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The Parable of the Sower | Pastor Jon Rychener
Just as a successful harvest is dependent on fertile soil, spiritual growth is profoundly impacted by the condition of our heart. If the soil of your heart isn’t regularly cared for, spiritual fruit will be lacking.  Join us as we reflect on the condition of our hearts and learn how to cultivate a greater receptivity to the things of God.   
Stories captivate us - we love to read them, hear them, watch them, and tell them. Jesus knew this! Much of his teaching revolved around stories that revealed the secrets of his Kingdom and offered timeless truths to his listeners. Join us as we listen in on five stories from the greatest storyteller of all time and discover valuable lessons for our lives today.  
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Northwoods Community Church Mission: Inviting broken-world people to experience complete freedom in Christ Jesus
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0:00 - Message Start
17:23 - Condition #1 The Indifferent Heart
20:02 - Condition #2 The Shallow Heart
24:31 - Condition #3 The Crowded Heart
28:06 - Condition #4 The Fertile Heart
30:47 - How is the condition of your heart?
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The Miracles of God | Teen Challenge 2024 | Pastor Randy Atchley
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We are blessed to have Adult & Teen Challenge with us for this special service. They have been bringing light and hope to those that have been shattered by addiction-related darkness. Join us as we celebrate this ministry and learn how they serve our community. Join us for service online every Sunday at 9am (CST) and 11am (CST) If you received Christ through this service, text ‘YES’ to 833-550-...
Becoming a Man of Prayer | Pastor Jon Rychener
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In a world full of challenges and uncertainty, the call to be a man of prayer resounds like never before! This Father’s Day, join us for this inspiring message that will challenge us as men to partner with God to make a difference in our families, homes, & cities through prayer. Join us for service online every Sunday at 9am (CST) and 11am (CST) If you received Christ through this service, text...
Lifting Others in Prayer | Pastor Nathan Rychener
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“I’ll be praying for you” is often a go-to saying, but how often do you follow through? Far too many well-intentioned promises to pray remain just that - promises. But what if, instead of just promising to pray, you practiced praying for others? Let’s learn how to become people who lift others up through prayer! Join us for service online every Sunday at 9am (CST) and 11am (CST) If you received...
Finding Peace through Prayer | Pastor Jon Rychener
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In the hustle and bustle of life, peace can feel elusive and out of reach. We yearn to break free from worry, fear, and panic but often don’t know how. Together, let’s discover the pathway to peace! House of Prayer Series: ua-cam.com/play/PLXXXRFmu1g3_zilKh0KbhmDoQnZ4qKfIJ.html Join us for service online every Sunday at 9am (CST) and 11am (CST) If you received Christ through this service, text ...
Experience Healing through Prayer | Pastor Jon Rychener
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Experience Healing through Prayer | Pastor Jon Rychener
Devote Yourself to Prayer | Pastor Jon Rychener
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Devote Yourself to Prayer | Pastor Jon Rychener
Becoming a Woman of Prayer: Mother's Day 2024 | Pastor Jon Rychener
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Becoming a Woman of Prayer: Mother's Day 2024 | Pastor Jon Rychener
How do we respond to the anti-biblical worldviews in public schools? | Pastor Jon Rychener
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How do we respond to the anti-biblical worldviews in public schools? | Pastor Jon Rychener
Should Christians be cremated or buried? | Pastor Jon Rychener
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Should Christians be cremated or buried? | Pastor Jon Rychener
What does the Bible say about the role of women in the church? | Pastor Jon Rychener
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What does the Bible say about the role of women in the church? | Pastor Jon Rychener
How do I know if this trial is a spiritual attack? | You Asked For It | Pastor Jon Rychener
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How do I know if this trial is a spiritual attack? | You Asked For It | Pastor Jon Rychener
Can A Person Who Commits Suicide Be Forgiven? | You Asked For It | Pastor Jon Rychener
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Can A Person Who Commits Suicide Be Forgiven? | You Asked For It | Pastor Jon Rychener
What difference does the resurrection make? | Easter | Pastor Jon Rychener
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What difference does the resurrection make? | Easter | Pastor Jon Rychener
Good Friday 2024 | Pastor Nathan Rychener
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Good Friday 2024 | Pastor Nathan Rychener
One Conversation at a Time | Who will go? | Pastor Cal Rychener
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One Conversation at a Time | Who will go? | Pastor Cal Rychener
One Meal at a Time | Who will go? | Pastor Jon Rychener
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One Meal at a Time | Who will go? | Pastor Jon Rychener
One Person at a Time | Who will go? | Pastor Jon Rychener
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One Person at a Time | Who will go? | Pastor Jon Rychener
One Yes at a Time | Who will go? | Pastor Jon Rychener
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One Yes at a Time | Who will go? | Pastor Jon Rychener
I have decided to serve others | I Have Decided | Pastor Jon Rychener
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I have decided to serve others | I Have Decided | Pastor Jon Rychener
Northwoods Church Planting Partnership: Vietnam
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Northwoods Church Planting Partnership: Vietnam
I have decided to gather with others | I Have Decided | Pastor Nathan Rychener
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I have decided to gather with others | I Have Decided | Pastor Nathan Rychener
I have decided to grow spiritually | I Have Decided | Pastor Jon Rychener
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I have decided to grow spiritually | I Have Decided | Pastor Jon Rychener
I have decided to follow Jesus | I Have Decided | Pastor Jon Rychener
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I have decided to follow Jesus | I Have Decided | Pastor Jon Rychener
Enjoying God's Presence | ReFocus | Pastor Jon Rychener
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Enjoying God's Presence | ReFocus | Pastor Jon Rychener
Day 20 | Psalm 23 Devotionals | Pastor Jon Rychener
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Day 20 | Psalm 23 Devotionals | Pastor Jon Rychener
Day 19 | Psalm 23 Devotionals | Pastor Jon Rychener
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Day 19 | Psalm 23 Devotionals | Pastor Jon Rychener
Day 18 | Psalm 23 Devotionals | Pastor Jon Rychener
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Day 18 | Psalm 23 Devotionals | Pastor Jon Rychener
Day 17 | Psalm 23 Devotionals | Pastor Jon Rychener
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Day 17 | Psalm 23 Devotionals | Pastor Jon Rychener

