Vineyard Church of Hopkinton
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We know what we want from prayer: help!, what now?, which direction?, why me?!. But what does God want in our prayer? Let's tune out hearts that direction and see.Por Sarah Watson
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Romans 12 teaches us how to live as peacemakers, people who bring peace into our world, and living this out requires spiritual transformation. Romans 12:2 tells us that Jesus wants to transform us into new people and that changes everything!Por Stephen Watson
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Romans 12 teaches us how to live as peacemakers, people who bring peace into our world. Be happy with those who are happy and weep with those who weep. Joining others in happiness is a blessing right?! And so is weeping with those who weep. But we don't always see it that way. Let's dig into and learn how we can bless those who are in times of pain…
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The main two ways we respond and react to conflict are to become defensive or hit back offensively. Colossians 3:12-15 teaches us that there is another path that leads to peace and it goes through the action of forgiveness.Por Stephen Watson
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Romans 12 teaches us how to live as peacemakers, people who bring peace into our world. Conflict usually breeds negativity and hurtful words. But the way of Jesus brings blessing. Speaking blessing over others (especially those we have conflict with!) brings so much health!Por Sarah Watson
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Aisha Sharifa, a guest from 24-7 prayer, is speaking from Isaiah 56:6-7 on creating a house of prayer, looking at calling we have to build a house of prayer.Por Aisha Sharifa
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Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Isaiah 56:1-8 on creating a house of prayer, looking at the Who (who is called/supposed to pray?) and What (what exactly is prayer and why do we need to do it?) of prayer.Por Stephen Watson
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Our purpose as followers of Jesus might be slightly easier to define. But our calling as individual followers of Jesus is a lot harder! Let's see what we can learn from Peter and Jesus' encounter.Por Stephen Watson
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Who am I? How do I define myself? This questions affect our lives over and over throughout the years and so often we engage with them as though they are blank slates. But the Bible gives us hope that we are not blank slates, we're created on purpose and that roots us deeply.Por Stephen Watson
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We all long for peace! Living in a world with more felt anxiety and stress than almost any other time in history often leaves us feeling less than peace-ful. Yet Jesus promises peace. John 14 begins to show us how this can possibly be.Por Sarah Watson
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This is from our Summer Mixtape series in August. Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on faith stages and soul practices.Por Sarah Watson
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In Luke 5:1-11, we're given the first encounter that Peter has with Jesus and it's filled with requests, a willingness to follow, the kindness of Jesus and even more risk! Today, we're hearing from people in our church as they share their own stories of obedience, kindness and risk.Por Vineyard Hopkinton
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John Reichart, a Vineyard pastor in Long Island who planted Vineyard Hopkinton, is speaking on Luke 22:62 and Peter's path to reconciliation with Jesus. Learning to reconcile with Jesus AFTER we fail is deeply important, let's see what we can learn about having humble hearts that just want Jesus.Por John Reichart
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Flourishing: Allowing God to be judge (means we have other things to do) (Matt. 7:1-12) - Audio
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from the Sermon on Judging. If we're allowing God, who is the judge, to do his job, then what does that mean we are supposed to do?Por Sarah Watson
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Good fruit, houses on rocks and sand and narrow vs. wide gates. Jesus is encouraging us to analyze our lives; are we building on the strong foundation of Jesus or just doing what everyone else is doing?Por Stephen Watson
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The Lord's Prayer has been the foundation of prayer for many followers of Jesus, but do we understand how it's forming us? Let's let this prayer of Jesus form us, free us and reveal the good stuff of following Jesus.Por Stephen Watson
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Joshua Chestnut is speaking on Jesus' teachings around anger. Jesus did get angry. But he also says for us not to let our anger drive us. Let's learn how to live in that in between space in whole and healthy and Spirit led ways.Por Joshua Chestnut
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on Jesus' teachings around lust, divorce, going an extra mile and more. It's a lot of rules and doing! Why does Jesus teach us about these things? He says it's because of love.Por Sarah Watson
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Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on Jesus' teaching to be salt and light in our world. Which is deeply connected to seeing our lives as flourishing. Flourishing people bring life to those around them!Por Stephen Watson
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Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Proverbs on the invitation to be wise parents and to be children of God, people who wisely accept the leading of a good God.Por Stephen Watson
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Proverbs on learning to have wisdom with our words, words that are few, true and reject false choices.Por Sarah Watson
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Proverbs 14. What does it look like to build a life based in Godly wisdom? Proverbs teaches that wisdom is based in the fear of the Lord, but that's not a commonly defined term! Let's dig in and see what we can learn about building our lives well.…
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Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is talking speaking about money from Proverbs. The encouragement of the Bible is to live with simplicity and generosity (vs. debt and greed). Let's take time to see how the Bible encourages us to live wisely with our money.Por Stephen Watson
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is talking speaking from Proverbs 31. An oft-quoted chapter, that is not about what women should be but about how we should honor women.Por Sarah Watson
