Navigation Church

Navigation Church
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Navigation Church is a community where you can be real, ask hard questions, and discover your next step in God’s Story. We do that by translating confusing theology into real talk, openly sharing our struggles and triumphs, and helping people make sense of God and grow in relationship with him.

  1. 2d ago

    Let’s Go – Man. Method. Mission

    Man. Method. Mission. God uses people to lead us and methods to move us forward, but His mission has always been bigger than both. In Joshua 3, Israel faces a new leader, a different way forward, and a decision that requires everyone to participate. Moses could lead them out. Joshua could lead them forward. But it took the people to take the land. As we begin LET’S GO, we’ll discover why following Jesus means more than attending church, appreciating leadership, or enjoying what God is doing. It means recognizing that we each have a part to play in His mission. Joshua 3:1–17 Discussion topics HEAD – What did Jesus say to you through the Word? Read Joshua 3:7. Why was it important for the Israelites to recognize that the same God who had been with Moses was now with Joshua? What does this teach us about the difference between following a leader and following God’s mission? Compare Exodus 14:21 with Joshua 3:13–17. How did God’s instructions for crossing the Jordan differ from the crossing of the Red Sea? What remained the same? Why can people become more attached to familiar leaders, traditions, or methods than to the purpose those things were intended to accomplish? Read Joshua 3:17. What stands out about the participation of the entire nation? What does this teach us about the relationship between leadership, God’s provision, and personal obedience? HEART – How did it make you feel? “Your reactions often reveal your allegiances.” The sermon reminded us, “The man changed. The God who called them hadn’t.” Have you ever struggled when God worked through a different person or in a different way than you expected? What made that difficult? “We can become so committed to how God moved yesterday that we resist how He’s leading today.” Is there an area of your life where familiarity or personal preference might be keeping you from embracing something new? What excites you, or perhaps makes you uncomfortable, about the possibility of God using your life to impact people and places beyond your immediate circle? HANDS – What are you going to do with it? “Leadership can help make a way forward. But leadership cannot live your obedience for you.” What is one step of obedience you sense God asking you to take that you’ve been waiting for someone else to initiate? Kingdom Builders are people who use what God has entrusted to them to advance His Kingdom. Consider your time, abilities, relationships, influence, prayers, service, and resources. Which of these could you begin using more intentionally for God’s mission? Who is one person outside your normal circle that God may be inviting you to encourage, serve, invite, or invest in this week? What specific action will you take? As we begin this five-week series, what is one area where you would like to move from simply supporting what the church does to personally participating in its mission? Check out our other audio series and video playlists that can help you find Jesus in every moment and then discover what’s next

