http://www.churchatbethany.com A new independent Christian church that meets at Stoller Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon. en A new independent Christian church that meets at Stoller Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon. Church! at Bethany no Church! at bethany matt@churchatbethany.com ℗ & © 2010 Church! at Bethany 720 Impact Your Community Big Idea: The mission of Jesus calls us to have an impact "as you go" into the world; this includes your community. http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/your-community http://www.churchatbethany.com/mediafiles/your-community.mp3 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:36:59 GMT Matt Payne Impact impact,podcast,matt_payne,the_world 32:23 Impact the World Big Idea: The mission of Jesus calls us to IMPACT the World http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/the-world http://www.churchatbethany.com/mediafiles/the-world.mp3 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:45:25 GMT Matt Payne Impact impact,podcast,matt_payne,the_world 25:50 Hope http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/hope http://www.churchatbethany.com/mediafiles/hope.mp3 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:04:31 GMT He's Still* Got the Whole World in His Hands podcast 35:27 Pray Until the Peace Comes http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/pray-until-the-peace-comes http://www.churchatbethany.com/mediafiles/pray-until-the-peace-comesmp3.mp3 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:43:02 GMT He's Still* Got the Whole World in His Hands hope : Nothing New http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/nothing-new http://www.churchatbethany.com/mediafiles/nothing-new.mp3 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:29:38 GMT He's Still* Got the Whole World in His Hands podcast 21:02 Start the New Year off thinking about the direction you are going. http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/direction http://www.churchatbethany.com/mediafiles/direction.mp3 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:23:13 GMT Mark Stegall Start the New Year off thinking about the direction you are going. direction,new_year 29:32 What will you find this Christmas? You will find what you are looking for. God is seeking to give you gifts of forgiveness, peace, and eternal life. Will you accept it? http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/what-will-you-find-this-christmas http://www.churchatbethany.com/mediafiles/what-will-you-find-this-christmas.mp3 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:47:51 GMT Matt Payne Christmas christmas,message,jesus,god,forgiveness,peace,eternal_life,guilt 35:10 Prayer Big Idea: Prayer is about hearing from God rather than telling Him what we want Him to do. What if someone came up to you and said “Would you teach me to pray?” 85-90% of people would say “Don’t ask me, ask so and so (some official spiritual person)” or they would say “It’s a very personal thing, everybody needs to pray in their own way” which is another way of saying “Don’t ask me.” Prayer starts with God, not you. Things were happening in Samuel’s life, and Eli was teaching him to respond to God. We tend to think that prayer is US starting the conversation with God, that we are the initiators. The story shows us that wasn’t the case for us, that God is speaking to us constantly. Now obviously, it’s not like Samuel, where God comes and stands by his bed (or maybe it is and we just can’t see him or hear Him? The story doesn’t say Samuel saw Him, only that he heard Him.) But God is speaking to us. Apply this to both my own prayer life and the prayer life of my kids if I have kids. I need to learn and teach my children that prayer never truly starts with me. I’m responding to what God is saying to me in my life. God is already speaking to each of us every day in a myriad of ways. Prayer doesn’t start with us, it’s responding to God. God starts the conversation, not us. Prayer is not so much “what am I supposed to say?” or just saying what I have to say and then being done praying, it is thinking about and reflecting on what God has been saying to me and responding to that in what I say back. That’s why Samuel is told to say to God “Speak Lord, your servant is listening.” Prayer is more about listening than talking. Prayer is more about doing what God wants me to do instead of telling God what I want him to do. http://read.ly/e/ii http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/prayer http://www.churchatbethany.com/mediafiles/prayer-faithwerks.mp3 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:41:13 GMT Matt Payne FAITHWERKS faithwerks,church!_at_bethany_podcast,matt_payne,prayer 29:29 Integration Big Idea: We need to hear from God every day and not just when we are in church. There is a disconnect between church and home. We still see church as the primary spiritual developer of the family. Yet, God created the family as the place of spiritual development. The challenge is that so many kids are growing up without any kind of spiritual foundation at home. Its not part of lives. The role of the church is to help equip families. We need to admit we need help and we need to seek out the help we need. The Solution to what works is leveraging the hours we have with our children to the fullest potential. http://read.ly/e/gt http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/integration http://www.churchatbethany.com/mediafiles/integration.mp3 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:09:29 GMT Matt Payne FAITHWERKS faithwerks,church!_at_bethany_podcast,matt_payne,integration 33:57 Lies - November 15th We are all held hostage to lies. The big lie that most of us are held hostage to that is the collective sum of all lies is “God can’t change me.” We get caught up in the horrible cycle of promise, failure, and guilt that leads us to believe that nothing will ever change. We tell ourselves “this is just the way I am.” We buy the lie and believe that if God was going to change me, he would have done it already. But God sees us differently. When we believe the lie that we can never change it keep us hostage and prevents us from experiencing the good God has prepared for us. http://read.ly/e/d1 http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/lies http://www.churchatbethany.com/mediafiles/lies.mp3 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:47:41 GMT Matt Payne Hostage hostage,church!_at_bethany_podcast,matt_payne,lies 28:06