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Each week, listen to sermons from Colin and messages from Good Shepherd Community Church in Scarborough, Ontario. These teachings are shared to encourage your faith, point you back to Jesus, and help you carry the Word of God into everyday life.
Whether you are part of our church community, looking for hope, or exploring faith, we pray these messages meet you where you are.
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Don't Just Sing It, Live It: Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
What if worship is more than the songs we sing on Sunday?
Part 1 of Pastor Colin McCartney's new series, Worship: More Than A Song. From Romans 12:1–2, he shows that true worship is a response to God's endless mercies: offering our whole lives to God, our hands, feet, work, homes and relationships, not just our voices. And because we can't transform ourselves, he introduces the PEACE Rule of Life (Pray, Eat, Act, Celebrate, Expect), a trellis of everyday practices that opens us to the Spirit's transforming work.
Scripture: Romans 12:1–2; Lamentations 3:22–23
0:00 The pastor who doesn't like worship?
1:01 Who stole the drums?
4:01 Romans 12: your true and proper worship
4:38 What worship music really does
6:40 In view of God's mercy
9:00 Mercies, plural
10:20 Swimming in mercy
12:17 Mercy asks no questions
15:43 What mercy looks like
16:44 Offer your bodies
19:04 Be transformed
20:51 A rule of life
21:24 The trellis
22:51 The PEACE rule of life
26:33 Real worship is everyday life
29:22 Closing prayer
30:17 Worship that loves people
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27 Sept 2026
Yours Is the Kingdom; Who Gets the Last Word? Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
Why does the church end The Lord’s Prayer with “For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever”?
In the final message of the series, Pastor Colin climbs the whole prayer again as a stairway of discipleship—from “Our Father” to “Yours”—drawing on the early church’s Didache, the Apostle Paul’s growing humility, and the doxology the early church added so that evil would never get the last word.
Scripture: Matthew 6:9–13; 1 Chronicles 29:11
0:00 One more message
1:00 More than a prayer
4:23 The Didache
8:42 A stairway to heaven
10:28 Our Father
14:35 Hallowed be your name
17:05 Your kingdom come, your will be done
19:16 Our daily bread
24:17 Forgive us our debts
26:26 Lead us not into temptation
28:01 Paul's path to humility
31:29 The doxology
35:56 A prayer of open hands
39:09 Four questions
40:28 Closing prayer
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27 Sept 2026
Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
What does it really mean to pray, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one”?
Pastor Colin reaches the final line of The Lord’s Prayer with a simple warning: don’t be a hero. Through the Hawaiian shore break that broke his neck and three moments from the life of Peter, he shows how we overestimate our strength and underestimate our weakness—and why this prayer is a humble cry for God to watch over us and deliver us.
Scripture: Matthew 6:13
0:00 Opening prayer
0:50 Reviewing the Lord's Prayer
5:23 Lead us not into temptation
7:12 Don't be a hero
13:24 Everyday temptations
17:25 The Lord's Prayer as discipleship
18:15 The weakness of Peter
25:03 Watch and pray
28:08 The threefold presence of temptation
31:39 The pattern of the fall
33:15 Practice for the week
36:08 Closing prayer
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27 Sept 2026
Our Daily Bread: Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
What does it really mean to pray, “Give us today our daily bread”?
Pastor Colin continues the series on The Lord’s Prayer by asking a simple question: does the Lord really provide? Through stories from a lifetime of ministry and the name Jehovah Jireh (“the God who sees”), he shows that God sees our needs before He meets them, calls us to trust Him one day at a time, and reminds us that because it is our daily bread, we are called to share our loaves with others.
Scripture: Matthew 6:11
0:00 Does the Lord really provide?
1:29 A missionary's story
8:35 Abba: God our Father
11:20 Jehovah Jireh: the God who sees
19:26 See, know, care, provide
23:56 Don't worry (Matthew 6)
25:47 Sleeping with bread
27:37 Manna in the desert
33:17 Daily bread is a justice issue
36:36 To know God is to be generous
41:54 Practice for the week
42:36 Closing prayer
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27 Sept 2026
Forgive Us Our Debts: Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
What does it really mean to pray, “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors”?
Pastor Colin continues the series on The Lord’s Prayer with one of its hardest lines. Why does Matthew describe sin as a debt—and what happens when we carry a ledger of everyone who owes us? Setting denial and retribution against the way of forgiveness, he walks through practical steps to forgive: starting from God’s forgiveness for us, naming the sin, confronting it with grace, separating forgiveness from repentance, and letting go.