  2. Oct 25

    Counterfeit Kingdom: Counterfeit Spirits

    Counterfeit Spirits Why are we so fascinated with the supernatural? Why are we drawn to stories about ghosts, angels, demons, and spiritual powers? And could our fascination with the unseen world reveal something about how God created us? The Bible makes it clear that there’s more to reality than what our physical eyes can see. But it also reveals an important truth: Not everything spiritual is from God. In this message from Counterfeit Kingdom, Pastor David takes us into Acts 19, where the apostle Paul encounters a culture filled with spiritual practices, supernatural beliefs, and people searching for power. Through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, extraordinary miracles, and the seven sons of Sceva, we discover the difference between experiencing God’s power and attempting to manipulate it. Along the way, we’re challenged to examine whether we’re genuinely seeking a relationship with Jesus or simply looking for what He can do for us. Counterfeit spirituality attempts to control spiritual power. Biblical spirituality calls us to surrender to the God who possesses it. The question isn’t whether you believe in the spiritual world. It’s whether you’ve surrendered your life to the One who has authority over it. Acts 19 Discussion topics HEAD – What did Jesus say to you through the Word? Read Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:17 and Genesis 11:4 Read Colossians 1:16–17 and Ephesians 6:12. What do these passages teach us about the spiritual world and Jesus’ authority over it? How should that shape the way Christians think about supernatural things? Read Acts 19:1–12. What differences do you notice between the disciples receiving the Holy Spirit and God performing extraordinary miracles through Paul? What does this teach us about the source of spiritual power? Read Acts 19:13–20. What were the seven sons of Sceva attempting to accomplish by using Jesus’ name? How was their approach different from Paul’s relationship with Jesus and the Holy Spirit? HEART – How did it make you feel? Am I seeking a relationship with God, or am I primarily seeking what God can do for me? How can we recognize the difference between genuinely pursuing Jesus and simply wanting His help, protection, or provision? Where am I trying to control an outcome instead of allowing the Holy Spirit to lead me? What makes surrender difficult when God’s direction doesn’t match our expectations? cts 19 describes people abandoning spiritual practices they had previously trusted. Are there things in your life you’ve begun depending on for security, direction, or peace more than you’re depending on God? What might surrender look like in those areas? HANDS – What are you going to do with it? “Am I submitted to the Holy Spirit, or am I trying to manipulate spiritual power?” Invite each person to complete this statement: “This week, I’m choosing to surrender __________ to the leadership of the Holy Spirit.” God can meet you where you are without intending to leave you where you are?  Where does God need to meet you?  Check out our other audio series and video playlists that can help you find Jesus in every moment and then discover what’s next

  3. Oct 18

    Counterfeit Kingdom: Rebels Without a Cause – Freedom Through Surrender

    Rebels Without a Cause – Freedom Through Surrender What if the freedom you’re fighting for is actually keeping you in bondage? What if the boundaries you’ve been resisting are the very things God designed to protect you? We all want the benefits of order, protection, and security, but we don’t always want to surrender our right to determine what’s right. From the Garden of Eden to the Book of Judges, Scripture reveals what happens when humanity rejects God’s authority and everyone begins doing what is right in their own eyes. In this message from Counterfeit Kingdom, Pastor David explores why we resist authority, how rebellion promises freedom but produces bondage, and why surrendering to Jesus is the pathway to genuine freedom. Along the way, we’re challenged to examine where we’ve treated God’s Word as a suggestion, resisted correction, or confused doing whatever we want with actually being free. The counterfeit kingdom promises freedom without surrender. Jesus offers freedom through surrender.  The question isn’t simply whether we believe in Jesus. It’s whether we’re willing to let Him be Lord over every area of our lives. Genesis 2&3, Judges Discussion topics HEAD – What did Jesus say to you through the Word? Read Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:17 and Genesis 11:4 Read Genesis 2:16–17 and Genesis 3:1–7. God gave Adam and Eve tremendous freedom, but He also established a boundary. Why do you think humanity is so often tempted to view God’s boundaries as restrictions rather than protection? Read Judges 17:6 and Judges 21:25. What happens when everyone begins doing what is right in their own eyes? How does this help explain the difference between personal freedom and living under God’s authority? Read John 8:31–36. Jesus teaches that people can believe they’re free while actually being enslaved to sin. How does Jesus’ definition of freedom differ from the way our culture often defines it? HEART – How did it make you feel? Where have I decided that my understanding of what’s right matters more than what God has said? Is there an area where I’ve been treating Scripture more like a suggestion than an authority? We all appreciate accountability until someone actually holds us accountable. How do you typically respond when someone challenges or corrects you? What might that response reveal about your willingness to surrender control? Is there something in your life you’ve been calling freedom that may actually be controlling you? Consider the statement: “If I cannot say no to something, I need to ask whether I’m really free from it.” HANDS – What are you going to do with it? Identify one area where you’ve been resisting God’s authority. What is one specific act of obedience you can take this week to surrender that area to Him? Invite someone you trust to speak into your life. Ask them, “Is there an area where you’ve noticed me becoming defensive or resistant to correction?” Commit to listening before explaining or defending yourself. Practice freedom through surrender. Identify one habit, desire, or behavior that has been exercising too much control over your life. What practical boundary can you establish this week to begin living under God’s authority instead? Check out our other audio series and video playlists that can help you find Jesus in every moment and then discover what’s next

