The Life Center SermonsMar 07, 2021
This Way: Yours
Week 6 of our sermon series This Way: Pastor Rob read from Matthew 21:12-17
This Way: Deliver Us
Week 5 of our sermon series This Way. Pastor Rob read from Matthew 6:13.
This Way: Forgive Us
Week 4 of our sermon series This Way. Matthew 6:12.
This Way: Give Us
Week 3 of our sermon series This Way. Pastor Rob read from Matthew 6:11.
This Way: Your Kingdom
Week 2 of our sermon series This Way.
This Way: Our Father
Week 1 of our sermon series This Way.
Shipwrecked...Navigating Unexpected Transitions
Navigating transitions/storms of life. Pastor Pattison read from Acts 27:13-44
Theology of Napping: The Way, The Truth, and The Nap
Week 5 of our sermon series Theology of Napping.
The Sabbath rest was a shadow of the true rest that God intends for us through Jesus the Christ.
Theology of Napping: The Nap We Really Want
Week 4 of our sermon series Theology of Napping. God commands us to rest because he wants to give us rest that goes deeper than just physical sleep. Our souls need rest.
Theology of Napping: Trust Naps
Week 3 of our sermon series Theology of Napping. Pastor Chad talked about our resting and Sabbath demonstrates our trust in the Lord. We don’t have to do it all because we trust him to come through for us while we rest.
Theology of Napping: Naps Make the Perfect Gift
Week 2 of our sermon series Theology of Napping. Pastor Chad talked about sabbath and rest are gifts to us, not burdens.
Theology of Napping: Nap Goals
Week 1 of our sermon series Theology of Napping. While we are setting goals for the new year, let’s set a goal to be more godly by resting consistently.
What to Expect When You're Expecting: How to Expect Correctly
Week 5 of our sermon series What to Expect When You're Expecting. There are really only a couple things we should expect of God as we start the new year if we want to have them met: place your hope in him and wait for him.
What to Expect When You're Expecting: Wise Men Expectations
Week 3 of our sermon series What to Expect When You're Expecting. Pastor Chad read from Matthew 2:1-12 and spoke about the wise men probably didn't expect what they found when they made it to the Messiah.
What to Expect When You're Expecting: Old Testament Expectations
Week 2 of our sermon series What to Expect When You're Expecting. Pastor Chad looked at the Old Testament Expectations.
Looking at the Messianic beliefs from the Old Testament and how Jesus fulfilled them.
What to Expect When You're Expecting: Mom and Dad Expectations
Week 1 of our sermon series What to Expect When You're Expecting. Pastor Chad and Pastor Bobbi spoke on Mom and Dad Expectations.
Raising Jesus would be very different than most parents raising their children. They read from Luke 1: 26-38 and Matthew 1:18-25.
Hot Mess: My Faith is a Hot Mess
Week 5 of our sermon series Hot Mess. Pastor Chad spoke about how our faith can be tricky, but you can grow your faith using God-given guidelines
Hot Mess: My Church is a Hot Mess
Week 4 of our sermon series Hot Mess. Pastor Chad spoke on church hurt, what should the church look like.
Hot Mess: My Finanaces are a Hot Mess
Week 3 of our sermon series Hot Mess. Pastor Chad spoke on fixing our finances won't happen overnight. It takes work and faithfulness. He read from Isaiah 58:1-12
Hot Mess: My Schedule is a Hot Mess
Week 2 of our sermon series Hot Mess. Fixing our busy-ness, Pastor Chad read from Matthew 16:25-27
Hot Mess: My Family is a Hot Mess
Week 1 of our sermon series Hot Mess Pastor Bobbi spoke that even God's chosen family, Abram had issues. They can be resolved in Jesus. Bobbi read from Genesis 12:1-5 and Ephesians 5:15-17.
The Gift That Keeps on Giving: God Blesses
Week 3 of our sermon series The Gift That Keeps on Giving. When we are faithful to give in response to God's giving, he blesses and multiplies what we give so that it makes bigger Kingdom rewards.
Gift That Keeps on Giving: You Give
Week 2 of our sermon series Gift That Keeps on Giving. Pastor Chad read from Mark 12:41-44. Because God gives to us, we give generously back to him.
The Gift That Keeps on Giving: God Gives
Week 1 of our sermon series The Gift That Keeps on Giving.
Chad read from Matthew 6:25-34 and the main idea was God gives to us before we ever give to him.
Jesus the Foodie: Last Supper
Jesus served the whole world salvation. Chad read from Matthew 26:20-30.
Jesus the Foodie: Feeding the 5000
Week 4 of our Sermon Series Jesus the Foodie. Chad spoke about Jesus expected people to serve one another, even when the task seemed too large from John 6:1-14.
