http://www.willowparkchurch.com Weekly Messages recorded at Willow Park Church in Kelowna, BC, Canada. We hope that these messages will encourage you to love people and follow Jesus! en Weekly Messages recorded at Willow Park Church in Kelowna, BC, Canada. We hope that these messages will encourage you to love people and follow Jesus! Willow Park Church no This Week's Message @ WPC vdobson@willowparkchurch.com ℗ & © 2010 Willow Park Church 720 God calls us to put off the old way of doing things & put on the new - to make a SWITCH. However, it's not easy to make a radical change sometimes. The key is to realize that the SWITCH is actually a good thing; it will create oneness and unity with people around you. Are you ready to take the next step? How is God leading YOU to live differently? Key Passage: Ephesians 4:17-32 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/switch http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-audio-030710-gary-swabey.mp3 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:44:19 GMT Gary Swabey One sexual_purity,speech,love,forgiveness,generosity,unity,oneness,path,choice,life,way,switch,ephesians 32:44 God calls us to put off the old way of doing things & put on the new - to make a SWITCH. However, it's not easy to make a radical change sometimes. The key is to realize that the SWITCH is actually a good thing; it will create oneness and unity with people around you. Are you ready to take the next step? How is God leading YOU to live differently? Key Passage: Ephesians 4:17-32 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/switch http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-video-030710-gary-swabey.mp4 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:44:16 GMT Gary Swabey One sexual_purity,speech,love,forgiveness,generosity,unity,oneness,path,choice,life,way,switch,ephesians 32:44 Ephesians 4 draws a picture of a single cohesive Unit of Christ followers armed with purpose, confidence, single mindedness, and love - ready to take on anything and anyone at anytime. Allowing no room for "me" first. It empowers each person to realize that there is no giving up, no backing down, that this is going to happen. Most of all, it calls you to be part of the unit. Part of the team. No matter your height, weight, gender, nationality or favorite coffee joint. It says, you are not only picked for this team, you are needed to make this team complete. That's a life worth living don't you think? Key Passage: Ephesians 4 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/the-unit http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-audio-022810-scott-lanigan.mp3 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:13:02 GMT Scott Lanigan One ephesians,team,unit,purpose,unity,servant 40:12 Ephesians 4 draws a picture of a single cohesive Unit of Christ followers armed with purpose, confidence, single mindedness, and love - ready to take on anything and anyone at anytime. Allowing no room for "me" first. It empowers each person to realize that there is no giving up, no backing down, that this is going to happen. Most of all, it calls you to be part of the unit. Part of the team. No matter your height, weight, gender, nationality or favorite coffee joint. It says, you are not only picked for this team, you are needed to make this team complete. That's a life worth living don't you think? Key Passage: Ephesians 4 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/the-unit http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-video-022810-scott-lanigan.mp4 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:12:59 GMT Scott Lanigan One ephesians,team,unit,purpose,unity,servant 40:12 More often than not, I consider myself fairly open to letting God move in and shuffle things around. Yet, what I found interesting in my life this week was the fact that there are a couple places where I just kind of assumed God would not be interested. A co-worker reminded me that not only do I need to anticipate God showing up anywhere, and in any situation, but that He loves to do it. My job is to rest in that promise. I must welcome Him to show up in His time and with His agenda. Not always easy, but always worth the wait. Do you expect God in the unexpected? Key Passage: Ephesians 3:20 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/the-unexpected http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-audio-022110-scott-lanigan.mp3 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:14:24 GMT Scott Lanigan One ephesians,god,work,unexpected,life,agenda,surrender,expectations,comfort,faith,trust 39:45 More often than not, I consider myself fairly open to letting God move in and shuffle things around. Yet, what I found interesting in my life this week was the fact that there are a couple places where I just kind of assumed God would not be interested. A co-worker reminded me that not only do I need to anticipate God showing up anywhere, and in any situation, but that He loves to do it. My job is to rest in that promise. I must welcome Him to show up in His time and with His agenda. Not always easy, but always worth the wait. Do you expect God