Posts tagged Miscellaneous
‘New Year - a time for reflection’ by Owen Lynch - 2 January 2022
‘New Year - a time for reflection’ by Owen Lynch - 2 January 2022

The New Year can be a brilliant time to reflect on where we have come from, where we are and where we want to be, practically, emotionally and spiritually. But how can we do this well?

In this talk, Owen Lynch suggests five questions to help process some important aspects of our spiritual and emotional health: are we growing weary of any spiritual habits or rhythms, are we becoming judgmental, are we becoming more or less approachable, are we measuring spiritual life in superficial ways, and are we authentic with other people?

Reflecting on these questions can help us find where we might want to do things differently in 2022, and there are some practical suggestions to help build healthy habits.

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Owen LynchSevern VineyardNew Year, Miscellaneous
'The Life of 'Try'' by Jordan Seng - 25 April 2021
'The Life of 'Try'' by Jordan Seng - 25 April 2021

What is faith about? In this talk, Jordan Seng from Bluewater Mission Church in Hawaii looks at how they have built up so many stories of seeing God do amazing things, not just because they believed but because they put their faith into action and tried. This isn't the same as succeeding - sometimes the pressure to feel we must succeed puts us off trying, and that might be the root of our problems. Jesus can give us the encouragement to try. Can we build a culture of trying and, even in celebrating spectacular failures, see more of God's kingdom goodness than ever before?

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Jordan SengSevern VineyardMiscellaneous, Jesus, Talents
'You are salt and light' by Jimmy Rocks - March 8 2020

Can people know what God is like by looking at us? In this talk, Jimmy Rocks, who planted a Vineyard church with his family in Florianapolis, Brazil, looks at how God made us to give people a taste of his kingdom and to shine with his light in a world which is often dark. So how does God immerse us in his kingdom world and renew our minds and understanding of the world around us? This is more than ideas - it's practical and life-changing as God can use us to bring heaven to earth.

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'Choose Life' by Simon Guillebaud - February 23 2020

What is God asking you to choose? In this talk, Simon Guillebaud, International Director of Great Lakes Outreach in Burundi, looks at nine challenging but life-giving choices we might need to make to follow Jesus faithfully: clarity or trust, obedience or disobedience, cynicism or action, urgency or apathy, faith or fear, gratitude or grumpiness, comfort or the cross, rules or relationship, death or life.

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'Kingdom people' by Zeke Rink - November 24 2019

What does it take to be great? In this talk, Zeke Rink from Vineyard's youth festival DTI (Dreaming The Impossible) looks at what Jesus told people who wanted to know about greatness in God's kingdom. It involves changing our minds and attitudes, becoming like little children and welcoming children in his name. This was a surprise for people trying to deal with their crises of identity and purpose in a self-centred way. What would happen if, instead of seeking power, we embraced change with humility and committed to invest in young people?

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