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Send us Fan Mail THE HEART POWER REVEALS After God’s Own Heart | Part 3 Senior Pastor Keith Stewart October 11, 2026 What if the greatest danger in your life isn’t the brokenness you already know about—but the brokenness you still can’t see? The Bible tells us the whole truth about David—his faith and failures, his courage and wounds, his devotion to God and the destructive patterns he sometimes refused to face. Why? Because Scripture exposes David so David can expose us.   This Sunday, in Part 3 of After God’s Own Heart, we’re asking an uncomfortable question: What’s in me that I still don’t see? DISCUSSION QUESTIONS    This isn’t a message about shame. It’s about transformation. God isn’t frightened by the truth about us. And what we’re willing to bring into the light, God can begin to heal. 1. The message says, “Scripture exposes David so David can expose us.” Why do you think the Bible is so honest about the failures of people God loved and used?       2. We often compare ourselves with people whose failures seem worse than ours. Why is it easier to recognize someone else’s obvious sin than pride, self-righteousness, jealousy, control, or other “sins of the spirit” in ourselves?   3. David’s story suggests that unresolved wounds can become patterns we pass on to others. Without sharing anything you consider too personal, what attitudes, behaviors, or family patterns have you had to recognize and intentionally change? 4. The message says, “Power didn’t create what was wrong with David. Power exposed it.” How can success, influence, money, authority, or even religious leadership reveal things in us that adversity may not?    5. Why do you think we tend to do more soul-searching after failure than after success? What spiritual practices can keep us grounded when life is going particularly well?   6. Consider the central question of the message: “What’s in me that I still don’t see?” Why can that be such a difficult question to ask ourselves? What makes genuine self-awareness possible?   7. The message says, “God apparently isn’t frightened by the truth about us. We are.” How does believing that God already knows us completely—and still loves us—change the way we face our brokenness?   8. Read Psalm 139:23–24 together. Of the four prayers from the message—Search me, Test me, Tell me, Help me—which one do you find easiest to pray? Which is the most difficult? Why?   Closing challenge: Spend a few quiet moments individually praying Psalm 139:23—Rather than asking God to change someone else, simply pray: “Lord, show me the truth about myself—and give me the courage to respond to what You show me.”

Send us Fan Mail THE HEART GOD FORMS After God’s Own Heart | Part 2 Senior Pastor Keith Stewart October 4, 2026   David and Goliath is the story everybody knows. But Goliath wasn’t the battle that formed David. Goliath was the battle that made David famous. Saul was the battle that made David ready. For years, David lived on the run—betrayed, hunted, hiding in caves, and waiting for a promise from God that seemed no closer to fulfillment. Yet those wilderness years were not wasted years. They were the place where God formed David’s heart. What if the delays, opposition, and wilderness seasons we desperately want to escape are actually some of the places where God does His deepest work in us? Join us this weekend as we discover what David learned in the wilderness—and what God may be forming in us through ours. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS  1. The message makes the distinction: “Goliath was the battle that made David famous. Saul was the battle that made David ready.” What do you think that means? Why might prolonged adversity form us in ways that a single victory cannot? 2. David was anointed king long before he actually became king. What is difficult about trusting God when you believe He is leading you somewhere, but circumstances seem to be moving in the opposite direction?   3. The message describes patience as more than simply waiting—it is learning to live faithfully and fully in the present moment. What makes us so eager to escape uncomfortable seasons? What might God want to teach us while we are there?   4. “The wilderness exposes what’s really inside our hearts.” What has a difficult season revealed to you about yourself—your fears, priorities, attachments, strengths, or relationship with God?   5. David's wilderness could have made him bitter, but instead much of his pain became prayer. The message distinguishes lament from grumbling: lament honestly expresses pain while continuing to move toward God. What would it look like for you to turn more of your complaints into lament?   6. When Saul unexpectedly entered David's cave, David had the perfect opportunity to end his suffering and accelerate God's promise. Discuss this statement: “A God-given promise does not justify a God-forbidden shortcut.” Where are we most tempted to justify questionable means because we believe the desired outcome is good?   7. David had the power to harm the person who had repeatedly tried to harm him—and refused to use it. What does the way we use power reveal about what God has formed in our hearts?   8. The message says, “There may come a time when you have the power to personally destroy someone who has hurt you. And that is precisely when the heart God has formed in you is revealed.” Without sharing anything inappropriate or confidential, have you ever faced a situation where retaliation was possible and even understandable? What made choosing grace difficult?   9. David refused to retaliate against Saul, but Jesus takes this even further: He responds to His enemies with sacrificial love. How does Jesus change the way Christians should think about enemies, retaliation, self-protection, and forgiveness?   10. The conclusion describes Christians as “surprising people”—people whose grace is unexpected in a culture accustomed to retaliation and self-interest. Which of these challenges you most right now: forgiving when retaliation is expected, relinquishing an advantage you could exploit, or loving someone you have reason to consider an enemy?    Closing question: If your present circumstances are part of God's formation of your heart, what might God be forming in you right now that you could not learn as easily under different circumstances?

