Journey Church Bozeman Sermons

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 21, 2025 Referenced Scripture: Romans 7:21-25, Romans 8:5-8, John 16:8, Romans 8:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:19, Ephesians 4:30, 2 Corinthians 10:5, James 5:16, Galatians 6:7-9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together, pg. 112 Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him…. Sin wants to remain unknown. It shuns the light. In the darkness of the unexpressed it poisons the whole being of a person. Reflection Questions: Romans 7:21-25 21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!... 1. In Romans 7, Paul describes his internal battle with sin. How would you describe your own battle to overcome sin in your life? 2. Paul uses the term “flesh” to describe what we are battling against. How would you define “flesh” as Paul uses it in the Bible? 3. The battle is between our flesh and the Spirit. Paul says the battleground is the MIND. Why is the mind so important? How does sin often start in our mind(thoughts)? Explain. Romans 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. 4. How can we put to death sin in our life by the power of the Holy Spirit? John 16:8When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong (conviction) about sin and righteousness and judgment… Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 5. What is the difference between Conviction and Condemnation? Why is conviction a good thing and condemnation a bad thing? How can we experience conviction while at the same time not experience condemnation? 6. What does it mean to have our mind set on the “flesh”? Describe. Give examples. 7. What does it mean to have our mind set on the “Spirit”? What are things that the Spirit draws our attention to? 8. What is your mind set on? How can we know what our mind is set on? 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://journeybozeman.com/students * Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give * Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman * Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app * Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman 

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 14, 2025 Referenced Scripture: John 4:23-24, Romans 8:1, Romans 8:38-39, Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 6:19, Ephesians 1:13-14, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22, 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, Ephesians 5:18, Galatians 5:16, Galatians 5:25 Reflection Questions: 1. Why is it important to understand what God has provided for us in His indwelling Holy Spirit and how to experience Him? (His person/power/and presence) 2. Why do you think many followers of Jesus have confusion around the person and work of the Holy Spirit? How have you experienced confusion? What are questions you still have about the Holy Spirit? 3. One of the themes of Romans 8 is the assurance of salvation that we receive from the Holy Spirit. (Assurance → the confidence and inner certainty a follower of Jesus has about their position as a child of God and the reality of their eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.) Why is it important to have assurance of our salvation? What challenges would we experience in our faith if we were not sure where we stood before God? How would you think/feel/live? 4. Explain what is meant by each of the following roles of the Holy Spirit:Indwelt -- Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 6:19 Sealed -- Ephesians 1:13-14, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22Baptized -- 1 Cor. 12:12-13, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17Filled -- Ephesians 5:18Walk/Live -- Romans 8:4, Galatians 5:16, Galatians 5:25 5. Which role(s) were most helpful to you to understand? Are there still questions that remain for you? Explain. What is your level of confidence that the Holy Spirit is indeed living in your life? Explain. What have you experienced that gives you confidence that the Holy Spirit is at work in your life? Is there anything that makes you unsure? What is the next step you can take to know Him more and grow in your experience of Him? 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://journeybozeman.com/students Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman 

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | September 7, 2025 Referenced Scripture: Romans 8:1-4, Acts 19:2, John 16:7, John 1:14, John 14:12, John 7:37-39 Resources:- Familiar Stranger by Tyler Staton- Into the Heart of Romans by N.T. Wright Reflection Questions: 1) Share a time when you have struggled or been frustrated trying to live the Christian life. What made that challenging for you? Explain. 2) Read the following statement: “The Christian life is not difficult. → It’s impossible. The only way we can live the Christian life is if Jesus lives His life through us in the power of the Holy Spirit. Agree or Disagree? Why? 3) Where have you observed “gaps” in the Christian life described in the Bible and your own experience of the Christian life? What role does the Holy Spirit play in narrowing that gap? 4) Read: John 16:7 … Would you choose your experience of the Holy Spirit over having Jesus with you in person? Why or why not? Why do you think Jesus believes it is better for us to have a relationship with the Holy Spirit than us having a face to face relationship with Jesus? 5) What questions do you have about the role of the Holy Spirit in helping us live the Christian life? 6) What is your heart posture toward engaging the person of the Holy Spirit? (thirsty, suspicious, skeptical, uninformed, cautious, curious, enthusiastic, …) 7) Read: John 7:37-39 …Prerequisites?Thirsty? → Desire…Available? → Willing to come to Him…Are you ready? → Why or why not? 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://journeybozeman.com/students Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman 

Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 31, 2025 Referenced Scripture: Ruth 4:1-22 Big Idea: Like Naomi you can go from emptiness to fullness by trusting God’s providence, living a life of Hesed, and believing God has a beautiful plan for your life and legacy. I. Boaz to the Rescue (4:1-12) II. Emptiness to FULLNESS (Hint: “Liquid Gold!”) (4:13-17a) III. One more delightful, and inspiring, surprise (4:17b-22) Reflection Questions: 1. What did you like about Ruth chapter 4? 2. What has been your favorite part of the book of Ruth? 3. Talk about your own emptiness and fullness these days. 4. Who in your life needs you to advocate for them? 5. How do you feel knowing that Ruth is in the ancestral line of Jesus Christ? 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://journeybozeman.com/students * Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give * Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman * Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app * Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman 

Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 24, 2025 Referenced Scripture: Ruth 3 Big Idea: God is a creative provider because at His core He is a God of Hesed…Ruth did it; Boaz did it; and we can do it too! Reflection Questions: 1. What did you learn from Ruth Chapter 3 and how did that impact/help you?2. How has Ruth, the person, challenged or affirmed your perception of female roles? (For instance she proposed to Boaz…)3. How uncomfortable are you with Boaz being in “good spirits” and Ruth, all dolled up, lying down next to him rather intimately?4. Naomi is still empty but there seems to be some hope now that Boaz is actively in the picture. Talk about your personal experience with emptiness and fullness.5. What definition/synonym for Hesed was particularly meaningful for you and why? 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://journeybozeman.com/students Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman 

Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 17, 2025 Referenced Scripture: Ruth 2 Big Idea: Patiently trust God’s providence as He is always working on your behalf. Reflection Questions: 1. What did you learn from Ruth 2 that you found interesting, helpful, inspiring, irritating? 2. How have you seen God’s providence in your life? 3. How could you, like Boaz, bring God’s blessing to your employees/co-workers/customers? 4. If you are in a romantic relationship assess it on what Boaz brought to the budding relationship with Ruth: Character; Kindness; Generosity; Humility; Hesed. 5. Compare/Contrast the popular American Christian phrase “Let go and let God” and the Ruthian phrase “Hold on tight and let God.” 6. Any ideas what your “one day” might be? 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://journeybozeman.com/students * Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give * Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman * Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app * Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman 

Vern Streeter | Guest Speaker | August 10, 2025 Referenced Scripture: Ruth 1:1-22 Big Idea: Whatever your emptiness is, God knows and cares and has redemptive plans for you. Reflection Questions:1) Elimelech = “God is King.” If you call yourself a Christian are you really living as though God is your King? 2) Why not memorize some of the greatest words ever written…verses 16-17? 3) Is there someone in your life to whom you need to make a similar commitment? 4) Are you empty? Be brutally honest with God. Be introspective about sin and rebellion. Be honest witha friend. 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://journeybozeman.com/students * Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give * Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman * Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app * Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman 

Brian Priebe | Executive Pastor | August 3, 2025 Referenced Scripture: Psalm 42, Mark 15:34, 1 Kings 19:4, Romans 8:16-17 Reflection Questions: 1. Share a time when you went through a spiritually dry season where you felt distant from God. What were the circumstances? How did you work through it? 2. Read Psalm 42. What are the indicators you see that the author of Psalm 42 is in the midst of a dry season? Do those align with questions you asked or statements you made when you last were in a dry spiritual season? 3. Working out of a dry season involves Remembering what God has done in your life. Share a time where you tangibly saw God's love and provision in your faith journey. 4. Working out of a dry season also involves placing our Hope in what God will do. What scriptures remind you of the hope you have in what God will do in your life? 5. Take an extended time to pray and praise God for what you remember he has done and for what hope you have in what he will do. 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://journeybozeman.com/students * Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give * Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman * Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app * Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman 

Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor | July 27, 2025   Referenced Scripture:  Proverbs 14:30, Psalm 73, Hebrews 4:15-16   Reflection Questions:  1) Describe a time when you were envious of a person or a group of people? What did they have that you wished you had? What things tend to stir up envy in your life? How have you seen envy diminish your life and relationships?   2) What makes envy such a dangerous sin in our relationships with people and our relationship with God? How can our envy of people lead us to anger and frustration with God himself?   3) Read Psalm 73 What do you learn from Asaph about praying your feelings of envy and jealousy? What things changed Asaph’s perspective and heart? How can you do something similar with your feelings of envy?   4) How can seeing your life in the context of eternity change your perspective on your life and circumstances?   5) How can learning the discipline of celebrating the successes of others help overcome feelings of envy? Who could you celebrate publicly that you have had feelings of jealousy?   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://journeybozeman.com/students  * Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give  * Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman  * Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app   * Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman 

Jim Keena  |  Guest Speaker | July 20, 2025  Referenced Scripture:  Psalm 3, 2 Samuel 15:12   Reflection Questions:  1. Is a “first aid kit” a good wedding gift? How does a first aid kit help us reflect on our spiritual response during times of crisis?  2. Read Psalm 3 aloud. Which words or phrases stand out to you, especially in the context of a personal or national crisis?  3. In verses 1–2, David openly shares his fears and distress. How does this show us a way to bring our troubles to God?  4. Verse 3 reads, “But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.” What does each of those images represent, and how are they part of God’s “first aid kit” in a crisis?  5. How do you usually respond when feeling overwhelmed—flight, fight, freeze, or faith? How does David show a faith-filled response?  6. Respond to the quote used in the sermon: “Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is because you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself?” (D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones)  7. Verse 5 describes David lying down and sleeping even while surrounded by danger. What allows someone to rest during a crisis? Have you experienced this kind of peace?  8. What are some practical ways you can “reach for” God's spiritual first aid kit when facing emotional, relational, or spiritual crises?  9. How can we encourage one another to rest in Psalm 3 truths when life feels out of control? Take time to share prayer requests. What crises (big or small) are you facing right now? Pray specifically using the language and promises of Psalm 3.   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://journeybozeman.com/students * Give: Want to worship through giving and support the ministry of Journey Church: https://journeybozeman.com/give * Gather: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyChurchBozeman * Gather: Download our app: https://journeybozeman.com/app   * Gather: Join our Facebook Group to stay connected throughout the week: https://facebook.com/groups/JourneyChurchBozeman