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  • @gunasaulite22
    @gunasaulite22 52 хвилини тому

    The way you explain the scripture- I am intrigued and getting more hungry after God's Word.

  • @terry2588
    @terry2588 День тому

    🙏🏽

  • @aloader3602
    @aloader3602 2 дні тому

    This was one of the best sermons I've ever heard! I was just a visitor today but I will definitely subscribe and be watching. Such great teaching!

  • @terry2588
    @terry2588 3 дні тому

    guilty amen brother

  • @KrystalLaray
    @KrystalLaray 7 днів тому

    I met a sweet man who graduated teen challenge recently. He works at Walmart

  • @pammacari2156
    @pammacari2156 11 днів тому

    Such good direction to share!!! It is so important to encourage folks to seek the Lord in prayer. ❤ Preach it!!!

  • @terry2588
    @terry2588 11 днів тому

    Great sermon, watching from New Orleans 👍🏾👍🏾🙏🏽

  • @graceprda7540
    @graceprda7540 13 днів тому

    This is good! Ephesians 6:12 our struggle is NOT against flesh and blood

  • @DarionSpath
    @DarionSpath 13 днів тому

    Love this

  • @MsNightmara1965
    @MsNightmara1965 22 дні тому

    Great message! AND congratulations, Nathan!

  • @thecalledout7
    @thecalledout7 22 дні тому

    YOU ARE RIGHT ON JON! THANKS FOR ALWAYS NOT BEING AFRAID TO SPEAK THE TRUTH.

  • @kristhies8766
    @kristhies8766 24 дні тому

    Amen! 🙌🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻

  • @BraydenRoos777
    @BraydenRoos777 27 днів тому

    You guys are awesome and deserve WAY more support than you guys get. UA-cam really is suppressing Christians. It’s sad to see that my old church hardly gets any views :(

  • @ChristKessieArthur
    @ChristKessieArthur Місяць тому

    It's crazy how this video has 0 likes but I'm glad to help here

  • @OfficialTaskMaster
    @OfficialTaskMaster Місяць тому

    Muslims 🗿

  • @benhurshow5915
    @benhurshow5915 Місяць тому

    Qual o nome da música? 36:25

  • @zachlehkyi9951
    @zachlehkyi9951 Місяць тому

    🤡

  • @ButterflyKisses.
    @ButterflyKisses. Місяць тому

    I try so many ways ,I pray, turns out when I made each person or events, as life and death.....I would hear the prayers were answered or I still waiting on the many answers..........I don't just pray for friends and family, if come across my path, your not saved , healing. So on freedom from human trafficking. Yes seem couple of times the people who were kidnapped. 🙏

    • @FoogleBoogle
      @FoogleBoogle Місяць тому

      Gods not real. Praying obviously does nothing.

