Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | January 26, 2025 Referenced Scripture: Acts 4:31-35, Acts 2:42-47, Leviticus 27:30, 2 Corinthians 9:10-12, Malachi 3:8-10, Psalm 34:8 Tithe Commitment Card: journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/TitheCommitmentCard.pdf What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard Connect: Get your children connected to our children...
Jan 26, 2025•41 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | January 19, 2025 Referenced Scripture: Matthew 6:21, Matthew 23:23-24, 2 Corinthians 9:6-7, 1 Corinthians 16:1-2, 2 Corinthians 8:5-12, Psalm 34:8 Reflection Questions: 1) In what areas of your life is it really easy to invest your financial resources “cheerfully”? (retirement, vehicles, vacations, recreation, charity, etc…)? What does this reveal about the values of your heart/life? 2) Why do you think it is important to be intentional with your generosity? (having a...
Jan 19, 2025•41 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor Referenced Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30, Luke 12:48b, Luke 16:10-12, Matthew 6:21,24, Genesis 2:15, Colossians 3:23, Proverbs 21:20, Proverbs 22:7, Philippians 4:12 Reflection Questions: Read Matthew 25:14-30 1. Imagine you are standing in front of Jesus giving an account for how you managed the resources He gave you in this life: What thoughts/emotions/questions come to mind? What do you think Jesus might affirm about your management? (be specific). What do you think Je...
Jan 12, 2025•43 min
Jim Keena | Guest Speaker | January 5, 2024 Referenced Scripture: Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:15b Reflection Questions: 1) In his sermon, Jim shared the story of calling his mother after the birth of their first child. Reflect on a moment when you had the chance to share good news with someone special. What was the good news? Was it easy to tell them? How did that experience make you feel? 2) Generally, sharing good news with others is easy. But is it easy for you to share the gospel of Jesus Chris...
Jan 05, 2025•39 min
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Jan 03, 2025•31 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | December 24, 2024 Referenced Scripture: John 1:18, Hebrews 4:15-16 What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receive more information, have us pray for you, or to ask us any questions: http://journeybozeman.com/connectcard Connect: Get your children connected to our children's ministry, Base Camp: https://journeybozeman.com/children Connect: Our Student Ministry is for High School and Middle School students: https://jo...
Dec 28, 2024•33 min
Logan Holloman | Next Gen Pastor | December 15, 2024 Referenced Scripture: Matthew 8:23-27, John 14:25-27, Romans 5:1, Colossians 1:19-20 Reflection Questions: 1. What circumstance is disrupting your peace the most in this season? 2. What would it look like to take cues from Jesus in “the storm?” 3. Where do you need Jesus to provide “peace that surpasses understanding?” 4. What could your life look like if you were to put your faith in Jesus? Or the opposite, not put your faith in Jesus? What’s...
Dec 15, 2024•31 min
Brian Priebe | Executive Pastor | December 8, 2024 Referenced Scripture: Exodus 15:20-21a, 2 Sam 6:14-16, Psalm 126:1-3, Luke 7:33-34, Genesis 14:18-20, Luke 19:5-8 Reflection Questions: 1.God commanded his people in Exodus 23 to celebrate 3 annual feasts of God's Provision. What are other instances in Scripture where you remember God's people celebrating God's Provision? 2. If we as Christians don't celebrate God's Provision... What are we missing out on? 3. Share your own experiences of celebr...
Dec 11, 2024•32 min
Logan Holloman | Next Gen Pastor | December 1, 2024 Referenced Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7, Matthew 4:12-17, Romans 8:19-25, 1 Peter 1:3-5 Reflection Questions: This Christmas is going to be _____. How did you fill in the blank? What is your reasoning for your answer? Are you naturally optimistic or pessimistic? How would you define biblical hope? What are you currently waiting for? Where might you need to invite God into that area of waiting? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect wit...
Dec 01, 2024•36 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | November 24, 2024 Referenced Scripture: Matthew 7:13-27, Mark 1:14-15, Ephesians 5:15-18, Galatians 5:25 Reflection Questions: 1. How can someone know if they are genuinely a follower of Jesus? (on the Narrow road or the Wide road). 2. According to the Sermon on the Mount, what are some fruit(s) that we should expect in our lives as we become more deeply rooted in Jesus? 3. Read Matthew 7:21-23 - 21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of ...