Send us Fan Mail THE HEART GOD CHOOSES After God’s Own Heart | Part 1 Senior Pastor Keith Stewart September 27, 2026   This Sunday, we begin a new series on one of the most fascinating, celebrated—and complicated—people in the Bible: David. He was a shepherd, warrior, poet, king, worshiper and giant-slayer. But he was also deeply flawed. He made terrible decisions, hurt people he loved, failed spectacularly and lived with the consequences.   And yet, remarkably, David is the one person Scripture describes as “a man after God’s own heart.” How can that be? Maybe we’ve misunderstood what God is looking for.   We tend to evaluate people from the outside in—appearance, accomplishments, credentials, success. But when God chose David, He made something unmistakably clear: “People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” —1 Samuel 16:7 If you’ve ever wondered whether your failures, weaknesses, background or imperfections could keep God from using your life, I hope you’ll join us. Because David’s story reminds us that God has always done extraordinary things through remarkably ordinary—and imperfect—people. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS  1. Read 1 Samuel 16:6–13. Samuel initially assumed Eliab must be God’s choice because of what he saw on the outside. What are some of the outward qualities our culture tends to associate with significance, leadership, or success? How can Christians fall into the same trap?   2. David was overlooked even by his own father, yet God saw something in him that others did not. Have there been seasons when you felt overlooked, undervalued, or forgotten? How might knowing that God sees differently change the way we experience those seasons?   3. The message describes David as having “a heart like a shepherd.” Much of his character was developed while doing an ordinary, largely unnoticed job. What might God be developing in us through responsibilities that seem insignificant or unimportant?   4. One of the sermon’s statements is, “Character is always built in faithful obscurity.” Why can obscurity actually be valuable? What becomes dangerous when recognition or opportunity arrives before character has been developed?   5. David and Saul both failed seriously, but the message emphasizes a difference in how they responded when confronted. What is the difference between being sorry about consequences, defending ourselves, and genuinely repenting? Why is defensiveness such an obstacle to spiritual growth?   6. The message says, “Being a sinner is not what disqualifies you from leadership. Pretending that you aren’t is what dooms you.” What does healthy ownership of our failures look like? How can a community of grace make honesty and repentance easier rather than harder?   7. David also had “a heart that was centered on God.” The sermon suggests that work, busyness, efficiency, schedules, and even ministry can gradually move into the center of our lives. What tends to compete with God for the center of your life? What practices help you continually re-center yourself on God?   8. The message summarizes the heart God chooses as a heart willing to serve when nobody is watching, a heart capable of breaking when confronted with sin, and a heart that continually re-centers itself on God. Which of those three qualities do you most want God to develop in you right now, and why?   9. David’s story reminds us that we are both saints and sinners—people genuinely loved and used by God who remain deeply imperfect. How does that truth challenge either perfectionism on one side or complacency about our failures on the other?   10. The message ends by saying that when David’s story is told rightly, we see Jesus—and that God wants Jesus to become visible through our imperfect stories as well. What might it look like for someone to see Jesus through your life, including through the places where you are still unfinished?   Closing prayer prompt: Ask God to show you where you are concentrating too much on the outside while He wants to work on the inside, and invite Him to form in you a heart that serves faithfully, repents readily, and continually returns to Him.

