"Transforming Prayer" Series - Week #9 "Amen!" (Matthew 6:9-13)

Sunday, November 8th sermon by Pastor Kyle Van Tine 

Transforming Prayer Week #9 "Amen!" - Matthew 6:9-13

Listen to Sunday's sermon by following this link 

Summit View Church Announcements 11/15/15

CG Coaching for Transforming Prayer  

Sunday, November 15th  - Pastor Kyle Van Tine - Transforming Prayer "Amen!"   

RESOURCES FOR THE "TRANSFORMING PRAYER" SERIES

            

Growing deeper

Ice Breaker Questions

What are your plans for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s this year?

What are you most looking forward to in the Christmas season?

Questions for Study

Transforming prayer transforms our prayers

How has your view of prayer changed throughout this series?

What has been the most important biblical insight you received throughout the eight weeks of Transforming Prayer?

How do the biblical prayers we examined each week compare to your own personal prayers?

Transforming prayer transforms our character 

How has God used prayer to transform your heart, mind and will?

Which of these categories (praise, confession, request, intercession) do you need to grow in and why?   

How have you experienced the presence, guidance and love of God through prayer?

Transforming prayer transforms our future 

How will you begin to apply what you’ve learned throughout this series? What insights, techniques, or approaches will you use?

What people, decisions, situations and issues will you pray about and how will you pray about them?   

If, in the future you have the opportunity to teach someone about prayer, what you would you teach them?

"Compelled to Reflect God to Others" 2 Corinthians 2:13-3:18

2 Corinthians: A Church Compelled 

"Compelled to Reflect God to Others" 2 Corinthians 2:13-3:18

Sunday, June 21st 2015

Listen to "Compelled to Reflect God to Others" here 

Sunday, June 21st Care Group Coaching with Pastor Kyle   

"Compelled to reflect God to others" 2 Corinthians 2:13-3:18

Growing deeper

We are all ministers. True ministry starts when we accept Christ as our Lord. As receivers of the New Covenant, which has been inscribed on our hearts, all believers are equipped to be ministers because God has given us the Holy Spirit who brings us inward joy and guides us to a deeper life in Christ. A new heart, along with a new relationship, a new knowledge and true forgiveness is the promise of the New Covenant (Read Jeremiah 31:31-34). God is not looking for strength, but instead is looking for those weak enough to let him lead. True ministry comes when we die to our self, trust God in all circumstances, remember God is the source of all power and ability and then faithfully carry our message of hope to the people in our lives. Paul’s beautiful visual of aroma is hope-filled for those who carry God’s message of grace into a hostile world. Odors are pervasive. They can travel for miles and cling for days. The “sweet aroma” of our message of hope and the delight we take in Christ should give us boldness and confidence to proclaim our message to the world even if some reject it.

Read Philippians 1:19-21 and Matthew 16:24 -26.

• Think about dying to self. There is a tension between being God’s joyful captive slave being led to our deaths in God’s triumphal procession (2:14) and being alive in Christ (Colossians 2: 13). 
• What does fullness of life in Christ look like as we die to self in our ministry to others, both inside the church and out?
• Do a heart check. What are your motives for ministry (2:17)?
• Paul says that we are the “aroma of Christ to God” (2:15), meaning God delights in us and in our lives. What does knowing that our lives as Christians are a delight to God mean to you?
• What is the aroma of Christ to you? How do you delight in Christ?
• What weaknesses are you hiding behind that you need to release to Christ’s sufficiency to help you minister (3:4-6)?

Easter Series 2015: Jesus Resolved - "Jesus and Lazarus" (John 11:17-53)

Sunday, March 15th - Pastor Kyle Van Tine -  "Jesus Resolved"  (John 11:17-53) 

Listen to the sermon "Jesus Resolved" by following this link

Discussion Questions 

Resolved to Mourn  (John 11:17-37)

What are some reasons you have found, both biblically and practically, that an all-powerful and all-good God would allow suffering?

How should we respond when someone is suffering? What is helpful to say and do, and what isn’t helpful?