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Rod Klinger, a leader in our church, is talking about worship. We spend somewhere around 1/3 to a 1/2 of our weekly gathering singing songs. Why do we do this?! How is singing formational? Listen in as we learn why we worship the way we do.Por Rod Klinger
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is talking about communion. The way we worship forms us. And we all worship something. Why do we take communion (the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper) regularly together?Por Sarah Watson
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Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is talking about liturgy and worship. The way we worship forms us. And we all worship something. Why do we pray the way we do? And what does that say about who we are praying to?Por Stephen Watson
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Revelation 21-22. God's plan for the end is good news and that should change our expectation of now. Heaven is not for then. Heaven is for here.Por Sarah Watson
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Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Revelation 18-20. What about the end of the world? The same Jesus we see on Good Friday and Easter Sunday will return and when he returns LIFE comes to all. What does that look like for you and I today? How can we accept this new life?Por Stephen Watson
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on the resurrection of Jesus on that Easter morning. What does the reality of the resurrection bring to our lives? Purpose. Hope. Identity.Por Sarah Watson
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Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on the Crucifixion account. Two (largely) unnamed groups play a role in this story: the crowd and the friends. What do both groups teach us about what it looks like to follow Jesus faithfully in times of exhaustion, when "everyone else" is living something contrary to the way of Jesus?…
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Rob Davis, founding pastor, is speaking on Palm Sunday. What does it look like to live a Palm Sunday celebratory reality, while also acknowledging that we are living a basic, everyday Monday sort of life?Por Rob Davis
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Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Revelation 12-14. We have hints of the spiritual war happening all around us. What if they are nudges towards Jesus? How can we allow these reminders to change the way we live?Por Stephen Watson
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on Revelation 11. It's a picture of the church; what the church is called to be and can be today.Por Sarah Watson
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Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on Revelation 6-8. These chapters are filled with death and destruction, yet the early church found hope in them. Let's refocus our eyes on the goodness of following a God who actively brings justice into a world filled with injustice.Por Stephen Watson
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Jose Luis Ruz, guest speaker from the Barcelona Spain Vineyard, is speaking on the Kingdom of God and how a proper understanding of Jesus' main message changes how we live our lives.Por Vineyard Hopkinton
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We all worship something and our worship is never neutral. Revelation teaches us about worship in ways we might be surprised by, but that leave us focused on Jesus even more clearly.Por Stephen Watson
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What exactly is the goal of this unique book? It's to disciple people living in 7 cities on what it looks like to follow Jesus in hard times. And it's to disciple US! on what it looks like to follow Jesus.Por Stephen Watson
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is starting off the series by giving us an overview of this (at times very confusing) book that ends the Bible. What is the book of Revelation all about? Why does it matter to me?Por Sarah Watson
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on the discipline of simplicity. How do we live lives filled with contentment? How do we keep our eyes focused on Jesus (and not on stuff)? Learning to value simplicity leads us in the right direction.Por Sarah Watson
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In Luke 1, Zechariah finds out his wife is going to be pregnant and his reply of "What? ha!" was not what God was looking for. 10 months of silence turned into a gift for a man who was struggling to see God move. What can silence do in our lives?Por Sarah Watson
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Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on making space for solitude. When Jesus reached his limits, he would get away to be with his Father. How do we live this out?Por Stephen Watson
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on making space for the Scripture, looking at Paul's encouragement about the Bible in 2 Timothy 3.Por Sarah Watson
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Stephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking on Christmas Eve from Luke 2. What does it look like to choose Joy this Christmas? Let's learn from a young mother who experienced a lot on that first Christmas.Por Stephen Watson
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Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking from Luke 3 on John the Baptist. John lived a unique life but he was called the greatest prophet. Why? Simply because he was the closest to the Messiah, Jesus.Por Sarah Watson
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This is from Luke 1:26-38 on Mary. Mary said yes because she had confidence in the plan of God for her life. What does it look like to live lives filled with contentment in our time?Por Stephen Watson
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Isaiah tells us about the Prince of Peace leading us into battle and bringing about surprising results, like joy and peace. When we're armed like Jesus, we'll be able to bring life to those around us.Por Stephen Watson
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This is from our Advent series. Sarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is speaking about thankfulness from Psalm 103. Let's learn how to stop turning blessings into burdens.Por Sarah Watson
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Jesus left the disciples with clear instructions...sit still and don't go anywhere until I tell you more! 10 days in that upper room probably got a little uncomfortable. What does Jesus have to teach us about the places and times we need to wait? How can they be spaces for transformation instead of bitterness?…
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Our faith is deeply connected to our hope that Jesus is with us. The promises that we hold onto are connected to the promise that Jesus is with us. Let's learn how to live as people who's promises are tied to the presence of Jesus.Por Sarah Watson
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