Send us Fan Mail THE LEAST OF THESE SENIOR PASTOR KEITH STEWART Matthew 25:31-46 Thirty-six years ago, we planted Springcreek Church. Over the years, God has been changing the church we planted-expanding our vision, softening our hearts, and teaching us to see Jesus in unexpected places. In this message, Pastor Keith shares powerful stories from Kenya, Brazil, and Guatemala, and unpacks what Jesus teaches in Matthew 25 about the surprising ways He shows up "incognito" among the poor, the hurting, and the forgotten. This isn't just a message about helping others. It's an invitation to encounter Jesus, to live with compassion, and to become more fully the church He's calling us to be. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS  1. Keith described his encounter with Oliver as a moment when he realized, “He was rich. I was poor.” What do you think he meant? In what ways can someone possess material wealth and still experience another kind of poverty?   2. Read Matthew 25:31–46 together. What stands out to you most about the criteria Jesus uses to distinguish the sheep from the goats? What, if anything, makes you uncomfortable or challenges the way you have thought about following Jesus?   3. The message says, “The way you respond to ‘the least of these’ demonstrates where your true identity lies.” Why are acts of compassion evidence of genuine faith rather than a way of earning salvation?   4. Both the sheep and the goats seem surprised by Jesus’ verdict. Neither group realized that their treatment of vulnerable people was actually their treatment of Jesus. What does that suggest about the kind of life Jesus expects His followers to live?   5. Keith said, “Jesus is constantly showing up in our lives incognito.” How might believing that change the way you see someone who is poor, homeless, imprisoned, addicted, lonely, sick, an immigrant, or otherwise vulnerable?   6. One of the strongest warnings in Matthew 25 concerns sins of omission—not merely the wrong things we do, but the right things we fail to do. Where are you most tempted to see a need but assume someone else will take care of it?   7. Jesus mentions remarkably ordinary acts: feeding someone, offering a drink, welcoming a stranger, providing clothing, caring for the sick, visiting a prisoner. Why do you think Jesus places such significance on things almost anyone can do? What is one simple act of compassion that is realistically within your reach right now?   8. In both the Oliver and Gabriel stories, Keith went into impoverished communities assuming he had something to give and discovered that he was also the one who needed to receive. What can we learn from people whose life circumstances are very different from our own? How does this keep Christian service from becoming paternalistic?   9. Keith concluded, “Thirty-six years ago, we planted a church. Somewhere along the way, God began changing the church we planted.” What kind of church do you believe God is continuing to form Springcreek into? What would it look like for us—not merely church programs or staff—to become more fully that church?   10. Personal challenge: Who is one person or group of people you may have been overlooking, avoiding, judging, or simply failing to notice? What would it look like this week to approach that person not merely as someone who needs something from you, but as someone through whom you might encounter Jesus?

Send us Fan Mail THE POWER OF “AND” Pastor Jerrid Fletcher September 13, 2026 "The Power of 'And'" unpacks one of the smallest words in the English language to make one of the largest points in Scripture: God rarely erases what's hard — He joins Himself to it. Anchored in Luke 8, the message follows Jairus, a synagogue ruler whose dying daughter puts him at Jesus' feet carrying faith and fear in the same breath. When word comes that she has died, Jesus doesn't deny the report — He speaks over it: "Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed." From there the message builds two convictions: fear may be real, but it doesn't get the final word, and a report may be true, but it isn't the whole truth. It closes with a personal testimony of a season marked by repeated loss, and the "ands" that followed — closer family, deeper presence, real grief that didn't cancel real grace. The invitation is simple: stop putting a period where God has placed a comma. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS  1. Read Luke 8:40–56 slowly, once for the story and once just watching for the word "and." 2. Where has a report — a diagnosis, a rejection, a hard season — been given more authority in your mind than it should have? 3. What voice needs to be "put outside" before you can believe again? 4. Finish this sentence honestly: "I'm tired, and ___." / "I don't understand, and ___." 5. Write your own list of "ands" from a hard season — what did God do in the middle of it that you might've missed if you only looked at the loss?