  • @debramorgan4192
    @debramorgan4192 Місяць тому

    Several years ago I was working part time and was paid twice a month. On one payday after receiving my paycheck it went missing from my purse in a sheared office simi open to the public. It was in a drawer that was used by the staff to keep there belongings. There were 3 or 4 other staff members on duty that day along with 2 to 3 dozen non staff members. I had about 5 dollars to my name until I cashed my check. My gas tank was nearly empty and my food stuff was low as well. I don’t remember exactly when I discovered that the check was missing but I do remember that I was so angry that I was nearly in a rage. It was Friday night and the church that I was attending had a Friday night prayer service every week. I brought a bag of hard candy it was a dollar back then, and went to church. For probably an hour I on my knees chewing that candy and silently crying out to God for help in dealing with the rage that was in my heart and mind. I remember telling God that the money came from Him and was His to do with as He wanted but that I need His help with my anger. I don’t get angry easily and really stay angry for more than a couple of hours. But that day I could not let it go. After a while God brought me to a place of peace and quiet in my heart and I was able to forgive whoever had taken the check. I went home, slept peacefully, and went to work the next morning. It was looking like rain and was sprinkling so I grabbed umbrella. I opened it on my way into the office and my paycheck fell out. And no my umbrella had not been in the office the day before.

  • @seekthetruth824
    @seekthetruth824 Місяць тому

    i don't like how most teaching on tithing is by those who simply know the verses about tithing, but they have not studied why some don't believe in it. it is like going to a Ford dealer and asking why Ford is better than Chevy. to make an honest assessment you would have to go to a Chevy dealer and see what they say, too.

  • @hope4all366
    @hope4all366 Місяць тому

    Amen!

  • @mrsentencename7334
    @mrsentencename7334 Місяць тому

    I thought I was an atheist, but seeing western civilisation under attack both psychologically, spiritually and physically, and after realising my country is so great because of the Christian framework it had to build off, I've become spiritually conscious and passionate about this subject. I'm still early on my journey and I'm not even Christian, but I want Christianity to remain dominant, especially over these new age religions of wokism and the like in the west.

    • @ILHoneyBadger
      @ILHoneyBadger Місяць тому

      @Mr. I've noted for some time the differences between societies which are heavily influenced by Christianity to cultures/countries where it's either passively absent or strongly opposed. Countries (and individuals) standing in opposition tend toward oppression esp. of women & children. Turning to Jesus means a change from the inside as the holy spirit creates a new person within. That's the only thing that truly transforms societies.

    • @Northwoods.Church
      @Northwoods.Church Місяць тому

      @mrsentencename7334 thanks for sharing your thoughts and your transparency about your journey. If we can help you in any way as you explore what faith may mean to you please feel free to reach out!

  • @Hopeful_Thomas_33AD
    @Hopeful_Thomas_33AD 2 місяці тому

    I mean, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, it doesn't really matter much what happens to your body after you die, it just matters where you are with the Lord. But I understand what you mean.

  • @TheVineOfChristLives
    @TheVineOfChristLives 2 місяці тому

    In Revelation God says “behold, I make all things new” so don’t worry what for the body you become when you die, worry more about the eternal judgment of being separated from God for eternity.

  • @jamesrayson4478
    @jamesrayson4478 2 місяці тому

    When you rise from the dead u want to rise again in a rise up from the ground setting not really fish poop situation

  • @gdye2925
    @gdye2925 2 місяці тому

    I want to be cremated with a living urn that grows into a tree. My son always told me when he was little that he wanted me buried under a tree so he could sit with me and read books to me. My parents told me that cremation is a sin, I am so torn

  • @blaketaylor4995
    @blaketaylor4995 2 місяці тому

    Cremation is a pagan practice.

  • @halotis66
    @halotis66 2 місяці тому

    We know God made us from dust, and I believe it shall be the same when we are resurrected.

  • @jonathanstec2191
    @jonathanstec2191 2 місяці тому

    Then what are you yapping about it for?

    • @thecalledout7
      @thecalledout7 22 дні тому

      @jonathanstec2191 you must be closed to learning anything new.

    • @jonathanstec2191
      @jonathanstec2191 22 дні тому

      @@thecalledout7 there was nothing to learn here except this guys opinion.

  • @theresahammond6251
    @theresahammond6251 2 місяці тому

    Honestly my family always had funerals,but it is very expensive now, god will still know where you are,❤

  • @robertallen3823
    @robertallen3823 2 місяці тому

    I have told my family that they better not cremate me, because I'll be damned if I am going to give them a chance to use my remains as a door stop!

