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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: Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 95 The One Thing: Get the name right. Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What do you need to learn from the lesson of the water? Grow G1 Dan had an epiphany on the loo. Have you ever had an epiphany in an unusual place? G2 When do you grumble, and why? What does it say about your view of, and faith in, God? How seriously do you take it? Exodus 17:1 ( taken from God's Word for You) G3 What do you make of the change of name of this place from “Rephidim” (Resting Place) to “Massah (Temptation) + Meribah (”Strife”)? Could it have gone differently? G4 Don’t present your requests to God through prayer and thanksgiving. Instead worry about everything (Philippians 4:6) Wha

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: Genesis 12:1-4 The One Thing: Reset forward Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 Is there anything you would say “no” to, if God asked you to do it? What would that be? Grow G1 Do you think that your life need to “reset forward”? Why or why not? G2 What is the difference between a mid-life crisis and an Abraham-style “reset forward”? G3 Gen 11:31-32 | Why do you think Terah (Abram’s dad) stopped at Haran instead of continuing to Canaan? G4 Gen 12:1 | How might Terah’s example have been influential in Abram listening to God’s call to leave and go? G5 What examples have you received from previous generations that have made you the person you are today? How can you acknowledge these influenc

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/ The Passage: Psalm 32 (Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11) The One Thing: Boot Camp for the Soul | Joy Following Sin Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 Have you ever done Boot Camp - what was it like? If not, what is the most physically tough thing you’ve ever done? Grow G1 We’ve heard about the temptation that comes before sin. Dan mentioned a temptation that comes after sin. What was he referring to? G2 Psalm 32:2-3 | How is keeping silent (3) a form of deceit (2)? G3 Psalm 32:4 | Why is David so descriptive with the physical manifestations of keeping silent? What implications does this have on how we understand confession? G4 Psalm 32:6 | There’s a real sense of urgency in this verse. How so? In what way does this

The Passage: 2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9 The One Thing No one except Jesus alone Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 Have you ever had a mountain-top experience with Jesus? Share about it with your group and what impact it has had on your life? Grow G1 2 Peter 1:17 | What is Peter referring to when he talks about “The Majestic Glory”. What images does this phrase bring to your mind? What emotional response do you have to it? G2 2 Peter 2:16 | Why does Peter make a point of saying they were eyewitnesses? Why does this matter in the context of the verse? G3 2 Peter 2:19 | The “prophetic word” is Scripture (see verse 20). What does it mean that the word is “strongly confirmed”? How has the truth of the Bible been a “lamp shining in a dark place” for you and your life? G4 Why does it matter that the mountain top experience of Matthew 17:1-9 is bookended by a call to self-denial / sacrifice (Matt 16:24-28) and a failure in ministry due to lack of faith (Matt 17:14-20)? G5 Matthew 17:9 | Put yourself in the p

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/ The Passage  Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 119:1-8  The One Thing  Choose Life  Growgroup Discussion Starters  Know  K1 What spoke to you about the life that Brittany and Matthew have chosen, and the road they took to get there? Would you choose to be a dairy farmer? Why or why not? (https://youtu.be/VBU95DaW7n8).  Grow  G1 Deut. 30:15-16 | Why does Moses connect loving God, walking in his ways and keeping his commands with “choosing life”? In this example, what would then be “choosing death”?  G2 Deut. 30:17-18 | Today we hear a lot about “your truth” or “my truth”. How do Moses words challenge this way of thinking?  G3 Deut. 30:17-18 | What are some of the “other gods” we’re tempted to worship today? If they lead to death, then why do we so often choose

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/ The Passage: Matthew 5:13-20 The One Thing: We Make The Invisible God Visible Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 Would you rather live in a world without salt or artificial light? How would either change your life? Grow G1 Dan mentioned some scientific impossibilities (attaining absolute zero, travelling faster than the speed of light etc). Can you think of any other impossibilities? G2 5:13 | If salt cannot lose its flavour (because sodium chloride is a stable compound), what does Jesus means when he says that we can lose our saltiness? G3 5:13 | What does Jesus means when he says “You are the salt of the earth”? G4 5:14 | What about “You are the light of the world?” G5 5:15 | What would motivate someone to hide their lamp under a baske

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/ The Passage: Matthew 5:1-12 The One Thing: When you realize you are not enough, God is. Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What did you feel God saying to you during the message / worship service? Grow G1 “When you realize you are not enough, God becomes enough”. Flip this around: if you don’t realize you’re “not enough”, will you still experience the enough-ness of God? Why or why not? G2 What do you think Dan meant when differentiated between “longing for something” and having “something to long for?” Why might having “something to long for” be an step up from “longing for something”? G3 What are the benefits of body positivity? Dangers? Why is spirit poverty a better foundation for life than body positivity? G4 Why might being “poor i

