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Basic Training 4. Today we learn that In order to be loyal to that which you have been called TO - you may have to be disloyal to that which you have been called FROM.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Basic Training 4. Today we learn that In order to be loyal to that which you have been called TO - you may have to be disloyal to that which you have been called FROM.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
(Basic Training 3) Victory is ours—but only if we step onto the battlefield. So let's continue with our study of Ephesians picking up with chapter 3.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
(Basic Training 3) Victory is ours—but only if we step onto the battlefield. So let's continue with our study of Ephesians picking up with chapter 3.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
As a heavy darkness has fallen on our nation in recent days…there is also a light beginning to shine. People who never professed faith in Jesus are suddenly lifting their voices. People who once saw no hope are now hearing the clarion call to seek God. And to speak out about God. Faith has been tested, but out of the testing comes a louder declaration than ever before!Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Even as a heavy darkness has fallen on our nation in recent days…there's also a light beginning to shine. People who never professed faith in Jesus are suddenly lifting their voices. People who once saw no hope are now hearing the clarion call to seek God and to speak out about God. Faith has been tested, but out of the testing comes a louder declaration than ever before!
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Part 2 - From the moment we are born we have a built-in desire to run the world around us so that it benefits and serves us. We are all born with a self- centered, ME FIRST identity – we feel that the world revolves around US. This is the very essence of the SIN NATURE. But God’s purpose for our lives is that we have a GOD FIRST identity. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Part 2 - From the moment we are born we have a built-in desire to run the world around us so that it benefits and serves us. We are all born with a self- centered, ME FIRST identity – we feel that the world revolves around US. This is the very essence of the SIN NATURE. But God’s purpose for our lives is that we have a GOD FIRST identity. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
From the moment we are born we have a built-in desire to run the world around us so that it benefits and serves us. We are all born with a self- centered, ME FIRST identity – we feel that the world revolves around US. This is the very essence of the SIN NATURE. But God’s purpose for our lives is that we have a GOD FIRST identity. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
From the moment we are born we have a built-in desire to run the world around us so that it benefits and serves us. We are all born with a self- centered, ME FIRST identity – we feel that the world revolves around US. This is the very essence of the SIN NATURE. But God’s purpose for our lives is that we have a GOD FIRST identity. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
No other believer possesses more of God than YOU possess right now. Many believers spend their entire lives reading the “will” and shouting over the “contract” but never living in the promises that God has decreed. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
No other believer possesses more of God than YOU possess right now. Many believers spend their entire lives reading the “will” and shouting over the “contract” but never living in the promises that God has decreed. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
(SS 8:7) Solomon said, many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. There wouldn't be enough water to stop this fire. That's the kind of love that I want to have for my Jesus. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
(SS 8:7) Solomon said, many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. There wouldn't be enough water to stop this fire. That's the kind of love that I want to have for my Jesus. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
The thrill of victory at all costs is pursued because the agony of defeat is an appetizer of death, namely an echo from the future reminding all people that they are perishable.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
The thrill of victory at all costs is pursued because the agony of defeat is an appetizer of death, namely an echo from the future reminding all people that they are perishable.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
The miracle is not that the water turned to wine, but that it turned to wine because Jesus said so. Let Him speak to your water...Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
The miracle is not that the water turned to wine, but that it turned to wine because Jesus said so. Let Him speak to your water...Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
If we could just some how some way turn it over to Jesus, the Holy Spirit longs to intercede for us.
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If we could just some how some way turn it over to Jesus, the Holy Spirit longs to intercede for us.
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Satan seems to have stolen one of the most important things in a Christian's life and that is his daily communion with God; we call it Prayer. Be Light, Give Hope, Demonstrate God's Love, Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Satan seems to have stolen one of the most important things in a Christian's life and that is his daily communion with God; we call it Prayer. Be Light, Give Hope, Demonstrate God's Love, Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Revival always starts with a fire on the altar - not the platform.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Revival always starts with a fire on the altar - not the platform.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
If it is possible to have the name of PRAISE but not live up to the mandate of the family name...then it is possible to be a believer and not really live what we present.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
If it is possible to have the name of PRAISE but not live up to the mandate of the family name...then it is possible to be a believer and not really live what we present.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
What you thought was going to kill you, God is going to use to crown you. It’s not sorrow—it’s destiny. It’s not the end—it’s the beginning! No matter what, I’m committed to what God is birthing in me!Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
What you thought was going to kill you, God is going to use to crown you. It’s not sorrow—it’s destiny. It’s not the end—it’s the beginning! No matter what, I’m committed to what God is birthing in me!Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
We may be surrounded by confusion, disorder, and noise, but God didn’t design this world to operate in chaos. He brings order from it. That is His nature. That is His power.