Nov 24, 2024•39 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | November 17, 2024 Referenced Scripture: Matthew 7:7-11, Matthew 6:6, Revelation 3:20, Luke 11:13, Revelation 5:8, Psalm 56:8, Mark 14:32-36 Reflection Questions: 1. What is one thing that stuck out to you from the sermon? 2. How have you experienced the challenge of unanswered prayer in your life? What thoughts or emotions did this create in you? 3. What are some wrong beliefs we can have about God or about ourselves when our prayers seem to go unanswered? 4. What mak...
Nov 17, 2024•39 min
Logan Holloman | Next Gen Pastor | November 10, 2024 Referenced Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6; Luke 9:54-55; John 8:1-11, Romans 3:22-24 Reflection Questions: 1. After reflecting with the Lord, did he reveal what might be a plank in your eye currently? 2. Is there a situation where you are tempted to condemn? What would it take to “put down the rock” in that situation? 3. What would it look like to humbly walk alongside someone in your sphere of influence with their “speck” 4. Would you be described ...
Nov 10, 2024•35 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | November 3, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. What are the things that cause worry for people these days? What are the things that cause worry for you? 2. Jesus asked, “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” What point is Jesus trying to make about worry? What does worry produce in our life that don’t want? 3. Jesus said that “your heavenly Father knows that you need them.” What difference would it make in your life if you knew without a doubt tha...
Nov 03, 2024•41 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | October 27, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. What are the consequences of doing our “good” deeds for the approval of people? 2. What are the rewards of doing our “good” deeds in secret? 3. How did Jesus model a life of seeking only the approval of His Father in heaven? 4. What is a tangible way you could practice the discipline of secrecy? 5. What are symptoms that might reveal an approval addiction? How have you seen them in yourself? 6. Questions to reveal an approval ...
Oct 27, 2024•41 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | October 20, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. How can money have the power to deceive us? What some ways you have been deceived by money? 2. How can money become a rival “god” in our life? 3. What barriers do you need to overcome to grow in your generosity toward the Kingdom? 4. Have you experienced joy and freedom and contentment by learning to be generous with your money? Why or why not? 5. Are you accountable to anyone about you live out your generosity or how you use ...
Oct 20, 2024•43 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | October 13, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. What evidence do you see that we live in a culture of contempt? How does it affect you personally? 2. How could a person seek to limit their exposure to the culture of contempt? 3. How have you observed contempt for others in your heart? Who do you see is an enemy in your life? Who do you find difficult to love at times? 4. Do you think it is possible to have genuine compassion for those whom you see as your enemies? Why or wh...
Oct 13, 2024•41 min
Jim Keena | Guest Speaker | October 6, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. How did your parents resolve conflicts between you and your siblings? What's the best advice you've received for dealing with anger? 2. Matthew 5:21-26 is the first of what has been called the "Six Antitheses." It is a series of statements in Matthew 5:21-48, where Jesus contrasts the "You have heard it said..." in culture with the "But I tell you..." of Jesus' teachings. Dallas Willard created a chart highlighting the differen...
Oct 06, 2024•29 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 29, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. What does it mean to say that Jesus was “opposed to religion?” How would you define “religion”? 2. Religion tends to focus on what we do more than why we do it. Why is it so important to Jesus that we do the right things for the right reasons? What can happen when we don’t focus and reflect on our heart motivations for following Jesus? 3. Why does a focus on our inner life (heart/motives) lead to obedience in our outer life ...
Sep 29, 2024•42 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 22, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. What evidence do you see in our culture that followers of Jesus are have not been the salt and light he tells us we are? 2. How do you need to grow in becoming salt and light in the areas of the culture where Jesus has you right now? 3. On a scale of 1-10, how comfortable are you in talking with nonbelievers about faith? Explain. What hinders you from having spiritual conversations with people? Where do you need help? 4. Why...
Sep 22, 2024•42 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 15, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. Read Matthew 5:1-11… How do you define the “#blessed” life? How does our culture define the “#blessed” life? How do these contrast the blessed life that Jesus describes? How have you seen the culture around you shape your thoughts of what a blessed life looks like. 2. Which of the beatitudes are the most challenging for you to believe? Which beatitudes make you question your own following of Jesus? How do you need to grow an...