  4. Oct 11

    Counterfeit Kingdom: The Hustle Trap – Performance vs. Purpose

    The Hustle Trap – Performance vs. Purpose What if the problem isn’t that you haven’t achieved enough? What if you’ve been asking achievement to give you something it was never designed to give? God created us to work, build, create, and accomplish. But when our work stops being worship and starts becoming the source of our identity, we fall into The Hustle Trap. We begin measuring our worth by what we produce, and no matter how much we accomplish, the tower is never tall enough. In this message from Counterfeit Kingdom, Pastor David explores how sin turned work into toil, how Babel turned achievement into identity, and how Jesus restores work to its intended purpose. We can work hard without allowing our work to become our king, rest without believing everything depends on us, and live in a way that points people toward Jesus. We work hard because our work is worship. We rest well because our work isn’t our god. Genesis 2:15 Discussion topics HEAD – What did Jesus say to you through the Word? Read Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:17 and Genesis 11:4 What changes about work after sin enters the story? Why does it matter that work existed before the Fall? The people at Babel were productive, organized, innovative, and ambitious. What made their work become counterfeit? Where is the line between building something great and needing what you build to make you great? Read Colossians 3:23–24. What would change about the way you approach your job, school, ministry, parenting, or responsibilities if you genuinely believed, “It is the Lord Christ I are serving”? HEART – How did it make you feel? Finish this sentence honestly: “I feel most valuable when I __________.” What does your answer reveal about where you tend to find your worth? Which is harder for you: working hard without needing recognition, or stopping work without feeling guilty? Why? The sermon said, “The problem isn’t building something great. The problem is needing what I build to tell me that I’m great.” Is there anything you are currently asking to tell you that you’re successful, significant, or enough? HANDS – What are you going to do with it? Practice Sabbath. Choose a specific period this week to intentionally stop producing and enjoy God’s provision and presence. What will you stop doing, and what could you intentionally do that restores your awareness of God? Turn your work into witness. The sermon asked, “When was the last time your work created an opportunity for someone to see Jesus?” Identify one person in your workplace, school, neighborhood, or normal weekly rhythm who could see Jesus through the way you work, serve, speak, respond, or treat them this week. Make one Kingdom adjustment. What is one thing you need to stop, start, or reorder this week so that your work flows from your identity rather than becoming your identity? Check out our other audio series and video playlists that can help you find Jesus in every moment and then discover what’s next

  5. Oct 4

    Counterfeit Kingdom – Cancelled: Justice Without Mercy

    Cancelled: Justice Without Mercy What happens when someone gets it wrong? Do we ignore it, excuse it, confront it, or decide their worst moment should define them forever? In this week’s look at Counterfeit Kingdom’s, Justice Without Mercy, we explore the difference between healthy accountability and destructive cancellation. Through the story of Peter and Paul in Galatians 2, we discover that the Kingdom of Jesus doesn’t ignore sin or eliminate consequences, but it always leaves room for redemption. Accountability confronts what you did. Cancellation can make what you did all that you are. Redemption confronts what you did while believing God can still write what comes next. The Kingdom confronts sin without abandoning sinners. Galatians 2:20 Discussion topics HEAD – What did Jesus say to you through the Word? Read Galatians 2:11-14 Paul confronted Peter publicly rather than ignoring what he had done. What does this teach us about the difference between grace and simply avoiding accountability? Discuss this statement from Sunday: Accountability confronts what you did. Cancellation can make what you did all that you are. Redemption confronts what you did while believing God can still write what comes next. What differences do you see between those three responses?? Why do you think the Kingdom of God makes room for both consequences and redemption? Why can it be dangerous when we remove either one? HEART – How did it make you feel? Is there someone I have frozen at the worst version of themselves? Maybe they have apologized, changed, or grown, but I still see them primarily through what they did. When someone fails, what do I genuinely want to happen next? Do I want accountability and change, or do I sometimes want them embarrassed, exposed, punished, or gone? Sunday we asked: “Is there anyone I have decided is beyond redemption?” Why is it sometimes easier to believe the gospel can redeem my story than to believe it can redeem someone else’s? HANDS – What are you going to do with it? Think of one person whose past has affected how you currently see them. This week, intentionally pray: “Jesus, help me see what You are doing in their story, not just what they have done in the past.” Where am I most likely to slip into a cancel-culture mentality instead of practicing Kingdom redemption? Is it in conversations with friends? On social media? When talking about someone who hurt me? When discussing people I disagree with? Where am I most tempted to reduce someone to what they said, did, or believe rather than leaving room for accountability, growth, and redemption? What will I do this week to break this pattern? Identify one relationship where you need to practice Kingdom accountability. That might mean having a difficult conversation, establishing a healthy boundary, offering forgiveness, acknowledging someone’s growth, or simply refusing to keep retelling an old story. Check out our other audio series and video playlists that can help you find Jesus in every moment and then discover what’s next

