LCM Sermons: Recent Episodes
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As the people of God, we are called to live with a steady expectation in the middle of long, painful waits, holding both the coin and the card as symbols of the battle between the fool that must die and the bride God is forming. We were taught that the 1943 coin represents the real lies and Nabal traits that feel true in the moment, while the 1948 coin represents the unrealized truth and Abigail nature God is bringing to completion. Through suffering, endurance, and hope, we learn that waiting is not wasted time but the workshop where God deposits His own character into us, preparing spouses, children, ministries, and futures we cannot yet see. The sermon urges us to make the daily exchange, give back what belongs to the enemy, lay hold of what God has promised, and help one another labor until every promise is delivered.
s, to see ourselves and one another not by present shortcomings but by the truth God is bringing to completion. As Abraham and Peter demonstrate, God judges His people according to what He has declared they will become, and we are invited to do the same for our brothers and sisters as we help one another hold fast to the unrealized truth.
He has prepared will come with joy, abundance, and fulfillment for all who remain faithful.
s customs agents, faithfully stewarding our inheritance so that the next generation receives more than we were given.
s return, keep investing, preserve what shaped previous generations, avoid manipulating what God reveals, hold tightly yet with open hands, guard the Word, revisit our first love, and remain small and grateful. Ultimately, the heart of the sermon is this: God has invested everything in us through Christ, and we must steward that investment faithfully so the harvest He intends can come forth.
given gift that forms, strengthens, and prepares His people. Using Caleb as the model, the message shows how wholehearted devotion, daily obedience, and unwavering proximity to God enable a believer to walk through long seasons without losing zeal, hope, or identity. Instead of despairing over distance, the sermon calls us to see the decades as fertile ground: years filled with preparation, battles, victories, service to others, generational influence, personal transformation, and hidden revelations that revive the soul. In the end, the decades do not diminish the promise. They make the believer ready for it. Therefore, we are invited to repent joyfully, embrace the journey ahead with expectancy, and celebrate the beauty God builds in us over time.
We are Point Men. Courageously going before those entrusted to us, carrying vision, confronting danger, and choosing sacrifice so others may live and flourish. Like Joshua and Caleb, we lead with unwavering faith, refusing comfort and stepping into hard places so that future generations inherit something far greater than ease. We remember we are shaped by those who went before us and now stand as strength for those behind us, teaching through both obedience and repentance that God is enough. With Christ as our ultimate Point Man who has already secured the victory, we move forward boldly, inspired to claim what He has promised and to lead our families into a legacy of faith, courage, and unshakable hope.
we are marching with purpose. We are stirred to hold fast to our promises, to refuse to quit when the road is hard, and to press forward in faith, knowing that our God never breaks His word. As we keep moving, strengthening one another, and fighting until every task is finished, we are filled with hope that every step matters, every victory is counted, and in the end, our faithful march will lead us into the fullness of the inheritance He has prepared for us.
s Word is powerful and always accomplishes its purpose, true victory is formed in the daily, unseen choices to surrender everything to Him, fight for integrity in our inner lives, and remain faithful in our families, work, and calling. Together, we are encouraged to persevere with courage, knowing that as we endure in obedience and fix our eyes on Jesus, God is shaping us into people who conquer over time and will ultimately walk into the rest He has already prepared for us.
we become part of the very sound of victory that brings restoration, reminding us that God is already reclaiming what belongs to Him and will bring His promises to completion.
and that flourishing comes when we yield fully to His will. We learn that obedience often grows through suffering, shaping us into people who trust Him beyond comfort or convenience. As we walk in faith like Abraham, our obedience becomes the seed of fruitfulness, proving that when we love Him enough to obey, He blesses us to thrive and bear lasting fruit in His house.
s faithfulness over time. Through steadfast obedience, the Lord is transforming communities: lives are being saved, disciples are being raised, families are being restored, and generations are being secured for His kingdom. As we hear this battlefield update, we are reminded that our collective faithfulness, day by day, is how God advances His kingdom and writes stories of redemption that echo across nations.
and take the specific step of repentance or reconciliation He is calling us to, knowing that our obedience brings both healing to our families and glory to His name.
s promises; we are invited to keep going by building memorial stones that anchor us in what God has done, what He is doing, and what He will do. As we remember our Jordan moments, allow God to reshape us at Gilgal, and write His Word into our lives like Ebal, we grow into a community marked by courage, obedience, and public testimony. These stones remind us that we were saved, we are being saved, and we will be saved, and they strengthen us to live boldly so others can see the light of God in us as we continue forward with unwavering fortitude.
s presence into the unknown, and consecrate ourselves with expectation rather than shame. We hear that grace is not merely forgiving us but training us, purifying us, and making us eager for good works, so that our identity is not shaped by our failures but by the crossings we make as God leads us forward. The message urges us to get up, set out, and trust that the same God who brought us out will bring us in, doing amazing things among us as we follow Him.
moving beyond comfort, obeying the Spirit, and witnessing boldly in every circumstance. As we go, God works with us, confirming His message through transformed lives and the power of the Holy Spirit.
preparing our hearts, participating with willingness, and prevailing with our King as He brings every enemy into His winepress and leads His people into ultimate victory.
s promises are not merely destinations but processes that form us into people who believe Him long enough to see His word fulfilled. In this way, we become a people anchored in resurrection hope, refusing to quit, and securing ground for future generations to see the King enthroned.
to carry His extraordinary glory. As we walk the ancient path, our trials, pressings, and daily choices are hammering us into vessels that contain the divine, just as the Tabernacle did. Now, as those individually formed are brought together, we become a living structure where God dwells, a people who no longer focus on escaping Egypt but on doing His will, embodying Christ so that others may encounter Him through us.
s spiritual journey, showing how awakening at Gihon, confrontation at Hermon, decision at Kidron, and pressing in the Valley of Kings all culminate in the cave of Adullam. The heart of the message is that God forms kings not in places of glory but in obscurity, pressing His people through hidden seasons to produce steadfast faith, refined character, and the ability to disciple others. Just as David was shaped in caves among the distressed and discontented, and Jesus drew disciples from humble beginnings, the sermon emphasizes that God uses unexpected places and difficult circumstances to develop leaders who will one day reign with Him. It calls the listener to embrace obscurity and pressing as divine preparation, trusting that what feels hidden or insignificant is actually the birthplace of kings and the seed of influence that will reach nations.
in every pressing, we find that we too are being shaped into those who will reign with Him, men and women whose lives produce pure olive oil that can sustain generations.
in advance, and now our task is to let our steps match the ancient path beneath our feet so that our lives become monuments of faithfulness shaped one decision at a time.
s promises. The heart of the message is that our victories, like those of our spiritual ancestors, are assured when we embrace the faith of Abraham, reject compromise, and march confidently toward every challenge, knowing that Adonai guides us and that the gates of hell will not prevail against us.
dangerous to the enemy, guarded by the Law and the Spirit, and assured that the same Source that awakened us will empower us to ascend all the way to the summit.
not just forgiven, but walking as kings, sources of life for our families, our community, and the world.
s leading with boldness, and trust that true validation comes as we walk in His will, blessing others and advancing His kingdom together.
come not from our own strength or intellect, but from daily seeking and being filled with the Spirit. As we walk in the Spirit, our lives overflow with joy and gratitude, impacting those around us and demonstrating the freedom and purpose God has given us. The heart of the message is that we must actively fan into flame both the gifts and the fruits of the Spirit, letting them shape our actions and attitudes, so that we boldly witness to what Jesus has done in our lives and pour ourselves out for others with heads held high and hearts full of joy
s harvest, and to expect the Lord to confirm the gospel with signs and fruitfulness as we partner with Jesus.
Battlefield: Convergence urges us to recognize that throughout history, spiritual forces and nations have repeatedly opposed God's plan, especially as it converges on Israel and Jerusalem; yet, God remains sovereign, using even the hostility of His enemies to fulfill His redemptive purposes. We are called to actively align ourselves with God's plan by blessing and supporting Israel, understanding that our treatment of Israel reflects our relationship with God and plays a part in His unfolding story determined for the whole world.
s desire to restore the nations and defeat evil, calling every believer to actively participate in this spiritual battle and global transformation.
s unmatched authority, and to actively destroy all opposition by living faithfully, advancing His kingdom, and honoring His name alone.
first for Israel, and then for the gentile. Drawing from passages across the Old and New Testaments, Pastors Treaster and Wade explain how the Bible teaches that stars are symbolic of celestial beings, and that faithful followers of Yeshua are destined to become like these "stars": glorified, eternal sons of God who will ultimately replace the corrupt spiritual rulers. This message urges us to move beyond passive faith, embrace our high calling, and actively engage in advancing God's kingdom by leading others to righteousness, thus fulfilling our purpose in God's cosmic plan.
s kingdom, and make disciples who display the same heavenly authority, all while trusting that God will equip, strengthen, and be present with us as we go.
s authority, unity among believers, and persistent praise in all circumstances. Ultimately calling everyone to master repentance, rise in courage, restore others, and reign with Christ by living offensively against spiritual triggers and traps.
s kingdom. With heartfelt conviction, vivid illustrations, and personal transparency, Pastor Spencer and JJ exposed the dangers of selfish ambition, offense, and spiritual complacency, urging everyone to respond immediately to the voice of the Lord and walk in the eternal power of Christ. Their message was clear: the time is now, the window is short, and the work is eternal.
s return is near, and our deeds will echo into eternity. Let us rise with joy, steadfastness, and a heart of repentance, shining as beacons of hope in a world that desperately needs the light of God.
this day matters, this life is sacred, and together, we make our mark in the Book of Life.
s mission. Drawing from biblical passages like John 9, we were taught a that fulfillment and purpose come not from waiting for affirmation or comfort, but from actively laboring, sacrificing, and trusting God with all we have. The heart of the message is a call to stop delaying, embrace selfless work for God and our brothers, and recognize that true satisfaction and progress in life and faith are found in wholehearted, joyful sacrifice.
s Kingdom. True contentment is found not in abundance, but in trusting God and sharing His blessings, demonstrating love through sacrificial action and unity. This message delivered by brothers Rob and Marlin challenged us to actively build up one another, fulfill our calling, and press forward together, living out the values of the Kingdom on earth.
we are invited to give freely, serve selflessly, and walk in deep conviction, confident that God will multiply our efforts and fill us with purpose, joy, and lasting impact. Let us increase our faith, fulfill our promises, and embrace the privilege of building something eternal together!
s vision is fulfilled and His people are multiplied. The time to act is now; together, with hearts fully devoted, they can inspire miracles and leave a legacy of faithfulness for generations to come.
This sermon emphasizes the profound transformation that occurs when we truly embrace repentance and the life that follows. It redefines the term "Pro-Life" to mean not only valuing life externally but also cultivating a life within, characterized by the death of sin and the flourishing of righteousness. Through various biblical references and teachings, the sermon illustrates that true life is found in the relentless pursuit of holiness, the rejection of sin, and the embrace of God's grace. It underscores that repentance is not merely about turning away from sin but about turning towards a life of freedom, joy, and purpose in Christ, where we are continually renewed and empowered to live lives that reflect God's glory.
In this sermon, we are reminded that God is the ultimate discriminator, dividing what is holy from what is common, and what is righteous from what is wicked. We learn that the Word of God is a sword that pierces through compromise and exposes the true nature of our hearts. This sermon emphasizes that Christianity is not a casual endeavor but a cosmic war between light and darkness. We are called to live transparently, allowing God's light to reveal and correct our innermost motives. Holiness begins with self-examination and a commitment to live as children of light, distinct and uncompromising in our mission. This message challenges us to embrace the seriousness of life and death, to live with urgency and joy, knowing that our lives are but a vapor and only what is done for Christ will last. We are urged to be bold, consecrated, and courageous, taking the verdict of light into every place we step, and to live as those already judged in the light, shining with joy and faithfulness unto death.
Imagine standing at the intersection of your thoughts and desires, unsure of what truly honors God. The Word of God is your divine tool—able to pierce through confusion, separate soul from spirit, and reveal what is righteous. This sermon delivered by Pastors Wade and Matthew emphasizes the life-and-death seriousness of the faith and word of God, urging you to constantly apply the Word to your life. As you do, you’ll gain the discernment to overcome sin and walk in victory. The heart of this message is clear: to divide and conquer, you must first be separated from sin and the fear of death, then move forward in holiness, power and the authority God has given you.
This sermon delivered by brothers Andrew and Gabriel was a passionate call to engage in a holy war against sin within the house of God. These men drew inspiration from the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk, emphasizing his unwavering commitment to his faith, love for Israel, and his stance against sin. They urged us to follow Kirk's example by resisting sin to the point of shedding blood, and to strive to hear the words, "Well done, my good and faithful servant." The key themes explored within the sermon included confession, praise, and the destruction of sin, with a strong emphasis on approaching God with the right motives and the importance of true repentance that bears visible fruit. The message was clear: to live a life pleasing to God, one must actively seek out and destroy sin, starting with a heart of praise and confession.
"Guilty Until Proven Innocent" preached by Pastors Spencer and Treaster emphasizes the inherent sinfulness of humanity and the necessity of repentance. Their message underscores that all individuals are guilty before a just God and deserve punishment. However, through Jesus Christ's sacrifice, there is an opportunity for sin to be put to death within us. True repentance is not merely feeling remorse but involves a radical, all-encompassing transformation of heart, mind, and actions, leading to a life of holiness and obedience to God.
"Kill or Be Killed" delivered by Brother Asad and Pastor Abimbola emphasizes the importance of adopting a ruthless attitude towards sin in one's life. It draws parallels to the biblical story of Phinehas, who took immediate and decisive action against sin to stop a plague among the Israelites. The message encouraged us to fight the good fight of faith, recognizing that sin is an enemy that must be destroyed before it destroys us. By taking quick, righteous action to eliminate sin, we can ensure our spiritual well-being and the generational blessings that follow. The sermon underscores the necessity of being vigilant and proactive in dealing with sin, embodying a "Kill or Be Killed" mentality to maintain holiness and righteousness.
In the sermon "Ruthless," preached by Pastors Matt and Wade, you are commanded to wage an unyielding war against sin, with no room for compromise. The Word of God is your weapon, and you must wield it fiercely to see, know, and reflect God. You are to confront sin head-on, taking full responsibility for your spiritual growth and refusing to rely on others' victories. Following Jesus' example, you must lead by personal discipleship, building a faith community that is relentless in its assault on sin. God is both creator and destroyer, and you must embody this dual nature, maintaining constant vigilance in your battle for holiness. Be a warrior for God, ruthlessly pursuing holiness and inspiring others to do the same.
In the sermon "A Fleshly Heart," we were confronted with humanity's relentless pull towards sin, starting with Adam and Eve's catastrophic temptation. The message demands that we recognize and viciously address our sinful nature, live fiercely according to the Spirit, and take drastic measures to eradicate sin. We were challenged to scrutinize our heart, fight for righteousness, and strive for a heart that is passionately responsive to God and His ways.
"Holy Pilgrimage," delivered by Pastors Spencer and Wade, emphasizes the sacred journey of believers as we strive to live a life set apart for God. This message draws from passages like 1 Peter 1:13-19 and 2 Timothy 2:20-21, urging the congregation to embrace holiness not as moral perfection but as being distinct and dedicated to God's purposes. By referencing the Tabernacle and its holy nature, this sermon illustrates that holiness involves being set apart for divine use, much like the sanctuary and its furnishings. The call to holiness is a call to reject former passions and to live in a manner that reflects God's character, ultimately leading to a closer relationship with Him.
"Gloves Off," delivered by Brothers Nick and Timothy, stresses the need for us to adopt a warrior-like mentality in our spiritual battles. Drawing from passages such as Psalm 144:1-2 and 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, the message encouraged us to engage in relentless, action-oriented faith. It highlights the importance of personal holiness, discipline, and the expectation of victory, regardless of the challenges faced. Referencing biblical figures like Joshua, Caleb, and David's mighty men, the sermon underscores the necessity of standing firm and fighting alongside our fellow brothers. Ultimately, it calls for a gloves-off approach, urging the saints to fight with unwavering determination and to support one another in our spiritual journey
The sermon delivered by Pastors Linton and Abimbola, centers on the concept of being "Unbalanced" in our faith and actions. We were challenged to adopt an unrestrained, disproportionate approach to our spiritual journey, emphasizing that true commitment to God's will often appears excessive or overzealous. By drawing parallels with biblical figures like the Apostle Paul and Joshua, this message underscores the importance of relentless, faith-filled actions and the transformative power of God's presence. This sermon called for a warrior ethos, urging the saints to embrace discipline, endure hardships, and maintain an unwavering expectation of victory, regardless of the challenges faced.
Our God is so good to LCM to help us connect with the "ancient paths" that Jeremiah 6 speaks of! With no power, no running water, no video recording... and no complaining! Pastor Spencer & Pastor Wade help set our hearts aright and set our walk on the righteous path of loving God's discipline. God's use of discipline, judgment, and correction are designed to move us beyond our weaknesses & our sin in order that we become the warrior's that God always intended. LCM is rising in tenacity, resolve, and forcefulness that causes us to lean into the discipline & difficulty that are before us. Let this sermon correct your thinking, revive your heart, and set your hand to the work that God has set before you!
In a powerful sermon delivered on August 3, 2025, Pastors Treaster and Wade inspired us to embrace God's grace to live righteously and sacrificially, drawing from 2 Corinthians 6:1-10. The sermon highlighted Jesus' ultimate sacrifice and urged us to endure hardships for the Kingdom of God. By drawing parallels between the American Revolution and the church's spiritual revolution, the charge rang forth for sacrificial faith and investment in advancing God's Kingdom, concluding with a challenge to embrace the cry, "Give me liberty to fulfill your will, Lord, or give me death so that others may live."
The sermon delivered brother Paul Rosales and Pastor Justin Linton was a powerful call to revive hope, maintain transparency, and adopt a joyful warrior attitude during challenging times. They emphasized the importance of enduring the "death of a vision" until God breathes life into it in His timing. The message was both convicting and liberating, freeing us from the need to appear perfect while being perfected. These men drew inspiration from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor who bravely stood against Nazism and paid the ultimate price for his faith. Bonhoeffer's life and teachings, particularly his book "The Cost of Discipleship," were highlighted as an example of paying the cost to follow Christ joyfully. The sermon concluded with a call to open wide our hearts in transparency and embrace the Sacred Charge of following Christ, despite the cost.
In a heartfelt sermon delivered by Pastors Matthew, Wade, and Eric, passionately conveyed the message of unwavering hope and faith in the face of adversity. They drew inspiration from the biblical story of Joseph, who, despite enduring immense hardships, never lost sight of his vision and trust in God. These pastors emphasized the concept of being a "Prisoner of Hope," encouraging the congregation to view challenges as opportunities for growth. They urged everyone to rely on God's strength to overcome difficulties and to become joyful warriors in their spiritual journey, embodying resilience and unwavering faith.
The sermon emphasizes the transformative power of faith, using the lives of biblical figures such as Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Job, and Peter as examples. Brothers Jerran and Kris highlight how the faith of the saints of old, initially shaken by fear, doubt, and trials, evolved into a steadfast and unshakeable resolve. This journey from shaken to stirred faith is portrayed as a cyclical process, where we can learn to trust and depend on God, even in our weakest moments. The heart of the sermon is a call to embrace this stirring of faith, to live boldly and faithfully for God's glory, and to inspire others to magnify heaven's cause.
This sermon preached by Pastor Eric & Pastor Judah worked to cultivate the attitude of the joyful warrior at LCM. We want to hear from the Lord, well done my good and faithful servant and we know how to do it!
In this sermon titled Forceful Waters, brothers Andrew and Gabriel reflect on the spiritual vitality of a multigenerational church community, highlighting how God's faithfulness is revealed through generational discipleship. Drawing from passages such as 1 John 1, Matthew 5, and 2 Kings 2, they emphasize the call to hunger and thirst for righteousness, striving for a double portion of spiritual productivity like Elisha. The message encouraged us to actively pursue discipleship, cultivate deeper understanding from spiritual wells, and become life-giving springs to the world. It concludes with a passionate call to action: repent, recommit, and produce godly fruit that brings healing and renewal across generations and nations.
This sermon highlights the generational work of faith, drawing parallels to the Fathers’ in the faith like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who dug wells to provide for future generations. We were encouraged to guard our hearts, maintain the purity of our spiritual wells, and continue the work of our spiritual forefathers by digging new wells and expanding God's Kingdom. This sermon concluded with a call to discipleship, urging the congregation to live out our faith and pass it on to the next generation.
We are generational well diggers. No matter what substance is between you and the life-giving spring that lies deep beneath the surface, our admonition is to just keep digging.
This sermon highlighted the significance of generational faithfulness and the concept of "Inordinate Magnification." Pastor Judah and Pastor Eric emphasized the miraculous birth of Isaac and his role as a foundational example of divine behavior in human form. Isaac's life, from his birth to his willingness to be sacrificed, and his eventual receipt of his bride, to re-opening the wells that Abraham had dug, symbolizing the restoration and continuation of generational blessings was paralleled with the life of Jesus. In addition, this sermon also celebrated the ordination of Pastor Justin Treaster, drawing comparisons between his life and Isaac's, noting his dedication, sacrifices, and the divine magnification of his efforts in ministry. The overarching message was about the importance of building on the foundations laid by previous generations and magnifying the blessings received to benefit future generations.
We hear the call today to rise like the lions we are. Let nothing pacify you or take away the shout of a king that is with you. Listen to this message from brother Gabriel Sutherland and JJ Molock and be inspired to let the shout of a king issue from your mouth.
This sermon delivered by Pastor Eric and Brother Treaster, addresses the significance of the staff as a symbol of identity, election, authority, commission, and victory in the Bible. These men emphasized the importance of recognizing and utilizing the staff given by God, drawing parallels between biblical figures like Moses and how it relates to us today. This sermon encourages us to embrace our divine calling, understand the transformative power of our faith, and confidently wield our God-given authority to overcome challenges and fulfill our mission. Through various biblical references and personal anecdotes, the message inspired us to rise to our full potential and actively participate in the fight for our families and the Kingdom of God.
"The Fight for the Family" emphasizes the necessity of fighting—not just for our personal families but for the greater family of God. It begins by celebrating the joy of unity before highlighting the battle required to establish and preserve a righteous legacy. Drawing from the examples of Moses, Rizpah, and ultimately Jesus, this message presents three essential signs of this fight: the staff, representing authority and the Word of God, which must guide a father in leading his family according to Scripture; the hand, signifying affliction and restoration, illustrating that hardship purifies and prepares a man to fight for something greater than himself; and water turning to blood, symbolizing redemption and ultimate sacrifice, underscoring that true victory requires shedding blood, as demonstrated by Jesus. This sermon calls men to recognize their role, step into the battle, and commit to fighting not only for their household but for the larger family of God. The reward for engaging in this fight is a lasting legacy and participation in the forceful advancement of God’s Kingdom through those willing to pay the price.
Let this sermon spur you on to greater and greater encounters with God's word so that not only may you be impact, but so that God's word might go out from your mouth in the purest form and impact others.
The sermon "Prescribed Proof" emphasizes the divine prescription given by God for healing, transformation, and purpose. Drawing from biblical passages such as Exodus 15:25-26, Matthew 8:1-4, and Leviticus 14:1-4, this message underscores that salvation and restoration are not just about receiving healing but about taking action in obedience to God's commands. Like the leper cleansed by Jesus, we are called to demonstrate proof of our transformation through righteous living, sacrifice, and service to others. The sermon highlights parallels between healed lepers and priests, both anointed by blood and oil, signifying a deeper calling to minister and walk in God's ways. Ultimately, we were encouraged to fulfill God's prescription, growing in maturity, engaging in spiritual warfare, and displaying His miraculous work through our lives.
This message was an amazingly encouraging sermon preached by Gabriel Sutherland and Jerran Snell. In this particular sermon, you will be astounded by how the cure leprousy was identical to the anointing of priests. It shows us that the very cure for leprousy
“Empowered for War: Close the Gap” calls us to rise in unity, walk in divine empowerment, and wage war against the forces of darkness. Like Caleb and Joshua, endurance and preparation lead to victory—God’s commission does not waver due to time or difficulty. This sermon emphasizes that encounters with the Word and the Spirit of God are necessary to fuel obedience and transformation. Drawing from Shavuot and Acts 2, it reminds us that God closes the gap first—empowering His people through His Spirit—so we can close the gaps in our own lives, in unity with our brothers, and in advancing His Kingdom. The charge is clear: fight for the restoration of creation, overcome chaos, and stand firm in the calling as warriors and priests.
In Genesis, man received Orignal Commands from God that defined for us what truth is! Those truths were to inform us about what God intended for all of mankind. That was to be free, to be fruitful, and to dominate. Those commands have not changed and are still just as valid today. Hear this sermon as a call back to the original command God has given you.
The message powerfully illustrates the clash between two kingdoms—the corrupt, chaotic realm of darkness and the eternal, victorious Kingdom of God. From creation to Revelation, God's plan has been to establish light, order, and holiness on the earth through His people. The sermon traces Israel’s formation, showing how their unity, obedience, and tribal alignment visibly demonstrated His authority. We were challenged to embrace our personal responsibility within the corporate body, recognizing that God’s presence is enthroned upon us. His Kingdom is unshakable, and everything that is not of Him must be removed. The call is clear—align with His divine order, step into the battle, and live with an unwavering commitment to His eternal reign.
The sermon "It's Going Down" is a look at how the Kingdom of God comes down and how we get to see our lives transformed. We will invite the Kingdom to come down here now and see the Kingdom of God advanced in our daily lives.
"Rejoice, We Win" highlights the unshakable victory of God's kingdom—from Genesis to Revelation, His plan has always been to bring light, order, and life to the earth. This truth fuels us with joyful endurance, knowing our devotion is aimed at the triumph of His will. The sermon walks through the biblical roots of the Gospel, tracing its revelation from Abraham, Moses, and David to its fulfillment in Jesus Christ. The Gospel is not a new concept but the culmination of God's covenant, ensuring Israel’s restoration, the inclusion of Gentiles, resurrection, and judgment. Ultimately, we are called to carry forward this mission, preaching the nearness of the kingdom and walking in obedience and faithfulness to His eternal plan.
The sermon "Devoted" calls us to a life of unwavering commitment to God's kingdom. Through scriptural truths and practical applications, it highlights the necessity of devotion in every aspect—prayer, fellowship, discipleship, and sacrifice. We are urged to rekindle our passion for God, displaying relentless pursuit and faithfulness in fulfilling His will. The message serves as a bold reminder that devotion is the key to advancing His kingdom and leaving a lasting legacy.
The sermon "Can You Still See It?" challenges us to reignite our commitment to God's vision, urging us to reject distractions and embrace our role in fulfilling His promises. Through biblical narratives and passionate exhortation, we are all called to take ownership of our spiritual inheritance, unite in purpose, and fight for the mission set before us. With renewed zeal, we are encouraged to see the vision clearly and ensure that it hits its mark.
LCM is One House. A house that has been drawn into oneness by the Spirit and Word of God. His spirit and his word has unified us to him and to the body of Christ. We are therefore called to do the same for all around us,
LCM is One House. A house that has been drawn into oneness by the Spirit and Word of God. His spirit and his word has unified us to him and to the body of Christ. We are therefore called to do the same for all around us,
LCM is One House. A house that has been drawn into oneness by the Spirit and Word of God. His spirit and his word has unified us to him and to the body of Christ. We are therefore called to do the same for all around us,
His Word is Enough delivered by Pastors Matt and Spencer underscores the sufficiency of God's word and its transformative power in the lives of believers and the church. This sermon emphasizes that exalting God's word equates to exalting His character, thoughts, emotions, and will, which surpass human limitations. Covering scriptures from Colossians 3:15-17 and Romans 15:14, we rekindled our commitment to allowing Christ's peace and word to dwell richly within us, fostering spiritual growth, unity, and effective ministry. This sermon stressed the importance of words and deeds done in Jesus' name, empowered by the Spirit of God, to produce signs and wonders that confirm the gospel. By drawing parallels with biblical passages such as Exodus 8, 31, and 2 Corinthians 3:3, demonstrated the "finger of God" inscribing His word on the hearts of believers, equipping them to minister with divine power and purpose. Ultimately, we were encouraged to continually seek more of God's word and Spirit to fulfill our priestly service and expand His kingdom.
His Word is Enough delivered by Pastors Matt and Spencer underscores the sufficiency of God's word and its transformative power in the lives of believers and the church. This sermon emphasizes that exalting God's word equates to exalting His character, thoughts, emotions, and will, which surpass human limitations. Covering scriptures from Colossians 3:15-17 and Romans 15:14, we rekindled our commitment to allowing Christ's peace and word to dwell richly within us, fostering spiritual growth, unity, and effective ministry. This sermon stressed the importance of words and deeds done in Jesus' name, empowered by the Spirit of God, to produce signs and wonders that confirm the gospel. By drawing parallels with biblical passages such as Exodus 8, 31, and 2 Corinthians 3:3, demonstrated the "finger of God" inscribing His word on the hearts of believers, equipping them to minister with divine power and purpose. Ultimately, we were encouraged to continually seek more of God's word and Spirit to fulfill our priestly service and expand His kingdom.
The King is all glorious in his temple. As we exalt him through our actions, it will draw others to the Son of Glory. Let this message from brothers Carlos Rueda and Cody Stephens spur you on to contemplate his worthiness to the point that it changes you and everything around you.
The King is all glorious in his temple. As we exalt him through our actions, it will draw others to the Son of Glory. Let this message from brothers Carlos Rueda and Cody Stephens spur you on to contemplate his worthiness to the point that it changes you and everything around you.
