Vineyard Church Maryville

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A message from Anthony Jones about a Psalm of praise.

We are made in the image of God, and this changes everything about the way we understand ourselves and the way we see others.

Living a life of worship is the most human thing that we were designed to do.

God is our Creator and our maker. And in His great intelligence, He designed us to thrive & flourish. And honoring the Sabbath, working six days a week and taking one day to stop, rest & worship is part of His design. The Sabbath is a gift - a gift we are commanded to enjoy.

We tend to measure success and ministry by visible, quantifiable metrics ("scoreboard mentality" or "empire logic"), but this preoccupation distracts from the true, hidden nature of God's work. The kingdom of God is advancing through "seed logic"—small, faithful acts planted in the dark that God sovereignly multiplies and transforms into the expansive kingdom.

The Kingdom of Heaven is a treasure to be discovered. Whether you're searching or simply happen upon it, it is worth giving everything to obtain it because Jesus gave everything for us.

We have been given an invitation to God's great banquet. Have we accepted or have we made excuses? In the same moment, we have the invitation in hand to give to others. Who are we giving those invitations to?

Moms were called to give life... And so is everyone else! God gave life by speaking life, and He called us to do the same. This means that our words matter. What we say and how we speak has the power to hurt or heal, spread fear or faith, bring death or life.

What does it mean if God is pursuing us, but we aren't getting closer to him?

How to get out (and stay out) of a prison you may not eve know you're in.

We can glitch from life's detours, closed doors, and hurting ourselves, and yet God has been using people with those types of struggles for thousands of years.

Life wrecks us. We bounce back. But, sometimes we bounce back, and it doesn't stick. What does it mean when we still feel lost after we've been rescued?

When a vehicle is 'totaled' it's given a salvage title, and can never be given a clean title again. What happens to us when we get busted up beyond restoration?

It can be a struggle to navigate the mystery and the abstraction of prayer--but power is undeniable! We'll look at a beautiful image from scripture to help us begin to grasp just how powerful it is.

Reading the Bible can sometimes feel like trying to assemble a giant jigsaw puzzle after the picture on the box has been lost. Most of the pieces are (probably?!) still there, but we are often left holding fragments without a clear sense of how they fit together. This Sunday, we’ll step back and try to rediscover the “picture on the box”— the grand story of Scripture that gives meaning to the indi...

What it really means to be strong and courageous.

This sermon relies heavily on a visual demonstration. You can watch the Sunday livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j3Tk3QqLkA&t=4934s If our allegiance is to the Kingdom of God, can we still have strong political views? Can we support a political party if we agree with some, but not all of it's platform? What happens when a political policy collides with Kingdom values?

What if the difference between God's Kingdom and every other kingdom is even bigger than we imagined?

Your current location and relationships are not accidental but are a divine assignment to practice the "incarnational" love of Jesus. Drawing on the example of early Christian martyrs and the concept of the oikos (relational ecosystem), we are challenged to stop looking for a "shinier" life elsewhere and instead transform our own neighborhoods and workplaces through intentional, embodied presence.

Our Missions Pastor, Josh Armstrong, brings a message from the book of Jonah. Jonah is one of the stranger stories in the Bible, and it gives us a stark reminder of God's heart for the human race.

If our cisterns are full, and we're sustained by the well, then maybe it's time to go on a quest for a spring!

Cisterns are a great way to store water, but a well is a way to access LIVING WATER! Let's talk about how.

Cisterns were essential infrastructure in ancient Israel. Turns our they're essential for us, too.

In the Old Testament the command is to love the Lord with all your heart, soul and strength. When Jesus repeated it he said: Love the Lord with all your heart, MIND, soul and strength. Why did he change it?