Waypoint Podcast

This week, Pastor Luke introduced our 12 week 1 Corinthians series. He encouraged us to dive into the series alongside our devotional that can be picked up from the church or found online at: www.waypointomaha.com/1corinthians 1 Corinthians is a letter written by the apostle Paul. It was written to real people in a real place, which is why it’s important to understand it within its historical cont...

STOP THE SHOW This week, Pastor Jermaine kicked off the year with a sermon out of Matthew 23:13-28. He spoke about hypocrisy. In this passage Jesus tells the Pharisees that it is possible to have the appearance of being alive, but really be in a state of death and decay inside. People who look alive, but are dying. We need to care more about being alive, than having the appearance of being alive....

This week, Tyler Schenzel led us in a word on revival. He spoke out of Hosea 10:12: “ Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you”. The great revivalist Charles Finney said that revival needs to begin with three things; conviction of sin on the part of the...

Merry Christmas! Pastor Matthew concludes our "Hark!" series with a special Christmas Eve message about Mary, the mother of Jesus. What must it have been like for Mary? With all the uncertainty she experienced... yet she chose to trust God. Today we find ourselves in the midst of uncertain times; will we choose to trust God?

This week, Pastor Luke continued on with Week 3 of our Christmas sermon series ‘Hark’. He spoke about the joyous gift of obedience and the freedom that comes from enjoying God’s gifts in their proper time and space. He spoke about the shema out of Deuteronomy 6:4-9, and gave three reasons we are to obey the Lord: 1. We obey God is because we’re in an exclusive relationship that has history. 2. We...

This week, Pastor Matthew preached week two of our Hark Christmas sermon series. He launched his message from Hebrews 1:1-2: “In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe”. Our world is breaking, and it needs the c...

This week, Pastor Jermaine kicked off our Christmas series ‘Hark’ with the topic of ‘How do we hear God in this crazy season?’ He preached out of Luke Chapter 2: 8-14 and Isaiah 9 and 42. Our Christmas sermon series is called ‘Hark’ which means to listen, pay attention and look back. Isaiah 9:6 says this: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders...

This week Pastor Matthew preached a special message called "A Prophetic Warning for Today", based on the minor prophet Malachi. Malachi was written 100 years after the Jews returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity and after the temple was rebuilt. While God's people had many hope-filled prophecies of a coming Savior, the exile had not turned their hearts back to God as He had intended....

Have you given thanks yet? The pathway to thanksgiving. This week Pastor Luke preached on the power of thanksgiving. Giving thanks takes our eyes off of our circumstances and emotions and puts it onto Jesus. It changes our countenance and our perspective, acknowledging that God is working out all things for our good and His glory. The Apostle Paul was a great demonstration of thanksgiving in all c...

This week Pastor Luke preached out of Psalm 139 with a sermon titled: “An ancient answer to a timeless problem”. The timeless problem is our loss of perspective and the ancient answer is to think on God. It’s really easy in this cultural moment to lose perspective and forget about the power of God. He broke his sermon down into three parts: 1. Think on God’s Bigness. God is omniscient and omnipres...

This week Pastor Matthew concluded our series with the topic of “Relax in Jesus”. His foundation was James 4:8, that when we draw near to God, He will draw near to us. We live in a time where we are seeing cascading crises. As a nation, we are more polarized than ever before; divided and buckling under the weight of covid-19, political opinions, mental health issues, loneliness, addictions and str...

This week, Pastor Jermaine continued on with our series “how to follow Jesus into today’s world” with the topic of “the cost of Racial Justice”. Using Paul and 1 Corinthians 9: 19-23 as a platform he broke his message down into three parts: The cost The example The moral Jesus speaks about counting the cost of following Him, and Paul labels that cost as: “I have become.” This Greek word for become...

This week, Bec Isaacson continued on with our series “how to follow Jesus into today’s world” with the topic of justice and righteousness. Justice and righteousness do not have united definitions within our culture, which is why we have to go back to the Word of God. In Hebrew, the word for justice is mishpat. It means to give people what they are due, and to treat people equitably. In the Old Tes...