“What Think Ye??," preached by Pastors Linton and Wade emphasized the importance of unwavering faith and commitment to God. Using biblical figures like Jacob and Joshua, who demonstrated persistent faith despite challenges, we were encouraged to not hold back but act in faith and obedience. Scriptural examples from 2 Corinthians, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, and Hebrews, illustrated the importance of perseverance and recognizing God's worthiness. The call to action is to rise, remain steadfast in our mission, and acknowledge Christ's central role in our lives, responding to His worthiness with total commitment. Our time concluded with a reflection on the joy and privilege of following Christ through suffering and trials, emphasizing that unwavering devotion will lead to ultimate victory and fulfillment of God's promises.
“What Think Ye??," preached by Pastors Linton and Wade emphasized the importance of unwavering faith and commitment to God. Using biblical figures like Jacob and Joshua, who demonstrated persistent faith despite challenges, we were encouraged to not hold back but act in faith and obedience. Scriptural examples from 2 Corinthians, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, and Hebrews, illustrated the importance of perseverance and recognizing God's worthiness. The call to action is to rise, remain steadfast in our mission, and acknowledge Christ's central role in our lives, responding to His worthiness with total commitment. Our time concluded with a reflection on the joy and privilege of following Christ through suffering and trials, emphasizing that unwavering devotion will lead to ultimate victory and fulfillment of God's promises.
We are in a "Target Rich Environment" as preached by brothers Gabriel Sutherland and Andrew Tisdale. We know who we are sons and have been given all the encouragement you can muster! All that's left is to act. We have a mandate from the Father to make disciples and it is not optional. If you know Jesus then you have been entrusted with the secret things to unlock this way of life for those trapped in darkness. Make the most of the one spirit-filled supernatural life you have.
We are in a "Target Rich Environment" as preached by brothers Gabriel Sutherland and Andrew Tisdale. We know who we are sons and have been given all the encouragement you can muster! All that's left is to act. We have a mandate from the Father to make disciples and it is not optional. If you know Jesus then you have been entrusted with the secret things to unlock this way of life for those trapped in darkness. Make the most of the one spirit-filled supernatural life you have.
"War Drums” delivered by Pastors Spencer, Linton, and Abimbola is a follow up from our New Year’s Eve service where we received an incredible and exciting vision God has for us in 2025 and the years to come. The sermon “War Drums” focused our attention on how baptism is a powerful declaration of faith and a spiritual battle cry against disobedient powers. Walking through biblical stories like the flood, the Exodus, and Jesus' baptism, showed how these events represented God’s declarations of war and the preservation of His people. The message emphasized that baptism isn't just symbolic—it's a call to live righteously and actively fight God's battles. It was an inspiring reminder that we're all children of God, equipped to extend His kingdom. Our time together ended with public baptisms of men and women within our congregation, as they boldly declared their faith, and commitment to go on a war campaign against the forces of darkness by fighting heaven’s battles.
Extraordinary Oaths highlighted the scriptural imperative of making and keeping our vows to God. Drawing from Psalm 116 and Psalm 15, Pastors Matthew and Wade showcased the gravity with which God regards oaths and their powerful role in shaping Christ's character within us. They contrasted David, who faithfully upheld his oaths even in the face of suffering, with Saul, who broke his, underscoring the spiritual growth that comes from steadfast commitment. Our gathering concluded with a powerful renewal of our vows through communion, symbolizing our unwavering dedication to our King and our promises, no matter the cost.
There is a pattern that takes place when we see prophecy being fulfilled. It happens when we see a man of God rise up and take responsibility for the state of affairs surrounding him. His God in turn helps him, empowers him, and causes him to walk out the very word that scripture declares. Elder Adam Corra and Pastor Justin Linton preach this fiery message entitled "Pattern of Prophecy: Taking Responsibility" & inspire us to cultivate the ranger mentality as we head into the new year.
One Riot, One Ranger. One LCM Ranger is more than a match to enter into any situation and bring order. Like the original Texas Rangers, we bring God's judgements with us as we enter into whatever manner of situation before us trusting our God as we focus on the mission. It is an amazing responsibility that settles on us when we recognize the fact that we are the answer wherever we are. We are also filled with an amazing amount of confidence as to what the outcome will be as we step into dark situations to bring his light. Listen to this sermon from Justin Treaster and Pastor Wade Sutherland and take on your responsibilities as God's emissary on the earth.
When men know who their God is, who they are, and know their Torah they are compelled to live in a manner Worthy of the Calling. Brothers Carlos Rueda and Paul Rosales preached this inspired word where we were all encouraged to walk in a manner worthy of the calling and to do so with generations of minister's. In this way, we enter into the impossible together.
"Entering the Impossible" delivered by Brother Gabriel, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Spencer inspired us to embrace and step into challenges that seem insurmountable, trusting in God's power and promises. Through examples from scripture, such as Joshua crossing the Jordan and Elijah's journey with Elisha, highlighted the importance of faith, preparation, and persistence in overcoming trials. This message emphasized that impossible situations are opportunities for God to demonstrate His glory, urging us to move forward with courage, remembering past victories and relying on divine strength to achieve what is impossible.
"Cage the Crazy" delivered by brothers Gabriel and Timothy encouraged us to move beyond our fears and insecurities by taking bold actions rooted in faith. With scriptural encouragements from James 3, Exodus 14, Numbers 13, and Matthew 17, we are to silence internal doubts and trust in the promises of our God. Our wisdom is from above and is demonstrated through righteous deeds and good works that are meant to impact the lives of others. We will fulfill our God-given destiny by taking the next bold faith filled action for the Lord. Bringing Him the glory that He deserves.
When examine the beginning of both David and Saul's kingships, you really find more similarity's than differences. That difference however is the most consequential. One king was purified through his sin and struggling's, while the other grew further and further apart from the Lord which drove him further from those he was called to serve. One grew in earthly wisdom which is unspiritual and demonic, while the other abounded in heavenly wisdom as he was purified through his fear of God. We learned from Pastor Matthew Perot and brother Carlos Rueda in this message entitled "The Wisdom of Kings" how as kings we build the house through the 7 facets of wisdom found in the book of James.
Asad Robinson and Nolan Hewitt are secure kings, making secure kings. They put on display what it looks like to be secured as kings through obedience to the king which leads supporting your brother kings in what they are called to do. Because a King was to constantly be reminded of who they were as kings and what they were supposed to do as kings, they would always have in mind the responsibility of honoring their brothers. We honor our brothers by assigning the same weight to them our God has.
"Manifest Destiny" was truly powerful and a reminder of our divine calling as a community. We were reminded of our unique purpose, inspired by passages like Ephesians 4:15-16 and Haggai 2:9, to grow together in love and support each other sacrificially. This sermon highlighted our shared destiny to impact the world through unity and personal sacrifices as seen in the life of Barzillai. By seeing each other as kings and pouring out our lives for one another daily, like Paul did in Philippians 2, we can collectively achieve our God-ordained manifest destiny!
Paul Rosales, Nick Rosales, and Caleb Brown put on display for us from their own lives what it looks like to fight for unity. From personal examples, they spoke to us about the process they've undergone as a team to make each other kings. It is our greatest honor to give our brothers honor. In doing so we find life. Desire for unity is good, but accomplishes nothing. Taking action is what brings about a tangible shalom that brings the strengthening of both your brother's identity and your own.
“Involuntary Response” delivered by Pastors Justin and Abimbola centers around the idea of automatic, reflexive actions driven by an internal compulsion. From natural examples of involuntary responses to a transition into a heartfelt message about unity, love, and transformation within the community. This sermon emphasizes the importance of embracing the process of testing and finding joy in God's consistent work in our lives, as illustrated through biblical figures like the Apostle John and King David. It highlights how testing leads to kingly behavior, characterized by serving and unifying brothers according to God's purpose. The culmination to the end of the message was a call to self-reflection, urging the brothers to overcome hindrances to freedom, transparency, and unity, and to commit to serving one another as we glorifying God together.
As we got a chance to zoom out and reflect on the last 9 months of maturity in our body, we were amazed at what the Lord is doing. Growth is a glorious process, and we are learning to take pleasure in the process the Lord is leading us through. He knows exactly what we need, and when things need to be excised from our lives. He is a faithful farmer who is cultivating our body so that we might produce the greatest harvest we have ever seen. The fullest extent of this harvest of righteousness is experienced as we are laying our lives down in service of our brothers. Brothers Gabriel Stephens and Justin Linton collaborate to preach this inspiring message aimed counting is a divine privilege to serve one another as we have been served.
In the sixth installation in our Pattern of God series, we are the Bronze Laver! And as the Bronze Laver we reflect God's image and nature to those we come into contact with. Through speaking the words of God and our faith-filled deeds towards our brothers, we remind them of their divine heavenly identity as sons of the living God. This “washing” in our divine identity and reminder of who we are, is what causes us to move forward in the Kingdom. With a new song in our mouth, we are testifying to the goodness of our God. We are the Bronze Laver! We are sons of God! We are what the entire world needs!
In the sixth installation in our Pattern of God series, we are the Bronze Laver! And as the Bronze Laver we reflect God's image and nature to those we come into contact with. Through speaking the words of God and our faith-filled deeds towards our brothers, we remind them of their divine heavenly identity as sons of the living God. This “washing” in our divine identity and reminder of who we are, is what causes us to move forward in the Kingdom. With a new song in our mouth, we are testifying to the goodness of our God. We are the Bronze Laver! We are sons of God! We are what the entire world needs!
In the sixth installation in our Pattern of God series, we are the Bronze Laver! And as the Bronze Laver we reflect God's image and nature to those we come into contact with. Through speaking the words of God and our faith-filled deeds towards our brothers, we remind them of their divine heavenly identity as sons of the living God. This “washing” in our divine identity and reminder of who we are, is what causes us to move forward in the Kingdom. With a new song in our mouth, we are testifying to the goodness of our God. We are the Bronze Laver! We are sons of God! We are what the entire world needs!
Precious in the sight of our God is the death of his holy ones. While he takes no pleasure in the death of a sinner who dies, he does consider it special when one of his sons lays down their lives so that a sinner be atoned for. In this refection on building as the Bronze Laver, brothers Carlos Rueda and Paul Rosales inspire and challenge us to joyfully lay down our lives as living sacrifices. In doing so, we are building just as our messiah has done.
Precious in the sight of our God is the death of his holy ones. While he takes no pleasure in the death of a sinner who dies, he does consider it special when one of his sons lays down their lives so that a sinner be atoned for. In this refection on building as the Bronze Laver, brothers Carlos Rueda and Paul Rosales inspire and challenge us to joyfully lay down our lives as living sacrifices. In doing so, we are building just as our messiah has done.
In the fifth installation in our Pattern of God series, we are the Bronze Altar and we build with the joyful sacrifice of our lives as the Bronze Altar. Our desire is to be pleasing to the Father by walking in obedience to His will and having a zeal for his righteous judgements. Through the joyful sacrifice of our lives, we will inspire others to follow in our footsteps. Today, we are fanning into flame a renewed commitment to be the Bronze Altar and to joyfully sacrifice on behalf of the kingdom and others. This is pattern that we have been giving, and with this pattern, we will build the Kingdom of God on earth.
In the fifth installation in our Pattern of God series, we are the Bronze Altar and we build with the joyful sacrifice of our lives as the Bronze Altar. Our desire is to be pleasing to the Father by walking in obedience to His will and having a zeal for his righteous judgements. Through the joyful sacrifice of our lives, we will inspire others to follow in our footsteps. Today, we are fanning into flame a renewed commitment to be the Bronze Altar and to joyfully sacrifice on behalf of the kingdom and others. This is pattern that we have been giving, and with this pattern, we will build the Kingdom of God on earth.
In the fifth installation in our Pattern of God series, we are the Bronze Altar and we build with the joyful sacrifice of our lives as the Bronze Altar. Our desire is to be pleasing to the Father by walking in obedience to His will and having a zeal for his righteous judgements. Through the joyful sacrifice of our lives, we will inspire others to follow in our footsteps. Today, we are fanning into flame a renewed commitment to be the Bronze Altar and to joyfully sacrifice on behalf of the kingdom and others. This is pattern that we have been giving, and with this pattern, we will build the Kingdom of God on earth.
We Are Prayer. We are the altar of incense. We are in partnership with God & get to offer up our lives as a pleasing aroma to him. In this message preached by Paul Rosales, Nick Rosales, and Caleb Brown we heard firsthand examples what it's like to have our lives consumed as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. This is how we build the dwelling of God on the earth. We pray for someone, then we become prayer, acting as we are sovereignly led by the Father.
We Are Prayer. We are the altar of incense. We are in partnership with God & get to offer up our lives as a pleasing aroma to him. In this message preached by Paul Rosales, Nick Rosales, and Caleb Brown we heard firsthand examples what it's like to have our lives consumed as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. This is how we build the dwelling of God on the earth. We pray for someone, then we become prayer, acting as we are sovereignly led by the Father.
In this fourth installation in our Pattern of God series, we learned that we are the Altar of Incense and are in partnership with God through prayer. Our lives have been completely consumed like incense in service to God's will, and through us, He spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ everywhere. This is how we build the Kingdom of God and how we impact the lives all around us. With unwavering dedication, marching to the war drums of heaven, and being the majority influence everywhere we go, we will see a profound impact on the world around us. The nations will be won for the Glory of His Name!
In this fourth installation in our Pattern of God series, we learned that we are the Altar of Incense and are in partnership with God through prayer. Our lives have been completely consumed like incense in service to God's will, and through us, He spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ everywhere. This is how we build the Kingdom of God and how we impact the lives all around us. With unwavering dedication, marching to the war drums of heaven, and being the majority influence everywhere we go, we will see a profound impact on the world around us. The nations will be won for the Glory of His Name!
In this fourth installation in our Pattern of God series, we learned that we are the Altar of Incense and are in partnership with God through prayer. Our lives have been completely consumed like incense in service to God's will, and through us, He spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ everywhere. This is how we build the Kingdom of God and how we impact the lives all around us. With unwavering dedication, marching to the war drums of heaven, and being the majority influence everywhere we go, we will see a profound impact on the world around us. The nations will be won for the Glory of His Name!
We are the Menorah's of God! We are the LIGHT! AND we must therefore we must shine the light. Brothers Carlos Rueda and Gabriel Stephens clinched in this message with things that cause us to quench the Spirits fire & to grieve the Holy Spirit. They then inspired us as to what the light inside us can overcome when we shine it. This sermon entitled "Tree of Life" will undoubtedly spark a fire in you to burn all the more brighter as you walk as the menorah of God.
We are the Menorah's of God! We are the LIGHT! AND we must therefore we must shine the light. Brothers Carlos Rueda and Gabriel Stephens clinched in this message with things that cause us to quench the Spirits fire & to grieve the Holy Spirit. They then inspired us as to what the light inside us can overcome when we shine it. This sermon entitled "Tree of Life" will undoubtedly spark a fire in you to burn all the more brighter as you walk as the menorah of God.
As we continue in our Pattern of God Series, the focus today was on the Menorah of God. We are the Menorah of God called to bring light into the world. This is something that we do together and through a collective effort as the people of God. Spreading His light and presence everywhere so that others may be transformed and become Menorah’s themselves. We have been filled with his Spirit and are called to illuminate dark situations, pointing and lighting the way for others toward salvation. Just as Philip did for the Ethiopian eunuch, this message inspires us to step out boldly into any situation and we can be confident that the light in us will dispel all the darkness around us. As the Menorah of God, we are anointed to rebuild and restore the lives of others. Bringing hope and divine restoration wherever we go.
As we continue in our Pattern of God Series, the focus today was on the Menorah of God. We are the Menorah of God called to bring light into the world. This is something that we do together and through a collective effort as the people of God. Spreading His light and presence everywhere so that others may be transformed and become Menorah’s themselves. We have been filled with his Spirit and are called to illuminate dark situations, pointing and lighting the way for others toward salvation. Just as Philip did for the Ethiopian eunuch, this message inspires us to step out boldly into any situation and we can be confident that the light in us will dispel all the darkness around us. As the Menorah of God, we are anointed to rebuild and restore the lives of others. Bringing hope and divine restoration wherever we go.
As we continue in our Pattern of God Series, the focus today was on the Menorah of God. We are the Menorah of God called to bring light into the world. This is something that we do together and through a collective effort as the people of God. Spreading His light and presence everywhere so that others may be transformed and become Menorah’s themselves. We have been filled with his Spirit and are called to illuminate dark situations, pointing and lighting the way for others toward salvation. Just as Philip did for the Ethiopian eunuch, this message inspires us to step out boldly into any situation and we can be confident that the light in us will dispel all the darkness around us. As the Menorah of God, we are anointed to rebuild and restore the lives of others. Bringing hope and divine restoration wherever we go.
Breaking Bread preached by brothers Carlos and Paul centers on humility, service, and obedience to God's Word. They highlighted the importance of seeking eternal spiritual nourishment from the word of God over temporary gains, and to embrace a servant's heart like Jesus and what He taught. As members of the body of Christ, we are called to humble themselves, prioritize others, and give our lives for others. The ultimate message is for us to be broken as bread to feed others, building God's house through faithful service, and living out God's will until the very end.
Breaking Bread preached by brothers Carlos and Paul centers on humility, service, and obedience to God's Word. They highlighted the importance of seeking eternal spiritual nourishment from the word of God over temporary gains, and to embrace a servant's heart like Jesus and what He taught. As members of the body of Christ, we are called to humble themselves, prioritize others, and give our lives for others. The ultimate message is for us to be broken as bread to feed others, building God's house through faithful service, and living out God's will until the very end.
Breaking Bread preached by brothers Carlos and Paul centers on humility, service, and obedience to God's Word. They highlighted the importance of seeking eternal spiritual nourishment from the word of God over temporary gains, and to embrace a servant's heart like Jesus and what He taught. As members of the body of Christ, we are called to humble themselves, prioritize others, and give our lives for others. The ultimate message is for us to be broken as bread to feed others, building God's house through faithful service, and living out God's will until the very end.
Continuing in the Pattern of God series, the sermon highlights the profound significance of the Table of Showbread, specifically the Bread of the Presence. We learned about the connection that the Bread of the Presence had to the Sabbath, and their symbolic representation of God's covenant and provision for His people Israel. Furthermore, we saw that the Levitical Priests role was to prepare the Bread of the Presence and also to consume the Bread of the Presence. Which spoke to the ongoing interaction they were to have with the presence of God. This bread is also what we are to consume, which is the word of God. Looking through passages like 1 Samuel 21, we learned as we interact with God's word, we are to be humbled and brought to a place of genuine service on behalf of others. This is who we are. Men and women who love the Word of God, and have the Word at work inside of us, that we may be brought to greater levels of humility to serve others and see their lives transformed. We are the bread that is to be broken on behalf of others, that they might experience life that is truly life.
Continuing in the Pattern of God series, the sermon highlights the profound significance of the Table of Showbread, specifically the Bread of the Presence. We learned about the connection that the Bread of the Presence had to the Sabbath, and their symbolic representation of God's covenant and provision for His people Israel. Furthermore, we saw that the Levitical Priests role was to prepare the Bread of the Presence and also to consume the Bread of the Presence. Which spoke to the ongoing interaction they were to have with the presence of God. This bread is also what we are to consume, which is the word of God. Looking through passages like 1 Samuel 21, we learned as we interact with God's word, we are to be humbled and brought to a place of genuine service on behalf of others. This is who we are. Men and women who love the Word of God, and have the Word at work inside of us, that we may be brought to greater levels of humility to serve others and see their lives transformed. We are the bread that is to be broken on behalf of others, that they might experience life that is truly life.
Continuing in the Pattern of God series, the sermon highlights the profound significance of the Table of Showbread, specifically the Bread of the Presence. We learned about the connection that the Bread of the Presence had to the Sabbath, and their symbolic representation of God's covenant and provision for His people Israel. Furthermore, we saw that the Levitical Priests role was to prepare the Bread of the Presence and also to consume the Bread of the Presence. Which spoke to the ongoing interaction they were to have with the presence of God. This bread is also what we are to consume, which is the word of God. Looking through passages like 1 Samuel 21, we learned as we interact with God's word, we are to be humbled and brought to a place of genuine service on behalf of others. This is who we are. Men and women who love the Word of God, and have the Word at work inside of us, that we may be brought to greater levels of humility to serve others and see their lives transformed. We are the bread that is to be broken on behalf of others, that they might experience life that is truly life.
This message entitled "Merkava Unleashed" was a soul-stirring encouragement from brothers Gabriel and Cody Stephens. We got to hear the testimony of men whose lives have been forever impacted by a man considering himself set apart for God's use and then confronting their father. When a man considers himself reserved for God's use, that man behaves in a holy way and makes an impact on all around us. We have all been blessed as a result of men reserving themselves for his use who recognize that they are carriers of God's conquering presence. We learned in this message that we are the Merkava's Unleashed.
This message entitled "Merkava Unleashed" was a soul-stirring encouragement from brothers Gabriel and Cody Stephens. We got to hear the testimony of men whose lives have been forever impacted by a man considering himself set apart for God's use and then confronting their father. When a man considers himself reserved for God's use, that man behaves in a holy way and makes an impact on all around us. We have all been blessed as a result of men reserving themselves for his use who recognize that they are carriers of God's conquering presence. We learned in this message that we are the Merkava's Unleashed.
We are starting a series on the “Pattern of God”, emphasizing the importance of building the tabernacle as a Holy Sanctuary according to the Lord heavenly pattern. This pattern starts with the Ark of the Covenant, which symbolizes God's holiness and presence. We are called to be transformed from what is earthly, natural and base, into what is heavenly, divine and of God’s nature. We have chosen to be set apart and to be useful for the Master's use. There is a life and death weightiness in how we approach the holiness of God. This is seen through the biblical pattern of men and also nations interaction with the Ark of the Covenant. In the same way that Yeshua's presence showed a contrast in the lives of other men. We too are to walk in the same way, which will enable us to build according to God's pattern and invite others into that same transformation in His presence.
We are starting a series on the “Pattern of God”, emphasizing the importance of building the tabernacle as a Holy Sanctuary according to the Lord heavenly pattern. This pattern starts with the Ark of the Covenant, which symbolizes God's holiness and presence. We are called to be transformed from what is earthly, natural and base, into what is heavenly, divine and of God’s nature. We have chosen to be set apart and to be useful for the Master's use. There is a life and death weightiness in how we approach the holiness of God. This is seen through the biblical pattern of men and also nations interaction with the Ark of the Covenant. In the same way that Yeshua's presence showed a contrast in the lives of other men. We too are to walk in the same way, which will enable us to build according to God's pattern and invite others into that same transformation in His presence.
We are starting a series on the “Pattern of God”, emphasizing the importance of building the tabernacle as a Holy Sanctuary according to the Lord heavenly pattern. This pattern starts with the Ark of the Covenant, which symbolizes God's holiness and presence. We are called to be transformed from what is earthly, natural and base, into what is heavenly, divine and of God’s nature. We have chosen to be set apart and to be useful for the Master's use. There is a life and death weightiness in how we approach the holiness of God. This is seen through the biblical pattern of men and also nations interaction with the Ark of the Covenant. In the same way that Yeshua's presence showed a contrast in the lives of other men. We too are to walk in the same way, which will enable us to build according to God's pattern and invite others into that same transformation in His presence.
Faces of Lions delivered by Pastor Wade and Pastor Matthew, speaks to the core of who LCM is. We can take great confidence that as we approach our Father, and meet with him face to face, it causes us to go out with empowerment to do His very will. Like King David, the one thing that we desire is to be with our King and to be in this very presence, walking through the elements of His Tabernacle, until we meet with Him in the most holy place. In His presence is where we are changed, and from what we have experienced in His presence, we then take that to the rest of the world full of power and confidence.
Faces of Lions delivered by Pastor Wade and Pastor Matthew, speaks to the core of who LCM is. We can take great confidence that as we approach our Father, and meet with him face to face, it causes us to go out with empowerment to do His very will. Like King David, the one thing that we desire is to be with our King and to be in this very presence, walking through the elements of His Tabernacle, until we meet with Him in the most holy place. In His presence is where we are changed, and from what we have experienced in His presence, we then take that to the rest of the world full of power and confidence.
Faces of Lions delivered by Pastor Wade and Pastor Matthew, speaks to the core of who LCM is. We can take great confidence that as we approach our Father, and meet with him face to face, it causes us to go out with empowerment to do His very will. Like King David, the one thing that we desire is to be with our King and to be in this very presence, walking through the elements of His Tabernacle, until we meet with Him in the most holy place. In His presence is where we are changed, and from what we have experienced in His presence, we then take that to the rest of the world full of power and confidence.
There is much to be gleaned from engaging with the parable of the minas in Luke 19. There are the subjects of the kingdom, the unfaithful servant who buries his mina, and the faithful servants who give their master an increase. However, brothers Gabriel Stephens and Cody Stephens helped us to engage with the characters in this parable that we don't often think about. The greater number are the 7/10 servants who are not even mentioned. These were described as unremarkable, and we got to wrestle with what are unremarkable traits. Moreover, we were inspired to live remarkable lives in Christ by remembering who he made us and walking in it, not letting go of these truths. Let this message convict and inspire you unto living a "Remarkable" life.
There is much to be gleaned from engaging with the parable of the minas in Luke 19. There are the subjects of the kingdom, the unfaithful servant who buries his mina, and the faithful servants who give their master an increase. However, brothers Gabriel Stephens and Cody Stephens helped us to engage with the characters in this parable that we don't often think about. The greater number are the 7/10 servants who are not even mentioned. These were described as unremarkable, and we got to wrestle with what are unremarkable traits. Moreover, we were inspired to live remarkable lives in Christ by remembering who he made us and walking in it, not letting go of these truths. Let this message convict and inspire you unto living a "Remarkable" life.
After the glorious sendoff of Elder Boz and Natalie to the nation of Romania. We have taken some time to reflect on what Adonai has done here at LCM and through the One Association in the last nine months. What extraordinary times and achievements we are living in. Through mutual sacrifice, a tenacity to fight, and an all out pursuit of Kingdom, we are experiencing and living in times that we only used to dream about. With all that said, “We're Just Getting Started”. It is time to go deeper and fan into flame what we have been entrusted. We're Just Getting Started is the attitude toward our mission to win the world for Jesus Christ. We are more accountable today than we have ever been. Therefore, we will not shrink back, back up, or be seduced away from accomplishing all that King Jesus said that we will. If we can look back and see what has been accomplished in the last nine months, then how much more the next nine months! We are excited for the days that are ahead, because We’re Just Getting Started.
After the glorious sendoff of Elder Boz and Natalie to the nation of Romania. We have taken some time to reflect on what Adonai has done here at LCM and through the One Association in the last nine months. What extraordinary times and achievements we are living in. Through mutual sacrifice, a tenacity to fight, and an all out pursuit of Kingdom, we are experiencing and living in times that we only used to dream about. With all that said, “We're Just Getting Started”. It is time to go deeper and fan into flame what we have been entrusted. We're Just Getting Started is the attitude toward our mission to win the world for Jesus Christ. We are more accountable today than we have ever been. Therefore, we will not shrink back, back up, or be seduced away from accomplishing all that King Jesus said that we will. If we can look back and see what has been accomplished in the last nine months, then how much more the next nine months! We are excited for the days that are ahead, because We’re Just Getting Started.
After the glorious sendoff of Elder Boz and Natalie to the nation of Romania. We have taken some time to reflect on what Adonai has done here at LCM and through the One Association in the last nine months. What extraordinary times and achievements we are living in. Through mutual sacrifice, a tenacity to fight, and an all out pursuit of Kingdom, we are experiencing and living in times that we only used to dream about. With all that said, “We're Just Getting Started”. It is time to go deeper and fan into flame what we have been entrusted. We're Just Getting Started is the attitude toward our mission to win the world for Jesus Christ. We are more accountable today than we have ever been. Therefore, we will not shrink back, back up, or be seduced away from accomplishing all that King Jesus said that we will. If we can look back and see what has been accomplished in the last nine months, then how much more the next nine months! We are excited for the days that are ahead, because We’re Just Getting Started.
A Father’s Gift delivered by the pastors of LCM, was a reminder of how precious the gift of Elder Boz and Natalie are to the body of LCM, and the One Association as a whole. In their final sermon with us, we celebrated their life and the exemplary model they have been to us during their time here at LCM. We have been blessed by their lives over the years and are honored to have sent them off to Romania, to complete the work that Adonai has ordained for them to do in the Balkans. As we heard from Elder Boz in his final words to the congregation of LCM, we were reminded of the serious call to discipleship, sacrifice, and complete abandonment of all other pursuits to complete the call on our lives. What Elder Boz and Natalie have demonstrated for in their faith, is of the same quality, caliber, and quarry of the faith of Abraham and Sarah. Although we will miss Elder Boz and Natalie, the greatest honor we can show towards them, is to live in the same way they have modeled for us, with sacrificial actions that strengthens the next generation, so that they may further the work of the Kingdom.
A Father’s Gift delivered by the pastors of LCM, was a reminder of how precious the gift of Elder Boz and Natalie are to the body of LCM, and the One Association as a whole. In their final sermon with us, we celebrated their life and the exemplary model they have been to us during their time here at LCM. We have been blessed by their lives over the years and are honored to have sent them off to Romania, to complete the work that Adonai has ordained for them to do in the Balkans. As we heard from Elder Boz in his final words to the congregation of LCM, we were reminded of the serious call to discipleship, sacrifice, and complete abandonment of all other pursuits to complete the call on our lives. What Elder Boz and Natalie have demonstrated for in their faith, is of the same quality, caliber, and quarry of the faith of Abraham and Sarah. Although we will miss Elder Boz and Natalie, the greatest honor we can show towards them, is to live in the same way they have modeled for us, with sacrificial actions that strengthens the next generation, so that they may further the work of the Kingdom.
Give us today our daily bread is the hearts cry of the people of God this morning. There has been an abundance of heavenly provision that the Father always provides for his people. From the days of Moses, Adonai provided for his people manna in abundance while they were in the desert. We too have also had this same provision from the Lord in the form of His word more times than we can count. As we consume and devour his word, it is what causes us to consume and devour the enemies that stand before us. The more of his word we devour, the more of the enemies we devour. It is time to fight, because we have been given an Abundance of Bread.