Send us Fan Mail MAKE ROOM Dr. Jessica Fernandez September 06, 2026 In 2 Kings 4, the Shunammite woman did something simple but significant: she made room for the presence of God. Long before she received a promise, experienced a miracle, or saw her deepest desire fulfilled, she intentionally created space for God to dwell. In Make Room, we’ll discover what her story teaches us about the crowded places in our own lives. Our schedules can be full, our minds overwhelmed, and our hearts guarded by disappointment—yet God continues to meet us in those places. Sometimes the question isn’t simply, What am I carrying? but what am I making room for? Whether you’re standing between disappointment and hope, exhaustion and renewal, or what has been and what could be, God is still speaking in the doorway. Maybe it’s time to clear the clutter, reopen some rooms, and make space for God to move again. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS  1. The Shunammite woman recognized something sacred in Elisha before anyone told her what to do. What helps you recognize where God is at work in your life? 2. She served without asking for anything in return. Where do you notice yourself becoming transactional with God—obeying, serving, or giving mainly because you hope to receive something back? 3. When Elisha spoke to her deepest desire, her response revealed guarded hope. Is there an area where disappointment has made you cautious about trusting God again? 4. She lived in a compromised culture without allowing the culture to compromise her devotion. What pressure are you currently facing to conform, stay silent, or drift spiritually? 5. What is one specific way you can create space this week for God to speak, correct, restore, or redirect you?

Send us Fan Mail LEARN TO LAUGH AGAIN Senior Pastor Keith Stewart  August 30, 2026 Sometimes life becomes so heavy that we forget what it feels like to laugh.   Laughter doesn’t deny our pain or pretend that everything is okay. Sometimes it is one of the first signs that healing has begun—that we are regaining perspective, reconnecting with others, and rediscovering the joy God never intended us to lose.   This Sunday at Springcreek, we’re going to laugh together and explore God’s gift of joy in a message called LEARN TO LAUGH AGAIN.   If life has gotten the better of you lately, this message is especially for you. Discussion Questions  1. Who is someone who consistently makes you laugh? What is it about that person or your relationship that creates laughter?   2. Read Ecclesiastes 3.1–4. Why do you think Scripture places “a time to laugh” alongside experiences such as weeping and mourning? What does this suggest about the place of laughter in a healthy spiritual life?   3. The message described laughter as power, perspective, and perseverance. Which of these have you experienced most clearly? Can you share a time when laughter helped you endure something difficult?   4. Read Luke 6.21: “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.” What kind of hope is Jesus offering to people who are suffering? How is this different from simply telling someone to cheer up?   5. Jesus used exaggeration and absurd imagery—such as a plank in someone’s eye or swallowing a camel—to expose uncomfortable truths. Why can humor sometimes help us recognize something about ourselves that we might resist if it were communicated through criticism?   6. “Laughter is the shortest distance between two hearts.” How has shared laughter helped you connect with someone, reduce tension, or feel less alone?   7. Read Proverbs 14.13. How can laughter become a mask that conceals sadness, fear, or pain? How can we create relationships in which people feel safe enough to let others see what is behind the laughter?   8. What is the difference between humor that heals and humor that wounds? What warning signs tell us that a joke, sarcasm, or teasing has crossed the line and become harmful?   9. Paul wrote repeatedly about joy while living through suffering and imprisonment. What is the difference between happiness based on circumstances and joy rooted in God’s presence?   10. Is there an area of your life that has become so heavy that you have lost some of your capacity for joy or laughter? What might returning to the source of your joy—God Himself—look like for you this week?   Closing Reflection   Pray for those in the group who are carrying especially heavy burdens. Ask God to help everyone face sorrow honestly, receive the support of others, rediscover the joy of His presence, and recognize the moments when healing allows them to laugh again.

