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Living Water Church exists to form passionate followers of Jesus by proclaiming the gospel of the glory of God.
Dave Leandre continues in Acts preaching on how Christ's people enter the kingdom of God.
Dave Leandre leads Living Water back into Acts with a message what a gospel-saturated church is.
If we are looking more to our sin than to our Savior, we will run from God instead of to God.
The Sovereignty of God doesn't help us escape this troubled world but is the only thing that gives us hope in this troubled world.
The idea of forming passionate followers speaks to more than just discipleship, Bible studies, and ministry activity. From the moment of salvation until we are eternally joined to our heavenly Father and his Church, we believe that our job as shepherds is to help God's people see Christ formed in them (Gal. 4:19). This is done as they learn to follow Jesus by staying connected to his word and his people. Because of this, every time our church gathers, the Gospel (which is a message of the finished work of Christ on our behalf) is proclaimed, and the glory of God (which encompasses all of life) is declared. This truth is expressed in deep Godly affections in all seasons of life.
In light of the mission of Living Water Church, we believe that there is need for more churches that are saturated with the gospel of Jesus Christ. A gospel-saturated church is a place where gospel doctrine (teaching) and gospel culture (loving and caring for people) intersect. Since we need more churches that know the gospel and live in a manner worthy of the gospel we desire to be part of a movement to bring this to all peoples, starting in Vancouver where we are. But it isn't enough for us to have this kind of church, rather we need these kinds of churches all around the world. With an emphasis on missions around the globe and a desire to multiply in our county, we will participate in planting churches, funding churches, and growing churches starting from an outflow of the ministries at Living Water Church.
One of our missionaries from overseas is preaching today. For security reasons, we have not published this person's name.
This concluding message of the Family Discipleship series considers our mission as a church and how we can endure to the end. Behold future joy produces endurance for today.
How does a church grow? Jesus works through His people to build His church, uniquely gifting each believer with a role to play. In this sermon we explore how we personally grow into maturity as we participate in using our gifts to serve the growth of others.
While raising children is one of the greatest joys in life, the effects of sin infect all parts of the world, especially how we parent. Explore Ephesians 6:1-4 with us where Paul offers instructions for parenting, and find strength for doing so to the Glory of God!
It seems that we’re generally presented with two bad options when it comes to sex: worship sex or fear sex. In this sermon, we explore an exciting third option the Bible gives us: to enjoy sex as a gift from God.
God created marriage for a beautiful purpose, but when sin enters the world, it breaks everything. In the post-Fall, Genesis 3 world we live in, nothing works as it should - including marriage. In this sermon, we take a look at the particular sins men and women struggle within the context of this sacred relationship and look to Jesus as the hope for growth in a life-giving marriage.
What do you do when you feel stressed out, anxious, and overwhelmed? While our tendency is often to run from reality and check out, Psalm 55 shows us that true life is found as we run to God with our hard emotions.
In Daniel’s final vision, we see the end of exile for all of humanity. When God’s Kingdom comes down to heal this world, death is undone and all of God’s people rise to live with Him in a restored creation forever. This is the hope God’s people have to look forward to, and this is the hope that’s meant to help keep us walking during the darkest and most difficult days - when our identity as exiles in a broken world is more obvious than ever. Because knowing how it ends makes us unshakable in the present.
As Daniel learns the time of exile is coming to an end, he turns to God in confession. Through Daniel’s prayer, we learn that confession isn’t something to be avoided, its actually the path to redemption.
During a transition of power, God gives Daniel a vision that unmasks the true nature of reality. Above the chaos of this world, God’s Kingdom of beauty and justice reigns. And by grace, God is sovereignly at work to bring His Kingdom down to earth through Jesus, working all things - even suffering and pain - together toward the day when His people will rule and reign with Him in a restored creation forever.
Daniel 6 powerfully illustrates that even the most powerful man in the land is unable to save. Coming to the end of ourselves is the best thing for us because it forces us to trust in the one true God who does save!
As Christians, we love to talk about God’s love and grace, but often times we’re less eager to talk about His judgment. In the fall of the Kingdom of Babylon, we see that God’s judgment isn’t something to be embarrassed about - its actually good news for those suffering under injustice. Because God is a God of perfect judgment, we can take heart, knowing that life isn’t random or meaningless, but that all evil will be dealt with. And through Jesus, our lives become a modern writing on the wall, proclaiming the end of the Kingdom of Satan, Sin, and Death, and the dawning of a Kingdom of perfect justice that we get to experience by grace.
What’s your story? In Daniel chapter 4, King Nebuchadnezzar tells the story of how God has changed his life. As Nebuchadnezzar goes from a persecutor of God’s people to a preacher, we see in dramatic fashion that God can do anything and save anybody, and He does all of this by grace. As God’s people in exile, we want to learn to tell our stories in a way that reveals God as the hero, that we too might glorify Him and encourage others by how we share the testimony of our lives.