Give us today our daily bread is the hearts cry of the people of God this morning. There has been an abundance of heavenly provision that the Father always provides for his people. From the days of Moses, Adonai provided for his people manna in abundance while they were in the desert. We too have also had this same provision from the Lord in the form of His word more times than we can count. As we consume and devour his word, it is what causes us to consume and devour the enemies that stand before us. The more of his word we devour, the more of the enemies we devour. It is time to fight, because we have been given an Abundance of Bread.
Give us today our daily bread is the hearts cry of the people of God this morning. There has been an abundance of heavenly provision that the Father always provides for his people. From the days of Moses, Adonai provided for his people manna in abundance while they were in the desert. We too have also had this same provision from the Lord in the form of His word more times than we can count. As we consume and devour his word, it is what causes us to consume and devour the enemies that stand before us. The more of his word we devour, the more of the enemies we devour. It is time to fight, because we have been given an Abundance of Bread.
In the books of the Kings, often times a mans life can be summarized in one of two sentences. He either did or did not walk in the ways of his father David. David is such a special character in the scriptures because he gives us the blueprint for how to win in the kingdom. When you look at a man like David, you don't see a perfect man, but you do see a man who is wholehearted. Ah yes, that's it! In failure, in difficulty, and triumph alike, he sought the Lord wholeheartedly. This is what set men like him and Caleb apart. Let us devote ourselves wholeheartedly in the same way that these men sought their God.
In the books of the Kings, often times a mans life can be summarized in one of two sentences. He either did or did not walk in the ways of his father David. David is such a special character in the scriptures because he gives us the blueprint for how to win in the kingdom. When you look at a man like David, you don't see a perfect man, but you do see a man who is wholehearted. Ah yes, that's it! In failure, in difficulty, and triumph alike, he sought the Lord wholeheartedly. This is what set men like him and Caleb apart. Let us devote ourselves wholeheartedly in the same way that these men sought their God.
When you wake up to the fact that you have been set free from your chains, you are free to fight for the freedom of others. Wake up to the fact that you have been set free. When that revelation
JYD is the gritty attitude to bear down and fight for the covenant God has made to his people Israel. Throughout the Bible, we see many Gentiles who stood with the people of God through turbulent times (they showed the JYD attitude). One man who is an exemplary model of standing with the nation of Israel and fighting for their covenant, is Caleb, the son of Jephunneh. Examining the life of Caleb, and the character that he displays through the scriptures, inspires us to show the same tenacious loyalty to the God of the covenant, and the people of the covenant. We will demonstrate a JYD attitude to honor, carry, and fight to see all the promises made by the Lord to his people Israel. This is the "Junkyard Dog" heart that every Gentile who love Jesus needs to have inside of them.
Covenant faithfulness and devotion was always expected from all God's people, not just the Levites. Priest and Levite alike were called to carry the word in their heart in such a way that displayed the character of God. This was so important that God graciously decided to inscribe his laws for them so that they would always have them. Later on in a time of calamity and judgement God told the people that he would write his words on their hearts so that they might obey. Jesus was the walking fulfillment of this promise. Brothers Carlos Rueda and Timothy Carter walked us through how Jesus inscribes the words of God on our hearts in this sermon entitled "Written on out Hearts".
We are experiencing such an extraordinary time in our community. Lives are being transformed, marriages are bounding, and seriousness for the word of God is every increasing in our midst. We were blessed to have Pastors Spencer and Matthew deliver this word “The Call to Covenant”. Our God is a covenant keeping God. He is a God who has and continues to show his faithfulness to the family of Abraham. And through King Jesus, He has also called us to covenant with Him. In spite of our shortcomings and failures, He carries us to himself. All His promises preserve our life. Our King stands with His people until the very end, and we will remain strong and not give way to fear. We are answering the call to covenant.
We are experiencing such an extraordinary time in our community. Lives are being transformed, marriages are bounding, and seriousness for the word of God is every increasing in our midst. We were blessed to have Pastors Spencer and Matthew deliver this word “The Call to Covenant”. Our God is a covenant keeping God. He is a God who has and continues to show his faithfulness to the family of Abraham. And through King Jesus, He has also called us to covenant with Him. In spite of our shortcomings and failures, He carries us to himself. All His promises preserve our life. Our King stands with His people until the very end, and we will remain strong and not give way to fear. We are answering the call to covenant.
When the "I Am That I Am" speaks, all creation responds. He is the one who both promised, and delivers on his promises. He is faithful, unwavering, and unchanging. When we get a revelation of who he is & connect that to he has said we are, we begin to walk in a whole new level of empowerment. When we turn to the I Am, he intervenes in the covenant he has made with us, to help us in our time of need and direct our strength unto obedience. The process of turning to the Lord requires us to leave behind the what-ifs. It sets us along a path of freedom that we might run the race marked out for us without hinderance. This message preached by brothers Gabriel Stephens and Carlos Rueda entitled "I Am" will inspire you to no end. He is the great I am, there you can say "by the grace of God I am what I am.
When the "I Am That I Am" speaks, all creation responds. He is the one who both promised, and delivers on his promises. He is faithful, unwavering, and unchanging. When we get a revelation of who he is & connect that to he has said we are, we begin to walk in a whole new level of empowerment. When we turn to the I Am, he intervenes in the covenant he has made with us, to help us in our time of need and direct our strength unto obedience. The process of turning to the Lord requires us to leave behind the what-ifs. It sets us along a path of freedom that we might run the race marked out for us without hinderance. This message preached by brothers Gabriel Stephens and Carlos Rueda entitled "I Am" will inspire you to no end. He is the great I am, there you can say "by the grace of God I am what I am.
When the "I Am That I Am" speaks, all creation responds. He is the one who both promised, and delivers on his promises. He is faithful, unwavering, and unchanging. When we get a revelation of who he is & connect that to he has said we are, we begin to walk in a whole new level of empowerment. When we turn to the I Am, he intervenes in the covenant he has made with us, to help us in our time of need and direct our strength unto obedience. The process of turning to the Lord requires us to leave behind the what-ifs. It sets us along a path of freedom that we might run the race marked out for us without hinderance. This message preached by brothers Gabriel Stephens and Carlos Rueda entitled "I Am" will inspire you to no end. He is the great I am, there you can say "by the grace of God I am what I am.
One More, Once More! Once more, the Lord is shaking the things from our lives that can be shaken so that we remain unshakable sons. Instead, we are being stirred to faith. What came into focus in this sermon preached by brothers Paul Rosales & Marlin Sosa are things that must be shaken out of us when we are put under pressure. The draw and desire to withdraw into hiding of some sort is overcome when we cry out to the Lord in the midst of these circumstances to cry out once more to our God to strengthen us! From this place we make war and expand the kingdom.
We are at war, and we are determined to win! “Fire Fight” is a call to action and to reignite the fire of God inside of us that we may see the fire of God inside of the one life in front of us. Through the lives of men like Moses, Jacob, and Elijah, we see that men of God are not made in a vacuum. But rather have had an experience with the living God of consecrated devotion, that results in an outward focus to see the transformation of the next life. We are LCM. We are at war, and we will see the nations won for the great and glorious name of Yeshua!
We are the light for the darkness in this world. His life is inside us and it radiates outward, even in our weakness, no especially in our weakness. This sermon was preached by the "Homestead" and was replete with testimony of living the message they preached. In the midst of immense personal difficulty, they showed us how to make the most of every moment. They took advantage of the moment & poured out to the one life in front of them and did it together. Let this message inspire you to transmit the light of life.
“1 More Life, 1 More Family, 1 More Nation” is a call to action for LCM. We have the heavily mandate to win the world for Jesus Christ. We know who we are, and we are to make known to other sons what they have been given the right to. The die for us has been cast and we have stepped over the line. Our decision has been made, and we are on the offensive for King Jesus. We will go out and find 1 more life. We will go out and find 1 more family. And it will result in 1 more nation taken for the gospel. We will give all until we drop, preach until all know, and proclaim until all are empowered by His spirit. This is LCM and we are not ashamed to fight for the gospel of Christ.
Behave like men! Is the anthem and the answer to our dark times. Manhood and Holy Masculinity is a gift from our Father. We men have been born of the substance of heaven, and together, we shall do valiantly! We have been anointed from on high, with the elements of the anointing oil; smeared with the presence and character of God. When we behave like men, it brings salvation to the rest of the word.
Behave like men! Is the anthem and the answer to our dark times. Manhood and Holy Masculinity is a gift from our Father. We men have been born of the substance of heaven, and together, we shall do valiantly! We have been anointed from on high, with the elements of the anointing oil; smeared with the presence and character of God. When we behave like men, it brings salvation to the rest of the word.
Behave like men! Is the anthem and the answer to our dark times. Manhood and Holy Masculinity is a gift from our Father. We men have been born of the substance of heaven, and together, we shall do valiantly! We have been anointed from on high, with the elements of the anointing oil; smeared with the presence and character of God. When we behave like men, it brings salvation to the rest of the word.
Regulators! This was a phenomenal word preached by brothers Paul Rosales & Justin Treaster. In the historical context, the regulators were men who took personal responsibility for upholding justice and establishing order in their locales. As sons of God, this is what we are called to do. We take responsibility for our own hearts, our families, and the body of Christ. We are Christs regulators on the earth & we will bring his order.
Regulators! This was a phenomenal word preached by brothers Paul Rosales & Justin Treaster. In the historical context, the regulators were men who took personal responsibility for upholding justice and establishing order in their locales. As sons of God, this is what we are called to do. We take responsibility for our own hearts, our families, and the body of Christ. We are Christs regulators on the earth & we will bring his order.
The singular aim of this sermon is that the Lord would get glory out of what was preached and that your life would be changed forever because of your desire to know Him more. May Adonai meet with you, in the same way He has met with us in our service today.
David & the Son of David both made it their business to destroy monuments to blindness and lameness in Israel. They made it their mandate to bring the blind and lame near to God so that they might be healed. This is what he wants us to do. But before we do, we must deal with our own blind and lame taunts that seeks to suppress our cry of desperation. Don't let anyone keep you from crying out to the son the David that can heal you, especially not your own faithless thoughts.
Transformation, empowerment, and revival is what is taking place in our lives. Here at LCM, we are learning to only accept the Aerial View of our majestic King of Glory. Pastors Matthew and Wade, along with Brother Justin Treaster, walked us through a beautiful revelation of how to soar again on the heights with our Father, and how to break the chains that seek to bind us from taking flight. Through the power and name of Yeshua, we are breaking the chains of despair, offense, and idolatry off our lives. Because we are destined to experience the ongoing transformation and breakout of our Father’s supernatural presence that changes the course of lives forever.
Expectation and Evisceration. It’s a beautiful thing to know that our God is not as concerned with our failures as we are. That he is not as concerned with our external or internal enemies as we are. As a matter of fact, he’s longing for us to pick a fight so that he might come through for us. This is the confidence that our Father wants us to have in him. An expectation of his deliverance & a certainty that he will eviscerate our enemies. To go into battle convinced that he is with us, even when circumstances seem bleak. That even when he is disciplining us for our own wrongdoing, we can be confident because he will restore us and rebuke those enemies that sought our downfall.
We are experiencing revival here at LCM! With 7 days into our 40 day challenge, Adonai’s manifold presence is breaking out in our midst! Both Pastor Wade and Pastor Matthew delivered a stellar message entitled “Confidence to Get Closer”. Peering through the life of David, the son of Jesse, we were inspired by the confidence that David had and faithfully demonstrated in his day. When we know what is inside of us, and the experiences that we have had with our King, giants fall, and sons and daughters rise in confidence. So today, we are not going to throw away our confidence. Rather, we are going to stand up confidently and take the necessary biblical steps to draw closer to Adonai, who has called us to be sons of the living God. We will speak boldly and let our light shine, because we have what the world desperately needs.
There is a lot to glean from the life of Samuel! He stands out as one of the most unique prophets and figure in all of Israel. In this sermon preached by brothers Justin Treaster & J.J. Molock, we glean from the things Samuel got right and the things he got wrong.We learn that even the most Godly can mourn in a way that God may not approve of, but also have seen the way in which God can open our eyes and ears that we might hear again. The answer was clear in Samuels life, to be hollowed out like the horn Samuel carried and to go fill it again with oil to anoint future kings. That is what we will and are doing.
A 40 Day Challenge has been issued by Adonai to His people and we have accepted this challenge; To run after Him with all that for the purpose of getting closer to Him. In this sermon, Pastor Linton, Pastor Matthew and Pastor Abimbola helped us stoked a hunger and a fire for the living God. We are learning to rise up in those moments after failure, and do the things that we did at first for the sake of others. Today (and for the next 40 days), we are going back to the House of God to build on the initial experiences He has given us. The outcome of this 40 Day Challenge is certain, and it will result in a supernatural outpouring of the Father's Spirit. This is our 40 Day Challenge of getting closer to God!
We're getting closer & going higher! This was an inspirational message aimed at getting us to recognize the opportunity that is right before. That is that the father is calling to us to come closer to him. He's calling us up higher, whereby we can bypass the schemes of the enemy that are aimed at getting us to settle for a lower standard of living. The stranger whispers that we are disqualified and ill-equipped from this sort of intimate connection with the father but these are lies. We know the voice of our good shepherd and he bids us, come up higher.
“I Gotta Get Closer” is a heart’s cry and longing for the King of Kings. He is all that we want and all that we desire. He is reigniting a hunger inside of us that can only be satisfied by Him. Both Pastor Eric and Justin Treaster, deliver a soul stirring and inspiring word that calls us higher in our intimacy, friendship, and longing for our Father. Let this message challenge you. Let it inspire you to reach out for more of Him, because He desires to show you all of His goodness!
Our goal is the "Friend Zone". It's the place where our life and identity are solidified and strengthened. The friend zone discussed in this sermon preached by brothers Gabriel Stephens and Kris Reusora however is one based on friendship with God. This closeness to our friend and king is what gives us what we need to be whole-heartedly obedient. Let this sermon spark a personal revival in your own heart that lights you and others ablaze and re-ignite your desire for intimacy with the King.
What an incredibly inspiring word we heard this morning from both Pastor Wade and Pastor Matthew! “Behold Him…Again” is exactly what we are being called higher to do. To have a pursuit and relationship with our King as a man would have with his best friend. Our hearts desire is this; nothing else matters, nothing else is more important than having eyes for Him and Him alone. He is the one who calls our name, walks with us, and calls us higher into fellowships with Him. We are learning to initiate a pursuit of Him with faith that He will meet us again as He first did. Let this message inspire you to pursue your King with all of your heart, soul, and strength. Because when you behold Him again, you become exactly what He is.
We were born into the kingdom as Sons of God. But our pursuits of him and his ways has made us Kings. As Proverbs 25:2 states, it is the glory of God to conceal a matter and it is to the glory of kings to search it out. In this sermon entitled "Kingly Vision", Brothers Gabriel Sutherland and JJ Molock encourage us to have kingly vision. As kings it is our right and responsibility to have kingly vision in every endeavor. The kind of vision that doesn't look to the circumstances around but looks on high for heavens perspective and aid. Let this message inspire you to have your vision trained for kingly pursuits.
What a joy it is to have the Stephens back in the house! “Beholding the Resurrection” was an action-packed, scripture rich, and engaging sermon preached by Pastor Eric. “You become what you behold” and “what you behold is what you will become”. This is such a simple but profound truth with depths that have a momentous effect on the lives of those who love Christ. To start well in the Kingdom is not the same as finishing well in the Kingdom. In order to finish well, we must continue to fan into flame a burning desire for our King. An all out (nothing else will do) pursuit toward his presence is the only thing that will satisfy. This sermon will challenge you, make you feel uncomfortable, and also inspire you to greater heights to pursue a deeper love and relationship with the King of Glory. Listen now!
Examining the week leading up to Jesus' crucifixion teaches us many things. One of the main things we took away from this message was the proper perspective Jesus demonstrated in all of his crucifying moments. The pattern he set still informs us to this day. What will give us the proper courage to endure our own crucifying moments is the understanding that these moments are meant to lead us into a greater experience with our Father. This experience produces a conviction that he is near us in these moments and that he will answer us.
“A Constant Yield” delivered by Pastor Spencer, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matthew. Spoke to us about what the suffering in our lives was always aimed at producing; which is to bear much fruit. To bear much fruit, we have to clear out the unholy things that find themselves amongst the holy things in the life of a believer. We have to get rid of the expectations that lead to self-entitlement and the shortcuts that delay the maturity needed for growth. For transformation to take place, confrontation is needed, and we will not shrink back from the difficulties that help us grow. Instead, we will remain connected to the Vine and we will bear much fruit. He is our salvation, and we will put our trust in him and see a constant yield.
This message entitled "Walk In It", preached by brother Gabriel Sutherland and Timothy Carter was securing the sonship of our body. Especially in times of difficulty, our sonship must remain solid. That is because the difficulties and hardships are discipline from our good father, that is meant to affirm our sonship. He even uses the difficulties to spur on hunger. This is the blessing of the hardships in our lives. What are not blessings are the bastard-like thoughts we have that are aimed at separating us from God and our brothers. This sermon hit the target of our hearts and was aimed at causing us to walk in it. That is our identity as sons and the ability to go through the difficulties with some good old Gethsemane Grit.
“What An Exciting Life” delivered by Pastor Wade and a Brother Gabriel was inspiring, exhilarating, and brazenly transparent. What does it look like to step out in faith in the midst of what seems to be certain peril? To have the sentence of death upon you, without any chance of salvation if the Lord did not intervene on your behalf? Through the lives of men like Jacob and Samson, we are being reminded and inspired to dance again with our King to the tunes of dangerous melodies. This was how we entered the Kingdom at the beginning of our walk. Not playing it safe or standing indifferent to the circumstances around us. Rather, realizing that the testimonies we have today, were as a result of finding ourselves in perilous situations, while trusting our great God in the midst of it. Only to then watch him come through with the saving power of His right hand. This is what it means to have an exciting life in the Kingdom of God. That in spite of our failures and difficulties, our merciful Lord can still bring sweetness right out of that situation which then revives our souls. What daring acts of faith are still awaiting you to step into? What deeds are left for you to do in order to bring glory to your King? What is it, that will follow you into eternity? For us here at LCM, it is the exciting life to gain all we have, by giving up everything for our King.
Instead of focusing on what we lose through suffering, brother Paul Rosales and J.J. Molock chose to masterfully highlight everything we gain in suffering. In this message entitled "Suffering Gains" we were inspired to press into the difficulties because of what they bring about. Favor and fellowship with the father, true fellowship with the brotherhood, freedom from the fear of death, the very kingdom of God, etc. The list goes on and on. Let this message inspire you to press into everything before until you receive entry into the kingdom you're after.
“Rally Your Resolve” was exactly the message needed to move us forward in the Kingdom. Our King is fighting for us and teaching us how to steel our resolve because we know that He is with us. Both Pastor Wade and Pastor Matthew shared from their own personal experience and scripture insights of how to rally our resolve. We learned that difficulties, trials, and sufferings are tools to help us remove the superfluous things in our lives so that we can zero in and focus on one thing that really matters; the King of glory. This is a sermon that will cause you to stand up in your identity and what God has called you to be. It is time to Rally Your Resolve!
The Lord has made us kings, and as kings, we don't spend our days satisfying merely earthly desires. We are those of a kingly pursuit of the things of eternity. For that reason, our pursuits must be of a kingly nature. The revelation revealed to us is meant to become a part of us, so that we might walk in them & establish justice on the earth. That is what Hezekiah did. He stood in God's presence, he ministered to the Lord, he established ministers, and he made right offerings. Receiving the revelation as apart of you will cause you to do the works of God & to manifest his will on the earth.
With so many extraordinary things that God is doing in our mist, we are like those who dream! The seasons of our lives have been marked out by our heavenly Father, as we are walking in step with His Spirit. Both Elder Adam and Pastor Wade, helped us continue in the trajectory set by our King in this sermon entitled "Unbreakable Bow". To be an Unbreakable Bow, starts with you having a real revelation from God that is at work inside of you. A real revelation that causes you to put into practice every day the good you know to do through action-oriented faith. In addition, being an Unbreakable Bow, means that you are concerned with an outward focus towards the lives and development of other men, preparing them for their call and mission. This is what Moses, Joshua, and the Elders that lived after Joshua did because they had a real revelation from God. LCM, is an Unbreakable Bow. What about you?
As a church, we are a bow that will launch many arrows. We will bend the bow and shoot families into the nations. Now what is inevitable is that in bending the bow, stress and strain is put on the frame of the bow. That is why we must daily "back the bow". "Backing the Bow" preached by brothers Justin Treaster and Gabriel Stephens was a timely & deeply impactful message for our body. It comes at a time when the closeness of interaction with the Lord is paramount. It's paramount because we must increase and not decrease in this season of initiating the Balkan Bow. Let us increase in our interactions in his presence so that he might remind us what he has called us to, so that we would get up and do it!
Today was a glorious and sober morning, as it was our last service with our beloved Pastors Payton, Nik, and Judah. In their final moments with us, these men wanted us to know one thing as they were leaving; that there is a "One Way Ticket". A One Way Ticket not only for our Pastors to Romania, but also a One Way Ticket into all that God has called us to be here at LCM. Through the laying down of our lives, we are to become an unbreakable bow that launches the God ordinated callings of the men and families entrusted to us. We were inspired through the life of Joseph. A man who underwent the same process of the One Way Ticket into the will of God. And in the end, the Lord showed himself faithful to bring about salvation for the lives of others through Joseph. This morning, we have heard our Pastors final message to us. We will be alert and we are taking a One Way Ticket into seeing the Kingdom expound here at LCM into the nations. We will see each and every single man and woman entrusted to us, reach their God ordained calling for the Kingdom of Heaven.
This sermon is the answer. It is the answer to how we do what we are called to as believers who love the Lord. Our ministry must first begin by ministry to Him! Him being the Lord of course. As we minister first to him, it will mean life changing power for them. Pastors Wade and Matt deliver this soul stirring and timely word to our body as we are sending off 3 of our best, most cherished, and inspiring families in the Kibbutz. Their example to us is one that demonstrates ministry 1st being to the Lord that inspires ministry to others. Let this message inspire you to an ever deepening wellspring of your relationship with the Lord that produces fruit in every way.
“Beautiful” delivered by Pastor Payton, Pastor Justin, and Elder Eric was a beautiful demonstration of what it means to truly give the King your all. Each one of these men, walked us through the full price sacrifice that is required of every true believer who follows our glorious King. Through their own personal experiences and genuine raw transparency, they challenged us to take a sober look at our lives and inspired us to present a full price sacrifice that cost us something. We are on the precipice of the greatest expansion in our community we have ever seen. Our brothers and our sons are going to the nations to win souls for the Kingdom of God. What great sacrifice awaits you to lay at the feet of our King, causing your life to be a sweet-smelling aroma that fills the very room. This is Beautiful.
Unfettered Faith! That is being given cultivated in our difficulties. We learn in this sermon that the contending circumstances are good and natural and produce iron like resolve in our souls. Who doesn't want that! What's even more is that an unfettered faith is transferred through discipleship. What fetters do you need to throw off to live the victorious life that your heavenly father has called you to?
Unstopping Wells is more than a title, it is the reality of what God is doing in our midst. In this sermon preached by Pastor Spencer, Pastor Justin, and Pastor Abimbola, was to encourage us about the wells that God has designed us to be. We have been given boundaries that are not a restriction or limitation from God. In fact, we are free to explore and tap into the limitless possibility of what God has already placed in the well that is our lives. Through the life of Isaac, we learned about the tenacity to dig wells until we see life flowing out of them. We are no longer going to accept any self-imposed restrictions in our lives, we are free in Christ! This morning, we are unstopping wells so that we can run in all that the Lord has for us. We are experiencing breakthroughs with supernatural signs and wonders because our faithful King is helping us to unstop wells.
“Ordained By Our Father” preached by brothers Gabe, Rob, and Carlos taught us about the sovereignty of God. That since he has ordained all of our steps, we have confidence to present ourselves ready to do his will. The result of this will impact our families and ultimately the world around us. Through the life of a man like Joseph, our course is ordained and is made complete when we are joined in unity with our brothers. We are the community of God, and we will act with faith-filled actions in accordance with God's ordained moments for us.
What extraordinary times we are living in here at LCM! This Sunday was a special Sunday, as it was the ordination of Pastor Spencer McLain, Pastor Justin Linton, and Pastor Abimbola Daramola. The message “Acceptable Offering” was delivered by Pastor Judah Stephens, Pastor Nik Arezina, and Pastor Payton Parsons. In this message, these three newly ordained Pastors were presented as an acceptable offering from the congregation to the Lord. In addition, a new Elder was appointed in LCM, Elder Adam Corra. A man who has shown faithfulness, consistency, and undying loyalty to the body of LCM. These men will join the existing pastoral and elder team here at LCM, aiding, strengthening, and carrying the momentum forward to shepherd the flock of God. Furthermore, we were blessed to have in our midst Pastors and Elders from the One Association showing their full support of these men. Today is a glorious day, and we are all excited for the future of our ministry.
We've only just begun to walk in Sophron! We were alerted to our need this past Sunday to keep our saved mind, and to keep in mind that which saves at all times. As we begin to walk in this consistently, it begins to develop a forward momentum which only ends in victory. This sermon entitled "The Momentum to Magnify" preached by Pastors Wade Sutherland and Spencer McLain lit a fire inside us to not accept anything but victory. As we looked at the pattern established by Joshua, we saw that the people picked the same warrior spirit and tenacity he had. As we grab ahold of this revelation is our lives, it will impact the entire body of believers and reach out in to the world to snatch people from the fire.
What extraordinary times we're living in! This message entitled “Sophron”, was a key and timely message for our times and our body. Elder Eric and Abimbola Daramola demonstrated to us the importance of knowing our identity and knowing who God is to us. Through the life of Joshua, we learned that through failures and mistakes, Joshua took hold of his identity. He knew what God said about him and he knew who God was to him. Joshua was a man who possessed Sophron. He possessed a saved mind and kept in mind that which saved him and the whole situation at all times. This is absolutely essential, for all believers to possess Sophron. To have a saved mind and to keep in mind that which saves you and the whole situation at all times. This is a message that you will want to listen to multiple times. Let your faith rise as you demonstrate action-oriented faith to save the situation in front of you. It will result in heaven responding with signs and wonders because of the manifest presence of God inside of you.
In this sermon entitle "Valley to Valley", brothers Gabriel Stephens and Gabe Sutherland turn the jewel of God's word yet again so that we might see another beautiful facet of the relationship between Joshua and Moses. Better yet, the purpose of Joshua's time with Moses. What if the point of Moses's victories and defeats was so that Joshua could experience Moses' God right alongside Moses. In this way, Moses' purpose was accomplished in Joshua and Joshua furthered Moses' mission. Well, we are Joshua's and Moses's and in whatever station or situation in life we are called to Yadah the Lord and to get and make bold moves like these men did.
You can hear the war drums beating to the tune of our rising faith! In this sermon entitled “Offensive Faith”, Pastor Matthew and Brother Justin charge straight ahead with their bold, demonstrable, and courageous faith. We were all inspired by these men as they helped us take firm grasp of the two-pronged solution revelation. First, we are to still ourselves by knowing the character of our God. And second, we move forward with faith filled actions. We may not know all the answers, but we do know who our King is. So therefore, we are going to set our faces like flint when we come up against the two-pronged attack from our enemy. We will not be stopped because we know who we are in Christ, and what we are supposed to do. This is Offensive Faith!
Shoot, Move, Communicate. As we are learning more about the enemies use of anvil and hammer tactics, we are also being equipped with our own. We are the victorious church of Jesus Christ and as such, we are on the offensive. Soldiers of Christ, Paul Rosales and Asad Robinson, equipped us with this soul stirring message that taught us how to fire through internal and external ambushes in this war we are in. We win by demonstrating a love for the brotherhood, faith-filled action, and bold transparency.
“Hammer and Anvil Tactics” preached by Pastor Judah help stabilize and strengthen the saints of God in understanding how the enemy seeks to put a stop to the work of God in our lives. Through what feels like immovable circumstances, and inner fears that are aimed to paralyze us, we are learning through the lives of men like Moses, Ezra, and Daniel, how to turn on these tactics of the enemy. We do this by applying the two-pronged solution that is rooted in knowing the character of our God. We must learn to be still in our thoughts and in our hearts, while focusing on the character of our King. It is there, that we will find the courage to rise up in action knowing that our God has not forsaken us. No matter how many weapons and tactics of the enemy are formed against us, they will not overcome us because we servants of the living God who will take our stand, rise up, and go about the King's business!
We are on a Life Altar-ing Path! El Shaddai has laid out a pathway for us and along that pathway there will be many opportunities to to build altars before the Lord. We build these altars are as a result of experiencing El Shaddai's presence. On the alter something dies so that something else might live to a greater degree and we are empowered by the breath of Adonai. Brothers Rob Barnett and Justin Linton share their experiences with these altar moments in their lives and inspired us to pursue after these altar building moments with the Lord where will come away more alive than we've ever been.
The word of God never sets out to portray men and women of faith as perfect, instead we see how God still showed up in their lives even with their imperfections, failures, and mistakes. In this sermon entitled “El Shaddai”, Elder Eric, Brother Luke, and Brother Gabriel, bear their hearts before the congregation of God. Encouraging us that even though we are not enough, our God is enough! He is enough for every difficult circumstance that we face. He is enough for the trials and hardships in our lives. And He is certainly enough even when we stare death in the face. Let this sermon cause your faith to rise in the God who is El Shaddai!
As we reflect on this year's NYE bonfire and the prophetic vision that came from it, we were encouraged. This was because we could look back and see that the Lord has been faithful to the prophetic vision he's already given in years past. We are currently in the third year of a three-year vision and God has been faithful to bring about every single thing he spoke. This is immensely encouraging as we consider how we are about to embark on settling in new lands and new areas of responsibility. Let this message encourage you to embrace the new things God is challenging you with.