  6. Sep 27

    Counterfeit Kingdom, Identity Crisis – Finding Yourself or Losing Yourself

    Identity Crisis – Finding Yourself or Losing Yourself Who gets to define who you are? Our culture offers countless ways to build an identity around our experiences, accomplishments, struggles, politics, relationships, or even what has happened to us. But for a follower of Jesus, identity isn’t something we create. It’s something we receive. In this message, Pastor David explores Galatians 2:20 and Jesus’ words in Matthew 5 to discover what happens when Christ becomes the defining center of our lives. Because identity never stays internal. Identity produces action, and action produces influence. You don’t discover who you are by looking inward. You discover who you are by looking upward. Galatians 2:20 Discussion topics HEAD – What did Jesus say to you through the Word? Read Galatians 2:20. What do you think Paul means when he says, “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me”? What stood out to you most from Sunday’s message, and why? Sunday’s big idea was: “You don’t discover who you are by looking inward. You discover who you are by looking upward.” What does that mean to you? How does the progression Identity → Action → Influence help explain why our identity matters so much? HEART – How did it make you feel? What are you most tempted to allow to define you besides Jesus: success, failure, approval, politics, career, relationships, your past, a struggle, or something else? Sunday we said, “Christ doesn’t erase everything that describes me. He determines what ultimately defines me.” Where is that distinction difficult for you personally? Paul says Jesus “loved me and gave himself for me.” How would your view of yourself change if being loved by Jesus became more foundational than what you accomplish, what others think, or what has happened to you? HANDS – What are you going to do with it? Identify one false or secondary identity you have allowed to have too much authority in your life. What would it look like to surrender that to Jesus this week? Read Matthew 5:13–16. Jesus calls His followers salt and light. Where has God specifically placed you to have influence right now? Who is someone in your life whose identity seems to be rooted in something other than Jesus? Rather than trying to correct their behavior, how could you intentionally show them the love of Jesus this week? Check out our other audio series and video playlists that can help you find Jesus in every moment and then discover what’s next

