Harbor Cov Podcast

Where does following God’s plan and purpose for your life fit into your priorities? What is your biggest fear right now? What is one thing you can do this week to be “on mission”?

If Jesus were to say to you, “one thing you lack, go and ________ then come follow me.” What would be in the blank?What’s a seemingly impossible situation in your life right now?Who can you double down on praying for?

When do you find yourself making moral evaluations of other people?Whose shoes do you need to try to walk in?What is a "plank or log" in your own life do you need to remove?

Who or what are you most likely to worry about? When push comes to shove, to whom or to what do you look for a sense of security? What is one thing you can do this week to help you seek God’s kingdom?

Sermon from Jan 9, 2022Do you tend more toward grace giving or grace hoarding? What person can you walk an extra mile with this week? What evidence would you point to that Jesus is changing your life here and now?

Sermon | January 2, 2022 Do you tend toward thankfulness or complaining? Which person in your life do you need to treat differently? What emphasis will you place on growing in your relationship with God this year?

This Might Get Messy | Week Five | December 26, 2021 What are your three spiritual goals for the coming year?

This Might Get Messy | Week Four Sermon | December 19, 2021What are some of the ordinary things that God has entrusted to you?What is one area of your life in which you may have missed God’s presence?If the heavenly host were to show up in the sky above your house tonight, what do you hope they would say to you?

Sermon from December 12, 2021What is the purpose of your life? What has God entrusted to you? What is God waiting for your answer about?

THIS MIGHT GET MESSY | WEEK TWOSermon from December 5, 2021What are you looking for this Christmas? Where, by your actions, are you searching for that? What seems to be unnecessarily hard?

Sermon from Nov 28, 2021What is the “messiness” in your life that actually might be God at work?What could your calling be right now?What is one lesson from Joseph that you can apply to your life this week?

In what ways are you connected in relationships and engaged in mission at Harbor Cov? What is one step you can take this month to be more connected or engaged? Who are you going to tell about what you are going to do?

How committed are you to this Jesus thing?What is evidence of your commitment to Jesus?What’s a story you could tell about how Jesus has made a difference in your life?

Why do you think people are so sensitive about money? Who has been generous to you and how? How are you providing a return on investment for the kingdom of God?

Who is outside the sphere of people to whom you want to be helpful? What neighborly attributes do you have? Who is outside the category of people you feel like you need to care about?

What area of your life do you need to find freedom in?What part of your identity in Christ do you have trouble believing?How does the cross bring you hope?

Sermon | Oct, 3 2021Questions:Who are you listening to?What one thing can you do to listen better to God this week?How can you pray more intentionally this week?

Sermon | Oct 10, 2021Questions:How does viewing yourself as a fellow exile give you hope? When have you experienced fellowship and freedom in a hard time? How can you be an encouragement to someone who is in a trial?

Sermon | Sept, 26 2021Questions:What does it mean to you that the God who created the universe is interested in you?What mess do you need God’s help with this week?Where can your light appear in the darkness this week?

Sermon | Sept 19, 2021Questions:What story do you want to live into?How would you currently classify yourself:complacent, consumer, connected, committed, compelledWhat new rhythm would you like to develop?

Sermon | September 5, 2021Questions:What is the tangent that you are most likely to follow?Do you think people generally find you encouraging or discouraging?What are the three greatest influences in your life?

Sermon | Aug 22, 2021 Questions: What would you say are your top three priorities in life? How are you putting what you know about Jesus into daily practice? To your non-Christian friends, does your behavior reflect positively or negatively on Jesus?

Sermon | Aug 15, 2021 What are you in the process of becoming? What areas of your life are you investing in most? What goals can you set to help you move more toward being like Jesus?

Sermon | Aug 8, 2021 What can you do to remind yourself that it’s okay to not be okay? What is something from your past that you still need to let go of? How does it comfort you knowing that Jesus is the prize, and you will win?

What do you observe when you look at how you spend your time? What do you find yourself mindlessly snacking on? What is one thing you can do this week to experiment with fasting and nourishing for godliness?

What priorities does your time audit show? What are three things that you hope people say about you at your memorial service? What do you hope that God says about you when you stand before Him?