Send us Fan Mail OUR LONELINESS EPIDEMIC Senior Pastor Keith Stewart  August 23, 2026 You can be surrounded by people and feel completely alone. You can share a home, a workplace, even a bed with someone—and still feel disconnected. That’s because loneliness isn’t really about being alone. It’s about not feeling connected.   This Sunday at Springcreek, we’re talking about OUR LONELINESS EPIDEMIC—why loneliness affects people of every age and stage of life, how it can pull us into a downward spiral, and what we can do to break the cycle.   Loneliness isn’t shameful evidence that something is wrong with you. It may simply be telling you, “Pay attention. Something needs connection.”   And when it does, there are two directions we need to move:   Reach up. Reach out. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS  1. Keith said, “Loneliness is about not feeling connected, not about being alone.” What is the difference between loneliness and simply being alone? Have you ever experienced loneliness while surrounded by other people? Conversely, have you experienced being alone without feeling lonely?   2. Read Psalm 142:4–5 and Psalm 25:16–17. What do David’s words teach us about loneliness? Why is it important to recognize that spiritually mature people can still experience profound loneliness?   3. The message described a downward spiral: Pain → Passivity → Pity Parties → More Pain. Which part of that cycle do you think is easiest to get trapped in? How can pain cause us to withdraw from the very relationships we need? What are some ways our thoughts and behaviors can unintentionally reinforce our loneliness?   4. “You may not have chosen your loneliness, but you can choose how you respond to it.” What does taking responsibility for our response look like without blaming ourselves for being lonely? What is one healthy action someone could take when they recognize they are becoming isolated?   5. Discuss the idea of “bids for connection.” What are some small ways people make bids for connection that we easily overlook? Think about your closest relationships: do you tend to turn away, turn against, or turn toward? What might “turning toward” look like this week?   6. One of the surprising claims in the message was that solitude can actually be a remedy for loneliness. How is solitude different from isolation? Read John 8:29. How did Jesus’ relationship with His Father affect His experience of being alone? What practices help you experience solitude as time with God rather than simply time away from people?   7. The message compared loneliness to physical pain—an early warning system telling us that something needs attention. How might thinking about loneliness this way change the way we respond to it? Instead of merely trying to escape the feeling, what might loneliness be telling you about your relationships with God or other people?   8. The message ended with two simple directions: “Reach Up. Reach Out.” What would each of those look like practically in your life right now? Identify one way you can intentionally reach up toward God and one way you can reach out toward another person this week.

Send us Fan Mail RELENTLESS When God Changes The Messenger Senior Pastor Keith Stewart  August 16, 2026   What if the greatest obstacle to God’s mission isn’t the people we’re trying to reach—but the parts of us God must change before we can reach them?  In Acts 10, God sends Peter to a Gentile Roman officer named Cornelius. But before God changes Cornelius’ life, He begins changing Peter—challenging lifelong assumptions, dismantling old prejudices, and expanding his understanding of just how far God’s grace reaches.   Nineveh wasn’t God’s only project. Jonah was. Cornelius wasn’t God’s only project. Peter was. And the people God wants us to love aren’t His only project. We are. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS  1. The message distinguishes between a technical challenge (“What do I need to do?”) and an adaptive challenge (“Who do I need to become?”). Where have you experienced God asking you not simply to do something differently, but to become different?   2. Peter had beliefs and practices he sincerely thought represented faithfulness to God, yet God challenged some of those categories. Why is it particularly difficult to change when we believe our existing position is faithful to God?   3. Before Peter ever arrived at Cornelius' house, God was already at work in Cornelius' life. How might it change the way we relate to people if we approached them believing God may already be doing something in their lives that we cannot see?   4. Peter eventually crossed a literal threshold and entered the home of someone he once would have considered an outsider. What kinds of “thresholds” still separate Christians from people today? Which ones might Jesus be asking us to cross?   5. Both Jonah and Peter were sent toward people they had been conditioned to regard as enemies or outsiders. Jonah resisted God's heart; Peter eventually allowed God to change his. Where do you see yourself in these two stories?   6. The message says, “Sometimes the greatest obstacle to God's mission isn't the people we're trying to reach. It's the parts of us that God must change before we can reach them.” What might God need to change in us—fear, prejudice, assumptions, discomfort, judgment, resentment—in order to love people more like Jesus does?   7. The Museum of Tolerance illustration assumes that none of us is completely free from prejudice. What are some subtle ways we pre-judge people based on appearance, politics, lifestyle, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, religion, or other differences?   8. The message concludes, “Nineveh wasn't God's only project. Jonah was. Cornelius wasn't God's only project. Peter was. And the people God wants us to love aren't His only project. We are.” What do you sense God may currently be trying to change, enlarge, or heal in you?   Closing prayer: Ask each person to quietly identify one person or group they find difficult to understand or love. Then pray the prayer from the message together: “God, heal my heart. Expand my vision. Help me to see people the way You see them, so I can love them the way You love them.”