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 The Passage: Matthew 4:12-23 The One Thing: Called by Jesus. Called to Jesus. Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 We often introduce ourselves to people using our vocation. What is it about your vocation that people often misunderstand or don’t understand? Grow G1 How do you identify yourself – vocation? Gender / sexuality? What might the benefits of this? Dangers or pitfalls? G2 Matt 4:15-16 | THE ADDRESS | Think of where you are spiritually. In what ways do you live in Zebulun (Nazareth - despised) or Naphtali (struggle)? Consider this to be your address. God knows where you live. Be encouraged. G3 Matt 4:17 | THE PACKAGE | “Repent” (metanoeō) means to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction). Dan summa

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/ The Passage: Psalm 40:1-11, 1 Cor. 1:1-9 The One Thing: Seeing and Saying Things In A New Way Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 Where are you right now: on the rock or in the pit? Grow G1 When David talks about being rescued from the pit and lifted to the rock he’s not ONLY talking about initial salvation. How can we tell (see verse 17 for a clue)? G2 How would you counsel someone who is disheartened about being in “the pit” again? G3 What 2 things do we need to do to get out of “the pit” (verse 1)? G4 What do you think of the idea that a sign of maturity is that you’re spending less time in the pit and more time on the rock? G5 Pit-deniers say “Praise God, there is no pit!”. Pit-dwellers say “The pit is the only thing there is!” 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/ The Passage: Psalm 29:7-11, Matthew 3:16-17, Isaiah 42:1-4, Matthew 3:15 The One Thing: The Voice of God. The Voice of Truth. Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 Remember a voice from your childhood. Try to hear it in your head. What emotions / memories does this voice conjure up? Grow G1 When you are quiet: what voices or tones of voice do you hear – are they largely positive or negative in nature? G2 Which aspect of God spoke to you most this morning: the Powerful Voice of Yahweh? The Affirming Voice of the Father? The Gentle Voice of the Servant? The Confident Voice of Jesus? G3 How does your reading of Psalm 29 change if you understand the “waters” to mean the forces of chaos? G4 What voices are living rent-free in your head? G5 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/ The Passage: Isaiah 63:7-9, Matthew 2:13-23 The One Thing: What has gotten into God? Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 When you think of God, what do you think motivates him? Grow G1 Isaiah 63:7 | What does it mean to you that God DOES stuff based on his compassion and abundance of unfailing love? G2 How have you experienced God’s unfailing love in 2022? G3 Isaiah 63:9 | Look at the life of Jesus, how did he suffer like other humans have suffered? G4 Why is it important to follow the Christmas story beyond the Nativity scene to Matthew chapter 2:13 and on? What do we learn about Jesus’ life as we continue reading? How might these events have left their mark on him as he grew up? G5 Hebrews 2:17-18 | What does it mean that Jesus suffere

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/ The Passage: Luke 2:4-10, 2 Cor 1:3-4, Matt 1:23, The One Thing: Let God Wrap You In Comfort and Joy Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 When you’re sleeping, do you like your sheets tucked in tight, or laying loosely over you? Grow G1 What quilt do you need wrapped around you this Christmas? One of comfort or one of joy? G2 How did Jesus bring ‘comfort’ and ‘joy’ that first Christmas time? G3 How can God bring comfort or joy to you? G4 Why doesn’t God just remove us from all painful or hard situations that require comfort in the first place? Why doesn’t he place us in a pain-free / trouble-free existence? G5 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 | How can you be God’s quilt of comfort or joy to something this Christmas season? Show S1 Why not find a q

Weekly live worship service from Cornerstone Church, North Gower (Ontario) FOLLOW US #northgowercornerstone WEBSITE https://www.knowgrowshow.ca/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/northgowerc... FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/northgowerco... The Passage: Follow the sign The One Thing: Isaiah 7:10-16, Matthew 1:18-25 Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 Have you ever asked God for a sign? Or interpreted something as a sign from God? What was it? Grow G1 Isaiah 7:10 | God offered a sign (any sign) to Ahaz to show he could trust God. Why do you think Ahaz refused? G2 Isaiah 7:16-17 | Ahaz made a harmful alliance with Assyria to help Judah out of a difficult situation. What kind of unhelpful / harmful alliances do we tend to make that we think will help, but only end up making our situations worse? G3 How might things have turned out differently in Isaiah 7 if Ahaz HAD taken up God on His offer for a sign of His love and presence? G4 How does knowing the background of Isaiah 7:14 help us understa

