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Vineyard Church of Hopkinton
Episodes
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(Not Popular) Powerful: the Healing of Naaman (2 Kings 5) - Audio
02/07/2023 Duration: 31minObedience is greater than enthusiasm. Naaman was offering complete healing but it came in a way he did not like. Learning how to be obedient when it doesn't come in the package we want is hard, but often in following Jesus, it's necessary.
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Thrive: Thriving for the Long Haul (John 15:9-17) - Audio
25/06/2023 Duration: 35minWhat causes people to walk away from Jesus? Often it's a mix of conflict and other priorities pushing out the love of Jesus. Jesus tells us to remain in his love. How do we do this? Through dealing with conflict well, bringing reconciliation and choosing to stay.
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Thrive: Being People that Honor (Genesis 46) - Audio
18/06/2023 Duration: 33minOur culture doesn't talk a lot about honor but the Bible does. How can we be a people that honor others well? How can we create a culture of honoring?
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Thrive: Change happens, it's hard, but! there is hope! (1 Samuel 16-17) - Audio
11/06/2023 Duration: 36minTransition can be really hard. Change happens all the time, yet so many of us are surprised when it happens. How can we deal with change and transition well as followers of Jesus?
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Thrive: Thriving Faith, looking ahead not focused on behind (Luke 24:13-35) - Audio
04/06/2023 Duration: 31minWhat does thriving faith look like? Jesus invites us to look ahead, not remain stuck in the past or bitter about the present.
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Empowered: Pentecost: Being emptied so that we can be filled (Joel 2:28-32) - Audio
29/05/2023 Duration: 37minPeter begins to explain what's happening in Acts 2 by quoting Joel 2. Why? What's the connection? In order to be filled with the Holy Spirit (life!), we need to be emptied of things that lead to death.
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Empowered: Hearing God's Voice - Audio
21/05/2023 Duration: 37minThis is from our series, Empowered. Sarah Cowan Johnson, guest speaker, is teaching about hearing God's voice.
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Empowered: Empowerment comes from a place of obedience (John 2) - Audio
14/05/2023 Duration: 30minSarah Schneider Watson, co-lead pastor, is teaching about Jesus and his mom! (It's Mother's Day!) Empowerment always come from a place of obedience to the leadership of Jesus in our lives.
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Empowered: The Holy Spirit, power over all other supernatural powers (Matt. 12:22-37) - Audio
07/05/2023 Duration: 36minThere are other supernatural forces and they are pushing against us. What does Jesus (and the Bible) teach us about the Holy Spirit and supernatural power? How can we have confidence in the power of the Holy Spirit against all other forces?
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Empowered: Jesus heals to save! (and he still does it today!) from John 9:1-16 - Audio
30/04/2023 Duration: 30minIn John 9, Jesus heals a man and a conversation begins about why the man needed healing in the first place. Why does Jesus heal? And does he still do it today?
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Empowered: Who is the Holy Spirit? (John 14) - Audio
23/04/2023 Duration: 30minIn John 14, Jesus tells his followers that the Holy Spirit will come and (later in John) says that it's better than Jesus being here! What does this mean? How is the Holy Spirit such good news?
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Empowered: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit aren't for sale (Acts 8:4-25) - Audio
16/04/2023 Duration: 38minThe gifts of Spirit are gifts! Not something we can buy or earn. How can we learn to receive and honor them as precious gifts from Jesus? Let's learn from Simon in Acts 8.
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Easter: The Power of the Resurrection for Us Today (Romans 8:10-11) - Audio
09/04/2023 Duration: 26minStephen Watson, co-lead pastor, is teaching about the Resurrection from Matthew 28 and Romans 8. The Resurrection is Good News! And good news has the power to change us. How does the resurrection of Jesus impact our lives today?
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Prophets for today: A King who is different from the rest (Palm Sunday) - Audio
02/04/2023 Duration: 42minLooking at Zechariah and John on Palm Sunday. When you see how good and powerful Jesus is, you have to praise him. Even if he's different. Or maybe because he's different.
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Prophets for today: Building a Focused Life from Haggai - Audio
27/03/2023 Duration: 37minWe are all searching for happiness and contentment. We don't always look to the Bible for answers on how to live that way. But the Bible does teach us a lot about how to live well!
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Prophets for today: Repentance & Trust, learning from Habbakuk - Audio
19/03/2023 Duration: 28minWe don't always find nice, neat answers to the problems of evil and injustice. But we are given a way forward. Repentance and trust.
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Prophets for today: Malachi's Temptations & Creating Space for More - Audio
12/03/2023 Duration: 35minMalachi has a serious of conversations between Israel and God. Each time that God speaks, the Israelites snap back rejecting God. Stephen talks about his own recent story of creating space for God and the temptations that Malachi presents to reject God instead.
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Prophets for today: Micah 6:8, It's not complicated, so why is it so hard? - Audio
05/03/2023 Duration: 28minThis is from our series, Prophets for Today. Rod Klinger, a leader at Vineyard Hopkinton, is speaking from Micah 6:8. Act justly. Love Mercy. Walk Humbly. It's not complicated, but it can be so hard!
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Travel Lighter: Letting Go of What Weighs Us Down (Philippians 2:1-11) - Audio
26/02/2023 Duration: 34minRelationships matter! Let's talk about the selfless example of Jesus and how that can help us to have better friendships and marriages.
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Travel Lighter: Fighting Anxiety (Philippians 4:4-9) - Audio
19/02/2023 Duration: 33minPhilippians 4:4-9 teaches us how Jesus equips us to fight anxiety. Fight with joy. Fight with gratitude. Embrace peace and control your thoughts!