The last 57 days have been nothing short of life changing for our community. In that time, we've learned about how God's stakes is name on promises, how to read the bible from the right side, and how Israel is at the center God's redemptive plan in a greater fashion. It has challenged us, provoked us to study, and increased our thankfulness and awe at the plan of God and how we've been granted participation. This sermon entitled "No Exclusionary Truth", preached by Elder Eric, was the capstone of this 57 day spirit led series. In it we learned that our goal it preaching should be to provoke study and that one amazing truth does not set aside the other. We also got insight into the scope of the entire book of Romans! Oh the depths and riches of the word of God! Listen to this sermon now and let it provoke you to deeper study!
“He Reigns Supreme”, is more than a declarative statement, it is an anthem and the spiritual drum beat that we march to. In this sermon preached by Pastors Matthew and Wade, you will find inspiration, exultation, and glorification towards the supreme character, majesty, and authority of our God! He reigns supreme over death, difficulty, circumstances, hardships, and impossibilities. For thousands and thousands of years, He has done this; and He was faithful then, and He is still faithful now. Prepare yourselves to be uplifted in your spirit. Strap in your spiritual seat belt for a feast of the elevation of the King and His word. It is time to give glory to the one who is, who was, and who is to come. He Reigns Supreme!
"Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!" Over the past few months, we have had the most consequential topics regarding the overall plan of God, the people of God, and the place of his focus revealed and clarified to us in astonishing ways. These revelations are changing thoughts patterns that have been the norm literally for millennia. The main change is that we are not at the center of every story. That pendulum swing provoked amazing study and Berean like searching of the scriptures. This sermon preached by Pastor Judah Stephens was an attempt to clarify some of those questions and bring us into the unity that both Jew and Gentile will experience in Messiah. Let the concepts raised spur you on to your own Berean-like study of the word of God and produce a desire in you to participate in the plan of God now!
What incredible revelation we are receiving here at LCM! In this sermon entitled “The Four Cups of Mystery”, both Pastors Payton and Nik unlocked a hidden gem as they walked us through the word from the right end of the book. We learned that if we love the King of the Jews, then we must surely love His bride, the nation of Israel. Now more than ever, we are commitment to the King to ensure His age old promise to His bride is completely fulfilled.
We are servants. We are committed to the Father and therefore his plan for the Son and the bride. Brothers Abimbola Daramola and Paul Rosales shared this amazing sermon entitled "The Servant" that helped us to properly engage with the recent revelation that has been expounded upon in our community in the recent past. Only by humbly, joyfully receiving what is being taught, then by diligently going to study the scriptures for ourselves will we learn to plant our feet on the solid rock of God's word and gain the conviction that is necessary. They went on to talk about a nameless servant who refused to divert attention to his own needs, but worked for the benefit of the Father, the Son, and the bride. This is to be our highest aspiration as gentile graft-ins to the Israeli church. Let this message inspire you to selfless servanthood.
We are experiencing glorious revelation being poured out from heaven! Pastor Nik and Pastor Wade delivered a timely and pertinent word to our body (and for generations to come) in this message entitled “The Bride to Be”. Our pastors walked us through in excellent fashion from the right end of the book into the New Testament, with the understanding of who truly is the bride of Christ, and the great mystery of how the Gentiles are included. If we are truly in relation with the groom, then it will show up in our actions towards his bride, the nation of Israel. Listen to this message now for the purpose of practical application in your life!
Is there anything too hard for God? Of Course Not! That is the fact of the matter. Yet it is also true that we sometimes don’t feel that way. Though he is the rock, and is unshakeable, we sometimes feel shakable. Brothers Abimbola Daramola & Gabriel Stephens encouraged us to look into what is seemingly impossible, and in that situation believe God. Look back to the faith of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Face what seems like an impossibility and choose to stand on the promises of God, boldly declaring his promises. This is your faith that has and will overcome the world.
“Mystery” preached by Pastor Nik and Brother Adam, was truly a gem given to us by these men of God. In addition to the revelations we have been receiving regarding Israel, we are learning to take full grasp of our roles as gentiles who have been grafted into this Israeli faith. A sober assessment is needed to understand that the salvation we have experienced has really nothing to do with the gentiles but rather for the purpose and goal of Israel’s ultimate salvation. There is a mystery that is unfolding in Adonai’s original plan to bring salvation to Israel, and it will require our full participation and daily actions to see his will accomplished for his people.
A bridge is a section of contrasting musical material that connects two sections of a song. It is often used to prepare for and return to the original material section. In light of the "unforgettable song" that we have become aware of from Deuteronomy 32, we learned that it begins with Adonai's faithfulness to his covenant, his people's inability to keep that covenant and ends with God's covenant loyalty to deliver to them from their sins and enemies. None of this is contested. What is a mystery is the bridge that connects these two events. That is the fact that he would use a people that is no people to make his people jealous. The "no people" her is us. Brothers Carlos Treaster and Paul Rosales encouraged and challenge us that the only way to stir the Jew's to jealousy is to live in the "fullness" of Christ formed in us & to be living sacrifices as Romans 12-15 talks about.
The times we are living in are truly special and we are on the precipice of the greatest advancement that our community has ever seen. This message entitled “Remembering The Unforgettable Song”, laid a masterful and scriptural foundation for understanding Paul’s writings in the book of Romans and his hope and desire to see the salvation of Israel. From Romans, we learned that Paul was drawing from the inspiration of the Torah; namely, what God will do with His people and His ultimately plan of redemption for them. This inspiration from the Torah can be specifically linked to a song that God had Moses write for the Israelite's. As we familiarized ourselves with the content and lyrics of the song of Moses, we were given insight into our role as gentile graft-ins who stand with the God of Israel and the Nation of Israel. This insight into our role, was through the examination of the life of a model gentile in the book of Joshua. Where we learned practical and actionable steps on how we are to act towards God’s nation and how to strengthen their faith.
"In Christos", as this sermon is titled, or in the heart of The Father. That is the mindset from which Paul, Moses, and Jesus could not only wish themselves cut off for the sake of their people but showed us a lifestyle that demonstrated this conviction by the laying down of their lives. As we were challenged by Pastor Eric, this is the same mindset we are supposed to live in, yet an honest assessment yields the fact we spend the vast majority of the time focused only on things that affect us or are about us and not about what God wants. This presents our need for transformation & the regeneration of our minds and hearts. We pray that you to would strive to take on the same nature and attitude of Christ by the same forsaking of your own thoughts and desires to be in the mind, attitude ,and actions of Christ.
What incredible times we are living in as we are getting ever-increasing clarity of the will of God for His people, the Nation of Israel. “Underground Railroad” delivered by Pastors Wade and Matthew, helped answer the question of the reason for the establishment of One Association Europe and the role that we play in the overall plan of God to see the fulfillment of what He said He would do for His people, Israel. Through examining the scriptures from the right end of the book, we understand what God said would happen to His people, the realities of what is to come, and the commitment that we as gentiles are making to serve Israel today, and in the days to come. We are building the Underground Railroad.
How do you read it? How we read the word determines if we live life based on giving the Lord what he wants or if we live our Christian life solely driven by what pleases us. The Tanakh instructs us not only about the family story, but about God's heart and what he wants to inherit. God will inherit his people Israel and as a result of their salvation, all the Gentiles that have been joined to Israel. We are learning to read the bible from the right end and come away with God's heart that inspires our daily actions. Brothers Adam Corra, Paul Rosales, and Andrew Tisdale encouraged us in this heartfelt message to engage with the Tanakh and to do what it says.
Reversing Ignorance preached by Pastor Judah and Pastor Nik opens our eyes us to the reality of the ignorance that well-meaning Christians have had towards the Word of God - specifically regarding the Nation of Israel and God‘s plan for them. Walking through the Bible from the right end of the funnel, starting in Genesis, we can see the pattern of the contraction and expansion process that God uses in His ultimate plan of salvation through the lineage of His chosen people, the Jews. Now more than ever, as the days grow darker, we as the adopted sons into this Jewish faith need to form convictions based on what the Word of God says will happen in the days to come and how He will bring salvation to His nation. Today is the day to stand with the Nation of Israel, and it is only with them that we will inherit complete salvation and experience the Resurrection of the Dead.
The Tanakh, the Bible is first and foremost a family story. It starts with the man Abraham, and continues throughout his promised lineage, the people of Israel. This sermon entitled "Adopted Not Co-opted: The Right End of the Funnel" encouraged us to look at the word of God from that perspective in order to truly understand God's heart and God's plan. Only through this lens, can we properly understand our place in the family story and what we must do.
We have reached a place in our day and time where it is no longer acceptable to be uninformed about God’s People, the Land He has given them, and the Plan that He has destined for them. This sermon entitled “The Ittai Doctrine” is more than just a sermon, it is a way of life meant to inspire us gentile graft-ins to the original mandate and responsibility by which we professed in our faith in Yeshua. This mandate is a call to rise up and to take our stand with the people of God; the Nation of Israel. Regardless of what it means for us, life or death, we will not renounce nor deny the biblical promises to the line of Abraham and his descendants. God has placed His name on His people and He will prove himself faithful by redeeming the entire Nation of Israel that He has chosen!
Unwavering Loyalty. That is what is required at a time deep convictions on God's promises to Israel are far and few between. We stand with the Nation of Israel and Jewish people everywhere. The one through whom all things were and for whom all things were made came in Jewish flesh and will return as the Jewish King. As Gentiles it is our prerogative to stand with and for God's nation, regardless of what may come as a result. Masterfully so, brothers Asad Robinson, Rob Barnett, and Abimbola Daramola showed us through Matthew 25 that how we treat the least of Jesus's jewish brothers is how we treat him. Dig down past all the rubble of public opinion and the flood of dissipation in our day, and build your house upon the foundation of the Jewish nation.
“Unapologetic Zionist” preached by Pastors Payton, Nik, and Judah is more than a title. It is the Kingdom reality and biblical position that all believers who pledge allegiance to King Jesus must have. In a day of lies and distortion regarding the people of God; the Nation of Israel. We (the gentile graft-ins) must avoid, resist, and refuse all temptation to take an unbiblical position that stands against the Nation of Israel. God has already spoken concerning His people. He has chosen Israel. He has given them the land. And He will fulfill all his promises to them because the gospel is not just Israel centric, it is Israel dependent!Listen to this sermon now and take your position to stand with God’s nation; the Nation of Israel!
There are so many things we have to be thankful for as we reflect on the 2023 One Association Conference. We are participating in the most expansive advance of the gospel into foreign nations in our communities history. We witnessed tangible unity between the churches like we've never seen, engagements between churches, and even the Ledesma-Stephens wedding. We re-examined the foundational teachings that have made us who we are and examine how we might re-dedicate ourselves and our families to them. We looked out at our future being that of making future kings. In summary, we have a lot to be thankful for and a lot of work to do. We consider this work an honor and a privilege. Pastors Wade Sutherland and Matthew Perot shared this message entitled "Honored and Privileged" as a means of celebrating what God has done while giving clear direction for what our immediate future should entail. Listen and take your place in the work God has given us to do.
“Sinners in the Hand of a Gracious God” preached by Brothers Treaster and Carlos, is the exact message that we needed to hear. As the scriptures declare, there is no one good and all of our deeds are like filthy rags before the Creator of all things. But because He is a gracious God, He does not leave us in our filthy state. Nor does He treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our wicked ways. Rather, He takes the darkness that is inside of us, and He transforms us into light. So, for this very reason, we will give Him our very best effort and raise our expectations of what He accomplish through us with His grace.
No fabricated fires here! When God chooses someone or something to burn brightly, the simple fact of the matter is that they do so with the help of the Almighty. They can't try hard enough to make it happen, but God by his own power makes it so. That was the case with the burning bush and that is the case with us. We were chosen for our time and place to reflect our God's glory as he helps and causes the imperfect to become perfect by the process of sanctification. Knowing this, we are unashamed of the power of the gospel at work in us. We have the right of access to his throne! Listen to this message entitled "Chosen and Unshamed" and recognize the high position you have been called to.
We are truly living in unprecedented times, and now more than ever it is time for the sons of God to shine brightly. This sermon entitled “Great & Strange Sight”, Elder Eric, Pastor Judah, and Brother Gabriel walked us through the beautiful scriptural pattern of how God fully uses a man. Through this revelation, we learned what it means for us to become the great and strange sight that attracts the nations to the King of Israel. We will give our best effort to our Messiah, and he will meet us with power and fire from on high! Listen to this sermon now because it will change your life if you put it into practice!
We are truly a blessed people. We have been blessed with an abundance of God's favor in our lives. He has caused amazing growth in every one of us. At the same time, we can look forward to an amazing amount of work ahead of us. This is the pattern of sukkot. To both be in season of plowing and planting. What brothers Adam Corra and Asad Robinson taught us is that not only is this true, but the Jesus Christ is sukkot. He is light, from him flows living water, he is the embodied representation of God who tabernacled with man. And as amazing as that is, we were reminded that he also tabernacles in us. Therefore, we have a mandate, a mission to go and share that with all around us. The nations will see his light through us. Listen to this message entitled "Pattern of Sukkot" and resolve yourself to burn brightly so that all might see his light through you.
Shouts of joy resound in the tents of the righteous! Today we are rejoicing and celebrating the feast of Sukkot in this sermon entitled “The Pinnacle of Sukkot”. Where we learned what the aim, finality, and pinnacle of what Sukkot is meant to point us towards. Both Pastors Matthew and Wade walked us through an extraordinary revelation, with layers upon layers, that brought clarity and insight into what and more importantly to whom Sukkot was always pointing to. Listen to this sermon now, and be forever changed by the revelation that comes right out of God‘s word!
We are "The Kingsmen". We are those who have been atoned for & are now living for the will of the Father. In this season of our lives and the Jewish calendar, we are reflecting on how our God has made a way for us to approach his throne with boldness and confidence by shedding the blood of his son. This inspires us to run after his heart and will all the more. As he has laid down his for us, so do we, the Kingsmen, choose to lay down our lives every day for the sake of establishing his kingdom rule and reign here on earth. As brothers Adam Corra, Andrew Tisdale, and Gabe Stephens encouraged us, the hour for contemplation is past, and the time to stand up and be about the king's business is now.
The momentum we are gaining as a body is not one that will be slowed down. The time is short, our days are numbered, and our King is approaching soon. “The Hour is at Hand”, preached by Pastors Wade, Nik, and Matthew, furthered the direction on where we are headed in seeing the Kingdom of God manifest in all of its glory. As a result of anticipating the end of all things and the Kingdom’s arrival, we are taking sober assessments, making the necessary preparations, and numbering in our days so that we may have a heart of wisdom. Our king has works assigned to us that we must complete today. We are rising up, standing at our posts, and completing the works assigned to us because “The Hour is at Hand”.
What we heard in "Seize the Day" this past Sunday was meant to sober us up to the reality of the imminent arrival of our coming Messiah. The reality of this revelation impressed upon us the weight of "Today". In this message called "Today", preached by brothers Adam Corra, JJ Molock, and Abimbola Daramola, we were cautioned that how we live "Today" matters. It is literally a matter of life or death. "Today" we go into strict training so that we might accomplish our goal. That is to usher in the physical reign of Jesus Christ on earth. Join us as we go into strict training for the glory of our king!
To describe this sermon in one word would not do the revelation that was laid out for us justice. “Seize the Day” preached by Elder Eric, Pastor Nik, and Pastor Judah is a trumpet sound going off to declare the eminent and very tangible times that we are living in. Through the masterful biblical overview and interconnected scriptures laying out the master plan of God, we were challenged to examine our lives and the works that are still yet to be done for King Jesus. This sermon will change your life if you are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Waste no time with the opportunity you have been given today. Now is the time to Seize the Day!
The wisdom of God can be plainly seen in the days of creation for those who have eyes to see, just as Psalm 19 declares.As we reflected on Sunday's message, "Back to the Basics", that much is plain to see. What was somewhat revelatory for us was the ways in which the same wisdom that we see in God is supposed to be seen at work in us as his image bearers on the earth. Brothers Gabriel Stephens and Carlos Rueda led us in a soul stirring reflection over this rediscovered responsibility. This is a call to take up greater ownership of the putting the creation that he has given us dominion over. We are the solution, not the problem. Let this message spur you on to press into the suffering that is meant to mature you into the full image of your father so that you will spurred on to do what Jesus did on the earth in the limited time here on earth. The time is short, so let us get to work!
Today, we completed the final installation of our three-part series with the sermon entitled “What is a Nation?”. Pastors Payton and Nik walked us through the scriptures illustrating that God is the one who establishes His nation, and through the life of Abraham, we saw how God bought it about. Although we ourselves are not physical descendants of Abraham, we (as gentiles) have been grafted into the family and the priesthood of God that makes up His nation. A nation that bears His full image and likeness. We also learned to deal with the corrupted images that we still find in our midst and have infiltrated the nation of God. These corruptions are being cut out of our lives, so that we can properly together as one nation, correctly image our great King!
This powerful and transformational sermon is the beginning of 3 weeks of sermons that are focused on displaying the full image of God in each life, without alteration, simplification, or modification. This inaugural sermon puts on full display that men have been created to bear the full image of God in all of His complexity. Real men say, "No!" to things that are distortions and perversions of God's character and image. Saying "no" establishes the necessary boundaries to put all of creation in right order beginning with each man's heart. Real men say, "Yes!" with zeal to the righteous and daring deeds that are found first in the image of God and are designed to be seen in every man, his family, and in the nations of the world. The only thing better than being a man that rightly reflects God's image, is to be an ANOINTED man, full of the holy mixture of anointing that is prescribed in the Torah. Take a deep dive into this sermon! It will remove the idolatry of your own heart and provoke you to the lifelong pursuit of knowing God more.
We love what the Lord is doing in our midst, and we are excited about the things to come! Pastors Nik and Wade walked us through a beautiful gem in the scriptures through the lives of Moses, Joshua, and Jesus. We learned three foundational elements that a believer must have in order to enter into God's war front. This sermon is packed full of revelation and practical application that you will want to take hold of. Listen now to “Entering God’s War Front”!
A clarion call has been sounded and we are marching forward in the direction set by our King! In the sermon “Attractive Opposites”, Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade helped us see that there is no contrast between being a great warrior and a great shepherd. In fact, both are complementary and essential to each other. This is exactly who our great King is, and we are created in His image. He is the answer to every problem and when we are like Him in this way, we are the answer to every problem. Holy Masculinity is the answer to the Church’s problem and also the world’s problem today. We are rising up in who He has called us to be and displaying His image everywhere. This is how we rightly reflect the Lord of Hosts.
What a tremendous gift we experienced this morning. Both Pastors Judah and Nik delivered an honest, challenging, and uplifting word in this sermon entitled “Call to Kingship”. Using the devotion and heart of King David to serve as a model example for us, we are to fix our eyes upon our King and do away with all other suitors and distractions. Our King is on a high mountain, and He is the only one that we must have eyes for. Let us renew our love and desire for him because He has called us to Kingship!
The manifest presence of our King is with us, and he is drawing us to himself by cutting away what does not belong in our lives! As men and women called to walk in integrity with no hidden areas of our lives, we sometimes find ourselves doing what is right without having the right heart posture that the King desires from us. Through the life of Asaph and his written Psalms, we learned about the inner wrestling that leads us to a place where we have a foolish heart, a futile heart, and a heart that is afflicted. But we serve an extraordinary King who has not given up on us! But rather, he calls us higher and transforms us to have a pure heart that is a true reflection of his heart that accomplishes his will. Don’t wait! Listen to this sermon now, so that you can have “The Heart of Asaph”!
Jesus said that all men will know we are really his disciples by the love we show toward one another. “Jewel School” preached by Pastor Nik and Pastor Wade stirred us to reflect the Oneness of our good Father in the plural unity that we are to have as the body of Christ. We were challenged today to examine the idolatry of self that shows up in the areas of our lives where we are willfully using our brothers to our advantage, devaluing their fixed value, and abusing the authority given to us towards our them. We must remember that we are in covenant with each other and pledge our allegiance towards one another as one body and one family. This will cause us to walk in greater levels of vulnerability towards each other and it is how we cultivate and fortify the unity that is ours in Christ!
What a great morning and a special time are having! “In the Fathers Image” preached by Brother Carlos, Pastor Judah, and Pastor Nik helped to drive home the spiritual reality, attitude, and heart that we are supposed to walk in. The reality that we have been made according to our great King's character and image. Our King is a man of war! A God who delivers his people and raises men from the ash heap to exalts them to a princely status. He has gone ahead us and has broken down the barriers in our mists. We are his people and we reflect him because he has called us to be more than conquerors!
The whole earth is full of HIS glory! That is the truth! That revelation alone is worthy of all our worship and adoration. Now the thing is, as truth as this is, we still have to fight to give him ALL the glory and take none for ourselves! This is what our brothers Abimbola Daramola and Paul Rosales encouraged us in with this message entitled "For His Glory". We are to fight for his glory all our days by being shepherds under his direction, standing up and speaking the words given under his direction! Be spurred on to be who he's called you to be!
What a glorious time we're having at LCM! It is a blessing to have our pastors back from Romania and to hear of all the testimonies of what the Lord is doing out there. “Five Principles of Ministry” delivered by Pastors Judah, Nik and Payton show us what these principles of ministry looks like according to biblical model. Using examples from their own lives and examples of what the Lord is doing there in Romania, we were able to see and walk through a linear progression of what these principles are, and the impact they are having on lives. We were given a treasure this morning that we will cultivate because it is what we need, and it is how the nations will be won!
Saints, we ARE walking and living as the sons of the living God. In this body, the revelation that we are sons of God is impacting the way we live in a tangible manner more now that ever before. Our identity has been forged in the presence of God and it is as solidified and unchanging as he is. Let us continue, striving in the fullness of the identity that he has created us to walk in.
This morning we were thoroughly encouraged by all that the Lord is doing in our mist. Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade walked us through the word on how we are to properly view ourselves in Christ. Because he called us by his name, we must refuse to be called by anything else. With the beautiful imagery set before us in the baby dedication, we show ourselves to be living signs and symbols as a testimony to the greatest of our King! He has called us by his name and we are going to choose to walk in that name with our heads held high!
We have found a limitless strength in the calling to become like our Messiah. He has called us forward to conquer along with him by coming to the end of out ability and tapping into his divine enablement. This message entitled "Tikkun Olam Pt. 2" was a practical exploration of how we tap into that strength & subsequently fulfill his purposes for mankind on the earth. Beginning by faith in the one who called us, we practice the fundamental truth of the faith until we come to the end of our ability, at that point are strengthened from on high. Let us all exert ourselves with all of his strength that so powerfully works within us, and tap in to that supernatural, divine enablement.
We are being stirred up by the Spirit of God and gaining traction into all that the Lord has for us! “Off Season” delivered by Pastor Wade and Brother Abimbola was a word that was aimed directly at our hearts for the purpose of getting us to rise up in our faith. We know it is easy to practice what is right when things are seemingly going in the right direction, but it is entirely different to practice and do what is right when you feel off. Our good Father is teaching us how to go back to our roots by practicing the things that have caused us to stand in the Kingdom. We are going to practice by giving our all until the supernatural breaks out in our lives! This is how we overcome!
Get up Man of God! That's what the spirit of God inside the believer every time he falls. As we are engaging with the fact that we are currently in strict training, none of us like to fail but the truth is that we have the spirit of God as a deposit. It guarantee's that he will strengthen us in our need as we cry out to him. He empowers us beyond our own abilities to enact his will on the earth. Being secured by this revelation, we will move forward in this training regiment and be continually empowered as we do.
This morning we were blessed with a word from heaven by Pastor Matthew and Pastor Payton entitled “Olympiad”. With some historical and cultural background, we gain further insight into Paul’s writings and encouragement to his brothers in Corinth. Every athlete goes into strict training to obtain a crown that will not last while we are called to engage in the strict training that will result in a crown that will last forever! We are not going to waste anytime shadow boxing because we are being led in a triumphal procession that causes us to run straight for the finish line!
Fight! It's as simple as that! We are all being called in our lives individually, and collectively as a body to silence the taunts of the enemy. We're called to lead our families in the righteous path by being men and women of action who surge forward in doing the will of God. This create a momentum that makes our families and our brothers victorious. By taking action and defying our enemies taunts, we will make others dominant in their pursuit to overcome the world. Listen to this inspiring sermon from brothers Paul Rosales and Adam Corra and be provoked for a fight!
Lives are being transformed in our very midst! Ancient enemies are being put under foot and our courage is rising because our king is with us! Brothers Linton and Abimbola delivered an honest, sober, and unfiltered word entitled “Silencing Dogs and Rising Courage”. We grappled with the dogs that are seeking to devour, rob, and downright disqualify us as we are pursuing righteousness. We did this by learning from the lives of men like David how to rise up in the courage that is ours in Christ Jesus and inspire that same courage in other men. Listen to the sermon and confront those barking dogs, silencing them with power from on high and a heavenly reliance on your King!
What a blessing it is to be taught how to receive the one thing that matters! Our passover lamb and his apostles have gone before us to show us how it must be attained. We learned in this sermon entitled "The Only Thing That Matters" that we need those midnight hour kind of moments in our lives if we truly want to experience the deliverance of resurrection power. Even though the tenth plague is absolutely necessary, it is not intended to destroy us, but to bring about perfect freedom under the mighty hand of our God. Let this message preached by the heads of households of Hebron spur you on to go after the only thing that matters.
The Lord is stirring us up as a body, and we are rightly responding to the revelation that has come from heaven. Our Pastors (Judah and Wade) gave us a raw, heartfelt exhortation to have our hunger and spiritual appetite increase. This increase is not for one singular person but rather the family unit as a whole. As heads of households, we were charged to take sober assessment to rightly discern what our families can handle and to cultivate in our homes a spiritual appetite for the very Lamb of God. Although this is not something that is done overnight, we are taking our stand to commit to examine and search our homes to cultivate an appetite and desire for our King, not allowing anything else to get in the way. We are going to let our appetite and hunger to draw near him, drive us on!
Our weaknesses will not kill us! This was the encouragement we received from brothers Paul Rosales and Marlin Sosa in this message entitled "Let's Go Die With Him". Instead of our weaknesses killing us, we learned that they actually served the purpose of leading us to the resurrection of our God when we choose to die willingly. Making this choice of our own accord makes way for the opportunity for him to raise us up. We must remove all unbelief that keeps us from willingly laying down our lives just as Jesus did.
The Spirit of God is moving in our midst, and we are responding in full surrender! “Who is Able?” preached by Pastor Nik and Pastor Matt is a resurrection message you will want to listen to again and again. We learned that to experience true resurrection, we must experience death over and over. We came to the understand that there is not a single death or a single resurrection that we are aiming for and this biblical truth can be seen through the lives of men of God like Moses, Isaiah, and Peter. We have to be undone in the presence of our Father. Not comparing ourselves with ourselves but comparing ourselves to His holiness, majesty, and glory. This is where we will find out that there is only one who is able.
Rebekah trusted Abraham's servant to get her all the way through the desert until she was one with her groom. In the very same way, the Spirit of Holiness is guiding us to becoming one with our great king, Jesus Christ. We are in a great time of preparation where we are learning that the mere anticipation of being united to him is what will drive us along in the sanctification process. Our longing for him is what keeps causes us to desire to be set apart for him. As the sermon was titled, it's "Holiness or Die Trying"! Listen to this message from brothers Abimbola Daramola, Justin Treaster, and Adam Corra and be inspired to draw near to the groom at all costs.
What a powerful time we are having here at LCM! We are fine tuning our faith and our relationships with one another. In this sermon, entitled “Foundational Elements” preached by brother Justin Treaster and Pastor Matthew Perot, we learned the importance of the foundation that spiritual fathers are to set for their sons. The goal is that those sons build upon the foundation that has been laid and are raised up to become brothers that partner with their fathers in the kingdom work. Through the lives of men like Moses, David, and the Apostle Paul, we were shown the spiritual and essential importance of what it looks like to raise up sons who become brothers that then become fathers to their fathers. This can only be done by spiritual fathers decreasing so that their brother sons increase. In addition, we were given seven practical steps to help us achieve what we are aiming for, so that we will have a perpetual priesthood of fathers laying down their lives for their sons who become brothers that then become fathers to their fathers for generations to come.
We are learning to see the tension as a privilege given to us from our good Father! “Flex On ‘Em” delivered by Pastor Nik and Pastor Matthew was timely, life giving, and impactful. As the Lord is increasing the tension in our lives, it is imperative that we lean into the tension and keep our eyes on the target. Examining the lives of Job and Elisha, the ever-increasing tension reveals our heart towards our King. We have to deal rightly with our faithless heart while in the tension and not accuse our faithful Father. The tension is what reveals our teachers to us and allows us to ask and receive supernatural empowerment from heaven!
“Barriers Broken” preached by Elder Eric and Pastor Judah is a sermon worth listening to again and again. When barriers have been broken in our lives, we can then set out as witnesses to help others have their barriers broken in their lives. This is what we see in the book of Acts with the Apostles and the barrier breaking encounters they were led into. It is also what we are experiencing here at LCM, our barriers have been broken and are being broken, bringing greater levels of unity between us. Now, we have our sights set on setting out to help others do the same!
During the holiday season, most people are less alert and more angsty due the busyness that our traditions induce. Good thing we are not most people, but are supernatural sons of God that are building his kingdom on the earth. Therefore, Pastors Matt and Payton admonished us with this sermon entitled "Alert and Sober-Minded" to be just that, alert and sober-minded. They clarified what it means to be alert, not overwhelmed, and what it means to be sober-minded, knowing what the Father wants to happen in any given situation. All of this is so that we can pray, and there is nothing more powerful than when saints of the living God pray in partnership with the God of all the earth. Let this message stimulate towards love and good deeds!