Send us Fan Mail RELENTLESS Part 4 | The God Who Won’t Give Up On People Senior Pastor Keith Stewart  August 09, 2026 Have you ever been offended by God's grace? Not because He showed it to you, but because He showed it to someone else. The book of Jonah doesn't end with a whale. It ends with a question. A question about God's heart. A question about our enemies. A question about whether we've become more interested in justice than mercy.   This Sunday we conclude RELENTLESS: The God Who Won't Give Up on People with a message entitled: WHEN GOD'S GRACE OFFENDS YOU   It may be the most uncomfortable—and most important—chapter in the entire book. Come discover why Jonah ends without a happy ending... and why that may be exactly the point. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS  1. The book of Jonah ends without telling us whether Jonah ever changed. Why do you think God inspired the book to end that way? What effect does that unfinished ending have on you personally?   2. Jonah wasn't angry because God was unjust—he was angry because God was exactly Who He said He was: compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in love. Why do you think God's mercy can sometimes be difficult for religious people to accept? 3. Read Exodus 34:6–7 and Jonah 4:2. Jonah quotes God's own self-description as an accusation rather than an act of worship. What does that reveal about Jonah's heart? Have you ever struggled with one of God's attributes because of how it affected someone else?   4. The message described anger as a "warning light on the dashboard" that often reveals something deeper beneath the surface. What tends to lie underneath your own anger—fear, disappointment, hurt, pride, frustration, or something else?   5. Discuss the illustration of the three circles: I – You – They. Who is easiest for you to understand? Who is easiest to stereotype or judge? Why do you think that happens?   6. The statement was made, "The book of Jonah is God's attempt to redraw those circles." What would it look like for God to redraw those circles in your own life?   7. Peter eventually learned that "God does not show favoritism" (Acts 10:34). What prejudices, assumptions, or categories might God still be challenging His Church to abandon today?   8. Jonah cared more about the plant than the people because the plant served his own comfort. Where are we tempted to value our comfort more than God's mission?   9. Throughout the book, God patiently pursued: the sailors, Jonah, Nineveh, and even Jonah again. What does that repeated pursuit teach us about God's character? Which example in the book speaks most powerfully to you?   10. The series concluded by saying: God refuses to abandon pagans. God refuses to abandon prophets. God refuses to abandon cities. God refuses to abandon bitter people. God refuses to abandon us. Which of those statements do you most need to hear today? Why?   Closing Challenge   This week, ask God to reveal one person you've quietly placed in the "they" category. Pray each day that God would help you see that person through His eyes rather than your own. Then look for one practical way to move them closer—from they, to you, through an intentional act of kindness, conversation, or prayer.   Where does the spirit of Jonah still live in me—and what would it look like for the relentless grace of God to change my heart?

Send us Fan Mail RELENTLESS Part 3 | When The Entire City Turns Around Senior Pastor Keith Stewart  August 02, 2026 Have you ever secretly wondered if someone is beyond God's grace? The book of Jonah asks a far more uncomfortable question: What if the real problem isn't that God loves our enemies... but that we don't?   This weekend we'll discover why the greatest miracle in Jonah isn't a man swallowed by a great fish. It's an entire city transformed by the grace of God—and a prophet who still struggles to accept it.   What happens when God extends mercy to people we think don't deserve it? And what if the greatest obstacle to revival isn't "out there"... but in our own hearts?   Join us this Sunday for RELENTLESS – Part 3: When an Entire City Turns Around   You may discover that the hardest person for God to change isn't Nineveh... it's Jonah. And maybe, at times, it's us. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Icebreaker   1. Have you ever been given a second chance that changed the direction of your life? What happened?   Digging into the Passage   2. Jonah receives the exact same calling in chapter 3 that he received in chapter 1. What does that teach us about God's persistence and His purposes for our lives?   3. Why do you think the people of Nineveh responded so quickly while Jonah remained so resistant to God's grace?   4. One of the key ideas in the message was that "The Ninevites believed God," not simply Jonah. Why is that distinction important?   Going Deeper   5. The Hebrew word hapak can mean either "to overthrow" or "to transform." How does that deepen your understanding of what God intended for Nineveh?   6. The sermon suggested that judgment is God's last resort, while redemption is His delight. Where else do you see that pattern in Scripture or in your own life?   7. Jonah experienced extraordinary grace but struggled to extend grace to others. Why is it often easier to receive God's forgiveness than to celebrate it in someone else's life?   Personal Application   8. The sermon said: "We always believe more in the power of Nineveh than we do in the transforming power of God's grace." Where do you see that tendency in yourself or in today's culture?   9. Is there a person or group of people you find difficult to believe God could genuinely transform? What might that reveal about your own heart?   10. Near the end of the message we asked: "Will I allow Him to transform me?" What is one area of your life where God may be calling you to turn—to experience your own hapak?   Prayer   Spend time praying for three things: •  A heart that celebrates God's grace wherever it appears. •  The humility to recognize areas where prejudice, pride, or bitterness may still exist. •  Courage to say "yes" to whatever transformation God wants to accomplish in your own life.