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We may be surrounded by confusion, disorder, and noise, but God didn’t design this world to operate in chaos. He brings order from it. That is His nature. That is His power.
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God is more interested in changing us than using us. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
God is more interested in changing us than using us. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was surprised, scared, and humbled when she was chosen to bear the Savior of the world. But Mary had the favor and grace of God. There is something about the grace of God that literally takes the common and makes it uncommon. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was surprised, scared, and humbled when she was chosen to bear the Savior of the world. But Mary had the favor and grace of God. There is something about the grace of God that literally takes the common and makes it uncommon. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Anger is not an issue of CIRCUMSTANCE, it is a HEART issue.Lift Church KCBe Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Anger is not an issue of CIRCUMSTANCE, it is a HEART issue.Lift Church KCBe Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Happy Resurrection Day! We need Silent Saturdays because they teach us to trust God's Word, even when we struggle to understand.
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Happy Resurrection Day! We need Silent Saturdays because it teaches us to trust God's Word, even when we struggle to understand. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
We all know there's a part of us that always wants to take the easy way or play it safe. But I don’t think we ever fully fulfill our destiny if we only walk the path of the sure thing.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
We all know there's a part of us that always wants to take the easy way or play it safe.But I don’t think we ever fully fulfill our destiny if we only walk the path of the sure thing.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
To serve our Master we must know Him—what He wants, His will, and how He feels about the important issues of life.
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To serve our Master we must know Him—what He wants, His will, and how He feels about the important issues of life.
Be Light, Give Hope, Demonstrate God's Power, Celebrate God's Presence.
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The Lord doesn't want just ten minutes of your time in the morning and that be the extent of where He fits in your life. He is inviting us to build Him a place in our life that is His and His alone. We need to build Him an Upper Room.
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The Lord doesn't want just ten minutes of your time in the morning and that be the extent of where He fits in your life. He is inviting us to build Him a place in our life that is His and His alone. We need to build Him an Upper Room.
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One thing Satan has understood about God is how much God loves you! So, when Satan really got ready to get on God's nerves, he didn't use himself to vex God, he used man! But God...His Spirit now lives in you!
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One thing Satan has understood about God is how much God loves you! So, when Satan really got ready to get on God's nerves, he didn't use himself to vex God, he used man! But God...His Spirit now lives in you!
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The enemy is not just fighting you over you, he is fighting you over what you are about to produce.
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The enemy is not just fighting you over you, he is fighting you over what you are about to produce.
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Today, we delve into one of the most vivid and transformative visions recorded in the Scriptures—and find out it's time to S.W.I.M.
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Today, we delve into one of the most vivid and transformative visions recorded in the Scriptures—and find out it's time to S.W.I.M. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Love - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
The Lord did not call us to be clever, spectacular, showy, or brilliant, but He did call us to be a witness.
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The Lord did not call us to be clever, spectacular, showy, or brilliant, but He did call us to be a witness.
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All four of the Gospels tell of the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000, but only John recorded the fact that there was a little boy who gave up his lunch.
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All four of the Gospels tell of the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000, but only John recorded the fact that there was a little boy who gave up his lunch.
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Who is this woman who briefly sticks her face into the New Testament and dares to warn us, with the complexity of an unresolved issue? Idit, Lot's wife.
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Who is this woman who briefly sticks her face into the New Testament and dares to warn us, with the complexity of an unresolved issue? Idit, Lot's wife.
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If you don't realize your times are in His hands, you may become encumbered with care about something that you can do nothing about. Just one moment can turn your whole life right side up!
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If you don't realize your times are in His hands, you may become encumbered with care about something that you can do nothing about. Just one moment can turn your whole life right side up!
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God is leading us out of our wilderness. He is our north.
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David encouraged himself in the Lord. The Lord gave David wisdom to know what to do and the strength to do it.