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/ The Passage: James 5:7-11 The One Thing: Do some spiritual cardio Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 Think of pop culture (movies, music etc). How does today’s society define the word “heart”? Grow G1 James 5:8 | Read this week’s verse: You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near. What word stands out to you the most in this verse? Why? G2 For James’ readers, this verse had to wait 20 years for “the Lord’s coming” (AD 70, when the Romans sacked Jerusalem). How is knowing the historical context of this verse helpful to us reading the verse today? G3 James 5:10-11 | How are the prophets an example to us in patience and waiting? What about Job? G4 James 5:8 | Why is it important that we strengthen our

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/ The Passage: Isaiah 11.1-10 (Romans 15.4-13) The One Thing: Smelling great Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 Finish the sentence: “Wake up and smell the ______”. What’s your favourite Christmas aroma? What about your least favourite? Grow G1 If you had to go without one of your five sense (assuming you have all five) which would you give up? G2 Isaiah 11:2 | What do you make of the pairings of “Spirits” listed in this verse? How is the image of a Menorah helpful in understanding this verse? Where else in scripture might we see this “Sevenfold Spirit”? G3 Isaiah 11:3 | Dan said that the “Fear of the Lord” is the foundation of the other “Spirits”. Give it a go and try to explain “the fear of the Lord”. Why is it so important? (see end of v

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/ The Passage: Romans 13:11-14, Isaiah 2:1-5 The One Thing: Encountering Emmanuel: Starting The Day Right. Know  K1 If you could wear one outfit every day for the rest of your life, what would you wear?  Grow  G1 Why is starting the day right so important – emotionally, physically, spiritually?  G2 Think of your daily routine: does it help you start the day right or not? What would you / should you change? 

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/ The Passage: Colossians 1.9-20 The One Thing: Disciples are all about Jesus Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What is your favourite worship song? Google the lyrics. Tell 1 or 2 things this song tells you about God? Grow G1 1:15 | “He is the image of the invisible God”. What does visible Jesus reveal to us about the invisible God? List attributes of Jesus, then apply these to the Father. G2 1:15-20 | Read out loud Colossians 1:15-20. As you are reading, loudly emphasize every “all” or “everything”. How many did you read? What does this tell us about Christ? G3 1:15-20 | How does the fact that this is an early church hymn change how you read this passage? G4 Why do you think Paul repeats the phrase FIRSTBORN in “firstborn over all creati

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/ The Passage: Isaiah 65.17-25 The One Thing: Disciples know everything sad is coming untrue Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 When it comes to your time, would you prefer your ceremony to be called a funeral or celebration of life? Why? Grow G1 Andrew Peterson wrote about the silence of God (youtu.be/2O1bNzlv7tg). Have you experienced the silence of God? Why don’t think God just arranges things so we can hear Him all the time? G2 Think about Jason Gray’s lyrics: “I believe everything sad is coming untrue In the hands of the one who is making all things new”. Where do you see this being lived out? And do you struggle with this lyric at all? G3 Which funeral are you most looking forward to: the funeral for death (20)? Fear (21-22)? Dissatisf

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 The Passage: Ephesians 1:11-23 The One Thing: Saints pray God’s heart over other saints Growgroup Discussion Starters Know K1 What good does it do our souls to celebrate All Saints Day in the church calendar? (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day) Grow G1 Who is your favourite “hero of the faith” or “saint” from church history? G2 1:17 | How might it change your prayer if you knew you were praying a prayer that the Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) was already a HUGE fan of, and had even written themselves? G3 1:18 | What does it mean to have “the eyes of your hearts enlightened”? Why does Paul use such a poetic phrase? How does this intersect with the phrase “wisdom and revelation” in verse 17? G4 1:18 | What is the “glorious

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/ The Passage: Luke 18:9-14 The One Thing How Disciples Live: Disciples Detour To Justification Growgroup Discussion Starters Know Discuss one of the following questions: K1 How was the experience of praying “God have mercy on me a sinner” in church on Sunday for you? K2 Think of a detour that you took that turned out to be a surprisingly great experience. Or instead share about a shortcut that you wish you hadn’t taken? Grow G1 Luke 18:9 | Read Jesus’ introduction to this parable. What do you make of His pointed words? G2 Luke 18:10-12 | Why did Dan describe pride or self-justification as a SHORT-CUT to justification? G3 Luke 18:13 | In what was is humility a DETOUR to justification? G4 Luke 18:10-13 | Contrast the words or attitude of the tax