Sermon | July 18, 2021 What are you actively or passively training to become? In what area of your life are you just building bigger barns? What are some spiritual fitness goals that you can set for yourself this summer?

Sermon | July 11, 2021 What “lies” about your life are your tempted to believe? What have you been training your mind and heart for recently? What are some spiritual fitness goals that you can set for yourself this summer?

Sermon | July 4, 2021 What is a piece of evidence in your life that you belong to God? What is one thing that you can begin to do to more accurately represent Jesus in your sphere of influence? What is the growth area for you: humility or repentance?

Sermon | June 27, 2021 Do you feel like our church welcome mat says “Welcome guest” or “Welcome home” to you?And why? How can you do a better job of noticing people around you? What can you do to help us be a church whose mat says “welcome home”?

Sermon | June 20, 2021 Do you use God’s truths as a tool to correct yourself or as a weapon to hurt others? What lies are you telling yourself? How is that causing division with others? What truth does God want you to hear the most right now?

Sermon | June 13, 2021 How does knowing you are a son or daughter of God give you hope for the future? Where do you need more of the Spirit in your life? What fills your list of praise today?

Sermon | June 6, 2021 What aspect of creation speaks to you most about who God is? Why do you think God cares about anything besides people? What is one thing you can do this week to be a good steward?

This week to whom or to what will you look for the mission and purpose of your life? What is the thing most likely to derail you from following God's purpose for your life? What one thing can you either start or intensify this week that will help you to grow closer to Jesus.

Sermon | May 23, 2021 If you were to show Jesus your current priorities, what suggestions would he make? What new habit can you form to make sure your priorities reflect your commitment to Jesus? In the people you will come across this week, where do you think you might see Jesus?

Sermon | May 16, 2021 Which do you tend to focus on more; the storm or Jesus’ presence with you? Over what event in your life do you long to hear Jesus say, “Peace be still.”? How can knowing Jesus is in the boat with you help you to weather the storms of your life?

Is there an area of your life where you need to receive the forgiveness God offers? Where are you getting information about what a healthy relationship looks like? If there is person that you need to forgive, how will you begin that process?

Are there people in your life that you think don’t deserve God’s grace? What do you think is the most important truth of the Bible? How does that play out in your life?

Lessons Learned is a podcast series with our Director of Pastoral Care, Sammi McCubbins, as she interviews guests who are facing challenging life situations. Join Sammi in this podcast as she interviews Mary Jane Lane and Christine Lange, as they share their experiences as caregiver for their spouse. A daunting role, Mary Jane and Christine reveal the challenges and the rich life-giving moments they have encountered as caregivers

Sermon | April 25, 2021 Are the relationships you are building encouraging you in your relationship with Jesus or pulling you away from him? What prevents you from gathering with the church? In what ways are you encouraging others in the church?

What would you say are the top three purposes of your life right now? If those are not what they should be, what step can you take to realign your purposes with what God has for you? What do you really think the purpose of the church is?

Sermon | April 11, 2021 How would things be different if you realized that Jesus was there with you? When was the last time you saw Jesus? What’s one thing you can do to ground yourself further in God’s word?

April 4, 2021 Sermon Is the story you are living in bringing you life or is it eating you alive? In what area of your life would you like to experience new life? What does Jesus being raised from the dead mean for you?

What do you think that Jesus is praying about for you right now? Think of a person who is suffering right now, how you can you encourage them? What do you believe the cross means?

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A series of podcasts with Sammi as she speaks with those who have faced life-changing fundamental issues that yielded significant understandings and insights of how to move ahead when life becomes difficult and painful. In this podcast episode, our Director of Pastoral Care, Sammi McCubbins, talks with John Bahm and Barbara Johnson about the loss of their spouse, how they have processed the grief and experience, and how they have found God present.

What is something you know now about yourself or about God that you wish you knew earlier in life? Why? What are the external standards you are trying to live up to and what are they doing to your heart and mind? What choice do you think God is presenting you? How are you going to respond? Why?

How serious are you about the vow you have made to God? Semi? Or totally? Is your voice encouraging people towards faith? What things have you seen God do?