you say? Grow G1 Can you think of a time when someone was lying, you knew that they were lying and yet still they maintained that lie? Have you ever done this? G2 What does John mean when he’s talks about a) light b) darkness? How might be his understanding of light and darkness surprise us? G3 Read v7: How does being honest about our sins / brokenness lead to fellowship with each other? Wouldn’t it alienate us from each other? G4 Most of us would never claim that we’ve not sinned. But what are som

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Matthew 18:15-20 The One Thing: Don’t win over them. Win them over. Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did you hear the Holy Spirit speaking to you about during the teaching? Grow G1 What are positive ways that society today tells or teaches us to deal with hurts or wounds we’ve received? Negative? G2 What are some effective ways you’ve found to address hurts or conflicts in your personal or professional life? G3 What do you think about Jesus’ advice regarding approaching people who have hurt you in Matthew 18:15-20? G4 When dealing with hurt, are you more likely to ghost the person who hurt you (sweep it under the rug) or blast them (tell everyone you know)? G5 In cases of abuse

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow Guest Worship Leader: Ryan King Guest Speaker: Outreach Team from Teen Challenge Renfrew Watch the full service here - https://youtu.be/4xtv5jOG6TE PLEASE NOTE: The Teen Challenge speakers have been anonymized for their own privacy and protection.

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Acts 17:16-27 The One Thing: God is Not Far From Any Of Us Today we have a guest speaker, Dan Noel. He is sharing about how the Lighthouse Cafe is sharing Good News For Tough Times with the people of Smiths Falls, Ontario. https://thelighthousecafe.ca/ 

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The Passage: Romans 10:4-15 The One Thing: Being right with God is closer than you think. Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did you hear the Holy Spirit speaking to you about during the teaching? Grow G1 Have you ever tried something new and enjoyed it (like Dan with Sushi) based on the recommendation of someone else? Share your story. G2 Romans 10:4-5. What does Paul mean when he says “Christ is the END of the law for everyone who believes”? G3 Romans 10:6-7: in what ways are we tempted to save ourselves by our own effort? In these verses how is Paul communicating that Jesus (a) cares enough to save and (b) is powerful to save? G4 Romans 10:6-7, 9 Why is belief in the INCARNATION and the RES

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow Guest Speaker: Rev Miranda Valentini The One Thing: The Choice Is Yours The Passage: Romans 9 (focusing on 9:22-33)

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowercornerstone/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowercornerstone/ LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/knowgrowshow The One Thing: God is way ahead of us The Passage: Romans 8:26-39 (focusing on Romans 8:26-30) Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did the Holy Spirit reveal to you during today’s teaching? Grow G1 Do you believe that God is “way ahead of you”? Do you trust him? G2 Romans 8:28 In what ways might we take this verse out of context? G3 Romans 8:27 Think about this name for God: the Searcher of Hearts. How does your heart respond to this title for God? What is God searching for according to this verse? G4 Romans 8:26 What is the Spirit’s role in God searching our hearts? G5 Romans 8:29-30 What does it mean for God to foreknow us? What is the order that we see in this verse stemming from that forek