Jesus the Foodie: Dinner with a Pharisee
Week 3 of our sermon series Jesus the Foodie. Pastor Chad read from Luke 7:36-50.
People served Jesus. He didn't need them to do it; he loved that they wanted to. Relational serving and loving.
Jesus the Foodie: Dinner with Levi
Week 2 of our sermon series Jesus the Foodie. Pastor Chad spoke on Jesus served people no one else wanted to serve from Matthew 9:9-13
Jesus the Foodie: Wedding at Cana
Week 1 of our sermon Series Jesus the Foodie. John 2:1-10 Jesus served his friends with excellence.
Proverb Cookies: Community and Accountability
Week 4 of our sermon series Proverb Cookies. Proverbs 27:17,19.
Proverb Cookies: Words and Actions
Week 3 of our Sermon Series Proverb Cookies. Proverbs 20:10-15
Proverb Cookies: Learning to Learn
Week 2 of our sermon series Proverb Cookies. Proverbs 13:13-18
Proverb Cookies: Seven Detestable Things
Week 1 of our sermon series Proverb Cookies. The seven things the Lord does not like and how each applies to us.
Celebration of Missions
This week we celebrate what God is doing through Missions
Communication Unification
Pastor Bobbi spoke on having unified communication. Colossians 3:1-15
Ask the Pastor: All the Jesus Questions
Week 3 of our sermon series Ask the Pastor.
Questions being answered:
"How is Jesus considered in the line of David if Joseph is not his biological father?"
"Why is believing in the virgin birth of Christ important to our Christian Faith?"
"Why did Jesus wait three days to come back?"
Ask the Pastor: All the Dying Questions
Week 4 of our sermon series Ask the Pastor.
Questions being answered.
What is biblical basis for rapture?
Do loved ones in heaven see us or know what we are doing?
Do people go to heaven as soon as they die, or do they lie in rest until rapture?
If a non-believer dies and is separated from God for all eternity does that mean the person's spirit goes immediately to hell?
Does a spirit in hell burn for all eternity or is the spirit destroyed/burned up and is gone?
I know the Bible says the fire of hell is eternal and the "smoke of their torment goes up forever" but does that mean their torment last forever?
Why God? When Questions Don't Have Answers
Amy spoke on asking why when our questions don't have answers
Ask the Pastor: What does the Term "Fear of God" Mean
Week 2 of our sermon series Ask the Pastor. What does the term 'Fear of the Lord' mean?
Ask the Pastor: Why do the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament seem so different?
Week 1 of our sermon series Ask the Pastor. Why do the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament seem so different?
The Way: Lead
Week 6 of our sermon series The Way. Peter had been with Jesus and now Jesus committed him to leadership. He would do so faithfully, preaching (Acts 2:14-42), leading through difficult decisions (Acts 15:6-11), and speaking for the church (Acts 4:5-22) up until his death.
Pentecost
Combined service with New Life on Pentecost.
The Way: Serve
Week 5 of our sermon series The Way. Jesus taught the disciples to serve (John 13:14-16) and Peter teaches the same lesson, even in harsh environments. Love through services is what will change hearts. 1 Peter 2:11-17
The Way: Love
Peter learned to love from the Master of love. This is why he stopped to help the man at the gate and its why he writes in his own book about the love that comes from knowing the truth (1 Peter 4:8, 1:22-25). Knowing Jesus leads us to love deeply. Acts 3:1-10
The Way: Grow
Week three of our sermon series The Way. We witness Peter’s growth as a disciple from being invited (John 1:40-42) to worshiping (Matthew 16:13-17) to wrestling and denial (Matthew 16:21-27, Luke 22:54-62) to ultimately being the leader of the church (John 21:15-17). We too need to grow. Also, growth is not linear (the denial came after his worship moment) but circular. Matthew 16:21-27
The Way: Worship
Week 2 of our sermon series The Way. Once the disciples were invited, they worshiped him. By following him (accepting the invitation,) they learned more about him and worship him all the more. Matthew 14: 22-33
The Way: Invite
Week 1 of our sermon series The Way. Invitation is the first step into discipleship. John 1: 35-49
WWJD: Jesus Loved
Week 7 of our sermon series WWJD. Jesus loves Matthew 28:1-15.
WWJD: Jesus Reigns
Week 6 of our sermon series WWJD. Jesus has all authority - Luke 19:28-44.
WWJD: Jesus Performs Miracles
Week 5 of our sermon series WWJD. Jesus changed people's lives by living into a Kingdom order in creation, an order where he has authority to heal and deliver and save. Luke 5:1-11