Sep 15, 2024•40 min
a different way: to make a difference the Church needs to be different | September 8, 2024 Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor Reflection Questions: 1. Read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) What are some things that Jesus says that are counter to how our culture thinks? 2. What are some things that are challenging for you to hear? How do His words challenge your thinking or behavior? 3 .What are some things that are difficult to understand? What questions does this sermon this raise for you? 4. How d...
Sep 08, 2024•38 min
Brian Priebe | Executive Pastor | September 1, 2024 Reflection Questions: 1. Read Galatians 5:22-23 & Colossians 3:12-15. 2. Which one or two of the fruits of the Spirit listed in these two passages would you say you do the best job living out in your day to day life? 3. Which one or two of the fruits of the Spirit listed in these two passages would you say is an area you want to continue to grow in? 4. Read Galatians 5:13-14. What principles does Paul emphasize before he shares the fruits o...
Sep 01, 2024•37 min
Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 25, 2024 9am Reflection Questions: 1. Got a good bear story? 2. What does it mean to you to wrestle with God? 3. Vern said lately he feels that “…forgiveness is the greatest thing about God.” What, these days, is the greatest thing about God for you? (Why is forgiveness such a huge deal?) 4. What are your thoughts about “killing your self-sufficiency?” (Self-sufficient: Needing no outside help in satisfying one’s basic needs.) 5. How might self-sufficiency ...
Aug 26, 2024•38 min
Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 18, 2024 11am Reflection Questions: 1. When did you first learn about “Jonah and the Whale” and how has your understanding of the story changed over the years? 2. Reflect about your struggles with the lack of justice in the world. 3. How is Jonah Christ-like and how is he unlike Christ? 4. Talk about your positive and negative feelings regarding grace – that God is “compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding love and faithfulness…forgiving wickedn...
Aug 18, 2024•43 min
Logan Holloman | Next Gen Pastor | August 11, 2024 View or Download our full sermon notes here: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2024.08.11.pdf Reflection Questions: 1. What comes to mind when you hear redemption? Any examples whether through personal experience or from culture? (movies, literature, etc) 2. Where in your life are you waiting for redemption? (family, marriage, job, healing, future/past, etc?) 3. Redeemed people are often admired but often only after trials over long perio...
Aug 11, 2024•40 min
Logan Holloman | Next Gen Pastor | August 4, 2024 View or Download our full sermon notes here: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2024.08.04.pdf Reflection Questions: 1. Can you recall a time when you saw God’s power at work in your life? Since that time have you ever doubted God’s care for you? 2. We often discredit ourselves from God’s work in our lives due to our complexities and brokenness. Take that to God in prayer, what might he want to speak to our heal? 3. Elijah hands off to Elis...
Aug 05, 2024•34 min
Jim Keena | Guest Speaker | July 28, 2024 View or Download our full sermon notes here: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2024.07.28.pdf Reflection Questions: 1. In Joshua 1:1-9, God gives Joshua a great command. After reading verses 1-2, discuss the emotions and thoughts that Joshua might have experienced at that moment. 2. Joshua faced a pivotal moment in his life where he could understandably be "afraid and discouraged" (Joshua 1:9). Describe a pivotal moment when you experienced someth...
Jul 28, 2024•30 min
Derry Long | Guest Speaker | July 21, 2024 View or Download our full sermon notes here: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2024.07.21.pdf Reflection Questions: 1. What or who encourages you to keep on believing? 2. What sometimes discouraged you to keep on believing? 3. How does a person develop courage? 4. Who is a courageous person that you know? 5. What would you like to be remembered for? What’s your next step? Connect: We'd love to connect with you! Fill out our Connect Card to receiv...
Jul 22, 2024•34 min
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | July 14, 2024 View or Download our full sermon notes here: https://journeybozeman.com/sermons/notes/2024.07.14.pdf Reflection Questions: 1. Read John 5:39,46 — In what ways does the Old Testament point to Jesus? What are some examples that you can think of? How can this reality change the way we read and understand the Old Testament? 2. Read Hebrews 12:5-6 — Why is it comforting to know that God tests and disciplines out of His love? What difference does this make in ...
Jul 14, 2024•38 min
Logan Holloman | NexGen Pastor | July 7, 2024 “God loves us, and we have the opportunity to love others as he loves us, not in big things, but in small things in great love” — Mother Teresa, 1979 Nobel Peace Prize Speech 1 John 4:10 (NIV) This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Romans 5:8 (NIV) But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Mark 10:45 (NIV) "For even the S...
Jul 07, 2024•37 min