Everyone worships. The question is not if we will worship but what we will worship. In Daniel chapter 3, King Nebuchadnezzar tries to get Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to worship his idol, but they resist temptation - even to the point of death. However, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego aren’t the hero of this story. The hero is the God who delivers them from the fire, and it’s through seeing this God that we are filled with the faith that sees through the empty promises the idols of our day and are transformed to life-giving worship of God alone.
The gods of Babylon were said to be powerful, but uninvolved in the lives of mortals. As we see in Nebuchadnezzar’s unreasonable demands, this belief leads to a small life that can’t handle crisis. Through Daniel’s very different response to this crisis, we see that the God of the Bible is both all-powerful and intimately involved in the lives of His people. Knowing this God changes how we experience stress by inviting us into a bigger life in His Kingdom, under His grace, where nothing can shake us.
Before they would walk into a fiery furnace or stare down the jaws of a lion, God is first at work to help Daniel and his friends avoid two great temptations that come our way in exile: compromise and withdraw. In what might just be the most underrated miracle in the entire book, we see how God empowers faithfulness in the small things that leads to a faithful presence that impacts the culture around us.
God’s people are carried away into exile in a foreign land that seeks to shape them away from the God of the Bible. And yet what Daniel tells us is that God didn’t just allow this to happen, He sovereignly ordained it in order to refine the faith of His people and restore their purpose.
We all want to live fruitful lives that make an impact on the world around us, but often it can be difficult to get any traction in this. As Paul closes his letter to Titus, he shows that fruitful lives are the result of focusing on, soaking in, and daily enjoying the gospel.
We worship a God who exists in perfect community, and in this sermon, we see that growth as a healthy disciple also takes place in community, through relationship with other believers.
In this sermon we look at the importance of healthy leadership in our lives, exploring who healthy leaders are (verses 5-9) and what healthy leaders do (verses 10-16).
In this sermon, we introduce the mega theme of Titus: that people are changed, not by external pressure to change their behavior, but by encountering and being shaped by the truth, because our beliefs drive our behavior.
We are saved by grace alone, not grace a lot. And when this truth is alive in you, it changes everything.
This sermon explores the role of individual church members as Jesus builds and cares for His church.
Pastor Jeff teaches about determining God's will for our lives and shares about his conclusion that, after 17 years, God is calling him away from ministry at Living Water.
In this stand alone message we look at how Generational Discipleship is part of the Great Commission. Scripture calls Fathers to initiate and lead in this within the context of the home. We will consider the ways imperfect fathers like us can lead our families in worshiping our perfect Heavenly Father.
If God is sovereign over salvation, then why do we preach? Because we've been given a role to play.
The key to true joy is walking in an increasing intimacy with Jesus Christ. In this stand alone message, we take an real look at where our heart is at, then consider how we might pursue enjoying more of Jesus in the coming year.
In this stand alone message, we talk about money and the blessing of giving in glad worship to God. Gospeled giving – the type of giving that drives our heart closer to Jesus Christ and leads us into life – is joyful, sacrificial, and regular. This is the type of giving that God’s grace forms in our lives, and this is the type of giving we want to pursue together.
We all long for relationships where we’re known and loved, because we’re made in the image of a God who exists in perfect community – Father, Son, and Spirit. Yet we can’t seem to walk in community as we want to. Relationships are difficult, because our sin has broken God’s design. So Jesus redeems us for community again.
Because this redeemed community is the context in which the Spirit of God transforms us, we are committed to pursuing relationships of mutual love, care, and authenticity with other members of our church family.
Worship is more than the songs we sing, it’s an all of life thing. Our every thought, desire, and action are driven by a deeper thirst, and worship is how we seek to quench that deep soul thirst.
Underneath the pain and problems in our lives is a worship problem – trying to quench our soul thirst in places that can’t satisfy us. Jesus came to rescue us from our broken worship, and lead us into true, soul-satisfying worship of God alone.
The human heart was made to worship, to build its life around something. We're all devoted to something, and whatever that is will own you. Freedom is found in daily devotion to Jesus Christ.
If grace is true, why should we care about fighting our sin? Because sin isn't something you get to do, it's a slave master you are free from.
The doctrine of original sin helps us see new heights and depth of what Jesus has done for us in the gospel. We are more saved in Jesus than we were ever lost in Adam.
The Bible does not deny the reality of suffering nor resign us to it, but shows us how the gospel brings life even through our suffering. This side of Glory, we're meant to lean into suffering.
Faith by its very nature births new trust, new confidence, that leads to new growth in us and our living giving glory to God. This is what faith does.
Faith is more than intellectual ascent to a doctrine, it's that which your heart boasts in.
Jesus has been faithful to build His church at Living Water over the past 16 years, and in this sermon we celebrate the work He has done here and look forward to what He has for us next.