Send us Fan Mail RELENTLESS Part 2 | The God Of Another Chance Senior Pastor Keith Stewart July 26, 2026 Have you ever wondered if God still listens when the mess you're in is entirely your own fault? Jonah wasn't running toward God—he was running away. Even after God rescued him, his heart still had a long way to go. Yet God refused to give up on him.   This weekend in RELENTLESS: The God Who Won't Give Up on People, we'll look beyond the famous fish to discover the real miracle of Jonah chapter 2. What if God's greatest work isn't simply rescuing us from our circumstances—but patiently transforming us through grace upon grace?   If you've ever struggled with failure, self-righteousness, or wondered whether God could still use someone like you, this message is for you.   Join us this Sunday at Springcreek Church or watch online. You may discover that you've been living inside Jonah's story longer than you realized. Discussion Questions  Have you ever been absolutely convinced you were right, only to discover later that you had completely misunderstood the situation? What happened?   Digging Into the Passage   1. Read Jonah 2 aloud together. What stands out to you after hearing the sermon that you may never have noticed before?   2. Jonah repeatedly thanks God for rescuing him, yet never explicitly confesses his rebellion. Why do you think that omission is significant? 3. Compare Jonah's prayer with Psalm 51 or Psalm 32. What differences do you notice between David's prayers and Jonah's?   4. The sermon suggested that Jonah stopped running because he couldn't run anymore—not because his heart had fully changed. Have you ever obeyed God before your heart completely caught up? What did that experience teach you?   Applying the Message   5. The sermon said: "The greatest miracle in Jonah chapter 2 isn't that a fish keeps a man alive. It's that God keeps loving a prophet who still doesn't love what God loves." How does that statement change the way you think about grace?   6. Why do you think it's often easier to recognize other people's sins than our own?   7. Jonah could receive grace but struggled to extend it. Why is that such a common struggle for religious people?   8. The sermon suggested this progression:  Repentance → Grace → Transformation (what we expect)          vs.          Grace → more Grace → still more Grace → eventually Transformation How has your own spiritual journey reflected that second pattern? Personal Reflection   Pastor Keith shared that after nearly fifty years of ministry, he continues to discover how relentless God's grace has been throughout his life. Looking back over your own story, where can you now see God's grace pursuing you—even before you fully understood it?   Is there an area of your life where you're more like Jonah than you'd like to admit? What would it look like to pray, "Lord, show me the truth about myself"?   Close by sharing one way you've experienced God's grace recently and pray that God would help each person become not only a recipient of grace but also someone through whom that grace "spills over" into the lives of others.

Send us Fan Mail RELENTLESS Part 1 | Running From Mercy Senior Pastor Keith Stewart  July 19, 2026 If you look around our culture today, everything seems to be divided into "us" and "them." Every day we're told who to fear, who to blame, who to despise, and who deserves our outrage. The anger comes from the right and from the left, and before long it begins to shape our own hearts. What's surprising is that God's remedy for this isn't found in a New Testament command or a self-help book. It's found in one of the shortest books of the Old Testament—the book of Jonah. Because Jonah isn't really written for irreligious people. It's written for people like us. People who know God, worship God, and yet can still find themselves resisting the very things God loves. Jonah has a great deal to teach us about who God is, how God works, and how He wants to transform our hearts. Discussion Questions  1. Before hearing this message, what did you think the book of Jonah was primarily about? Did anything in this week's teaching challenge or expand your understanding of the story?  2. Pastor Keith said, "The book of Jonah is a mirror." In what ways do you see yourself in Jonah's attitudes or actions?  3. Why do you think Jonah resisted God's call to Nineveh? Was it fear, prejudice, nationalism, hatred, or something else? What does his motivation reveal about the human heart? 4. Read Jonah 1:1–3. Jonah ran in the opposite direction of God's command. What are some ways people today can run from God without ever leaving home?   5. The sermon emphasized that all people matter to God. Why is that truth sometimes easy to affirm in theory but difficult to practice with certain people?  6. Pastor Keith asked several searching questions:   Who scares you?   Who offends you?   Who can you not stand?   Who would you rather see judged than forgiven? Without naming individuals if it would be inappropriate, why do you think those questions are so difficult to answer honestly? 7. Throughout Jonah 1, the pagan sailors often behaved more compassionately than God's prophet. What do you think God is trying to teach us through that surprising reversal? 8. The message suggested that Jonah's deepest problem wasn't simply disobedience but misdirected love—he loved his nation more than God's heart for the nations. What are some good things that can become disordered loves in our own lives? 9. Read John 3:16–17 together. How does verse 17 deepen or reshape your understanding of verse 16?  10. Pastor Keith closed by praying, "God, make me into a grace giver, not just a grace receiver." What would that look like in one specific relationship or situation this week? Closing Prayer Ask God to reveal any "Jonah heart" within us—a place where resentment, prejudice, fear, or self-righteousness has replaced compassion. Pray that God would help us see people the way He sees them and become willing participants in His relentless pursuit of those He loves.