in the unexpected? Key Passage: Ephesians 3:20 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/the-unexpected http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-video-022110-scott-lanigan.mp4 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:14:21 GMT Scott Lanigan One ephesians,god,work,unexpected,life,agenda,surrender,expectations,comfort,faith,trust 39:45 If this is God’s Word to teach His church, what does this have to say about our foundation? What is our cornerstone? Is it Jesus Christ or ourselves? This very special letter to the Ephesians is a call for the church to be the CHURCH! To be ONE with Jesus Christ and with one another...to be family!...to be a place of reconciliation!...to be a place where the walls are taken down and open and honest, real relationships are formed!...to be a place where Jesus is central and at the heart and core of everything we do! Key Passage: Ephesians 2:11-22 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/no-more-walls http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-audio-021410-laurence-east.mp3 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:33:42 GMT Laurence East One church,foundation,ephesians,jesus 45:32 If this is God’s Word to teach His church, what does this have to say about our foundation? What is our cornerstone? Is it Jesus Christ or ourselves? This very special letter to the Ephesians is a call for the church to be the CHURCH! To be ONE with Jesus Christ and with one another...to be family!...to be a place of reconciliation!...to be a place where the walls are taken down and open and honest, real relationships are formed!...to be a place where Jesus is central and at the heart and core of everything we do! Key Passage: Ephesians 2:11-22 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/no-more-walls http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-video-021410-laurence-east.mp4 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:33:39 GMT Laurence East One church,foundation,ephesians,jesus 45:32 Some passages in Scripture seem just to big to preach. Either the language is so grandiose or the meaning so deep that a preacher can hardly do it justice. And so, with that in mind, this weekend let's dive into this huge passage and gaze at it ‘in awe and wonder' and marvel at just what God has done for us! We don't want to reduce a text such as this to just three points and a poem! There is so much more here that God would have us see! His grace has rescued us from the terrible mess we have made of our lives, and restores us to a life of purpose and joy - that he has prepared us for in advance! Key Passage: Ephesians 2:1-10 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/vital-signs-life http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-audio-020710-laurence-east.mp3 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:47:13 GMT Laurence East One ephesians,wonder,god,awe,grace,salvation 45:23 Some passages in Scripture seem just to big to preach. Either the language is so grandiose or the meaning so deep that a preacher can hardly do it justice. And so, with that in mind, this weekend let's dive into this huge passage and gaze at it ‘in awe and wonder' and marvel at just what God has done for us! We don't want to reduce a text such as this to just three points and a poem! There is so much more here that God would have us see! His grace has rescued us from the terrible mess we have made of our lives, and restores us to a life of purpose and joy - that he has prepared us for in advance! Key Passage: Ephesians 2:1-10 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/vital-signs-life http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-video-020710-laurence-east.mp4 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:47:10 GMT Laurence East One ephesians,wonder,god,awe,grace,salvation 45:23 Key Passage: Ephesians 1:3-14 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/blessed-beyond-measure http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-audio-013110-jeff-mcnairn.mp3 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:27:43 GMT Jeff McNairn One one,church,blessed,life 35:44 Key Passage: Ephesians 1:3-14 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/blessed-beyond-measure http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-video-013110-jeff-mcnairn.mp4 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:27:40 GMT Jeff McNairn One one,church,blessed,life 35:44 We all crave for "meaning" in our lives... we yearn to make sense of the world and our place in it. What is true? Why am I here? Timeless questions that have been asked even by the wisest of men. Erwin McManus writes: "While we may disagree on what we believe in and we may argue violently about what is true, what we can't escape is that we are all on the same quest and our soul craving is to find something to believe in... Whatever I would come to believe in, it could not simply change my mind; it had to change my life....When we search for truth, we search for God. Our souls crave the One who is true." Key Passages: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 and 12:13-14 