  7. Sep 20

    Counterfeit Kingdom – Love is Love, The Counterfeit of Covenant

    Love is Love, The Counterfeit of Covenant Everybody believes in love, but what do we actually mean when we say “love”? In Week 3 of Counterfeit Kingdom, Love Is Love?: The Counterfeit of Covenant, we look at the powerful story of Hosea and Gomer and discover the difference between a love that chases what satisfies us and a covenant love that remains faithful, pursues, gives, and is willing to pay a price. Feelings, attraction, and romance can all be part of love, but they were never meant to define it. Scripture ultimately points us to Jesus and says, this is how we know what love is: He laid down His life for us. So when I say, “I love you,” am I describing what I feel, what I receive, or what I’m willing to give?Message Description Should Go Here Hosea Discussion topics HEAD – What did Jesus say to you through the Word? Read Hosea 3:1 and 1 John 3:16. Hosea is told, “Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites.” What does Hosea and Gomer’s story teach us about the difference between counterfeit love and covenant love? We learned that feelings, attraction, and romance aren’t wrong, but “feelings can be part of love; they were never meant to be king.” Why is it dangerous to allow our feelings to define whether or how we love someone? Read 1 Corinthians 13:4–7. What stands out about how many of Paul’s descriptions of love involve actions, choices, and attitudes toward another person rather than simply emotions? HEART – How did it make you feel? The message described counterfeit love as asking, “What does this do for me?” Where are you most tempted to evaluate relationships by what you’re receiving rather than what you’re giving? Consider this statement: “Sincerity doesn’t determine truth, and intensity doesn’t determine love.” Have you ever sincerely felt something that you later realized wasn’t actually loving? What helped you recognize the difference? When the feelings that brought you into a commitment change, what tends to happen to your commitment? Think beyond marriage to friendships, family, church, serving, and your relationship with God. HANDS – What are you going to do with it? Identify one person God has placed in your life whom you can intentionally love this week. Instead of asking what you need from them, ask: “What would seeking their good look like?” Choose one description from 1 Corinthians 13, such as patience, kindness, not being self-seeking, protecting, or persevering, and intentionally practice it toward someone this week. Hosea ends by saying, “The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.” What is one area where God’s way of loving is challenging your way of loving? What would it look like to walk in His way this week? Check out our other audio series and video playlists that can help you find Jesus in every moment and then discover what’s next

  8. Sep 13

    Counterfeit Kingdom – My Truth: Truth or Preference

    My Truth: Truth or Preference We live in a world filled with competing voices telling us what is true. Culture, politics, experiences, emotions, and even our own preferences can shape what we believe. But if truth changes every time our preferences change, is it really truth? In Week 2 of Counterfeit Kingdom, My Truth: Truth or Preference?, we explore where truth comes from, why God’s truth is objective, universal, absolute, eternal, and freeing, and what happens when His Word confronts something we would rather believe. Because the real test of authority isn’t what we do when God agrees with us. It’s what we do when He doesn’t. If God’s Word is only true when I agree with it, then God’s Word isn’t my authority. I am.Message Description Should Go Here Hebrews 11:3 Discussion topics HEAD – What did Jesus say to you through the Word? Read John 8:31–36 and Colossians 2:8–10. Jesus connects truth and freedom in John 8. What kind of freedom is He talking about, and how is that different from our culture’s idea of “living your truth”? Colossians warns about being taken captive by “hollow and deceptive philosophy.” What are some sources that influence what people believe is true today? How can we distinguish between something being true and something simply being familiar, popular, or repeatedly communicated? The message described truth as objective, universal, absolute, eternal, and freeing. Which of those five helps you understand biblical truth differently, and why? HEART – How did it make you feel? Think about this week’s Kingdom Diagnostic: What happens inside of you when God’s Word tells you something you don’t want to hear? Do you tend to submit, argue, ignore, explain it away, or look for someone who agrees with you? Which is most likely to compete with God’s truth in your own life: feelings, experiences, culture, consensus, family, politics, tradition, or personal preference? Why does that particular voice carry so much weight for you? Complete this sentence honestly: “I know what the Bible says, but…” Is there an area where what comes after the but may be revealing who actually gets the final word? HANDS – What are you going to do with it? Identify one belief, behavior, or decision where you need to ask: Am I allowing God’s truth to shape my preference, or am I trying to make God’s truth fit my preference? You tell me… what is one thing God is calling you to?  If you can’t think of one, stop now and pray as a group and allow the prophetic, freeing, voice of the Holy Spirit to speak. Check out our other audio series and video playlists that can help you find Jesus in every moment and then discover what’s next

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Navigation Church is a community where you can be real, ask hard questions, and discover your next step in God’s Story. We do that by translating confusing theology into real talk, openly sharing our struggles and triumphs, and helping people make sense of God and grow in relationship with him.

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    Navigation Church
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2026
  • Episodes
    104
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