How have you personally experienced Christian faith and the Christian community supporting, serving and giving you hope and encouragement in the midst of your suffering?  

Resolved to Raise  (John 11:38-45)

How can we help “roll away” the stone in other people’s lives to get them to Jesus?

How do the life and ministry of Jesus change the way we understand and undergo suffering?

What does Lazarus’ resurrection teach us about God’s heart and plan for suffering?  

Resolved to Die  (John 11:46-53)

How does Jesus’ death in our place, for our sin help us when we’re struggling with condemnation and guilt?

Substitution is the heart of Christian faith, but how would you explain the mercy and justice of God to a non-Christian who is unfamiliar with the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection?   

The Gospel of Mark: "Jesus & Religion" Mark 7:1-23

JESUS AND RELIGION

The Gospel of Mark 7:1-23

1. Jesus against Religious Traditionalism (Mark 7:1-5) 
What kind of religious traditions have you seen or experienced that actually go beyond the scriptures or even contradict God’s Word?
Why is it easier to see disobedience in others instead of ourselves?
In what specific ways do you have a condemning and judgmental spirit towards others (not lovingly, graciously correcting)?

2. Jesus against Religious Hypocrisy (Mark 7:6-13)
What is involved in the process of moving from honesty to hypocrisy? What might be gained by religious hypocrisy?
Where do you see areas of justified contradiction between what you claim to believe and how you really live?

3. Jesus against Religious Externalism (Mark 7:14-23)
What’s the difference between external conformity and internal heart-transformation? How do you personally know if your obedience is from the heart or only external pressure?
Apart from the gifted righteousness of Jesus, in what areas do you try to find your value, significance and worthiness in the eyes of God or others?

You can listen to Jesus and Religion here. 

The Gospel of Mark: "Jesus & Miracles" Mark 6:30-56

Big idea: Jesus shows His kingdom through miracles of provision, power and passion. 

Jesus’ Provision
1. How have you seen God provide for you in the past?
2. How does understanding Jesus’ provision build your faith?
Jesus’ Power 
3. What are the current storms in your life?
4. How has Jesus used storms in your life to show this glory?
Jesus’ Passion 
5. How have you seen or experienced the compassion and healing power of Jesus in your life?
6. What areas of your life (past, mind, family) need healing?

You can listen to "Jesus & Miracles" here

"New" Series - Week #2 - "A New Purpose" - Titus 2:11-15

What's the purpose of life? That's one of the most important questions imaginable. The purpose of life isn't a religious question but a human question. Some say the purpose of life is to self-actualize, or to be remembered. Others will say we're alive to do good, to enjoy the act of living or that there is no objective purpose or meaning in life at all. This Sunday we opened the scriptures to to look at the New Purpose we have in Jesus. 

Big Idea: "In Jesus, we have new purpose in salvation, life, hope and mission." 

- New Purpose in Salvation (Titus 2:11)

- New Purpose in Life (Titus 2:12)

- New Purpose in Hope (Titus 2:13)

- New Purpose in Mission (Titus 2:14-15)

You can listen to "A NEW PURPOSE" here

New Year's 2015 - "A New You" - John 3:1-15

Well it's New Year’s 2015. How many of you guys have made a New Year’s Resolution? Culturally we love and celebrate New Year’s because it represents a time to start over, that we can change, that we can start off with a clean slate. I’m not against new year’s resolutions I think they can be helpful, I think they can be a form of repentance but New Year’s cannot produce a new you. Resolutions can produce behavior modification but not heart transformation

Big Idea: Jesus didn't come to make us better; he came to make us new! 

-The Necessity of New Birth (John 3:1-3) 

-The Nature of The New Birth (John 3:4-6)

-The Evidence of the New Birth (John 3:7-8)

-The Basis of the New Birth (John 3:9-15)

You can listen to "A New You" by following this link. 

  

Gear Up and Get in the FIGHT! (Spiritual Warfare)

We finished out the book of Ephesians this week with a final sermon on Spiritual Warfare from Ephesians 6:10-24 looking at (1) Who we fight, (2) What we fight and (3) How we fight. 

You can listen to the final sermon in Ephesians here.