  • @thedynamicsolo4232
    @thedynamicsolo4232 2 місяці тому

    You were formed from dust...God can put you back together from dust...

  • @cjsa7174
    @cjsa7174 2 місяці тому

    I told my daughter, “don’t you dare burn me.” I do not want to be in an urn on the fireplace mantle or sprinkled over whatever. Cremation is so creepy and bizarre to me and so disrespectful to a body that has served as your temple in life.

  • @sorain4248
    @sorain4248 2 місяці тому

    The church has always condemned cremation, and in all of church history it has been denounced as unnecessary violence to the sacred temple of a human body. You need more than just those books.

  • @MonkeyStarship
    @MonkeyStarship 2 місяці тому

    If your god can’t raise someone back from cremation, then he isn’t the Real God…

  • @jaystan8476
    @jaystan8476 2 місяці тому

    Gee. So glad the Bible doesn't forbid cremation. Does it command what color toilet paper to use?

  • @gregkoenig9200
    @gregkoenig9200 2 місяці тому

    The spirit leaves the body at time of death....So now you think it matters?

  • @NovelistCrim
    @NovelistCrim 2 місяці тому

    Out of context favor for burial lol: luke 9:60 "Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God."

  • @IceForgeOfficial
    @IceForgeOfficial 2 місяці тому

    I’m sorry to say this, but this QA is not important. Instead of going on what the Bible says about traditions or rituals like this. You should remind them that none of it matters! Flesh and blood shall wither but the soul is eternal.

    • @justsomeguy859
      @justsomeguy859 2 місяці тому

      Jesus himself said that if your eye causes you to sun, then cut it out, because it is better to enter heaven with one eye than go to hell with two eyes. And when he rose, he still had his wounds from the cross on his body. So I’d say there is strong biblical evidence that not only do people have a body in heaven, but that it is in some way the same body you had on earth. So if you get cremated, you might go to heaven as a pile of ashes.

    • @IceForgeOfficial
      @IceForgeOfficial Місяць тому

      @@justsomeguy859 how about Christian martyrs, who were burned alive by Romans for their faith?

    • @IceForgeOfficial
      @IceForgeOfficial Місяць тому

      @@justsomeguy859 how about Christian martyrs, who were burned alive by Romans for their faith?

  • @user-tq1ed1by5j
    @user-tq1ed1by5j 2 місяці тому

    The only recordings of cremation in the Bible are for cursed people.

  • @davidwydra2401
    @davidwydra2401 2 місяці тому

    “Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:”

  • @bkilpatr100
    @bkilpatr100 2 місяці тому

    JESUS: 'Oh man, you were so close to being welcomed into my father's kingdom, but the ones you left behind cremated your body. So... Sorry about your luck. Be gone from me!' I just don't see it going that way.

  • @joshuatejiri2353
    @joshuatejiri2353 2 місяці тому

    Doesn't really matter. You just make sure you are walking through those pearly gates.

  • @jgoeg8922
    @jgoeg8922 2 місяці тому

    Yah but Nah but Yah

  • @user-uo1pk8js8m
    @user-uo1pk8js8m 2 місяці тому

    Funerals are for the family and friends of the deceased. The person(s) that have passed away are no longer in the body. They will not be at their own funeral. So really it is up to those that they leave behind to decide how they want to honor the departed.

  • @trey5311
    @trey5311 2 місяці тому

    bible says let the dead take care of the dead. so either way it doesn't matter

  • @peterwood2908
    @peterwood2908 2 місяці тому

    Can I swallow a bunch of popcorn kernels prior to cremation? 🤔

  • @LK-ou4be
    @LK-ou4be 2 місяці тому

    Nah for me, I just don't wanna wake up and see GOD telling me "You ain't done yet so", and I wake up in a box 6ft under. Sooo with that being said, let my ashes fly.

    • @justsomeguy859
      @justsomeguy859 2 місяці тому

      Jesus himself said that if your eye causes you to sun, then cut it out, because it is better to enter heaven with one eye than go to hell with two eyes. And when he rose, he still had his wounds from the cross on his body. So I’d say there is strong biblical evidence that not only do people have a body in heaven, but that it is in some way the same body you had on earth. So if you get cremated, you might go to heaven as a pile of ashes.

  • @MsShuman100
    @MsShuman100 2 місяці тому

    Why is this even a teaching? Are you serious right now.😮

    • @Northwoods.Church
      @Northwoods.Church 2 місяці тому

      We were doing a series where the church submitted questions that they wanted preached on and this was one that was voted on.

  • @alfonsoperez4474
    @alfonsoperez4474 2 місяці тому

    It doesnt matter.