Scripture: Matthew 6:12
0:00 A story of radical forgiveness
1:56 Forgive us our debts
6:36 The sin ledger
9:50 Forgiveness isn't denial
11:51 Truth and reconciliation
14:24 Retribution and its fruit
18:47 How do we forgive?
20:37 The fruit of forgiveness
21:54 Steps toward forgiveness
30:44 Joseph: forgive, but be wise
34:03 Letting go
36:43 Closing prayer
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17 Aug 2026
Your Will Be Done: Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
What does it really mean to pray, “Your will be done”?Pastor Colin continues the series on The Lord’s Prayer by exploring what it means to surrender our own will to God—and how we can discern His will in the decisions, relationships, and challenges of everyday life.Scripture: Matthew 6:10Subscribe for more messages on faith, peace, justice, and the way of Jesus.Connect with Pastor Colin McCartney below!https://www.connectcity.org/https://www.gscc.ca/
2 Aug 2026
Hallowed Be Your Name: Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
What does it really mean to pray, “Hallowed be Your name”?Pastor Colin continues the series on the Lord’s Prayer by exploring the power of God’s name and what our lives communicate about His character. Hallowing God’s name is not only something we say—it is something we live through love, compassion, forgiveness, peace, and the way we treat others.Scripture: Matthew 6:9Subscribe for more messages on faith, peace, justice, and the way of Jesus.Connect with Pastor Colin McCartney below!https://www.connectcity.org/https://www.gscc.ca/
26 Jul 2026
Our Father in Heaven: Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
In this sermon, Pastor Colin McCartney begins a new series on the Lord’s Prayer by exploring four powerful words: “Our Father in heaven.” What do these words reveal about who God is, who we are, and how close He truly is?
Discover why prayer was never meant to be an empty ritual or public performance, but an intimate relationship between God and His children.
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19 Jul 2026
Dressed for battle! - Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
In this message, Pastor Colin McCartney walks through Ephesians 6:10–18 and the full armor of God. Using the image of a hockey player stepping onto the ice without the proper equipment, he asks a simple question: are we dressed for the battle?
Pastor Colin explains why Paul repeatedly tells believers to stand firm—not in our own strength, but in the victory and power of Jesus. He explores the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, the sword of the Spirit, and the importance of prayer.
Through stories from hockey, wrestling, the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and everyday faith, this message reminds us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood. God has already given us everything we need to stand our ground.
Scripture: Ephesians 6:10–18
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12 Jul 2026
Stand Firm: Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
In this message, Pastor Colin McCartney walks through Ephesians 6:10–14 and reminds us that the Christian life is not about standing in our own strength, but learning to stand firm in the mighty power of God.
From the image of a baby learning to stand, to the reality of spiritual warfare, this sermon unpacks what it means to recognize the battle beneath the surface, rely on God’s strength, and stand on the victory Jesus has already won.
Scriptures referenced:
Ephesians 6:10–14
Ephesians 1:19–21
Isaiah 41:13
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5 Jul 2026
What team are you on? - Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
In this message, Pastor Colin McCartney teaches from Ephesians and asks a powerful question: What team are you on?Are we still living according to the old self — shaped by the world, anger, greed, bitterness, and hardened thinking — or are we choosing the new self, created to be like God in righteousness, compassion, forgiveness, and truth?This sermon is a call to examine our hearts, put off the old way of living, and walk in the new life Christ has given us.Scripture: Ephesians 4:22–32Connect with Pastor Colin McCartney below!https://www.connectcity.org/https://www.gscc.ca/
2 Jul 2026
Jesus Didn’t Just Rise — He Conquered: Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
In this sermon, Pastor Colin McCartney teaches on the power and meaning of the resurrection. Jesus didn’t just rise from the grave — He conquered sin, death, darkness, and every force that stands against the kingdom of God.This message is a reminder that the resurrection is not only a moment of hope, but a declaration of victory. Through Christ, we are invited to live with courage, faith, and confidence in the power of His finished work.Subscribe for more messages on faith, peace, justice, and the body of Christ.Connect with Pastor Colin McCartney below!https://www.connectcity.org/
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2 Jul 2026
5 Leadership Roles (Ephesians): Sermon by Pastor Colin McCartney
Pastor Colin McCartney teaches from Ephesians on the 5 leadership roles Christ gave to build up the Church: apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teachers. In this message, he shows us the strength found in unity and how these leadership roles work together to equip and strengthen the body of Christ.
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