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There is great wisdom that comes from the actions of the faithful olive tree in Judges 9. Our generation has a need for faithfulness like it never has before.www.lift.churchBe Light.Give Hope.Demonstrate God's Power.Celebrate God's Presence
At this church, we’re taking the roof off of this thing. No limits. No boundaries.No place we won't go if the Spirit tells us to. No method we won’t use to get this message out. It will take Outside the Box Compassion because compassion ushers in the miraculous.www.lift.churchBe Light, Give Hope, Demonstrate God's Power, Celebrate God's Presence
We understand that to be effective in this community and the communities that we all come from, we are going to have to be a church that is outside the box of normal church.
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There's something that God has for you to do that no one else can do. There's something inside of you that does not reside anywhere else…and God is working and He is waiting for that thing to be released in your life so it can affect and touch those around you.www.lift.churchBe Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presence
If you are going to enter your new season, you'll need new systems put in place to sustain you in that new season.Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presencewww.lift.church
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The first thing that God tells us about Himself in His Word is that He is a Creator. If our God Is the Creator and we are made in His Likeness, then at certain times of our lives and at certain seasons, there needs to come something out of us. Speak into your situation and say, “Let there be light!”Be Lfght - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presence www.lift.church
Seasons let us know when to do and what to do. Change is on its way. God is not satisfied with leaving us the way he found us.Be Light - Give HopeDemonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presence.www.lift.church
This is a challenge of our times...having an understanding of the things that we can live with and what we cannot live without. We need corn...Lift Church KCBe Light - Give HopeDemonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presencewww.lift.church
We live in a time where it's easy to not trust anything however, trust in God enables us to move forward even when the path is unclear.www.lift.churchLift Church KCBe Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presence
The healing of America is not up to one party of either side. The healing of America is up to the people of God.Lift Church KCBe Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presence
How can we advance the Kingdom of God for the glory of God, and stem the tide of evil in our land until Jesus comes?
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Today, we're seeking Jesus for when he calls us to go because it would be so much easier to stay and just play it safe.
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Think of one thing and one thing only that you're doing today that's not good in your life. We're going to commit that to God and ask Him to help us to change the direction of our destination.Lift Church KCBe Light - Give HopeDemonstrate God's PowerCelebrate God's Presencewww.lift.church
The decisions we make determine the testimony that we tell. Our decisions create our forever story.Lift Church KCBe Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presence
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It doesn't matter, what people want or what they seek, if God inserts Himself, He always gets His way. He can choose to involve Himself in anything he wants because He is Sovereign. And He is preparing us to speak...and preparing others to listen.Lift Church KCBe Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presence.
As important as it is to cry out with a deep hunger for more of God, it is equally necessary to move from the touch of the moment into momentum for His purpose..
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God wouldn’t have Jesus marry an unworthy bride. The power of the cross and the shed blood of Jesus made us holy and blameless. Washed in the blood of Christ, we are that perfect virgin bride. Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presence.www.lift.church
We have a God-sized mission in front of us. We can’t do what God has called us to do without His power. And we’ll never have the power of the early church without the prayer of the early church.
Jesus said everyone had a cross. If a person wanted to follow him that person would have to "take up his cross" and follow him. We just don't want to be nailed to it.
We are in a precarious time in the world today. So much is happening that is moving us ever closer to the coming return of Jesus. It's time to not just say we have faith but to live out our faith boldly and decisively before the world.
Randy Reed - Lead Pastor, Lift Church KC
Today, it’s time to allow the greatness of God to overtake us. It's time to take action! It's time to wake up...to wake up for real!
"These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 (NASB)
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Pentecost still needed today. America’s hope is in the unfinished assignments of the Christians in America. God will save this ship because our work isn’t done in the earth.
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Anytime you do anything for God you're going to face adversity. Using Nehemiah 4 we're going to deal with adversity to build our dream and realize our destiny.
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Blind Bartimaeus teaches us a lesson on how to get unstuck and move forward with Jesus.
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Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God. He's always with you. And don't get so caught up in the "what" of the storm that you forget the "who" that is in your boat. Lift Church KCBe Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presence
Don't let your pain paralyze you. Let your pain propel you to keep pressing in to Jesus because there is blessing on the other side of the press.
The moment you attach YOUR expectation to HIS purpose, you have chosen to live life with a troubled soul. So often those of us that are believing God for a miracle have to first learn the lesson of how to wait on the Lord. It's part of it.
