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Have you ever felt like life is just meaningless? What's the point of everything? That feeling is not failure, it's a diagnoses. There are a lot of different ways to live your life. The way you choose to live, your philosophy or wisdom of life, will affect everything. And if you're using the wrong one it will lead you in the wrong direction. As Pastor Ryan Thies, Associate Pastor of Youth and Care at Westmark Church, walks us through the book of Ecclesiastes, we will see how King Solomon forces each philosophy to it's logical conclusion. Is the way your living your life able to stand up to the hard questions of life? Are you trying to find value in your work, worth, and wealth?Where is it leading you? Follow along as Pastor Ryan Thies leads us through Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:9. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Watch your step, watch your mouth, watch your heart. 38:40

9 days ago38:40

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Have you ever felt like life is just meaningless? What's the point of everything? That feeling is not failure, it's a diagnoses. There are a lot of different ways to live your life. The way you choose to live, your philosophy or wisdom of life, will affect everything. And if you're using the wrong one it will lead you in the wrong direction. As Pastor Noah Tyler walks us through the book of Ecclesiastes, we will see how King Solomon forces each philosophy to it's logical conclusion. Is the way your living your life able to stand up to the hard questions of life? Where is it leading you? Follow along as Pastor Noah Tyler leads us through Ecclesiastes 4:1-5:7. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Time is Not Wasted When It's Lived with God 29:38

14 days ago29:38

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Have you ever felt like life is just meaningless? What's the point of everything? That feeling is not failure, it's a diagnoses. There are a lot of different ways to live your life. The way you choose to live, your philosophy or wisdom of life, will affect everything. And if you're using the wrong one it will lead you in the wrong direction. As Eliot Linsenmeyer (who serves the Westmark Family as the Head Elder) walks us through the book of Ecclesiastes, we will see how King Solomon forces each philosophy to it's logical conclusion. Is the way your living your life able to stand up to the hard questions of life? Where is it leading you? Follow along as Elder Eliot Linsenmeyer brings us through Ecclesiastes 3:1-22. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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The life of Jesus breathes life into my everyday life. 39:27

22 days ago39:27

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Have you ever felt like life is just meaningless? What's the point of everything? That feeling is not failure, it's a diagnoses. There are a lot of different ways to live your life. The way you choose to live, your philosophy or wisdom of life, will affect everything. And if you're using the wrong one it will lead you in the wrong direction. As Pastor Noah walks us through the book of Ecclesiastes, we will see how King Solomon forces each philosophy to it's logical conclusion. Is the way your living your life able to stand up to the heat? Where is it leading you? Follow along as Pastor Noah Tyler brings us through Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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From a meaningless cycle to a meaningful story. 36:31

28 days ago36:31

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Have you ever felt like life is just meaningless? What's the point of everything? That feeling is not failure, it's a diagnoses. There are a lot of different ways to live your life. The way you choose to live, your philosophy or wisdom of life, will affect everything. And if you're using the wrong one it will lead you in the wrong direction. As Pastor Noah walks us through the book of Ecclesiastes, we will see how King Solomon forces each philosophy to it's logical conclusion. Is the way your living your life able to stand up to the heat? Where is it leading you? Follow along as Pastor Noah Tyler brings us through Ecclesiastes 1:1-11. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Grace-Based Friendships 41:26

5 weeks ago41:26

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One of the most radical things you'll ever encounter is grace. God's grace in our lives change us, and that changes how we live. Join Pastor Noah Tyler as he discusses-- if you get grace, you give grace. Looking at Ephesians 2:8-9, 1 Timothy 1:13-14, and 1 Peter 4:8-10, we see how our grace-based relationship with God gives me a grace-based identity, which allows me to have grace-based relationships with others. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Friendology: Good Friends Are Good For You 41:28

6 weeks ago41:28

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Ever wish you never met someone one? That person's impact on your life is probably a net negative effect. A good friend has a good effect on you because Good Friends Are Good For You. Join Pastor Noah Tyler as he walks us through Hebrews 3:12-13 and Hebrews 10:23-25. Here we see God's word expounding deep truths to people in hard circumstances-- and right in between are these teachings about what a good friend does. IT turns out that the context for transformation, many times in life, is community. Do you have the place in your life where people can ask you the hard questions and hold you accountable? Have you given people access to your heart so they can protect you from your own sin? That's what friends are for. Learn how the gospel teaches us this more fulfilling way to live. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Friendology: What it means to be a Friend 41:01

7 weeks ago41:01

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Can you die of loneliness? It turns out you can. God has designed us for friendship and for life. Join Pastor Noah Tyler as he works through John 15:14-15, learning from Jesus himself what it means to be a friend. As we talk about relationships, we pay attention to 4 relationship convictions that govern healthy relationships: 1) I am worth knowing, 2) You are worth knowing, 3) I accept the risk of trusting, 4) I accept the work of growing. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Easter: Life that Lasts 27:49

8 weeks ago27:49

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Easter is a day to remember God's plan to break the curse that "all good things must come to an end." When Jesus came back to life, he made a way for us to come to God. Pastor Noah Tyler walks us through Acts 17:22-24, showing how Paul answers one of life's hardest questions with the resurrection-- How can we find life that will last? You can find life in Jesus! Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Kingdom, Power, Glory 36:05

9 weeks ago36:05

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What if you were standing on the edge of something big-- something really big-- and you missed it? Actually, what if we are missing a lot of big opportunities because we are focusing on the wrong priorities? Pastor Noah looks 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 to learn about King David's prayer and the Christian history of ending The Lord's Prayer with "For yours in the Kingdom, the power, the glory, forever. Amen." If we were to start looking at our lives through this lens and praying with the type of faith represented in this line of the prayer, we might not miss when God walks by right in front of us-- which is what happened on Palm Sunday so many years ago. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Temptation & Evil 32:00

10 weeks ago32:00

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We need protection, but we also need the testing that will grow us. But those are the very things that Satan and our own sin will use to tempt us toward evil. Looking at Matthew 6:13, Pastor Noah Tyler explains our cry out to God for protection against what we can't handle in this world. We need to ask for protection that leads to our perfection. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Forgive 40:04

11 weeks ago40:04

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Forgiveness is important enough that Jesus wanted us to include in the way we pray. A lack of forgiveness is like a flesh-eating bacteria we store away in our hearts. Pastor Noah Tyler talks about the three parts of forgiveness: releasing, reconciling, restoration-- and the blessing that lies on the other side of it. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Today's Bread 37:46

12 weeks ago37:46

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When we are dependent on others we can begin to feel unsafe, but Jesus teaches us to come to God for even the bread we need today. While it seems scary and unnatural, Jesus teaches us something surprising: Daily Desperate Dependence on God Produces Peace. Pastor Noah Tyler walks the Westmark Family through some of the implications of praying "give us today our daily bread." The challenge today is to avoid our normal reaction, instead-- don't just do something, sit there. Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Your Kingdom, Your Will 32:20

13 weeks ago32:20

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What does it mean to win in life? Jesus calls us to do something so unnatural for us, we are immediately opposed to it-- asking God for him to win, even when it means we need to lose. The life-changing hard truth is that your biggest wins come from losing to God. What does it look like for you to stop wrestling with God and experience victory through losing to God? Westmark Church is a Family Growing Together.…

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Our Father 34:00

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