Send us Fan Mail IN THE MIDDLE OF IT Pastor Jerrid Fletcher  Sunday, July 12, 2026 In The Middle Of It is a message about learning to see the space between promise and possession — the waiting, the delay, the unresolved season — not as evidence God has forgotten you, but as the classroom where He does His deepest work. Before we can learn there, we have to deal with the whispers that convince us we've been overlooked, taking every thought captive and renewing our minds in truth. From there, Scripture shows a pattern: God didn't wait outside Israel's wilderness, Joseph's prison, or the disciples' storm — He moved into the middle of each one. Using Elijah's cave, the desert, the grave, and the storm as case studies, and then walking verse by verse through Psalm 27, the sermon traces David's posture shifting from bold declaration to broken petition to a soul preaching courage back into itself — proof that the middle isn't wasted space, it's where faith gets shaped, tested, and made real. The charge: stop asking only "how do I get out of this," and start asking "what is God teaching me while I'm in it." DISCUSSION QUESTIONS  What's a "whisper" you've had to fight recently — a thought that sounded reasonable but didn't actually sound like God? How did you test it?Think of a "middle" season in your own life — a wilderness, a delay, an unanswered prayer. Looking back now, can you see anything God was building in you during it that you couldn't see at the time?Of the four classrooms discussed (Cave, Desert, Grave, Storm), which one feels closest to where you are right now? What do you think it's trying to teach you?David's posture in Psalm 27 shifts from standing tall and declarative (v.1-3) to on his face, pleading (v.7-9). Why do you think honest faith includes both postures? Is one harder for you than the other?The sermon draws a line between "surviving the middle" and "learning in it." What would it look like, practically, for you to shift from one to the other this week?Psalm 27:14 tells us to "wait on the Lord" twice. What makes waiting the second time harder than the first — and what helps you keep your courage up when you're still waiting?

Send us Fan Mail MISIDENTIFIED Dr. Jessica Fernandez Sunday, July 5, 2026 What if the labels you've accepted aren't the labels God has given you? When God met Moses at the burning bush, everyone had an opinion about who Moses was. Egypt, Israel, Pharaoh, and even Moses himself. Yet, God saw something completely different. In this message, we'll discover that God evaluates us differently than the world does. While others focus on our past, God sees our purpose. While others see our limitations, God sees His possibilities. And while others see what we've been, God sees what we can become through Him.  Everybody saw a shepherd. God saw a deliverer. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS  1. What label have you received from others, your past, or your own thoughts that has been hard to shake? How has that label affected the way you see yourself? 2. Moses asked, “Who am I?” when God called him. Where do you currently feel unqualified, disqualified, or unsure of your place in God’s purpose? 3. What is the difference between something that happened to you and the identity you have formed from it? Can you identify a lie you may have believed because of a painful experience? 4. God answered Moses’ insecurity with, “I will be with you.” How does God’s presence change the way we understand our identity, calling, and limitations? 5. Whose voice has had the most authority in shaping how you see yourself: your past, other people, your own thoughts, or God? What would it look like this week to let God’s voice become louder?