People more readily believe in their sin being forgiven. Yet they seem to struggle most with believing for healing. By His stripes we were and are healed!
The day after Jesus’ crucifixion is one of those interesting, yet unrecorded days in biblical history. If you look at the Gospels, they each give about one verse to what was going on in the world of the Jews: they were “resting.” But there is more...
When someone walks through the doors of Lift Church, what will they find? What will they see? May they find Jesus Christ and His church ready and willing to receive them.
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We finish our series on Meet With Me looking at the importance of sacrifice and surrendering our lives completely to the Lord.
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We continue our series on Meet With Me with the importance of consecrating our lives to the Lord.
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Special Guest P. Scotty Haynes shares an important message on the 5 W's to help us focus on what's going in to determine what is going out.
Meet With Me: Unity Brings God Glory 02.03.24God is reaching out to each of us as we in turn are seeking Him. Today in Part 3 we are looking at how Unity reveals and declares God;s Glory.
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God is reaching out to each of us as we in turn are seeking Him. Today in Part 2 we are looking at how our worship reveals and declares His Glory.
We start a new series called Meet With Me. God is reaching out to each of us as we in turn are seeking Him. Today in Part 1 we are looking at the Glory of God and how important it is to know Him and know His Glory.
Robert D encourages us with the importance of experiencing God AND knowing about Him through His word.
Jake Phillips tackles the role of faith in facing challenges and the power of prayer in spiritual warfare. Be encouraged to put on the armor of God daily and live out the truth of the gospel.
This Christmas God brings you and I a gift. The gift of His peace and of His GOOD HOPE."Glory to God in the highest realms of heaven! For there is peace and a good hope given to the sons of men." Luke 2:14 (TPT) Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presence.https://www.lift.church
Kellie Reed brings a strong word that Jesus is everything to be joyful for. We want to be people that fix our gaze on Him and only glance at our own lives. Rejoice in the Lord! Be Light - Give Hope - Demonstrate God's Power - Celebrate God's Presence.Https://www.lift.church
This message highlights the contrast between living within fences, representing conformity, and living by wells, representing a life-giving relationship with Jesus. Find freedom, joy, and grace to be a wellspring of life for others!
In Romans 8:6-11, the Apostle Paul reminds us that the supernatural presence of the living God enters our lives once we accept Jesus Christ in our hearts as our Savior and Lord.
There was a tremendous transition happening with the disciples and we see some of the outcome on the day of Pentecost. In Acts 4, we see the key to Peter's transition."Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them..." Acts 4:8 (NASB)
Special guest Noel Alexander gives us a rhema word from the Father's heart abut His desire to restore NOW what has been lost or decayed. He is restoring in this season to better than before!
Pastor Grant shares about the moment we see Jesus face to face in eternity - that we will see Him just as He is and be like Him, and know Him even as we are fully known. This moment is the greatest pleasure of all. And fixing our hope on that reality purifies us in the here and now.
Pastor Randy speaks on Hebrews 12, encouraging us to let go of the things that hold us back from receiving God's best in our lives.
Special guest Byron Easterling shares with us on hungering for Jesus, seeing Him face to face, and Men stepping up as intercessors.
We had a shortened message this week due to testimonies and worship breaking out. Pastor Randy shares on killing passivity in us, because it never was about us, but Christ in us.
Pastor Randy brings the Resurrection Sunday message, about the finished work of the cross and the implications for His Bride
Pastor Grant shares about ministering directly TO the Lord in Worship and the manifest glory of God.
Pastor Randy encourages to learn how to discern when to speak and when to shut up by leaning on the wonderful gift of the Holy Spirit.
Pastor Chris summarizes the upper room discourse, culminating in the powerful High Priestly Prayer. Jesus believes in the Power of His Word over you.
Pastor Randy reminds us that there is a ripe harvest out there, and we can't expand the family of God without leaving our bubbles and actually demonstrating Him.
Pastor Randy shares on the Send, the activity in the Spirit happening at Lift, and the Greater things to come.
Pastor Chris dives into the betrothal period in ancient Judaism and its parallels to our current day, waiting for our Beloved to return. Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus!
Pastor Randy Exhorts us to remember compassion, how Jesus loved sinners, and how we are called to the same.