We are growing and maturing here at LCM! Elder Eric and Pastor Wade brought a timely word that is helping us advance in our walk with the Lord. “Between the Rains” went head-to-head by confronting the many ways we well-meaning Christians are involving ourselves in activities dedicated to the Lord but in actuality were never directed by the Lord. We do not belong to ourselves so therefore our activities and deeds must be God breathed and directed by him. This is how we experience the resurrection power that is available to those who are dependent on him!
“In the Nothingness” preached by Pastor Judah and Pastor Matt was an honest, sober, and inspiring message of what it is like to live in between the early and latter rains. Through personal reflections and engagement of scriptures, we are finding the joy of being in the nothingness! It is where we actually learn the lessons the Father wants us to learn and also where we get to demonstrate faith in him, knowing that resurrection power is on the way!
We are like the disciples! We have power and authority, and yet there is yet something more that we need. What we need is to access the that power and authority through faith. Faith is generated when we go to our father in the kind of transformative prayer that Jesus modeled for his disciples. This is what causes us to live faith-filled lives. A conviction that although we cannot see him, he is right here with us to transform us and to generate the faith that moves mountains. Brothers Carlos Rueda, Spencer McClain, and Justin Linton admonish us in this sermon entitled "Full Access" to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of us.
There is a confidence that is rising in our midst! We are doing away with the faithless and despairing thoughts of “I Can’t” and replacing it with “I Can”. We at LCM are very bold to declare that we can because our father is able to do immeasurably more in us, through us, and with us than we could ever imagine! Pastors Matt and Wade surged us forward into what is possible for the man and woman who believes in the Lord’s ability to empower us beyond are doubts. “Immeasurably More” is a sermon that answers the inner most thoughts that we have and inspires us to rightly see ourselves in view of the character of the Father and who he is! Listen now!
There is a confidence that is rising in our midst! We are doing away with the faithless and despairing thoughts of “I Can’t” and replacing it with “I Can”. We at LCM are very bold to declare that we can because our father is able to do immeasurably more in us, through us, and with us than we could ever imagine! Pastors Matt and Wade surged us forward into what is possible for the man and woman who believes in the Lord’s ability to empower us beyond are doubts. “Immeasurably More” is a sermon that answers the inner most thoughts that we have and inspires us to rightly see ourselves in view of the character of the Father and who he is! Listen now!
There is a confidence that is rising in our midst! We are doing away with the faithless and despairing thoughts of “I Can’t” and replacing it with “I Can”. We at LCM are very bold to declare that we can because our father is able to do immeasurably more in us, through us, and with us than we could ever imagine! Pastors Matt and Wade surged us forward into what is possible for the man and woman who believes in the Lord’s ability to empower us beyond are doubts. “Immeasurably More” is a sermon that answers the inner most thoughts that we have and inspires us to rightly see ourselves in view of the character of the Father and who he is! Listen now!
We are sticking to the plan! As we learned this past Sunday, our heavenly father has sprung a trap for the enemy. This is why, as brothers Paul Rosales and Adam Corra stated, we glory in our weaknesses. Through crying out for transformation as a result of these weaknesses, we see God's supernatural deliverance at work in our lives. This is the plan that King David stuck to as he dealt with Goliath. He refused to add any protection not given to him by his father, instead, he boasted in God's ability to deliver him and his father's sheep.
We are sticking to the plan! As we learned this past Sunday, our heavenly father has sprung a trap for the enemy. This is why, as brothers Paul Rosales and Adam Corra stated, we glory in our weaknesses. Through crying out for transformation as a result of these weaknesses, we see God's supernatural deliverance at work in our lives. This is the plan that King David stuck to as he dealt with Goliath. He refused to add any protection not given to him by his father, instead, he boasted in God's ability to deliver him and his father's sheep.
We are sticking to the plan! As we learned this past Sunday, our heavenly father has sprung a trap for the enemy. This is why, as brothers Paul Rosales and Adam Corra stated, we glory in our weaknesses. Through crying out for transformation as a result of these weaknesses, we see God's supernatural deliverance at work in our lives. This is the plan that King David stuck to as he dealt with Goliath. He refused to add any protection not given to him by his father, instead, he boasted in God's ability to deliver him and his father's sheep.
Pastors Judah, Wade, and Matt encouraged, inspired, and empowered us with this word this morning! ‘Operation Sledgehammer” was a message that admonished us that we can and will complete the work in the kingdom that has been assigned to us. Often times, we feel trapped and out of our depth due to a lack of perceived spiritual insight, experience, or ability. This is a lie of the enemy! We are not trapped, rather the Father is setting a trap for the enemy by using us even in our weakness. We are clay tenement with physical limitations, but his all-surpassing power is within us and he HAS qualified us. With that knowledge, nothing or no one can stop us from laying down our lives for the furthering of our brothers and generations.
Pastors Judah, Wade, and Matt encouraged, inspired, and empowered us with this word this morning! ‘Operation Sledgehammer” was a message that admonished us that we can and will complete the work in the kingdom that has been assigned to us. Often times, we feel trapped and out of our depth due to a lack of perceived spiritual insight, experience, or ability. This is a lie of the enemy! We are not trapped, rather the Father is setting a trap for the enemy by using us even in our weakness. We are clay tenement with physical limitations, but his all-surpassing power is within us and he HAS qualified us. With that knowledge, nothing or no one can stop us from laying down our lives for the furthering of our brothers and generations.
Pastors Judah, Wade, and Matt encouraged, inspired, and empowered us with this word this morning! ‘Operation Sledgehammer” was a message that admonished us that we can and will complete the work in the kingdom that has been assigned to us. Often times, we feel trapped and out of our depth due to a lack of perceived spiritual insight, experience, or ability. This is a lie of the enemy! We are not trapped, rather the Father is setting a trap for the enemy by using us even in our weakness. We are clay tenement with physical limitations, but his all-surpassing power is within us and he HAS qualified us. With that knowledge, nothing or no one can stop us from laying down our lives for the furthering of our brothers and generations.
Pastors Judah, Wade, and Matt encouraged, inspired, and empowered us with this word this morning! ‘Operation Sledgehammer” was a message that admonished us that we can and will complete the work in the kingdom that has been assigned to us. Often times, we feel trapped and out of our depth due to a lack of perceived spiritual insight, experience, or ability. This is a lie of the enemy! We are not trapped, rather the Father is setting a trap for the enemy by using us even in our weakness. We are clay tenement with physical limitations, but his all-surpassing power is within us and he HAS qualified us. With that knowledge, nothing or no one can stop us from laying down our lives for the furthering of our brothers and generations.
Jesus was the Covenant man! His body was broken and his blood was shed for Israel's atonement and us Gentile's inclusion into the promises that God gave Israel. We have partaken in the Glory that comes from his sacrifice and it has changed us forever! Brothers Carlos Rueda and Marlin Sosa admonished us as to what our responsibility is to that covenant. In the same way, we are called to not only believe in what Jesus has done for us but also to be a covenant for anyone the father would put before our path. By the breaking of our own bodies, we can see light and healing come to others! Let us stand in the gap for those who cannot yet themselves.
What a word we received this morning! The Lord is advancing us forward as a body and we are not slowing down! Our momentum is gaining traction and our Pastors are preparing the way! “Preservation Through Covenant” reminded us that it is of the up most importance that we keep and remain faithful to our covenants. First to the covenant we have with King Jesus, then to our marriage covenants, and our covenants between our teams. As we demonstrate faithfulness by showing fidelity and loyalty to our covenants, God will preserve our generations and this way of life.
What a word we received this morning! The Lord is advancing us forward as a body and we are not slowing down! Our momentum is gaining traction and our Pastors are preparing the way! “Preservation Through Covenant” reminded us that it is of the up most importance that we keep and remain faithful to our covenants. First to the covenant we have with King Jesus, then to our marriage covenants, and our covenants between our teams. As we demonstrate faithfulness by showing fidelity and loyalty to our covenants, God will preserve our generations and this way of life.
What a word we received this morning! The Lord is advancing us forward as a body and we are not slowing down! Our momentum is gaining traction and our Pastors are preparing the way! “Preservation Through Covenant” reminded us that it is of the up most importance that we keep and remain faithful to our covenants. First to the covenant we have with King Jesus, then to our marriage covenants, and our covenants between our teams. As we demonstrate faithfulness by showing fidelity and loyalty to our covenants, God will preserve our generations and this way of life.
Coming off of our 7th One Association conference, how could we not reflect on everything the Lord has done? Because of men and women who held to deep convictions, we get to experience the supernatural workings of the Lord in our midst. Brothers Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola help us by sharing their reflections on the messages preached at the conference and beginning to point at what our response should be in this message entitled “Own It”. The deep convictions that produced this way of like are becoming our own!
Coming off of our 7th One Association conference, how could we not reflect on everything the Lord has done? Because of men and women who held to deep convictions, we get to experience the supernatural workings of the Lord in our midst. Brothers Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola help us by sharing their reflections on the messages preached at the conference and beginning to point at what our response should be in this message entitled “Own It”. The deep convictions that produced this way of like are becoming our own!
Coming off of our 7th One Association conference, how could we not reflect on everything the Lord has done? Because of men and women who held to deep convictions, we get to experience the supernatural workings of the Lord in our midst. Brothers Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola help us by sharing their reflections on the messages preached at the conference and beginning to point at what our response should be in this message entitled “Own It”. The deep convictions that produced this way of like are becoming our own!
We were incredibly blessed by the word this morning! Elder Eric and Pastor Judah walked us through a holistic view and understanding of the relationship the twelve tribes of Israel had as well as their promises. As we recapped the past 10 sermons, we were reminded our brothers receiving a blessing from our father poses no threat to what he has in store for us. This message took it a step further. If our brothers don’t receive their inheritance, that will definitely impact us. We need our brothers, and our brothers need us. This revelation is taking on an even deeper meaning than before. It is our greatest privilege to fight for our brothers promises because it is how we will win nations.
We were incredibly blessed by the word this morning! Elder Eric and Pastor Judah walked us through a holistic view and understanding of the relationship the twelve tribes of Israel had as well as their promises. As we recapped the past 10 sermons, we were reminded our brothers receiving a blessing from our father poses no threat to what he has in store for us. This message took it a step further. If our brothers don’t receive their inheritance, that will definitely impact us. We need our brothers, and our brothers need us. This revelation is taking on an even deeper meaning than before. It is our greatest privilege to fight for our brothers promises because it is how we will win nations.
We were incredibly blessed by the word this morning! Elder Eric and Pastor Judah walked us through a holistic view and understanding of the relationship the twelve tribes of Israel had as well as their promises. As we recapped the past 10 sermons, we were reminded our brothers receiving a blessing from our father poses no threat to what he has in store for us. This message took it a step further. If our brothers don’t receive their inheritance, that will definitely impact us. We need our brothers, and our brothers need us. This revelation is taking on an even deeper meaning than before. It is our greatest privilege to fight for our brothers promises because it is how we will win nations.
We were incredibly blessed by the word this morning! Elder Eric and Pastor Judah walked us through a holistic view and understanding of the relationship the twelve tribes of Israel had as well as their promises. As we recapped the past 10 sermons, we were reminded our brothers receiving a blessing from our father poses no threat to what he has in store for us. This message took it a step further. If our brothers don’t receive their inheritance, that will definitely impact us. We need our brothers, and our brothers need us. This revelation is taking on an even deeper meaning than before. It is our greatest privilege to fight for our brothers promises because it is how we will win nations.
Brothers Asad and Treaster delivered a powerful, timely, and soul stirring word! “Expect the Unexpected” is a sermon you will want to listen to again and again. Our brothers expounded on the revelation of what we already have been given in our sacks and they walked us through further examples to help us make the connections in our lives. We are not in control of our lives, plans, or future and our good Father has laid out unexpected moments for us to learn more about his character and to reveal to us what we already currently possess. It’s time to take a journey on the path of expecting the unexpected!
Brothers Asad and Treaster delivered a powerful, timely, and soul stirring word! “Expect the Unexpected” is a sermon you will want to listen to again and again. Our brothers expounded on the revelation of what we already have been given in our sacks and they walked us through further examples to help us make the connections in our lives. We are not in control of our lives, plans, or future and our good Father has laid out unexpected moments for us to learn more about his character and to reveal to us what we already currently possess. It’s time to take a journey on the path of expecting the unexpected!
Brothers Asad and Treaster delivered a powerful, timely, and soul stirring word! “Expect the Unexpected” is a sermon you will want to listen to again and again. Our brothers expounded on the revelation of what we already have been given in our sacks and they walked us through further examples to help us make the connections in our lives. We are not in control of our lives, plans, or future and our good Father has laid out unexpected moments for us to learn more about his character and to reveal to us what we already currently possess. It’s time to take a journey on the path of expecting the unexpected!
Pastors Nik, Matt, and Wade delivered a powerful and timely word this morning! “Check Your Sack” is a word we need in our time and day. The Lord has provided all that we need and what is required on our part, is greater levels of trust in the character of our good Father. We are never without, rather we need to see and look at what we have already been given! We must do away with the faithlessness of wanting to know every detail of the plan and choose to depend on our Father who has our lives, callings, and generations in his hands! Listen to this sermon now because it is time to Check Your Sack!
Pastors Nik, Matt, and Wade delivered a powerful and timely word this morning! “Check Your Sack” is a word we need in our time and day. The Lord has provided all that we need and what is required on our part, is greater levels of trust in the character of our good Father. We are never without, rather we need to see and look at what we have already been given! We must do away with the faithlessness of wanting to know every detail of the plan and choose to depend on our Father who has our lives, callings, and generations in his hands! Listen to this sermon now because it is time to Check Your Sack!
Pastors Nik, Matt, and Wade delivered a powerful and timely word this morning! “Check Your Sack” is a word we need in our time and day. The Lord has provided all that we need and what is required on our part, is greater levels of trust in the character of our good Father. We are never without, rather we need to see and look at what we have already been given! We must do away with the faithlessness of wanting to know every detail of the plan and choose to depend on our Father who has our lives, callings, and generations in his hands! Listen to this sermon now because it is time to Check Your Sack!
Pastors Nik, Matt, and Wade delivered a powerful and timely word this morning! “Check Your Sack” is a word we need in our time and day. The Lord has provided all that we need and what is required on our part, is greater levels of trust in the character of our good Father. We are never without, rather we need to see and look at what we have already been given! We must do away with the faithlessness of wanting to know every detail of the plan and choose to depend on our Father who has our lives, callings, and generations in his hands! Listen to this sermon now because it is time to Check Your Sack!
“The King's Cup” preached by Brothers Marlin and Paul speaks to the righteous pattern that has already been laid down for us to follow. We surveyed the life of Abraham and other men of God and were inspired by their faithful life and commitment to be in union with their King. This is the same union and commitment we are called to when we choose to partake in the drinking of the King’s cup. We are rejecting the cup of Sodom, refusing self-exaltation, and any other worldly treasures because we know to whom we belong!
“The King's Cup” preached by Brothers Marlin and Paul speaks to the righteous pattern that has already been laid down for us to follow. We surveyed the life of Abraham and other men of God and were inspired by their faithful life and commitment to be in union with their King. This is the same union and commitment we are called to when we choose to partake in the drinking of the King’s cup. We are rejecting the cup of Sodom, refusing self-exaltation, and any other worldly treasures because we know to whom we belong!
“The King's Cup” preached by Brothers Marlin and Paul speaks to the righteous pattern that has already been laid down for us to follow. We surveyed the life of Abraham and other men of God and were inspired by their faithful life and commitment to be in union with their King. This is the same union and commitment we are called to when we choose to partake in the drinking of the King’s cup. We are rejecting the cup of Sodom, refusing self-exaltation, and any other worldly treasures because we know to whom we belong!
We are in a beautiful season here at LCM as we find ourselves continually experiencing greater measures of the Lord’s revelation to our body! “Unsung Heroes” preached by Pastor Payton, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matthew trumpets the heart of God and his desire for us to be Unsung Heroes. Looking through the lives of men of God who played pivotal roles to usher in kingships, put down ancient enemies, and establish kingdom works all around the world. These are the types of men we are aspiring to become, men who needed no fanfare but who’s only concern was to bring glory to their king and make their brothers great! This is what is means to be Unsung Heroes!
We are in a beautiful season here at LCM as we find ourselves continually experiencing greater measures of the Lord’s revelation to our body! “Unsung Heroes” preached by Pastor Payton, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matthew trumpets the heart of God and his desire for us to be Unsung Heroes. Looking through the lives of men of God who played pivotal roles to usher in kingships, put down ancient enemies, and establish kingdom works all around the world. These are the types of men we are aspiring to become, men who needed no fanfare but who’s only concern was to bring glory to their king and make their brothers great! This is what is means to be Unsung Heroes!
We are in a beautiful season here at LCM as we find ourselves continually experiencing greater measures of the Lord’s revelation to our body! “Unsung Heroes” preached by Pastor Payton, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matthew trumpets the heart of God and his desire for us to be Unsung Heroes. Looking through the lives of men of God who played pivotal roles to usher in kingships, put down ancient enemies, and establish kingdom works all around the world. These are the types of men we are aspiring to become, men who needed no fanfare but who’s only concern was to bring glory to their king and make their brothers great! This is what is means to be Unsung Heroes!
We are in a beautiful season here at LCM as we find ourselves continually experiencing greater measures of the Lord’s revelation to our body! “Unsung Heroes” preached by Pastor Payton, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matthew trumpets the heart of God and his desire for us to be Unsung Heroes. Looking through the lives of men of God who played pivotal roles to usher in kingships, put down ancient enemies, and establish kingdom works all around the world. These are the types of men we are aspiring to become, men who needed no fanfare but who’s only concern was to bring glory to their king and make their brothers great! This is what is means to be Unsung Heroes!
This message entitled "The Heroic Cup", preached by Pastor Judah and Elder Eric was all kinds of insightful, impactful, and revelatory. Beginning with a live demonstration by some of the best and brightest in our church, we examined the significance of sharing a "cup" or experience with someone. The gentlemen brought to mind how Jesus called his disciples to share of this same kind of cup because he provided something supernatural to partake in. As we engaged with the story of Judah (because we are Judah and his brothers) it made this all the more impactful because we learned that at our lowest moments, he is the "Lord of breaking through" and it's exactly because of these moments that we must drink of the cup the Lord has provided for us! Sharing of the heroic cup that has been provided for us will result in that same cup overflowing with life for everyone around us, just as Jesus promised.
This message entitled "The Heroic Cup", preached by Pastor Judah and Elder Eric was all kinds of insightful, impactful, and revelatory. Beginning with a live demonstration by some of the best and brightest in our church, we examined the significance of sharing a "cup" or experience with someone. The gentlemen brought to mind how Jesus called his disciples to share of this same kind of cup because he provided something supernatural to partake in. As we engaged with the story of Judah (because we are Judah and his brothers) it made this all the more impactful because we learned that at our lowest moments, he is the "Lord of breaking through" and it's exactly because of these moments that we must drink of the cup the Lord has provided for us! Sharing of the heroic cup that has been provided for us will result in that same cup overflowing with life for everyone around us, just as Jesus promised.
This message entitled "The Heroic Cup", preached by Pastor Judah and Elder Eric was all kinds of insightful, impactful, and revelatory. Beginning with a live demonstration by some of the best and brightest in our church, we examined the significance of sharing a "cup" or experience with someone. The gentlemen brought to mind how Jesus called his disciples to share of this same kind of cup because he provided something supernatural to partake in. As we engaged with the story of Judah (because we are Judah and his brothers) it made this all the more impactful because we learned that at our lowest moments, he is the "Lord of breaking through" and it's exactly because of these moments that we must drink of the cup the Lord has provided for us! Sharing of the heroic cup that has been provided for us will result in that same cup overflowing with life for everyone around us, just as Jesus promised.
This message entitled "The Heroic Cup", preached by Pastor Judah and Elder Eric was all kinds of insightful, impactful, and revelatory. Beginning with a live demonstration by some of the best and brightest in our church, we examined the significance of sharing a "cup" or experience with someone. The gentlemen brought to mind how Jesus called his disciples to share of this same kind of cup because he provided something supernatural to partake in. As we engaged with the story of Judah (because we are Judah and his brothers) it made this all the more impactful because we learned that at our lowest moments, he is the "Lord of breaking through" and it's exactly because of these moments that we must drink of the cup the Lord has provided for us! Sharing of the heroic cup that has been provided for us will result in that same cup overflowing with life for everyone around us, just as Jesus promised.
“The Adullam Event” delivered by Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade, walked us through the life of David and the events that took place in the cave of Adullam. David, a man after God’s heart, demonstrated a fidelity towards the men around him. He took men who were in debt, distressed, bitter of soul and raised them up to be mighty men! Men who would do great exploits and become like the King they were following. When we seek to make our brothers great, elevating them above ourselves, inspiring fidelity, and kingly actions, we become kings along side with them!
“The Adullam Event” delivered by Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade, walked us through the life of David and the events that took place in the cave of Adullam. David, a man after God’s heart, demonstrated a fidelity towards the men around him. He took men who were in debt, distressed, bitter of soul and raised them up to be mighty men! Men who would do great exploits and become like the King they were following. When we seek to make our brothers great, elevating them above ourselves, inspiring fidelity, and kingly actions, we become kings along side with them!
“The Adullam Event” delivered by Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade, walked us through the life of David and the events that took place in the cave of Adullam. David, a man after God’s heart, demonstrated a fidelity towards the men around him. He took men who were in debt, distressed, bitter of soul and raised them up to be mighty men! Men who would do great exploits and become like the King they were following. When we seek to make our brothers great, elevating them above ourselves, inspiring fidelity, and kingly actions, we become kings along side with them!
“The Adullam Event” delivered by Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade, walked us through the life of David and the events that took place in the cave of Adullam. David, a man after God’s heart, demonstrated a fidelity towards the men around him. He took men who were in debt, distressed, bitter of soul and raised them up to be mighty men! Men who would do great exploits and become like the King they were following. When we seek to make our brothers great, elevating them above ourselves, inspiring fidelity, and kingly actions, we become kings along side with them!
This sermon entitled "Prophetic Vision" was soul stirring, preached by two brothers that have spent time with the Father in order to deliver it to us. Following up from concepts on Sunday, brothers Justin Treaster and Marlin Sosa talked to us about how it is that we attain prophetic vision and a righteous reticle for our brothers. It all begins with having a personal vision of the Lord's character that causes us to cry out for personal transformation first that will then allow us to see what the Lord what's to do for our brothers. He will give us vision when we do this!
This sermon entitled "Prophetic Vision" was soul stirring, preached by two brothers that have spent time with the Father in order to deliver it to us. Following up from concepts on Sunday, brothers Justin Treaster and Marlin Sosa talked to us about how it is that we attain prophetic vision and a righteous reticle for our brothers. It all begins with having a personal vision of the Lord's character that causes us to cry out for personal transformation first that will then allow us to see what the Lord what's to do for our brothers. He will give us vision when we do this!
This sermon entitled "Prophetic Vision" was soul stirring, preached by two brothers that have spent time with the Father in order to deliver it to us. Following up from concepts on Sunday, brothers Justin Treaster and Marlin Sosa talked to us about how it is that we attain prophetic vision and a righteous reticle for our brothers. It all begins with having a personal vision of the Lord's character that causes us to cry out for personal transformation first that will then allow us to see what the Lord what's to do for our brothers. He will give us vision when we do this!
This sermon entitled "Prophetic Vision" was soul stirring, preached by two brothers that have spent time with the Father in order to deliver it to us. Following up from concepts on Sunday, brothers Justin Treaster and Marlin Sosa talked to us about how it is that we attain prophetic vision and a righteous reticle for our brothers. It all begins with having a personal vision of the Lord's character that causes us to cry out for personal transformation first that will then allow us to see what the Lord what's to do for our brothers. He will give us vision when we do this!
“Misplaced Enmity” preached by Pastor Nik and Pastor Payton, was an amazing word that centered us on being our brother’s keeper. These Pastors helped us to properly adjust our reticles so that we might exalt our brothers above ourselves, with God reigning over us both. They taught us how to deal with misplaced enmity that leads to cancerous areas and development in our growth and relationship with our brothers. We are going to view our brothers through the lens of the righteous, fighting for each other, and seeking first His kingdom and righteousness which means that will be seeking our brothers!
“Misplaced Enmity” preached by Pastor Nik and Pastor Payton, was an amazing word that centered us on being our brother’s keeper. These Pastors helped us to properly adjust our reticles so that we might exalt our brothers above ourselves, with God reigning over us both. They taught us how to deal with misplaced enmity that leads to cancerous areas and development in our growth and relationship with our brothers. We are going to view our brothers through the lens of the righteous, fighting for each other, and seeking first His kingdom and righteousness which means that will be seeking our brothers!
“Misplaced Enmity” preached by Pastor Nik and Pastor Payton, was an amazing word that centered us on being our brother’s keeper. These Pastors helped us to properly adjust our reticles so that we might exalt our brothers above ourselves, with God reigning over us both. They taught us how to deal with misplaced enmity that leads to cancerous areas and development in our growth and relationship with our brothers. We are going to view our brothers through the lens of the righteous, fighting for each other, and seeking first His kingdom and righteousness which means that will be seeking our brothers!
“Misplaced Enmity” preached by Pastor Nik and Pastor Payton, was an amazing word that centered us on being our brother’s keeper. These Pastors helped us to properly adjust our reticles so that we might exalt our brothers above ourselves, with God reigning over us both. They taught us how to deal with misplaced enmity that leads to cancerous areas and development in our growth and relationship with our brothers. We are going to view our brothers through the lens of the righteous, fighting for each other, and seeking first His kingdom and righteousness which means that will be seeking our brothers!
Brothers Paul Rosales & Carlos Rueda preached this message from their heart & moved all of ours to action! This sermon entitled "Brother's Keeper, Father's Pleaser" spurred us on to a right perspective towards one another, based on a right relationship to our Father. Oneness with the father and a desire to partner with him helps us to grab ahold of our genuine identity as sons. This produces good sons, and good sons become good brothers. Let this message inspire you to bring many sons to glory because this revelation is so powerfully working within you.
Brothers Paul Rosales & Carlos Rueda preached this message from their heart & moved all of ours to action! This sermon entitled "Brother's Keeper, Father's Pleaser" spurred us on to a right perspective towards one another, based on a right relationship to our Father. Oneness with the father and a desire to partner with him helps us to grab ahold of our genuine identity as sons. This produces good sons, and good sons become good brothers. Let this message inspire you to bring many sons to glory because this revelation is so powerfully working within you.
Brothers Paul Rosales & Carlos Rueda preached this message from their heart & moved all of ours to action! This sermon entitled "Brother's Keeper, Father's Pleaser" spurred us on to a right perspective towards one another, based on a right relationship to our Father. Oneness with the father and a desire to partner with him helps us to grab ahold of our genuine identity as sons. This produces good sons, and good sons become good brothers. Let this message inspire you to bring many sons to glory because this revelation is so powerfully working within you.
“Judah and His Brothers” is a timely sermon for us to grab ahold of. Often times when we read about the sons of Israel in the book of Genesis, we put ourselves in the shoes of Joseph instead of who we actually reflect and resemble in the story most days of our life. The who being Judah and his brothers. Elder Eric and Pastor Judah helped us grapple with the reality that when we are envious, jealous, or find ourselves in contention with our brothers, it is because we don’t understand our heavenly Father and do not understand our identity as sons. The kingdom of God has always been built on brotherhood and the Lord is transforming our hearts to see that the only way to advance the Kingdom is at the cost of laying down our lives so that our brothers may find life!
“Judah and His Brothers” is a timely sermon for us to grab ahold of. Often times when we read about the sons of Israel in the book of Genesis, we put ourselves in the shoes of Joseph instead of who we actually reflect and resemble in the story most days of our life. The who being Judah and his brothers. Elder Eric and Pastor Judah helped us grapple with the reality that when we are envious, jealous, or find ourselves in contention with our brothers, it is because we don’t understand our heavenly Father and do not understand our identity as sons. The kingdom of God has always been built on brotherhood and the Lord is transforming our hearts to see that the only way to advance the Kingdom is at the cost of laying down our lives so that our brothers may find life!
“Judah and His Brothers” is a timely sermon for us to grab ahold of. Often times when we read about the sons of Israel in the book of Genesis, we put ourselves in the shoes of Joseph instead of who we actually reflect and resemble in the story most days of our life. The who being Judah and his brothers. Elder Eric and Pastor Judah helped us grapple with the reality that when we are envious, jealous, or find ourselves in contention with our brothers, it is because we don’t understand our heavenly Father and do not understand our identity as sons. The kingdom of God has always been built on brotherhood and the Lord is transforming our hearts to see that the only way to advance the Kingdom is at the cost of laying down our lives so that our brothers may find life!
This past Sunday's sermon entitled "Defeating Disparity, Creating Equals" inspired us all to take a deeper look into how we see one another and what our responsibility is to one another. Through wrestling to grasp these concepts, we are discovering to an even greater degree our interdependence on one another. Brothers Abimbola Daramola and Justin Linton explore this topic even further in this message entitled "Strictly Fidelity". Like John, our entire existence should be to see the Sons of God to be revealed. This necessitates though, that we rid ourselves of the idolatry of self. Only then can we know what it is practically to die that our brothers might rise to be all that they were meant to be.
This past Sunday's sermon entitled "Defeating Disparity, Creating Equals" inspired us all to take a deeper look into how we see one another and what our responsibility is to one another. Through wrestling to grasp these concepts, we are discovering to an even greater degree our interdependence on one another. Brothers Abimbola Daramola and Justin Linton explore this topic even further in this message entitled "Strictly Fidelity". Like John, our entire existence should be to see the Sons of God to be revealed. This necessitates though, that we rid ourselves of the idolatry of self. Only then can we know what it is practically to die that our brothers might rise to be all that they were meant to be.