This week, Pastor Matthew continued on with our series “how to follow Jesus into today’s world” with the topic of seeking God’s face. Seeking God and hearing His voice should be normal for the believer of Jesus. It is a practice that takes time and effort. As temples of the Holy Spirit we harbor His presence, and as people of His presence we should be hearing His voice. We need to seek His face, a...

This week, Pastor Matthew continued on with our series “how to follow Jesus into today’s world” with the topic of Identity and Purpose. We should do out of who we are. But, our doing will either affirm who we are, or corrode who we are. In order to ground our purpose and identity, we need to put aside other sources and turn to the source; the Bible. 1. Who are You? The Bible is the inherent word o...

This week, Pastor Jermaine preached on “faith; the vision of the blind: now you see me, now you don’t”. He took us through Mark 10: 46 – 52, and the story of Jesus healing blind Bartimaeus. This narrative has two major groups of people; the religious leaders (the Pharisees and Sadducees) and Bartimaeus (the blind man). The religious leaders were jealous of Jesus, and spent the majority of their ti...

This week, Pastor Luke continued on with week two of our series “how to follow Jesus into today’s world” with the topic of Worldview. He broke his message down into three parts: 1. What is worldview? Worldview is the funnel or filter through which we see the world. It is a combination of our ideas, attitudes, beliefs and basic assumptions about life. It determines how we think and act in the world...

This week, Pastor Matthew started us in a new series called ‘how to follow Jesus into today’s world;’ beginning with the sub-topic of discipleship. We are living in and on the cusp of dark times. But when times get darker, the light gets lighter and the Lord needs His church to stand. The reason that we are here on this earth is for people to come to know Jesus. We are called to lay our lives down...

This week, Pastor Alex finished up our 1 Peter series with Chapter 5: 1-11. Peter is addressing multiple groups of people in this passage; the elders and the young. Pastor Alex broke his message down into three categories: The Flock Peter tells the elders to exercise oversight by being examples to the young. The young and the old need each other in the church; as the young need an example of what...

This week, Pastor Matthew took us through 1 Peter 4:12-19. Within this Scripture, Peter brings warning, correction and hope in an attempt to shift the perspective of the Gentile believers and their experience of hard times. How we go through hard times matters, and we need to see them as an opportunity for God to do an amazing work in us and through us. Matthew's three main points were: Hard times...

This week, Pastor Luke continued on with our 1 Peter series with Chapter 4: 1-11. He titled his message “Peters practical guide for not losing yourself in 2020.” His five practical points were: 1. Arm yourself with the Gospel In order to effectively live life in the center of Gods will and escape the temptations of this world we need to arm ourselves with the mindset of Jesus and the Gospel. We ca...

This week, Pastor Matthew and Amanda took us through 1 Peter 3: 1-7. From our cultural vantage point, this is a very difficult section of Scripture to understand and apply, and we must do the hard work of reading and understanding it through the lends of first century Christianity. Not doing so is very dangerous, as it opens the door for misinterpretation. Under the Jewish law during this time, wo...

This week, Bec Isaacson continued on with our 1 Peter series with 3:13-22. Following Jesus means being people who do good. People who are peaceful, united, sympathetic, loving, compassionate and humble. People who give gentle and respectful answers to those who ask about the hope that they have. The Kingdom of God is upside-down, and following Jesus requires living out of a reverence for Christ. T...

This morning, Pastor Jermaine continued on with our 1 Peter series with chapter 3: 8-12, titled “Wax or Mud”. This section of Scripture is centered on suffering; and Peter teaches on how Christians and friends should treat one another. He implores the Christians to be united in both heart and mind. To be sympathetic and compassionate, loving one another. We need to walk in other people’s shoes, to...

This week, Pastor Luke led us through 1 Peter 2: 18-25. This passage introduces a section of the book that talks about household codes and answers the question: how do we honor God and suffer well where we are at, specifically in the context of slavery, marriage and government. It speaks about turning the other cheek and responding to mistreatment and false accusations with humility, forgiveness,...