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Pastor Drew Freyder
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He LiFTS, I LiFT, We LiFT. This is the vision of LiFT Church, led by Pastor Drew Freyder, located in Salisbury, MD.
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He LiFTS, I LiFT, We LiFT. This is the vision of LiFT Church, led by Pastor Drew Freyder, located in Salisbury, MD.
To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world, click here: https://liftsby.churchcenter.com/giving
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LiFT Church Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id...
Just like the three women at the tomb, Christ's death and resurrection means that we can each have a story. We each have an active role in the mission of the church because Christ's story is now our story.
"My God, why have you forsaken me?" Fewer more painful words could be uttered. Yet, despite these words - Jesus gloriously prevailed. How and why?
This passage shows us why Jesus' humanity was important. He took on our weakness and therefore our suffering, so that he could transform it. Because he did that, we can take on his strength. When we become aware of the gap between our love and his love, or our perseverance and his, rather than despair, we can call him into the gap and depend on his strength.
We might think that trusting Jesus as Lord hinges on how well we can hold on to him, but what if it actually had more to do with his hold on us?
In response to Jesus' love, how can you be unfairly and intentionally loving to someone this week?
Gospel Leadership doesn't end with us having direct influence on many people, instead the Gospel calls us to raise leaders who themselves raise leaders. We'll discover that this call is an act of faith and we'll explore the faith to active, to empower, and to persevere.
The Gospel revolutionizes leadership by positioning the Gospel Leader to steer their families in the area of truth, Godliness and lifestyle. These three areas are typically considered "off-limits" and "private" by our culture. Yet, they are precisely where the Gospel leader needs to provide direction and wisdom to see people follow Jesus.
Are you a ""Gospel Leader?""
On Sunday, we introduced the concept of Gospel Leadership - the notion that the essential frame of reference for thinking about leadership in the church was through a family.
The idea of leading a family function changes the way we relate to leaders and see ourselves as leaders!
Tonight on the webcast, we're going to explore what it looks like to begin leading as Gospel Leader by exploring our underlying assumptions about what leadership is and how it functions.
If you see yourself as a leader or not, tonight is for you!
Leadership can be a beautiful, powerful force. When used effectively, leadership will bring the best out of people, leading to collective thriving in families, communities and even countries. However, when abused, leadership is profoundly destructive. There is perhaps no human endeavour that can be as positively powerful as or disastrously destructive as leadership. For that reason, our theology and practices of leadership are absolutely vital to “get right.”
What do you think when you think of the word sacrifice? We can tend to look at sacrifice as daunting or something that requires everything that we have. That may be true but see how this one woman sacrificed, knowing that there isn't anything to lose because of everything she gained.
It is a natural human tendency to put our hope in things: situations, success, money, material goods, people, ourselves are all things we frequently hope in. In this sermon we'll discover we have a much greater hope in Jesus.
Our world may be upside down, but Jesus has given us great wisdom in terms of how we can respond. Today, we draw hope from the markers of an apocalyptic Church for navigating our world today.
When we look around at the pain and chaos of the world around us it can feel like God is no longer in control or that evil is winning. Jesus has a lot to encourage us with, in the midst of chaos and panic. We will see how Jesus brings comfort by renewing our perspective, providing what we need, and giving us purpose, all so that we might endure in loving him and helping others love him too.
What did Jesus say was the greatest commandment? What does it look like in action and can we actually live it out? We'll see the power of God's command only when we see and rest in our great Savior who enables us to do it.
Jesus storms into the temple and flips some tables. Why? Because he had a far better, freedom oriented, way in mind for us to live.
Life is short, eternity is forever; heave is real, so is hell. Jesus brings all of this into sharp focus as he mobilizes his disciples to think clearly about the war they are engaged in.
The call of scripture to "fear not" seems impossible and yet the promise of scripture is that our fear can be transformed to faith. The presence of our God speaks to our fears in unexpected and yet life-changing ways.
Following Jesus is not an easy path. The Kingdom of God comes through sacrifice but the pain is worth it when we understand who it's for. Speaker: Alex Busch Mark 8:31 9:1
Jesus does not desire us to only have a partial experience of the Gospel, he wants to completely transform us. However, it can be so easy to settle for a partial revelation, experience, transformation. Jesus is inviting us to more than emotional or intellectual experience of His grace, but a total life-transforming encounter with the power that raised Him from the dead. Speaker: Robin Wallar Text: Mark 8:22-30