This past Sunday's sermon entitled "Defeating Disparity, Creating Equals" inspired us all to take a deeper look into how we see one another and what our responsibility is to one another. Through wrestling to grasp these concepts, we are discovering to an even greater degree our interdependence on one another. Brothers Abimbola Daramola and Justin Linton explore this topic even further in this message entitled "Strictly Fidelity". Like John, our entire existence should be to see the Sons of God to be revealed. This necessitates though, that we rid ourselves of the idolatry of self. Only then can we know what it is practically to die that our brothers might rise to be all that they were meant to be.
“Defeating Disparity Creating Equals” was a refreshing reminder that the work of the kingdom that we get to partake in is not in vain. We were blessed by Jen and Abby as they shared the testimonies of what the Lord is doing all around the world in Indonesia, Italy, Albania, and Romania and the lives that are being changed. Elder Eric then walked us through the incredible responsibility that we have to the brotherhood of believers by speaking life into our brothers. When we demonstrate this kind of faith in the character of our heavenly Father and what he has said about our brothers, we never let it go and we continue to fight for them to be all that God has called them to be. This is what causes dry bones to rattle and rise, and will produce a greater level of love, unity, and fidelity towards one another. This is how we are “Defeating Disparity Creating Equals”!
“Defeating Disparity Creating Equals” was a refreshing reminder that the work of the kingdom that we get to partake in is not in vain. We were blessed by Jen and Abby as they shared the testimonies of what the Lord is doing all around the world in Indonesia, Italy, Albania, and Romania and the lives that are being changed. Elder Eric then walked us through the incredible responsibility that we have to the brotherhood of believers by speaking life into our brothers. When we demonstrate this kind of faith in the character of our heavenly Father and what he has said about our brothers, we never let it go and we continue to fight for them to be all that God has called them to be. This is what causes dry bones to rattle and rise, and will produce a greater level of love, unity, and fidelity towards one another. This is how we are “Defeating Disparity Creating Equals”!
“Defeating Disparity Creating Equals” was a refreshing reminder that the work of the kingdom that we get to partake in is not in vain. We were blessed by Jen and Abby as they shared the testimonies of what the Lord is doing all around the world in Indonesia, Italy, Albania, and Romania and the lives that are being changed. Elder Eric then walked us through the incredible responsibility that we have to the brotherhood of believers by speaking life into our brothers. When we demonstrate this kind of faith in the character of our heavenly Father and what he has said about our brothers, we never let it go and we continue to fight for them to be all that God has called them to be. This is what causes dry bones to rattle and rise, and will produce a greater level of love, unity, and fidelity towards one another. This is how we are “Defeating Disparity Creating Equals”!
“Public Enemy #1” preached by Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade exposes the biggest enemy and threat to the lives of believers; Fear. This internal enemy seeks to rob us of the present reality of our growth and the work we are called to in the Kingdom by showing up in a variety of ways, but it must be identified as the single root of fear. Our great King is increasing our awareness of this Public Enemy and we have been given the tools, teachings, and practical application through adhering to the word on how to go to war against this internal enemy of fear. We are rising up, taking full hold of the responsibility entrusted to us, and we will see mighty men and women of God made into the image of our great commander!
“Public Enemy #1” preached by Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade exposes the biggest enemy and threat to the lives of believers; Fear. This internal enemy seeks to rob us of the present reality of our growth and the work we are called to in the Kingdom by showing up in a variety of ways, but it must be identified as the single root of fear. Our great King is increasing our awareness of this Public Enemy and we have been given the tools, teachings, and practical application through adhering to the word on how to go to war against this internal enemy of fear. We are rising up, taking full hold of the responsibility entrusted to us, and we will see mighty men and women of God made into the image of our great commander!
“Public Enemy #1” preached by Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade exposes the biggest enemy and threat to the lives of believers; Fear. This internal enemy seeks to rob us of the present reality of our growth and the work we are called to in the Kingdom by showing up in a variety of ways, but it must be identified as the single root of fear. Our great King is increasing our awareness of this Public Enemy and we have been given the tools, teachings, and practical application through adhering to the word on how to go to war against this internal enemy of fear. We are rising up, taking full hold of the responsibility entrusted to us, and we will see mighty men and women of God made into the image of our great commander!
“Public Enemy #1” preached by Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade exposes the biggest enemy and threat to the lives of believers; Fear. This internal enemy seeks to rob us of the present reality of our growth and the work we are called to in the Kingdom by showing up in a variety of ways, but it must be identified as the single root of fear. Our great King is increasing our awareness of this Public Enemy and we have been given the tools, teachings, and practical application through adhering to the word on how to go to war against this internal enemy of fear. We are rising up, taking full hold of the responsibility entrusted to us, and we will see mighty men and women of God made into the image of our great commander!
“Stewardship” preached by Pastor Nik and Pastor Payton, help further the kingdom principle and practical application of the necessity of being trustworthy stewards. We must continually renew our original commitment to being good stewards because the Lord is going to examine the quality of the work product of our lives. Here at LCM, the Lord is raising up officers who are capable and willing to strip away the things that do not belong in our lives so that the aim of our lives is for the benefit of others and furthering the kingdom of God.
In this sermon entitled “Audacious Faith” brothers Abimbola Daramola and Carlos Rueda spur us on to continue in the unstoppable attitude that was imparted to us on Sunday. As officers enlisted in the Lords army, we must prove faithful with what has been entrusted to us. This is how we prove faithful, by valuing what we have already been give & by multiplying it. Our pursuit and attitude are not that of a defensive measure but we must be on the offensive for Jesus Christ. Like Jehu, we have an attitude of boldness and we will accomplish what he has said because of what we have received from him.
In this sermon entitled “Audacious Faith” brothers Abimbola Daramola and Carlos Rueda spur us on to continue in the unstoppable attitude that was imparted to us on Sunday. As officers enlisted in the Lords army, we must prove faithful with what has been entrusted to us. This is how we prove faithful, by valuing what we have already been give & by multiplying it. Our pursuit and attitude are not that of a defensive measure but we must be on the offensive for Jesus Christ. Like Jehu, we have an attitude of boldness and we will accomplish what he has said because of what we have received from him.
In this sermon entitled “Audacious Faith” brothers Abimbola Daramola and Carlos Rueda spur us on to continue in the unstoppable attitude that was imparted to us on Sunday. As officers enlisted in the Lords army, we must prove faithful with what has been entrusted to us. This is how we prove faithful, by valuing what we have already been give & by multiplying it. Our pursuit and attitude are not that of a defensive measure but we must be on the offensive for Jesus Christ. Like Jehu, we have an attitude of boldness and we will accomplish what he has said because of what we have received from him.
“Impossible” preached by Elder Eric was a foundational reminder of the simple but timeless and powerful kingdom truths. Often times, we think that we (the church of Jesus Christ) are the ones with an impossible task. This is simply not the truth. The one with the impossible task are those who stand in opposition to the church of God. They simply cannot overcome the church; it is impossible for them! As believers, we must walk in this reality that the church of the living God simply cannot be stopped and how we practically carry this out is by reminding ourselves and walking out the faith fundamentals of scripture. We must show ourselves faithful over the course of time because our victory is certain!
Pastors Matt and Wade blessed us with this message entitled "I Will Make You". As we examined the lives of Jeremiah, Ezra, Peter, and Stephen, we found one common thread in all of them. They did not drop out of the sky already formed into the powerful, mature men of God that we read about in the scripture. They all demonstrated the evidence of needing to be "made" into what God said they would be. This brings us comfort because we still need to be "made" into all that God has said we will be. Therefore, with thankfulness and confidence we will praise our God for his ability to make us!
“Worthy” preached by Pastor Payton and Pastor Matt helped us re-center our focus on the trajectory the Lord is aiming our body at. We are learning how to walk in greater levels of discernment to distinguish between those who are worthy of receiving of God’s right order from you versus those who are not. While we are in the world, we are not of the world. Our good Father has established core fundamentals of faith for us, and we will not be bribed, intimidated, or seduced away from the undeniable truths of scriptures. First staring in us and then radiating outward.
What a privilege it is that we get to build the kingdom together! Our heavenly Father grants us the opportunity to participate in that building as we choose to lay down our lives for heaven's cause. Each of us can glory in that fact as we set our gaze on eternity and what is being stored up there. Nothing we have or could give can amount to the glory that awaits God’s obedient children. Brothers Paul Rosales and Justin Linton spur us on towards love and good deeds with this message entitled “Free Will”.
“Beyond the Obligatory” preached by Pastors Judah, Nik, Matt, and Wade was a refreshing reminder of what it means to truly be in the faith and making good on our promise to at all cost put the Kingdom first. We were challenged, encouraged, and spurred on to show our faith by our deeds and were stirred by the word through the examples of men who gave everything for the Kingdom to make it as far as us! Now it is our turn. Not a onetime giving of our lives, but a continual sacrifice of our lives at every turn for our brothers and the nations! We are going beyond the obligatory!
No mourning, no weeping, no wailing, or drowning in despair. We've received a mandate from our heavenly father that when insidious internal obstacles are found in us, we call on the Lord to set fire to those things, we get up, and go to work. This is the encouragement that we received from Pastor Payton Parsons and brother Justin Treaster in this message entitled "Light The Fire Again". We are putting to death mission drift by setting fire to everything in us that opposes God's will in our lives. The more we do this, the more we will find the DCD spirit at work in us as we do his work.
“Pathway to Perfection” preached by Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade taught us to fully embrace the only pathway to become perfected as Jesus was perfected. Part of this pathway to perfection includes suffering, reverent submission, and completing the work he has assigned for us to do. Another thing we learned is the only way to progress down this pathway is perfect unity with the Lord and with our brothers. Jesus is one with the Father and the Father is one with him and we have been called to aim for the same level of unity between Jesus and the Father. Let this word propel you down the pathway of perfection as you pursue the presence of the almighty King!
We have been incredibly blessed as we learn to move about between the mountains of transformation (Ebal) and blessings (Gerizim). Rightly bearing the yoke under one shoulder (Shechem) is becoming lighter because our father is perfecting our unity with Him and with one another. But in order to ascend to the heights, he has intended us to we must first do away with all shame. Pastor Nik and brother Paul Rosales give us plenty to chew on in this message entitled "We're Not Ashamed". The 4 "steaks" they discussed will leave your spirit man both satisfied and salivating for more at the same time. Be encouraged about what the Father is doing in your life and most importantly, be unashamed!
“Shouldering the Load” preached by Pastor Payton, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matt stirred and spurred us onto a greater revelation of the city of Shechem. We learned that Shechem is not just a city but is rich with life, biblical revelation, and encounters that shaped the history of the nation of Israel. Men like Abraham, Isaac, and Joshua all had experiences with the God of Israel at Shechem. As saints of the living God, we are called to live and have experiences with the Lord at Shechem. Experiences that help us rightly deal with the frustration, despair, and self-disqualification that we face. When we joyfully embrace our time in Shechem, shouldering the load assigned to us, the blessing of Gerizim will come to us again and again!
Elder Eric, Pastor Judah, and Pastor Wade bring a refreshing view to the subject of salvation being a journey and the ever-growing awareness that there are still things in our lives that need to be worked out in walk with the Lord. In this sermon entitled “Eureka, I found it!”, they addressed the misconception in the Christian faith that because we once met the Lord at an altar, we now no longer need to revisit the altar and are living in the “blessing” of the Lord. When in reality, the Christian’s journey is an ongoing discovery of new areas of imperfections in our lives that prove that we are still being perfected by our good father. He knows what is still in us and he is helping us discover them! This is worth celebrating! Not that we have “arrived” but through the leading of his spirit we get opportunity after opportunity to have our eyes open to these areas of imperfection. This is our Eureka moment because we are not being discarded in this process but rather being developed as our heavenly father is helping us purify our faith which is more precious than gold!
In the last 30 days, the Lord has been transforming what we define as Holy and Masculine. We have talked about dominion, cultivation, saviors, sages, and glory bearers, being admonished to become like our God. Because we have been working to put these things into practice, we can know for sure that he is multiplying our efforts. In this sermon entitled " You Are", Pastor Matthew Perot and brother Justin Linton encourage the body in that we are the glory bearers of God and that we can be confident as we continue to stretch out for even more growth.
“Glory Rolls Downhill” preached by Pastor Wade, Pastor Nik, and Pastor Payton walked us through a beautiful understanding of what it means to be a glory bearer. We are made in the image of God and are called to be his glory bearers. Glory from the Father that flows downhill into his right order of shalom. Unfortunately, there are other competing interest in our lives and we are being shown the way we seek our own glory. Fortunately, our heavenly father is equipping us with the revelation that shows us how to cut these inclusions out of our lives, so that we truly reflect the glory of God. When we seek the glory of the One above us, it then causes us to receive the glory of the ones below us. This is how glory rolls downhill.
“You Are Not Special” preached by Elder Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade is a timely message for our body and our current day. We have been told for most of our lives that we were special because of our physical traits, intellect, or the hardships we have faced. The biblical reality is none of these things actually make us special and the word of God makes this clear. Our pastors walk us through the first four steps of the 5 Traits of Holy Masculinity and we learn what actually make a man of God special. Listen now to find out!
Pastor Judah, Pastor Payton, and Pastor Wade preached a fantastic sermon entitled ‘Maximizing Your Manhood”, where we learned the true intent of cultivation and the process by which our good Father works into us what is good and pleasing to him. Through desert like circumstances and difficulty, hindrances, idolatry, and competing interests are removed and we are brought into the full manhood of Christ. This is what cultivation was always meant to produce in us and this is how we maximize our manhood.
Jesus was THE man! He is the example that we look to in order to determine what it is to be a "Biblically Adherent Male". Jesus knew what was in his dominion and he had God's heart for everything in his care. We learn in this sermon entitled "Biblically Adherent Male" to reflect the character and dominion that he displays. Like Jesus, we're not asking permission to be dominators of what's in our field, nor are we apologizing for it. We are learning to love everyone and everything in our care to their full potential. Listen to this message by Pastors Judah and Nik and prepare your mind for action to dominate everything in your field.
Today, we looked into a much-needed biblical truth that in our present day has been water down, neutered, and downright misunderstood. “Masculine Holiness” preached by Pastor Wade and Pastor Payton expound on the 5 traits that great men of God display in their actions. King Jesus who is the perfect model of these things, calls us to walk as he did. Starting first with the man of the home and then flowing down into his family. This is the biblical model, and this is who we are.
Reflecting on the process by which God makes men into righteous oaks, we look to the Father of the faith, Abraham. Abraham was a mighty righteous oak who faithfully followed the Lord throughout the cycles of growth in his life. In him, we see the old military adage exemplified "Semper Fidelis, Semper Gumby" or "Always Faithful, Always Flexible". From him, we learn to glory in the Lord's ability to take what is currently dead & breathe life into it. This revelation is supposed to give us the confidence to cultivate a faithful walk with our God through every season. Through these season, he is calling us to delight ourselves in him. The most amazing thing that is learned is that as we delight ourselves in him, he delights us. Let this message inspire you to cultivate faithfulness and delight yourself in the Lord, as brothers Justin Linton and Paul Rosales encourage us with this sermon entitled "Semper Fidelis, Semper Gumby".
What a fantastic word delivered by Elder Eric and Pastor Judah entitled “Husbandry”. We were brought through the biblical lens of the process by which God cultivates man. In this call to husbandry, we must develop the areas that the Lord has highlighted to us while trusting him to makes things grow. This is because we are in a covenantal relationship with our good Father that is meant to produce life inside of us and life in the world around us. This call and process of husbandry is what we need, it is what our household needs, and the world all around us.
In this message preached by brothers Justin Treaster and Adam Corra, we continue with a theme of growing in an appreciation of the agricultural background that every Israeli would have related to the promises in the Tanakh. To you and me here in America, there is not much unique about fruit production, but to a Jew, fruit being produced in Israel is a direct fulfillment of prophecy. Throughout their entire history as a people, they have to fight for their promises to be fulfilled, while at the same time knowing that it was an absolute certainty as long as they were fighting and cultivating. We learned that we must take up a "Shammah" state of mind & stand in the middle of our field, defending its promises as Israel has. At the same time, we are to do the same for our brothers like Johnathan's armor-bearer, fighting for each others promises until we all see the fruit that God has promised us. And if you see philistines banding around your brother, you just tell them "Hand's Off My Fruit!"
“Training to Reproduce” preached by Pastor Payton, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade encouraged and spurred us on to what the original mandate to mankind was, to be fruitful and increase in number. The process and mechanism for this to take place requires there to be plowing, planting, growing, and harvesting that occurs in a cyclical pattern. We must take an honest assessment of our lives to know where we are in the cycle especially after an abundant harvest has taken place. When we know the condition of our soil in each phase of the cycle, it trains us to reproduce in the next. Listen now!
Coming off an amazing Sunday where we talked about the continuous cultivation that we are performing as international harvesters, Pastor Matt & Pastor Nik call us up higher to the warrior status we have been given. In this sermon entitled "Trained to Triumph", we received the revelation that we are warriors, and we are continually being made into warriors through battle. It's through the journey that men of God are made, and our faithful father is making sure that we are trained to triumph. We do this by knowing who we are before the battle. We do this not by hating our God-given weaknesses, but by joyfully welcoming God's discipline in our lives and crying out for his salvation. Our hands will remain frozen to the sword of the word of God.
Elder Eric and Pastor Judah delivered this fantastic sermon this morning entitled “International Harvesters”. We are constantly faced with the reality of the death that must take place in us in order for resurrection life to spring forth. This death is not to be understood as something that happened a long time ago at the cross nor should resurrection be looked at as solely a future event. Rather we are to have a revelation that this is a cyclical process of crucifying moments that reveal the continual resurrection power of God at work in us! This is how we stand up in our heavenly status of international harvesters and produce the 30, 60, and 100 fold.
As the sun is setting in one place, it rises in another. How much more so with our lives? As there is death in one area, resurrection life springs up from that very same place. It is the present cruxificion that actually allows for something better to be built back in its place. Because of this, we are learning more and more about how to welcome and walk in the death to resurrection life cycle. This cycle is for the here and now, in our lives today. Listen to this message from Pastors Payton, Nik, and Judah entitled "Donkeys, Death and Royal Studs" and let it stir you up and stand you up into walking in the new status that you have already been given.
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver a powerful sermon entitled “Do You Believe?”. In this sermon, we learned that the process of redemption is not a one time act done in the past, nor is the process of resurrection a one time act done in the future. In the kingdom, both redemption and resurrection are needed daily. As we clinch with the daily death that must take place inside of us, we find his redemption and his resurrection power at work in our lives. We must die daily and believe he will raise us up to life.
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver a powerful sermon entitled “Do You Believe?”. In this sermon, we learned that the process of redemption is not a one time act done in the past, nor is the process of resurrection a one time act done in the future. In the kingdom, both redemption and resurrection are needed daily. As we clinch with the daily death that must take place inside of us, we find his redemption and his resurrection power at work in our lives. We must die daily and believe he will raise us up to life.
You know, if we take some of the Apostle Paul's assertions about attaining the power of the resurrection & his abilities to reflect Christ to others at face value, it may seem as if he is uncertain about the final outcome. All too often, we could be tempted to reflect the same "seeming" uncertainty in our lives. But Pastors Wade Sutherland and Nik Arezina crush this uncertainty with this powerful sermon entitled "Somehow". By understanding the Netzer principle, we learn that just as Jesus the Messiah's death HAS brought us life, so that not only are we experiencing resurrection life today but our death today will mean life for others tomorrow.
You know, if we take some of the Apostle Paul's assertions about attaining the power of the resurrection & his abilities to reflect Christ to others at face value, it may seem as if he is uncertain about the final outcome. All too often, we could be tempted to reflect the same "seeming" uncertainty in our lives. But Pastors Wade Sutherland and Nik Arezina crush this uncertainty with this powerful sermon entitled "Somehow". By understanding the Netzer principle, we learn that just as Jesus the Messiah's death HAS brought us life, so that not only are we experiencing resurrection life today but our death today will mean life for others tomorrow.
You know, if we take some of the Apostle Paul's assertions about attaining the power of the resurrection & his abilities to reflect Christ to others at face value, it may seem as if he is uncertain about the final outcome. All too often, we could be tempted to reflect the same "seeming" uncertainty in our lives. But Pastors Wade Sutherland and Nik Arezina crush this uncertainty with this powerful sermon entitled "Somehow". By understanding the Netzer principle, we learn that just as Jesus the Messiah's death HAS brought us life, so that not only are we experiencing resurrection life today but our death today will mean life for others tomorrow.
“M.I.A” preached by Elder Eric and Pastor Payton admonished us to take on the personal responsibility to walk in the resurrection life that is found in Jesus. It is not enough for us to know that Jesus resurrected from the dead, but we are called to live in light of the resurrection. Experiencing his resurrection power daily at work in us through the laying down of our lives and taking steps of faith filled actions that empower the next generation to go even further. Let your inspiration in the resurrection rise and your personal responsibility to walk in it. This is how we stay connected through the generations and carry the gospel forward.
“M.I.A” preached by Elder Eric and Pastor Payton admonished us to take on the personal responsibility to walk in the resurrection life that is found in Jesus. It is not enough for us to know that Jesus resurrected from the dead, but we are called to live in light of the resurrection. Experiencing his resurrection power daily at work in us through the laying down of our lives and taking steps of faith filled actions that empower the next generation to go even further. Let your inspiration in the resurrection rise and your personal responsibility to walk in it. This is how we stay connected through the generations and carry the gospel forward.
“M.I.A” preached by Elder Eric and Pastor Payton admonished us to take on the personal responsibility to walk in the resurrection life that is found in Jesus. It is not enough for us to know that Jesus resurrected from the dead, but we are called to live in light of the resurrection. Experiencing his resurrection power daily at work in us through the laying down of our lives and taking steps of faith filled actions that empower the next generation to go even further. Let your inspiration in the resurrection rise and your personal responsibility to walk in it. This is how we stay connected through the generations and carry the gospel forward.
During a time when we reflect on the crucifixion of our Lord and contemplate it, brothers Carlos Rueda and Justin Treaster share this amazing word. By looking into Jesus's life & inserting ourselves into the story, we begin to reflect on his divinely submissive character in a way that must change us. His willingness to endure death continuously brings us life and shows us how we must follow. The brothers remind us that death comes before glory in our lives, just as it did for our Lord. The beautiful part about it is that as we minister through our death to Jesus, it will minister to those around us.
During a time when we reflect on the crucifixion of our Lord and contemplate it, brothers Carlos Rueda and Justin Treaster share this amazing word. By looking into Jesus's life & inserting ourselves into the story, we begin to reflect on his divinely submissive character in a way that must change us. His willingness to endure death continuously brings us life and shows us how we must follow. The brothers remind us that death comes before glory in our lives, just as it did for our Lord. The beautiful part about it is that as we minister through our death to Jesus, it will minister to those around us.
During a time when we reflect on the crucifixion of our Lord and contemplate it, brothers Carlos Rueda and Justin Treaster share this amazing word. By looking into Jesus's life & inserting ourselves into the story, we begin to reflect on his divinely submissive character in a way that must change us. His willingness to endure death continuously brings us life and shows us how we must follow. The brothers remind us that death comes before glory in our lives, just as it did for our Lord. The beautiful part about it is that as we minister through our death to Jesus, it will minister to those around us.
What a beautiful time we are living in. “Trail to Triumph” preached by Pastor Nik Arežina walked us through a beautiful symbolic understanding of Palm Sunday. As the body of Christ, we all have the personal responsibility to lay down our cloaks to make a level path for Messiah and the generations that come after us. The branches and cloaks we are laying down are the symbolic sign that we have the victory through King Jesus. This is the path to the resurrection. This is the path in building the highway that leads to more life. This is the Trail to Triumph!
What a beautiful time we are living in. “Trail to Triumph” preached by Pastor Nik Arežina walked us through a beautiful symbolic understanding of Palm Sunday. As the body of Christ, we all have the personal responsibility to lay down our cloaks to make a level path for Messiah and the generations that come after us. The branches and cloaks we are laying down are the symbolic sign that we have the victory through King Jesus. This is the path to the resurrection. This is the path in building the highway that leads to more life. This is the Trail to Triumph!
What a beautiful time we are living in. “Trail to Triumph” preached by Pastor Nik Arežina walked us through a beautiful symbolic understanding of Palm Sunday. As the body of Christ, we all have the personal responsibility to lay down our cloaks to make a level path for Messiah and the generations that come after us. The branches and cloaks we are laying down are the symbolic sign that we have the victory through King Jesus. This is the path to the resurrection. This is the path in building the highway that leads to more life. This is the Trail to Triumph!
Our good father is being good to his church! He is leveling out our lives and building in us the highway of holiness that we may walk in! Valleys are being raised up, mountains are being laid low, and rough places are being made smooth! Pastors Matt, Wade, and Nik remind us how and why to have joy in the midst of this process! Because of what we know it is producing not only for us, but also for our generations, we can shout " I like it, I love it, I want some more of it!". Join with us on this journey marked by refinement AND God's blessing as you listen to this compelling sermon entitled "Life is a Highway".
Our good father is being good to his church! He is leveling out our lives and building in us the highway of holiness that we may walk in! Valleys are being raised up, mountains are being laid low, and rough places are being made smooth! Pastors Matt, Wade, and Nik remind us how and why to have joy in the midst of this process! Because of what we know it is producing not only for us, but also for our generations, we can shout " I like it, I love it, I want some more of it!". Join with us on this journey marked by refinement AND God's blessing as you listen to this compelling sermon entitled "Life is a Highway".
It is good to be in the house of the Lord! Today we were blessed by the word brought by Elder Eric and Pastor Judah, “A Couple of Ordinary Asses”. In this sermon, we learned through the prophetic book of Zechariah the word of the Lord not only to the house of Israel but also to us here at LCM. Our great King is invested in the generations beyond us. He does this by removing the idolatry, worldly tendencies, and empty way of life that was handed down from previous generations that we find ourselves walking in. The work that He is doing inside of us now is so that the next generation is not polluted by the same errors but rather benefited and strengthen beyond what we could do in ours. His aim is for His glory to rest on those coming after us, that they may build His house! We no longer live for ourselves but for those coming after us, so that His name may be known throughout all generations!
It is good to be in the house of the Lord! Today we were blessed by the word brought by Elder Eric and Pastor Judah, “A Couple of Ordinary Asses”. In this sermon, we learned through the prophetic book of Zechariah the word of the Lord not only to the house of Israel but also to us here at LCM. Our great King is invested in the generations beyond us. He does this by removing the idolatry, worldly tendencies, and empty way of life that was handed down from previous generations that we find ourselves walking in. The work that He is doing inside of us now is so that the next generation is not polluted by the same errors but rather benefited and strengthen beyond what we could do in ours. His aim is for His glory to rest on those coming after us, that they may build His house! We no longer live for ourselves but for those coming after us, so that His name may be known throughout all generations!
It is good to be in the house of the Lord! Today we were blessed by the word brought by Elder Eric and Pastor Judah, “A Couple of Ordinary Asses”. In this sermon, we learned through the prophetic book of Zechariah the word of the Lord not only to the house of Israel but also to us here at LCM. Our great King is invested in the generations beyond us. He does this by removing the idolatry, worldly tendencies, and empty way of life that was handed down from previous generations that we find ourselves walking in. The work that He is doing inside of us now is so that the next generation is not polluted by the same errors but rather benefited and strengthen beyond what we could do in ours. His aim is for His glory to rest on those coming after us, that they may build His house! We no longer live for ourselves but for those coming after us, so that His name may be known throughout all generations!
“The Vine Revelations” preached by Pastor Payton reminded us of our great call in the Kingdom of God. Jesus, the true vine, from whom all heavenly authority and nourishment is given, has chosen us to bear fruit. Fruit that will last. This everlasting fruit (from generation to generation) we are called to bear, requires us to face the man in the mirror. Confronting those areas of our lives where we do not yet see fruit and taking hold of his word by walking in obedience to it. Not letting the man in the mirror set our destiny but letting his word that gives us hope and freedom bring about the everlasting fruit through ongoing transformation!
Snapshots preached by Pastors Nik, Wade, and Matt encouraged us to rise up and take hold of the staff that has been divinely appointed us. The staff that symbolizes authority, right standing, and the high calling that is ours in Christ Jesus. We learned through the lives of the men of the biblical world as well as through these pastors lives that we must look to the divine appointment that was originated in us by our good Father. Even with some negative snapshots, we cannot choose to stay down but rather we must rise in our pursuit of our King. Laying hold of our divine appointment, drawing near to him, and seeing extraordinary affirmations as a result of our faith and obedience that will bless the generations to come!
We know something church! We know that we are growing closer to our father & he is showing us what our honest state has always been. And we know something else, for we can see his character being formed in us. What is more, is that we know the trials that we are enduring now will result in glorious hope. In this way, we can have hope and confidence as we look back at where have come from AND where he is bringing us into. Listen to this inspiring and hope-filled message from Pastors Matt & Judah.
What a glorious time we are living in! “A Tale of Two Houses” delivered by Pastor Nik and Pastor Judah illustrate the biblical truth that both faith and fight must work together to bring about the transformation required in our lives. Underemphasizing either one of these pivotal principles in the life of a believer leads to a compounding error of increasing ramifications. Instead, we must embrace and hold on to both faith and the fight. We must learn to live in the tension to demonstrate faith to trust God’s working and the fight to do what he said until we see transformation come about. This is “A Tale of Two Houses”. Listen now!
Our father has favored us! He has blessed us! He has done so in marvelous fashion, by opening our eyes to the realities of our true condition both as Sons of God and Sons of men. Whilst holding on firmly to both of these truths, the distance between who he is and who we are is becoming more and more evident. This honest grappling of our sin brings us to the same place as it did David. An honest recognition that we are the ones that have sinned and done wrong, and we are the ones in need of our Father's transformation power at work in us. It produces us crying out to the Lord in a way that we might not otherwise and as it stands, and for this reason, we are blessed when we learn of the specific areas of sin in our own lives. For the Lord has spoken that sin shall not be our master, and he is making sure that we can identify those areas so that he can transform us. Listen to this soul-stirring word preached by Pastors Wade and Payton entitled "You Are The Man!".