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/meaning http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-audio-012410-jeff-mcnairn.mp3 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:25:06 GMT Jeff McNairn Soul Cravings soul,cravings,purpose,life,meaning,truth,trust,change,why,quest,looking,searching 38:32 We all crave for "meaning" in our lives... we yearn to make sense of the world and our place in it. What is true? Why am I here? Timeless questions that have been asked even by the wisest of men. Erwin McManus writes: "While we may disagree on what we believe in and we may argue violently about what is true, what we can't escape is that we are all on the same quest and our soul craving is to find something to believe in... Whatever I would come to believe in, it could not simply change my mind; it had to change my life....When we search for truth, we search for God. Our souls crave the One who is true." Key Passages: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 and 12:13-14 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/meaning http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-video-012410-jeff-mcnairn.mp4 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:25:03 GMT Jeff McNairn Soul Cravings soul,cravings,purpose,life,meaning,truth,trust,change,why,quest,looking,searching 38:32 We cannot live unaffected by love. We are most alive when we find it, most devastated when we lose it, most empty when we give up on it, most inhumane when we betray it, and most passionate when we pursue it. Can you be honest enough to admit how love pulls you, woos you, eludes you, torments you - sometimes all in the same day? You were created for relationship.This is and always will be at the core of your being. It may be hard to accept, but you are the object of God's love.You were created out of love by him, and though you may not yet realize it, your soul longs to know this love. Key Passage: Matthew 22:37-39 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/intimacy http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-audio-011710-laurence-east.mp3 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:28:20 GMT Laurence East Soul Cravings relationship,intimacy,god,love,cravings,soul 44:43 We cannot live unaffected by love. We are most alive when we find it, most devastated when we lose it, most empty when we give up on it, most inhumane when we betray it, and most passionate when we pursue it. Can you be honest enough to admit how love pulls you, woos you, eludes you, torments you - sometimes all in the same day? You were created for relationship.This is and always will be at the core of your being. It may be hard to accept, but you are the object of God's love.You were created out of love by him, and though you may not yet realize it, your soul longs to know this love. Key Passage: Matthew 22:37-39 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/intimacy http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-video-011710-laurence-east.mp4 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:28:17 GMT Laurence East Soul Cravings relationship,intimacy,god,love,cravings,soul 44:43 The search for your life starts in the hope that is found in One life - Jesus. In Jeremiah 29:13 God guarantees that you will find Him, and hope for your life, if you seek Him. However, in John 10:10 we read that Satan comes to steal, kill & destroy your life. But, remain focused on God - and He will help you achieve the destiny (abundant life) He has set out for you. Key Passage: John 10:10 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/destiny http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-audio-011010-scott-lanigan.mp3 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:16:58 GMT Scott Lanigan Soul Cravings soul,cravings,purpose,life,destiny,hope,god 42:35 The search for your life starts in the hope that is found in One life - Jesus. In Jeremiah 29:13 God guarantees that you will find Him, and hope for your life, if you seek Him. However, in John 10:10 we read that Satan comes to steal, kill & destroy your life. But, remain focused on God - and He will help you achieve the destiny (abundant life) He has set out for you. Key Passage: John 10:10 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/destiny http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-video-011010-scott-lanigan.mp4 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:16:55 GMT Scott Lanigan Soul Cravings soul,cravings,purpose,life,destiny,hope,god 42:35 How can prayer become a delight? When prayer turns into a drudgery, we will not be motivated to pray.The Bible gives clear instructions on how to keep vigilant and alert in prayer. Understanding the transforming power of gratitude will change your life and your praying forever. Key Passage: Colossians 4:2 http://www.willowparkchurch.com/sermon/keeping-vigilant-in-prayer http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/sermon-audio-010810-ron-maclean.mp3 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:54:25 GMT Ron MacLean, of Gateway Christian Community Prayer Week 2010 prayer,delight,thankfulness,gratitude 55:15