One of the best things that a believer can experience is coming to grips with just how sinful we are while at the same time growing in our love for the Lord. Too often we smooth over our actual state and walk with the Lord by only embracing the truth that we through Christ have been credited with righteousness. We do this without equally wrestling with the fact that there must be ongoing transformation aimed at righteousness. We are quick to embrace that we are Sons of God, and rightfully so, but too slow to recognize that we are also Sons of men. We love the promises in Christ but struggle to see that there are sinful habits, behaviors, and desires in us that poison our productivity in Christ and must be dealt with. “Look at it” preached by Elder Eric, brings a razor-sharp edge to the attitude and perspective a mature Christian must have; living in the tension of knowing that we are Sons of God and Sons of men. A view that has the courage to look at the condition of our own hearts and trust that it will be healed, restored, and transformed by the power of the grace of God. This is a sermon you will want to listen to over and over again!
LCM, we have been engaged in the conflict of all conflicts from the very beginning. We were promised from the very beginning that we would crush the enemy AND that he would strike our heel. Yet it seems that what sometimes starts as a garden snake can grow into an enormous red dragon. The Lord is calling us to develop tachos, quickness to right action. He is simultaneously working out of us the fear of being bitten, in order to win! The agony of being bitten is fueling a cry to the Lord, deepening our dependence on him. Listen to this timely word from Pastors Wade and Judah entitled " The Red Dragon, Tacos, and a Snake".
True Friend! Preached by Pastor Payton and Pastor Matt, drives at the center of the relationship our good Father desires to have with us and the desire we must have towards him. We learn through the lives of men like Abraham that one of the driving forces behind a true friendship with the Father was based on partnership with him, not performance. Pursuing a true friendship with the Father requires us to bring to him the darkness areas of our lives and iniquities because true friends do not hide things from each other. It is in this place of openness and transparency where we find his power, revelation, and true friendship with him! Listen now!
Our faithful father has been faithful to us in these dark days. Something about meditating on his character changes us as we engage with him in every circumstance. What is more, is that our faithful God shows himself faithful to faithful men. He chose men like Abraham because he "knew" him, and revealed his plan to him. So shall it be for us as we press on to know him better; He will make us what he is. Pastor Nik Arezina and brother Paul Rosales spur us on to live lives worthy of the Lord and give some practical steps on how to please him in all respects.
Pastor Judah, Pastor Payton, and Justin Treaster deliver a soul stirring word entitled “Face the Fact”. Where we are learning to grip with one hand the realities of our true state, the fickle faithlessness we often find ourselves in and grasping with the other hand the promises of God and the transformation that he will bring about in our lives. We can see this illustrated through the lives of men like Abraham to the Apostle Paul, who had the prophetic word of the Lord living in them as they walked in obedience the promises of God. This is the faith we are called to walk in, staring into the realities of our situations, and facing the fact that in our body we may be a good as dead yet we are not wavering in our faith and holding on to the promises of God!
The Lord is being good to us in this day and time church. Difficulties and trials have now become our vehicle into transformation. We can now see these situations for what they are. They are the proving grounds by which our faith is found genuine. We are learning to welcome the testing by which suffering produces Christ in us.
What a beautiful thing the Lord is doing in our midst! “The Devastation of a Nation” delivered by Pastor Nik and Pastor Wade, walk us through the biblical and maturity view of how we are to response during devastation. Through the lives of men of God like Moses, Habakkuk, and Jeremiah who chose to be joyful, to rejoice, to praise the name of the Lord while standing inside difficulty, we are called to walk in and imitate this same faith. It is in the midst of the devastation, difficult circumstances, our own failings and weaknesses, where we come face to face with our King and find his resurrection power!
Powerful. Cutting. Effective. This message shared by Pastor Payton Parsons accomplishes its stated intent. Pastor sheds light on just how much we need the Lord. When we engage with the word, he shows us our great need, but it's not until we focus on his holiness do we see just how desperate we are for him to change us. In this we have confidence because if we allow him to undo us now, we know that we will not be left "Undone". Let this message stir you to invite the Lord to change every area his holiness highlights.
When Zacheus heard the Messiah was coming his way, he climbed up into a sycamore-fig tree and immediately came down at the Lord's command. We had no idea before this message preached by Pastors Matthew Perot and Wade Sutherland just how analogous that is to the way the Lord is perfecting us. Jesus's word's cut Zacheus to the heart and produced immediate actions towards righteous living. That is the only way that we will bear fruit. We have to allow the Lord to gash us, to circumcise us in an ongoing manner. The "Signs of Circumcision" are seen in all Abraham's children & must be seen in us as well. Let this word from the Lord spur you on, trouble you even to press into bearing the ongoing signs of circumcision.
We are being stirred here at LCM! In view of the mercy of God, we ask that you listen to this message as many times as it takes to understand the weighty revelation that has been laid out before us. What we have just experienced and will continue to experience is the gripping reality that nothing we do before or after Christ will go unnoticed before the one to whom we must give an account. All our deeds (whether with action or inaction) will be in light of the judgment seat of Christ. “Is it Not Written” preached by Pastor Payton and Pastor Judah prepare us with a seriousness that the body of Christ and each individual believer must behold in light of the works that God has prepared in advance for us to do. No more wasted time, no more fearful cowardice, no more playing the victim, we are called higher as sons of the living God to do the works that have been laid out and marked out for us in accordance with his Book! Listen now!
We are grappling, straining with, and wrestling with the truth of God's word. That wrestling is having an impact on our very core, in a way changes how we walk. The same happened to Paul as he had an encounter with the resurrected, living word of God on the road to Damascus. This encounter produced a readiness in him that rendered him always ready for every situation. There is a readiness that is produced from being pierced by the word and that readiness is what is being cultivated in our body. Brothers Abimbola Daramola and Marlin Sosa encourage us to press into the piercing of God's word so that it makes us ready for the next situation that's in need of a son of God.
“Piercing Effect” delivered by Pastors Matt and Wade leads us back to a biblical sound truth that is essential for all believers. To experience ongoing daily transformation in our lives it must come from experiencing ongoing daily piercing of God’s word in our lives. Which then lead us to be well positioned to be empowered and walk in the purposes of our great King. This is the “Piercing Effect”. When we have wrestled, toiled, and have been pierced in our soul from the word, we are positioned perfectly to receive from our good Father and advance the kingdom. This is how we become effective ministers who can speak from a place of conviction, experience, and power because we have allowed ourselves first to undergo the “Piercing Effect”.
Don't wait! That is what the spirit is saying to this church. Elder Eric admonished the body with this timely word. Timely because we don't have time to waste. We don't have time to waste on the things that keep us starved of the daily bread from doing his will. What we do have is a choice to make the most of the days to come. We will open the books, stand on the revelation, speak the very words of God, and inspire others to stand all the same!
“Ain’t Nothing like the Real Thing” delivered by Pastor Nik and Pastor Wade gave a clarion call with direction on what is means to really set the table for others. Through an in-depth view of Psalm 23, we engaged with the beautiful progression through each verse as we discovered strong biblical and practical connections that are pertinent for our lives. Our good Shepherd has provided us with everything that we need and as we are embracing the sifting process in our lives, it is in the midst of our transparency and weakness that we are able to set a table for our brothers to be strengthened. It is our hope that as you listen to this sermon, you will be immensely blessed with a newfound understanding of Psalm 23 and the practical elements as you engage with them, changes your walk forever.
We are continuing to embrace and welcome the ongoing transformation our Father is bringing us through! In this sermon entitled “The Gifting of Sifting” by Pastor Wade and Brother Justin Linton, we are called to see the sifting in our lives as a gift from our good Father. Through the sifting, we are brought to a place of humility, testing, and hunger so that we can see it is only through him we can be satisfied by his supernatural provision for us. This process of seeing sifting as a gift causes the obstructions in our lives to be removed so that we can draw near to our first love and receive supernatural empowered by him!
What a beautiful season we are walking through as a body! Our faithful King is bringing us to a place of ever increasing and ongoing transformation and glory! “Old Provision” preached by Pastor Judah and brother Justin Treaster was a beautiful illustration of an age-old kingdom truth. Through the examination of scripture, and passages like 1 John 2, we learned that the old commands given to us live inside of us and are reborn as new commands as we mature enough to utilize and appreciate what we had already been given. It is through the sifting process and our joyful welcoming of it that we can rightly see the gifts that were already there - the Old Provisions come alive inside of us and become new again! We are not to look for something new as though our heavenly Father has not given us all we need, but rather to know that the provision from his hand has been with us all along, and in the sifting, it springs alive and serves as good as NEW! Let’s rejoice in the Old Provision that does not spoil, perish, or fade away but becomes new and alive inside of us!
We are being prepared LCM. Our father is lining up our battles just as he did for Israel in order to get us ready for what is to come. He's assuring us of who we are while simultaneously trimming away from us that which does not belong. In this sermon titled "Cutting Weight", brothers Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola examine the ways our good father is causing us to become just what he is. By joyfully embracing the sifting process, we are getting down to our fighting weight as our heavenly commander intended. Be spurred on to dive headlong into this sifting that is revealing the genuineness of your faith.
Today we learned something that was amazing, that we have everything that we need in Christ. An equally interesting revelation is that right alongside that, we have other things in our lives that we do not need. Pastor Matthew and Elder Eric, encourage us in this sermon entitled “Siting Sets The Table” by revealing that the sifting process is drawing out what God wants to change, and it is how we set the table. The reason our good Father does this, is so that as we are being transformed, we can turn and strengthen our brothers. We all can relate to a man like Peter, needing to be rebuked and corrected more times than most and yet this message showed us how necessary it was for Peter’s mistakes to be made public. And because his mistakes were made public, his life is even more encouraging and that is what our Father is calling us into during this time of ministering in our homes and building up the body. Let this message stir you to press into the sifting for your brother’s sake.
At an unprecedented time in our body, when the Lord is telling us to build up the body in amazing ways, we are being ample encouragement as to how we carry this out. We were blessed by Pastor Nick Slaughter and his wife Lyndie of the Arising Church, some of the first disciples of this church, as they share with us the realities of what it means to minister. Our ministry is both to God AND to man, we are to love both God and man. They reminded us of the age-old truth that our life is not our own, neither is our time or resources when it comes to shepherding the flock. Like Jesus we serve even when we ourselves are in need, and so doing we experience the supernatural power of God in the laying down of our lives.
2022 is here and we are moving with full steam ahead! Coming off our New Year’s Eve service, we have heard the marching orders from our King and are excited for the exponential growth that is on the horizon for our body. In this sermon entitled “Draw Up the Battle Lines”, Pastors Nik, Judah, and Wade encourage us through the scriptures for what lies ahead and the personal responsibility we have to prepare a table as we participate in building up the body. In addition, we learned that we have been given authority from heaven for building up the families around us. This is what it looks like to draw up our battle lines. Fighting for each other by guarding each other’s hearts, putting to practice the tools we have been given, and making the most of every opportunity to strengthen one another. In a time when others are drawing back, we are stepping forward to draw our battle lines. What about you? Are you ready to draw up your battle lines today?
As 2021 is coming to a close, we are pumped for the spiritual gains that are in store for us in 2022. That's because our body is going to be building itself up like never before. We're talking about some spiritual hypertrophy in our midst! We're going to get jacked up on joy and this will strike terror into our enemies. We're going to conquer in our home gym and daily encourage our brothers. We're going into strict training as a body to be trained by discipline that the Lord has for us. In this sermon entitled "2022 Warm-Up" Pastor Payton Parsons and brother Adam Corra pump us up to give max efforts and max reps as we head into the wide door of effective work that has been opened for us.
“Giant Gifts” preached by Pastor Wade and Pastor Matt encouraged us to rejoice in the revealing of hidden areas that need to be dealt with in our lives. Areas where giants still roam as leftover enemies. We are called not to despise the revealing of these giants, but rather to view them as gifts from our good Father. To be “all the more eager” to joyfully receive them as a gift while being confident that we will find victory and these giants will fall. Throughout this sermon, the practical applications laid out set up the believer to be victorious in receiving these giant gifts from our Father! Listen now!
As we approach the holidays, the perceived value of goods and normal societal traditions will be rising and falling. As the family of God, we choose to focus on the people that are our true gifts year-round. And because we are gifts to one another, we fight for one another, pursue unity, and ensure that our brothers attain their high calling. Let this message shared by brothers Justin Linton, Spencer Mclain, and Abimbola Daramola spur you on to fight for your brothers because we are gifts worth fighting for.
Pastor Judah and Pastor Payton encouraged us with this timely sermon entitled “Family Tradition”. Where we learned that the age old, family tradition of true believers shows up in the approved and tested characteristics of holy masculinity, uncompromising righteousness, dying for our brothers’ vision, and deep convictions based on the word. Which serve as a reminder and assurance that the faith we contend for today is in a long line of those who have held to the same biblical family tradition. Even in the difficultly, suffering, and opposition, we are embracing as part of our family tradition. Our boldness is growing, our way is firm, our gait is fast, and our family tradition will last!
It is an astounding revelation to behold when we truly meditate on the truth that Jesus chose us. The impression of this revelation has left an indelible mark on our lives in a way that has changed everything. He has set his seal of ownership on us, branding us with his name, his character, and his precious holy spirit. We have been branded with the substance, the character, and body of work of who he is. Having our eyes to this gives us all the confidence we need to rise up in daily obedience as we live out our lives as pilgrims on this earth. The kinds of indestructible lives that we are living give us even more confidence to make more of what we are because we know him who has branded us. Let this message entitled "Branded Men" shared by Brothers Abimbola Daramola and Justin Linton inspire you to rise up with the renewed confidence so that you would pursue righteousness like never before.
“Called to Confidence” delivered by Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade was an exhortation to the body, reminding us that “now is the time of God’s favor”. We have been chosen by our great King to bear lasting fruit and also called to his side to be near Him. It is in this closeness to him that we are spurred on to abide in his love, bringing about a confidence as his love is being made perfect inside of us. This is the same love that we are to have for one another as we build up the body of Christ. Let your confidence rise, knowing that the great Shepherd of the sheep is calling you!
This past Sunday our pastors told us WHO WE ARE in the message entitled " YOU PEOPLE". As we reflect on that we are encouraged and strengthened because we look back at our lives and see that he has been making us into a faithful people. Because of WHO WE ARE, THIS IS WHAT WE DO. We have walked by faith like Abraham, letting our deeds testify to what we believe. We can the ways that we currently are being strengthened by him in our faith because we are those who are fully committed. Because of all this, we can know for certain that we will grow in our faithfulness until the end. Listen to this encouraging word from brothers Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola and let your hunger from righteous living work for you.
We were blessed to have Pastors Wade, Payton, Judah, and Matt deliver a word from the heavens entitled “You People”. Through the exhortation found in 1 Peter 5, we learned what the Lord is building in our midst here at LCM! We have been tested, and found approved – spurring one another on, building each other up in love, serving sacrificially, and increasing exponentially in every way. We are marked with a heavenly distinction which reminds us that this is the same distinction the saints who came before us embraced. We have devoted ourselves to the work of the Kingdom, fighting for our families, building up the brotherhood and generations, and looking forward to the eternal reward that is promised to us.
As our online shopping platforms are being inundated with holiday shoppers, we can all relate to what it’s like to receive a package you didn’t order or mail that is yours. What you do immediately with that package is “Return To Sender”. Well as Pastors Matt and Wade encourage us, that is exactly what we do with thoughts, intimidations, and lies that the enemy tries contaminate our anointing with. No! We “Swatt Those Flies” & “Return to Sender”. We have the genuine anointing of God and as we give what we have righteous deeds will continue to flow from our lives, contaminate-free!
“Swatting Flies” delivered by Elder Eric, Pastor Judah, and Pastor Nik, remind us that we are the perfume and aroma of Christ and the anointing we have received is the real thing. We have been born again of imperishable seed and as we advance the kingdom, the enemy works through swarms of attacks that aim to annoy, distract, and attempt to overwhelm us from completing our divinely appointed destiny. But we cannot be stop, we will not be deterred, because the anointing that we have received from our king is the real thing! And his grace is the empowerment over sin charging us forward into zealous works for our God!
Happy Thanksgiving Saints! At a day and time where the world is proclaiming this to be the most expensive thanksgiving ever, we take the time to reflect on giving true thanks. When it seems like there's nothing to be thankful for, men like Habakkuk found strength in their God & found that he had appointed their feet to stand. As we TAKE joy, we will find the same in our day as the days grow darker and darker.
“More and More Powerful” delivered by Pastor Wade, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Judah show us what it takes to be truly effective in the kingdom and what it means to become more and more powerful. As we looked at the lives of men like David, Mordecai, and Paul, we learned that they were men who feared the Lord instead of the taunts of the enemy. As a result, they built up the surrounding terraces, the lower places in their walls, and dedicated their lives to strengthening other men. When we follow this same pattern of fearing the Lord our God over all, building up the lower places in our wall, and laying down our lives again and again to strengthen the brotherhood, we become more and more powerful!
Church, we find ourselves in an amazing time in the history of our body. Our families are building unity like never before, we are building up walls as we prepare for the great work our king is setting before us. We've never been more qualified, more prepared, and more capable as a body to shoulder the load. But just as in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, there is a deception that can attempt to muddy the water of our discernment as we are growing like never before. Namely, we could be tempted to look back at the past with rose-colored glasses and feel some sort of nostalgia of the "good old days" and count them as better than where we stand today. Our shepherds, Pastor Payton Parsons and Eric Stephens keenly elucidate for us that this couldn't be further from the truth. We learn from our King Yeshua and the prophets of old that we are to look forward with faith and gratitude at the new thing God is doing. In this way, even our badlands are becoming beautiful. For out of dead things, life springs forth. God is the one who causes life to burst forth out of everything that is dead when we look to him and look to him we shall.
“We Are” preached by Pastor Nik, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matt, build us up as a reminder of who we are in Christ. As a body, we are learning how to distinguish and identify the tactics of the enemy that try to hinder us from the joyful work that we must be engaged in the kingdom. As a result, we are awakening to the realities of the kingdom, growing in the unity of the brotherhood, and working hard to cultivate a harvest for our King! This is who We Are!
We are truly living in a special time in our church. We are learning to build up our walls together and exposing the low places in our walls. Along with this revelation that we only rise together, the Lord depositing a particular kind of attitude in our hearts. It's the "Come and take it" kind of attitude towards the enemy and that which would seek to oppose God's working in our lives. It's the kind of attitude that doubles down on deep convictions and leans into difficulties because we know that the shout of the king is with us! Listen to brothers Abimbola Daramola, Justin Linton, and Pastor Judah Stephens call us to arms with this rousing message entitled, "Come and Take it!"
In this sermon entitled “Walls to THE WALL”, Pastor Payton, Pastor Nik, and Pastor Wade exhort us as one body to rebuild the singular wall of the kingdom. This wall can only be built with one stone stacked on the other, causing there to be an interlocking between stones with no gaps in between. An indivisible connection in the building of the kingdom wall is achieved when we as believers entrust our lives to the brothers to our right and left by inviting them into the lowest points of our wall to be posted as guards. As we do this, we find protection from external and internal enemies. This is what it looks like to build, going from individual walls to THE WALL.
Pastor Judah, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matt encourage and build us up in this sermon entitled “Water then Fire”. We learned about the two judgements, one that came (water) and one that is yet to come (fire). As sons of the kingdom, we are to consider how we build, as the quality of each man’s work will be tested by the fire. We are called to build with the precious stones of the kingdom, holiness and godliness. By sacrificial servanthood, transparency and ever-increasing unity, we build with gold and silver that will be refined in the fire and proven genuine! We have a choice to make: melt like wax in the fire of His judgement, or to build our house with precious stones, tested and refined by the fire, and still standing on the Last Day!
Pastor Payton and brother Adam Corra lead us in going “Rogue” with this captivating sermon. When Christ set us free from an empty way of life and slavery to the world, we turned our backs on this world’s system, choosing to refuse worldly success and pleasures. As we mature in the kingdom, we are required to ‘rogue’ the fields of our hearts, uprooting diseased and rotten plants, so that we can become more fruitful in the kingdom – and we cannot do it alone! We need our brothers to examine the field of our hearts, joining us in the process of cultivation. As we allow our hearts to be exposed to the family around us, we are purified and can produce lasting fruit. In this process of cultivation, our King transforms us from Rogue, to Royalty as we join with Him to destroy the Kingdom of darkness.
For months now the Lord has been highlighting for us how he has always intended for his presence to be carried in a unified team. This has launched us into an all-out pursuit of perfect unity and is blessing our body in many ways. Brothers Carlos Rueda and Justin Treaster propel us even further into this pursuit by shining light on what we are unifying around in this message entitled “Supreme Purpose”. When our only desires are to please him, having our eyes set on what he wants to build, this is a powerful catalyst based on ever radiating shalom. Like the sons of Levi and their descendants, when we center our lives around his presence the shalom of the Lord rests on individuals, radiates out to clans, which radiate out to tribes and eventually the entire nation. Listen to this soul-stirring word and let it propel you to ever-increasing glory as you pursue his supreme purpose together.
“Dig Down, Build Up!” delivered by brothers Caleb and Paul, encourage us that to achieve perfect unity in the body, it must be birthed out of relationships that are beyond the surface level. These relationships require us to dig down, to sacrifice, and to cultivate. Our relationships with one another serve as a solid foundation to build each other up, and ultimately, build up the house of God as a unified brotherhood. Just like the first century church in the book of Acts, the early believers spent time together digging down into each other’s lives and laying a solid foundation that the house of the Lord could be built upon. Come take your place, grab a shovel, and dig down in your relationships so you can help build the house of God!
“Pride Wars”, preached by Pastor Wade, Pastor Judah, and Pastor Matt, spur us on to the high calling that are ours in Christ. A bold call and mission to ensure that together we, the Church, are building up a wall of unbroken unity. This means caring for the needs and spiritual welfare of the brothers and families to our right and left, while driving out the things in our lives that intend to undermine, cut off, and separate us. As one body, we are to make every effort to keep in the unity of the spirit amongst the believers, as a pride of lions we fight to win. The unity that our Lord Jesus prayed for in the book of John is the perfect unity that wins the war.
We are living in exciting times! The Lord is increasing our teams, our team dependency, and our ability to carry the weightiness of God's presence together. We're growing in our boldness and our desire to carry this weight because of the growing acknowledgement that this weight is marking us. Brothers Spencer McClain, Abimbola Daramola, and Justin Linton remind us of a few of the ways our good father is placing his seal of ownership on us. When we recognize the pressings & persecutions, the dark circumstances, and the very losing of our lives are sign of him placing his seal of ownership on us, we can take on the attitude of " Hey! Don't Take My Seal!". In this light, the pressings & persecutions, the dark circumstances, and the continual losing of our lives are OURS in Christ and are forming his character into us. Don't let that be stolen from you or anybody around you! Instead joyfully grow into the head that is Christ!
Pastor Payton, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matt deliver an inspiring and encouraging word, continuing to call us to the pattern of unity! In this sermon entitled “Permanent Mark”, we learn that the weighty presence of the Lord is meant to leave a permanent mark on us, and the generations after us. The mark of His glory resting upon us shows us that we cannot be made into victims of our circumstances, but rather we drive out the opposition, because we know to whom we belong! As we carry His presence together as one body, we bear the marks of Christ - our suffering serves to bring life to one another, and it brings glory to the King!
There are no individual lifts in the kingdom, only team lifts! Brothers Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola remind us of this fact as they reflect on Sunday's message entitled "Hey, You're not doing that right!". This encouraging sermon from the brothers entitled "Keep Building" reminds us of God's intentional and elaborate design that is always meant to be carried in teams. His heavenly pattern over and over again reminds us that his prescence, his plans, and his will for our lives are only meant to be carried together, much like the 4 living creatures that carry his throne or the priesthood that carries the ark. We were encouraged to trust the heavenly pattern and to keep building according to it! We do this by celebrating the fact that we are currently in a team within the body of Christ, by patiently enduring until teams within teams are formed, and lifting up our generations so that this work far outlasts and surpasses us. Keep building according to the pattern family!
In this sermon entitled “Hey! You’re Not Carrying That Right!”, we learned from Pastor Nik, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matt that God’s original heavenly design is that we work in teams, and no amount of individual gifting, talents, or anointing can carry the weight of the call alone. The Levites worked together as a God-ordained team to carry the Ark of the Covenant. In the same way, we cannot complete the task alone, but are called to operate in a team. In working together, unity is forged, and God’s anointing flows from that unity. This is where we find His favor and His strength to complete the call.
We have been given some pretty amazing gifts to the body to prepare us for our works of service. This causes us to reflect on the gift that God gives us by placing us in God-ordained teams. Whether called into the five-fold or called to be a pillar that supports the body, rest assured that you don't have to do this alone! It's so re-assuring the in God's ordained timing, he builds God-ordained teams that help us carry God-ordained burdens. Brothers Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola encourage us to continue the line of building God-ordained teams because it is the biblical pattern. From Moses and Aaron, to Matthias and the twelve, all the way to the book of revelation we see this unassailable truth throughout scripture. Have faith in God's ordained timing as he builds his house!
What a special Sunday service we just had! In this sermon entitled “Gifted”, we celebrated the ordination of Pastor Nik Arezina, Pastor Payton Parsons, and Pastor Judah Stephens. This ordination followed the biblical pattern outlined in Numbers 8 for the ordination of the Levitical priests. We recognize that these men working as a unified team are a gift to the whole community, so that together with the community we might make our lives a gift to the world on behalf of Messiah. At LCM, we are so thankful for the gift of these three Pastors and just like a three-cord strand, they are strong and fitted for the task that is ahead.
We are learning to move in the military movement as days are darkening. God is training us, organizing us, and putting us in our military rank and file. He is building a priesthood that represents Christ to a world in such desperate need for salvation. Brothers Payton Parsons, Nik Arezina, and Judah Stephens elucidate for us the pathway by which our heavenly commander has been making us ready for war. Through the proper precision of the pastoring of our homes and by properly preparing the brotherhood of believers, we are being prepared to present Christ to the world through our body. The brothers call us to have confidence in this process and to trust the one who is at work in our training regiment. Let this word stir you as you become more unified with the brotherhood of believers and more confident as the days grow darker.
We are learning to man our position as the battle’s rages all around us. Elder Eric, Pastor Wade and Pastor Matt delivered a timely word that helps us refocus on the mission and goal ahead. In this sermon called “The Seventh Stage of Military Movement”, we learned that every man of God is called to be a priest - first and foremost in his own home, and then overflowing to the body of Christ. Through the process of priestly consecration, and the empowerment of His Holy Spirit, we join with our King to redeem the whole world.
We are growing, and learning what it is to move as one man. The forefathers who built this country knew how to move as one man, tearing down tyrannical dictatorships for the sole purpose of forming a more perfect union. It’s fitting that brother’s Abimbola Daramola & Justin Linton share a message entitled In-dependence Day! They encourage us to dethrone the monarchs of self-rule shown through deceptive pride, entitlement, and toxic independence in the same way they did! All for the purpose of forming a more perfect union for the purpose of moving as one anointed priest!
What a beautiful time we are living in! In this sermon entitled “Military Movement”, Elder Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade continue to draw out the biblical gems of how we are to operate as the body of Christ. If we want to truly grow in the Kingdom, it can only be done alongside the brotherhood of believers. This brotherhood made up of many parts, is called to function and operate as one body, connected to each other, and moving in perfect unity! This is Military Movement!
Stand up! Look ahead! Our heavenly commander is preparing us for what is to come, helping us to reassign the fixed value we place on our brothers and ourselves. With this in mind, we are arming ourselves with the same attitude as Paul, Moses, and all the saints before us who knew who they were and as a result, did great exploits. Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade arm the saints with 4 keys to unlock the treasure that is walking in the fullness of our fixed value. When you know your value doesn't change, you can refuse to rely on your reputation, choose to be mistreated with God's people, regard disgrace for Christ's sake as a treasure, and looking ahead to your reward. All these are markings of a mature priest who's fighting age and that is who our father is making us into. We are the Spoils of War!
This soul stirring sermon delivered to us by brothers, Payton, Nik, and Judah, is the call to attention that we need. “Winning the War” is more than a sermon title, it is a principle that must be demonstrated in the way of life of every believer. No Christian is an island to themselves, rather we have been called by our great King to be joined together with our brothers to attain the perfect unity that Christ died for. King Jesus is raising an army that will never be defeated, an army that values the brother to their left and right. An army that knows the importance of “Winning the War”!
It’s clear to see that our heavenly commander has been preparing us for the dark and glorious days before us. Through the discipline of our father, we are being trained into mature men that can be sent into the heart of the battle and rise up victorious. Elder Boz and brother Payton encourage our body with this stirring call to arms entitled "Seal Team". As America's most illustrious and revered fighting group, the NAVY Seals are known for their rigorous training requirements, their "I'll die before I quit"/ complete the mission at all costs kind of attitude, and their devotion to brotherhood. How much more do these principles apply in the kingdom of God? The training we are undergoing now is so that we will complete the mission at all costs, by any means necessary, and diving into the depths of discipleship as we are being trained as God's SEAL Team. Above all things, we never, ever give up our seals! Be encouraged. and more importantly rise up into your high calling as you listen to this amazing word!
In this sermon “The Mission of a Priest”, Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade reveal and complete the last two points out of seven points based in Deuteronomy 33:8-10. We learned that priests are called to stand firm and teach others to the point of transformation and transmission; taking what they know and have experienced and making other men into what they are. This process solidifies the confidence that is ours and is how the body of Christ is built up until we all reach full maturity.
Following up to last Sunday’s message, brothers Justin and Abimbola preached this timely sermon entitled “Weight of Responsibility”. We learn that there is a weight of responsibility laid on our shoulders by our heavenly Father that brings about an ever-increasing development of the priesthood. Under this weight of responsibility, the believer undergoes a spiritual definition that is necessary for growth in the kingdom in order to properly watch over his word and guard his covenant. Listen now and embrace the weigh of responsibility your good Father has laid on you!
As we continue our "Mature Manhood" series with this second installment entitled "The Marks of a Priest", our confidence grows as we are fashioned into a mature priesthood. This is the same process we see God using to form Levi into the nation of priests that is described in Deuteronomy 33. As we continue to examine this passage, in addition to receiving discernment, being tested through tension, and judging impartially, the Levites were marked by watching over God's word and guarding his covenant. This is the next phase of becoming mature men in the kingdom looks like for our body! Pastors Matt and Wade, along with Elder Eric call us all up to maturity with this word by challenging us to first mark ourselves with the surgically precise word of God. After truly "shamar-ing" God's word, starting in our own lives first then we add to that by guarding his covenant. This means that we both know what the Word says and how it applies to our lives, and we are gaining God's perspective on what his will is pointing us towards. Through this maturation process, we are growing to be able to connect what his word is instructing us to with what he's intending to do through his covenant. Meditate on this word saints! Guard over this word in your lives! Let this word change you and mature you, after all, this is Life Changing Ministries!
It's encouraging to see the lengths by which our father is going to make us into mature men. As we reflect on Mature Manhood: The Making of a Priest, we see how the priesthood was made. The call from our heavenly father is clear, he is making us into a holy priesthood in the exact same way. This gives us confidence that as ask for what we need of him, have the courage to give all then we will grow into mature manhood. Listen to this encouraging message from brothers Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola!
Saints, we are starting a new series called “Mature Manhood”! A deep dive into what it takes to produce true biblical maturity in the Kingdom. In this sermon entitled “The Making of a Priest”, Pastor Wade and Pastor Matt bring to the surface the hidden gems from the blessing of the tribe of Levi in Deuteronomy 33. With the Levitical Priesthood as our example, we learn the first three steps in The Making of a Priest! Listen to this sermon now to mature your manhood!
What a blessing it is to have directed steps! On Sunday we learned what it meant to follow our Big Kehunah! To ride the wave of obedience by guarding the mission or mishmeret of both our high priest and the people of God at the same time! This Wednesday we reflect of that message with the sermon “Hang 10” brought by Pastor Matt and Brother Abimbola Daramola. We learned to let all ten of our toes hang over the board! What that means is that we can have supreme confidence that we will be able to guard both missions because our father is guarding our feet as we align ourselves to hear from him. Knowing that he’s guarding our feet as we are guarding his missions should produce a certain level of joy and confidence because we know our faithful father is working in us what is good and pleasing to him! Let this message stir you to participate in his heavenly priesthood as he destined you to!
In this sermon entitled “The Big Kehunnah” by Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade, we learned after undergoing the refinement process of what it takes to produce a priest from Numbers 8, the aim was always that the priests may be ready to do the work of the LORD! This type of work already prepared in advance demands that the priesthood guard the mission entrusted to them by the Lord. As this is true for the Levitical Priesthood, it is also true for us believers today. We are called to be priests, who rule, reign and serve the mission of our Heavenly Father and His High Priest King Jesus!
We conclude our reflections on the priest-making process with this sermon entitled "Measuring Peter and Paul's Deep Convictions". We've been talking about things like not fearing the razor, living in a joyfully willing manner towards the Lord. all so that we can show ourselves measuring up to the mature manhood of Christ! We want to be made into mature men in Christ & in the lives of Paul and Peter, we find the process by which Christ makes his followers into mature men. It's through pruning that priests are made. We see clearly Peter was willing to be pruned again and again and also how Paul's deep convictions were forged. Knowing what this pruning produces, we can joyfully engage in the process that is making us mature priests.
Church! We conclude the outline of the Levitical process as displayed in Numbers 8 in this sermon entitled “Hey! Don’t cut my Prunes”. Elder Eric, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matt walk us through the beautiful imagery of the end goal of every believer; to reach mature manhood by measuring up to Christ. This maturing process of a Christian’s life is not a private, exclusive, or isolated matter, rather, just like the selection of the Levites, is it very much a public pruning meant to bring about transformation and causing the bearing of much fruit in the Kingdom!
Oh what it is to be made into a holy and righteous priesthood! Our father is blessing us with the revelation of how priests are made. We are learning to press into what will perfect us as priests with messages like "Don't fear the razor" and "A shave and two bulls". Our good father has equipped us for what is good for doing his will. We have a lot to give and that is exactly what he's asking of us, what we have. As we are hearing this call to press into the razor, we want to do it willingly. The refinement is for our perfection, therefore is to be engaged with joy. Our father is calling us to a joyful willingness as we engage in this priest-perfecting process! He's called us to be willing to give all that we have as freewill offerings. Listen to the encouraging word from Pastor Wade and brother Justin Linton.
“A Shave and Two Bulls” is more than a thought-provoking sermon title, it delivers a crushing truth that pairs along with it. Elder Eric and Pastor Matt continue in Numbers 8 with steps three and four in the seven-step process of how Priest of God are developed. We learned the importance of the Two Bull process and how it affects our lives in the Kingdom. When we have a willing heart to obey our King regardless of the circumstances, we find His favor and redemption in response to our voluntary joyful service!
Saints! Our confidence is rising as we can see our King working in our midst! Brothers Justin and Abimbola deliver a gripping and liberating word in this sermon entitled “Exposed”. They walk us through the necessary process by which we are to be made into the priesthood of God. This purification process demands that we uncover those areas of vulnerability as we face the razor. Allowing ourselves to be shaved so that our good Father may work in us what is pleasing to Him! Listen now and embrace the razor of refinement and you will become the priesthood of God!
At LCM, we are walking in the victory that is ours in Christ Jesus! In this sermon entitled “Don’t Fear the Razor” by Elder Eric, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matt, brought to life the biblical truth of the ever-increasing need of biblical discipleship and the process by which it is done. This process first illustrated in how the Lord set apart His people (Israel), teaches us that in order to be made spotless, priestly, and united with Him, we must not fear the razor. Instead, it is necessary to learn to embrace the razor process in ALL areas of our lives! For it is the very thing that will bring about the development needed inside of us to produce the divine nature of our King! Listen now!
We are basking in the revelation given to us by our good father and we are beginning to grasp the word of his promises in a special way. The certainty of God's promises to Israel is settling in on us and deepening our own faith as gentiles. Brothers Abimbola Daramola and Justin Linton encourage us with the truth of God's word to his chosen sons. As gentiles, we can see how the sons of Israel responded to God's word to them and we are partaking in the benefits of it today! It is astonishing that we could even participate with them in these promises. Because of this, we were encouraged to respond with the same active faith as his firstborn sons. God's faithfulness to Israel inspires us to trust him and respond with action. In fact, our father's too good for us not to move when his word speaks to us!
We are learning to follow the leading of our Father and it is glorious! In this sermon entitled “Clarion Call”, Pastor Wade and Pastor Matt sound a call to action in an expository walk through of Numbers chapter 10. In Numbers, we learned the prescribed way of how the Lord instructed the nation of Israel to sound a clarion call for various conditions…we also must recognize the clarion call being made to us. To receive this clarion call our ears must be trained so that we can give a clarion call.
Our faithful father has surely been stirring up his church. He is getting us into alignment with his will at an exhilarating pace. The rate of this change may seem jarring at first, but Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade remind us that this is precisely what it looks like to follow the Lord's commands. Whether by day or by night, Israel consistently moved out at the Lord's direction and so must we. You see the Lord has a singular unchanging plan, but he calls out to us to participate in his plan as we faithfully follow him. As sons who have been secured and who are pursuing right order, we can set out on God's plan for our lives and settle in his will. Listen to this encouraging message and be stirred to run after his commands!
In this sermon entitled “Covenant Calling to You”, we have our eyes opened to the essential and foundational importance of the Law by understanding it through its proper biblical lens as a Covenant of Love. This Covenant of Love as displayed in the book of Leviticus (Vayikra) to the nation of Israel, teaches us about the nature of our Father; a good Shepherd calling out to us that we might have the opportunity to draw near Him. This drawing near Him as characterized in the life of David, serves as an example to us that our devotion must be ongoing, daily, and ever-increasing in our journey to know our Father better. As you listen to this sermon, with open ears, hear the calling out of your Father to you and take the necessary steps to draw near!
The Lord is truly directing our steps as a body, and now much more as individuals as we are growing in the depth of his word. We are stretching out in new ways and the Lord is shepherding us into maturity. In this process, we are learning just how our good father is stirring us up and lifting us higher so that he can catch us. Like children being tossed in the air by their father, we are learning to trust him more as we go higher. It may seems at times like we're tumbling out of control, and that's because we aren't in control but our faithful father knows exactly where we are! Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver this amazing word that encourages us to be confident in our father's character and welcome the stirring so that he can carry you higher!
We are growing in our elevation of God’s word! In this sermon entitled, “Directed Steps”, Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade breakdown how a man’s steps are directed by the Lord through an examination of Proverbs Chapter Two. While it may be easily agreed that the life of a believer must be directed by the Lord, we learn the primary source of our heavenly Father’s direction to us is unequivocally direction based on His word! In a time and day where some are looking for ways to dissect His word, we as sons of the Kingdom are called to collect, treasure, and engage His word in its entirety! As we do so, trusting He will reveal His will and direct us through it!
Our church is experiencing a time of abundant fruitfulness! The Lord has blessed us with an overflow of children, marriages are being maximized, and ministries are being multiplied. We are learning that with increased fruitfulness comes increased opposition. We can see clearly just how victoriously he's led us through the opposition, and just as clearly still recognize that we aren't "there" yet. We have some persevering to do! Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade lay out four obstacles that must be overcome to increase in what God has for you! In every case, an increase in the depth of God's word is the answer! Listen to this word and be inspired to increase in your depth of God's word!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade open our eyes to the hidden gems in God’s word in this sermon entitled “Do Not Hold Back”. Through a beautiful exegesis of Isaiah 54:2-3, we learn the importance of the ever-increasing kingdom of God that must be displayed in the need for an ever-increasing life in every believer. This increase can only come through being stretched spiritual in the most uncomfortable of ways and the results of this God ordained process will produce lasting fruit. As you dive into this sermon, listen with an open heart and ears to hear the key to unlock the fruitful increase that our Heavenly Father requires for your life.
Our brothers Justin and Abimbola deliver a powerful word in this sermon entitled ‘GET TO WORK!”. Drawing from the disciple’s interaction with Jesus at the end of His earthly ministry, we can see a cyclical pattern that brings about the necessary transformation required in all believers. From the time of Abraham until now, sons of God must Hear the Word, see the Signs, and GET TO WORK! We learned the true purpose of the Signs in front of us are the mechanism that beckons us forward into transformation as we do the Father’s will. As you listen to this sermon, ask yourself “What Word have I heard from my Father?”, What Signs are in front of me?”, and “What am I waiting for?”…it’s time to GET TO WORK!
Church! We are building momentum with full steam ahead in this sermon entitled “Step Up, Raise Up”. Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade give a clarion call to the family of God to our responsibility to Step Up into the chaos all around us. In a time when others are shying away, avoiding, or even stepping down from those difficult moments, we are called to Step Up because the word of God demands it. The result of Stepping into these chaotic situations ultimately will bring about Raising Up God’s right order. This timely sermon is a message for today, tomorrow, and the future. As you listen, allow the Holy Spirit to illuminate the areas in your life where you must Step Up and Raise Up!
Saints, this may be the end of our reflection series, but we are just beginning to tap into our security as sons. We are beginning to know him better as we continue this perpetual cycle that is securing us as sons. In fact, throughout the entire Remember and Reflection series, we have been learning just how God has been securing his sons for millennia. It is a well-trodden path that he is divinely enabling us to walk in. We see that by the way in which it is closely related to the 7 steps of the tabernacle, the 7 Feasts God gave Israel, and even our 7 core principles as LCM. We are relying on him to grant us an undivided heart as we call out for his transformative power to be at work in us. He has chosen us for this purpose and our father is faithful! Listen to this stirring message as you rely on his perfect faithfulness to transform you and secure you as a son!
We have arrived at the seventh step in our Remember: Secure Sons Series! Elder Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade lead us into the culmination of this series in this sermon entitled “Remember: Secure Son Step Seven”. We are learning about the faithfulness of our Father, that when we present to Him the tablets of our hearts again and again, He is faithful to reinscribe His testimony upon us. So often we focus on “our testimony” and what we inherit but the biblical view is it is God’s testimony and what He will inherit in us! It is His testimony inside of us that empowers us and brings about perpetual transformation on this salvation journey of knowing Him better. Listen now to this extraordinary message!
Church, we have a faithful father that is Securing us as sons as we continue to remember! In this sermon we reflect on the fact that from the very first day we stood in the LORD's presence, we have been rebellious. We've been rebelling against his purposes and direction for our lives from day one, yet he has still brought us to the point we are now. Pastor Matt, Pastor Wade, and Elder Eric teach us just how able our father is to rightly see our state currently while transforming us into who HE has said we are. Our failures aren't fatal because our father is faithful! As a matter of fact, he is perfectly faithful in his ability to perfect us! Be emboldened to press on into maturity as you listen to this inspiring message entitled Reflection Series: Our Faithful Father.
Church, at the arrival of step 6 in our Remember Secure Son Series, Elder Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade walk us through the gripping state of the ugly reality we know to be true but would rather not have to wrestle with..”Remember how you provoked the Lord and have been rebellious”. While it may be tempting to try to explain away your rebellion in the Kingdom, any honest assessment of your own Christian walk will illustrate that alongside the divine and miraculous experiences you have had with the Lord, a rebellious nature has always been there. This sober reflection should cause a gratefulness for the One and Only Son who was free from rebellion and was perfected, becoming a source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him! John 17:17 says, “Sanctify them by the truth, your word is truth”. Saints, do you want to be sanctified by the truth? Then do not wait, listen now!
Our security as sons is growing as we continue in our Remember and Reflection series. Our confidence is growing because as we look back and recount all the divine abilities he has given us, we know that he is confirming his covenant with us. Brothers Paul and Spencer deliver this inspiring message as they share how the Lord has divinely enabled them from the first time they stood in his presence until now. This ensures that he will enable us at every step that we have yet to travel along the ancient path. Isn't it amazing that our Father gives us the ability to gain ability?!. Understanding that these abilities are compounding, even accumulating gives us all the confidence in the world that we will accomplish God's will in our generation and every generation after. Don't wait until you are perfect to ask for his divine enablement, ask now! Be encouraged and emboldened as you listen to this 5th installment of our Reflection Series.
We have reached step five in our ‘Remember Secure Sons Series” and what a glorious step it is! Elder Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade draw our attention to the necessity to remember it is the Lord your God who gives you the ability and so confirm His covenant. While it is easy to acknowledge the truth of this statement, we also must acknowledge how often we overlook the truth of this statement by treating this truth as “normal or common”. For example, what God given divine enablement’s do you walk in now but treat as common place that you could not do the day before you were born again? Any honest reflection will illustrate these divine enablement’s are undeniably supernatural! These abilities came from the Lord and are meant to be increasing in our lives, making us secure sons! Listen now and remember how the Lord has divinely enabled you!
The more we remember, the more secure we become as sons. That is what this Remember and Reflections Series has been producing in this body. Brothers Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola lead us in reflecting on how the Lord has lead us to where we are now. This rousing word reminds us that he has lead ALL THE WAY from the beginning of our journey. Since we can look back and see specific ways in which he has lead us, our confidence is rising in the fact that He will continue to lead us. Listen to the brothers reflect on how the Lord has lead them and be encouraged to seek him with confidence!
The Lord is moving in our midst and we are aware of it! In continuing the Remember Series, our revelation increases in this sermon entitled “Remember: Secure Sons Step Four”. Elder Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade sound the clarion call, instructing us to “Remember how the Lord your God has led you”. In this step, we remember how the Lord led us by His Spirit of Sonship. We are to recall the things the Lord has spoken, the way He led us through the desert (gestation period), and the promises He has fulfilled. As we remember how He led us as sons, we have every reason for confidence that His promises awaiting completion will certainly come to pass. As you engage with this sermon, pray that the Lord will bring to mind the ways in which He supernaturally led you as His son!
In this third installment of our Reflection Series, brothers Nik, Judah, Payton, and Gabriel lead us in reflecting on Sunday's Remember: Step Three message. We recall that just as the Lord delivered the Israelites out of the bondage to Egypt and through the desert wanderings, he "MOREOVER" delivers his people to destroy every remaining giant in the land. The same goes for us church! Although we have been delivered from Egypt and are now walking in the promise. we have been alerted to the remaining giants in the land that are still hidden survivors that we must get to partner with God to destroy. This makes the Lord stirring up the hornet in our midst all the more a blessing, helping us identify our targets to drive them out of our land completely. The brothers encourage us in the same way that Paul encouraged Titus, Timothy, and the church in Rome. Much right order with God and man, much power over sin as you pursue righteousness!
There is a revolutionary transformation taking place in our midst! Continuing in our “Remember Secure Sons” series, Elder Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade lead us in cultivating the revelation we have been given in this sermon entitled “Remember Secure Sons Step Three”. With an already growing understanding of the first two steps (Remembering the day we first stood in His presence and Remembering we were slaves and He brought us out), we reach step three – “Remember what the Lord did to Pharaoh and MOREOVER”. While it is biblically understood that the Christian walk is destined for spiritual warfare, we as believers must remember that with a mighty hand and outstretched arm our great King brought us up out of the domination of Egypt and find security in knowing He WILL do the same to all the giants we are still to yet to face; those areas of our lives hidden from us that get in the way of ongoing transformation required in every believer. Be encouraged saints as you listen to this sermon! We serve a great and awesome God!
The Lord is truly doing something special in our midst as we remember and reflect on his divine nature and our experience with that divine nature. He is transforming the committed into secure sons, who are gaining ground so that we can govern. In this stirring word from the Lord, Pastor Wade, Pastor Matt, and Elder Eric move us to reflect on what it was and is like to be freed from our sin in an ongoing basis. For surely, we can ask the same God who transformed us initially to save us perpetually as we recognize our need for transformation daily. The miracle is that although once we had no choice, as slaves to sin, without the power to choose, we now have the power to choose freedom every second of the day. He purchased us out of slavery to sin with precious blood to set us free. But what will you do with your freedom? We are no longer slaves to sin, but we also no longer control of our lives either. No, we have freely chosen to become slaves of righteousness and this we are tapping into his transformative power to bring about his will on the earth. May the lamb who was slain receive the reward of his suffering through us as we chose to live out our lives as obedient slaves to his righteousness
In continuation with our “Remember Secure Sons” Series, Elder Eric, Pastor Matthew, and Pastor Wade walk us through the second step of the Remember progression in the book of Deuteronomy with “Remember: Secure Sons Step Two“. In this second step, we are instructed to remember that we were slaves in Egypt and it was the Lord who brought us out. This sober reflection of remembrance illustrates the reality of our status and state when we first encountered the Lord; completely powerless. Nothing we could do would bring about a change to our ways, not self-determination, self-discipline, or endless striving…until the Lord recused and set us free! “Praise be to God!” is the reaction of gratitude and thanksgiving we ought to have after being set free and as sons and daughters of our Father, we are now freed to live this new life! As you listen to this sermon, be encouraged and have confidence that He who began a good work in you will see it through to completion!
In the message entitled Reflection on the First Day You Stood in His Presence, the first in a series, our pastors remind us on the power of reflecting on having been made a secure son will do. Pastor Matt, Pastor Wade, and Elder Eric cause us to reflect on the first time we stood in his presence. In practicing this, we are learning that the impact and transformation those holy moments brought were not a one time transaction but a perpetual, ever progressing interaction with the presence of our father. Like Mephibosheth, we have been called to eat at the king's table every day. We have been granted sonship, but we must grow in security, so that we can gain ground, and govern what God has entrusted to us. He's remembered his covenant with us, but we have to grow into who he's already declared that we are!
Kicking off a new series, in the first sermon entitled “Remember: Secure Sons”, Elder Eric, Pastor Matthew, and Pastor Wade illustrate with personal examples and experiences how as sons of our heavenly Father, we are called to remember our first encounter with Him. We must revive those moments of awe, majesty, purpose, love, empowerment, and security. We learned that through an intentional time of remembering, these experiences are meant to produce a time of refreshment in His presence. This Sabbath time allows us to have a sober assessment of our present walk with the Lord and focus on who He is, reminding us of the secure sonship that we have in Him. Although this time of remembrance is first seen as a command by the Lord to the nation of Israel, it certainly still applies for us today. In the midst of the busyness of life, and even “ministry,” it is easy to lose sight of where it all started…the reason we do what we do. As you listen to this sermon, establish your secure sonship through the remembrance of your first experience with your heavenly Father.
What a joy it is to have Elder Eric back in the House! In this sermon entitled “Committed”, Elder Eric draws us near to clinch with the reality that following Christ requires more than just a commitment, a greater level of transformation is vital. As demonstrated through the personal accounts of the disciples’ interaction with Jesus, our human ability and desires reach a limit, and a supernatural transformation is required to continue in obedience. As you listen to this timely sermon, put off any ideas of what you think your Christian walk should look like. Rather, engage with the realities of these biblical truths, and ask our Heavenly Father to show you new areas where ongoing transformation must take place today!
In the last installment of the Ancient Paths Series, Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade deliver an epic finish with the sermon entitled “Ancient Path: Ancient Ambassadors”. As ambassadors of Christ, we are entrusted to represent Him rightly by knowing His character according to His Word. We are called to deliver His message to others, stirring them to action. In order to rightly represent Him, His Word must first do its work inside of us before it can be brought to those around us. His perfect Word in us, and through us, brings right order to chaos. As priests of the living God serving as His Ancient Ambassadors, we are called to rightly handle the word of truth given to us. What are you waiting for? It is time to rise up to the heavenly calling as an Ancient Ambassador of Christ!
We may be well past our 100-day mandate but we are only beginning to march on the Ancient Path at the direction of our warrior king. Our confidence is growing because we can look back and see how the Son has been showing us the will of the Father, with miracle after miracle attesting to this work. Jesus was sustained by knowing the Father's will & completing it, and that will be the only thing that will sustain you into eternity. Let this message encourage you as Pastor Wade and Pastor Matt sound the call for us to display trust and a holy fervor as we do the work of the Father! We've been created and situated in this body to do good works! In becoming like our Father, we go to war like him, becoming like him. It's almost like the bible is a wedding story, turned into a war story so that we could get to a wedding and becoming just like our King.
As we look back on the past 100 days, we can see how God has been leading us onto ancient paths from the beginning of the year. On this 101st day of the year, we see the Lord stirring the waters with this call to arms entitled "Ancient Paths: Ancient Waters". Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade lead us into deep waters and a deeper revelation as to what it means to interacts with God's ancient waters. The clear pattern throughout scripture & Israel's history is that ancient waters meant that God was simultaneously drawing out his enemies for judgment while delivering his chosen people. He's routing his enemies, throwing them into confusion, bringing the noise, and at the very same time rescuing his people. The astounding fact is that he doesn't just rescue though, he equips us for war at our rescue! When Jesus came out of the waters of baptism, he was being empowered to declare war on God's enemies. He passed this heritage to his disciples, and so it has come to us. Stand up! Declare war! Let the mighty, ancient torrents set you apart today for war!
In the 12th installment of the Ancient Paths series, Pastor Wade and Pastor Matt deliver this uplifting word pointing us to the Ancient Heights! Our commander sits enthroned on high, arrayed in victory and is calling us up to join him on the ancient heights. Israel was called by God to "Go Up!" and posses the land. Our pastors remind us that we must elevate, make aliyah, become an "Olah", pleasing to the Lord in order to ascend to the heights of the calling the Lord has for this body and every member in it. This won't just be given passively, we have to go and dispossess ancient hostilities that seek to occupy our promise from God! We are admonished to pursue it and not to turn back until every enemy has been dealt with. Our pastors key us in, not just to what we must do, but how to do it! We cannot go our own way, do as we please, or speak idle words! No, we are called higher, to a kind of joyful warfare, trusting in our God. This word will convict you, cause you to repent, then lift you right to the station you need to serve from!
Saints, what a glorious time we are living in! In honor and celebration of our King Jesus’ victorious triumph through His resurrection from the dead, Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade empower us in this sermon entitled “Ancient Paths: Ancient of Days”. We learned that the Ancient of Days is the very one who holds the power of life and death in His hands. He has given authority and sovereign power over to the Son of Man who is “the resurrection and the life”. Through the Son of Man, King Jesus, who is resurrected and at the right hand of the Ancient of Days, we have access to resurrection power NOW! At the center of the resurrection is Israel, God’s chosen nation, who leads the way for us. Through Jesus, our hope in the resurrection alongside with Israel is secure. This resurrection power in us causes us to rise as His vast army now in our daily lives, AND on the last day!
On a day that marks our Lord's triumphant crucifixion, Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade bring this timely message. In the this 10th installment of the Ancient Path Series, the Lord is rousing his body for war by examining the origin of the ancient hostilities in opposition to God and his plan of redemption through the nation of Israel. We learn that while opposition to God's plan often times comes in the form of many different hosts, it has the same origin and most definitely the same results. Ultimate failure. That is because we have a conquering King in Jesus who fought a bloody battle so that we might join in his victory! Is it just to conquer our personal sin that God sent his Son into the world? Of course not. What was accomplished on the cross was not just to atone for the sins of Israel or even the entire world. No, Christ gave himself over to death and wrought victory on the earth AND in the heavens. He tore down ancient hostilities, disarming them, and making a way for to become just like him in his campaign! We cannot stop at just overcoming sin, there is SO much more work to be done. We are called to defeat God's ancient adversaries through our trusting in Christ and make war! Rouse yourself! Live up to the high calling that is yours in Christ!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade deliver a powerful word in our continuation of the Ancient Paths series in this sermon entitled Ancient Paths: Ancient Times. In this sermon, we learn that God has made known the end from the beginning, and His purposes will stand as He does all that He pleases. From the beginning of Genesis, God has established the sun, moon, and stars as signs in the sky to serve and to inform us of the appointed times that must come. Just as Jesus had an appointed time, so do we. We must rejoice in the appointed times even in the midst of difficulties, not worrying or fearing about tomorrow. Worry is a sign that you are serving time, not allowing the Ancient Times to serve you! As you listen to this sermon, incline your hearts and engage your minds to experience God’s Ancient Times that inform you of your present time, leading to hope for the future!
Through Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade we learn of a seriousness of a command laid down by our Warrior God. Don't move an ancient boundary stone! The placement of this command in the Tanakh lends to the seriousness and severity with which God takes with the boundary stones He has set up. He has given us our golden goral, our allotted inheritance marked out the ancient boundary stones. Like Naboth, we say "The Lord forbid!" that we would sell out our inheritance for temporary ease or comfort. The callings, mezuzah's, and revelation through discipleship is ours, we cannot be shaken! We serve a God that strengthens us to the farthest limits! Grab hold of this word, the truth in it, & your stand in your allotted inheritance.
Our King has been laying down a foundational groundwork as we carry on with our Ancient Paths series in this sermon entitled “Ancient Paths: Ancient Laws”. Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade lead us through the law, prophets, and writings as they outline the overwhelming nature of the eternal, perfect, and life-giving Ancient Laws. In order to continue on the Ancient Paths laid before us, we must recognize the Ancient Laws serve as Mile Markers for us! Mile Markers reminding us we are on the right route, giving us confidence. The Ancient Law, the Word of God, is the judge of our thoughts and actions. We must be careful not to base our judgments on our feelings and opinions, but through the Ancient Law given by the one and only lawgiver and judge. As you listen to this sermon, be challenged, inspired, and encouraged by the Ancient Laws designed to keep you on the Ancient Path!
The Lord has been in our midst working as we're walking on his Ancient Paths. Our warrior king has walked through the ancient door and he is calling this body to follow him. In this sermon entitled Ancient Paths: Possess the Ancient Gates, Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade remind us that God wants to use us to possess the gates of HIS enemies. The man who has learned to relinquish control of every area of his life will possess the gates and turn back the battle at the gates. We become dangerous to the enemy like Abraham, Samson, and Peter. When you relinquish control of every area and submit the leading of his spirit, you will be met with supernatural, chain breaking power that causes the kingdom to break out. This is no dream, this is kingdom on earth reality in our midst. As you watch this sermon, know that it is a certainty that we will possess THE ancient gate and let your confidence rise.
In our 5th installment in the series Ancient Paths, Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade enlighten us to the one Ancient Door that leads to life. While there are many other ancient doors that may seem appealing, there is only ONE prescribed Way - the narrow Way. From Passover to the coming of our Messiah, there is one Ancient Door that Jesus walked through, and we must follow Him in! Passage into this Ancient Door requires purity and clean hands, leading us into the presence of the King of Glory! He empowers us with His strength and might to overcome just as He did. King Jesus tells us to knock confidently and the Ancient Door will be opened for us. So, what are YOU waiting for? It's time to enter in!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue leading us down the Ancient Paths with Ancient Paths: Mobile Mountain. What the Lord initiated at Mount Sinai was never supposed to stay there. In fact, it never has. God's ancient path has always been that his mountain became mobile. The giving of the Law was the initiation of war, on the mountain of God the rules of engagement were issued to the nations and the power that influence them. In the first chapter of Deuteronomy, God sent his people on a campaign to take everything his mountain to the enemy and he tells us the same. We are to take the fight to the enemy and free the captives. Jesus is the Mobile Mountain that has made us like him. We have been saved by him, seated with him, and stationed in him to reek havoc on the enemies kingdom. We are no longer stationary church! We are Mobile Mountains carrying Yahweh Tzaba'ot's dominion to the nations!
We are living in special times! The Lord is continuing to reveal his ancient paths to us in Ancient Paths: Ancient Mountains. From the vine to the mountains, we're reminded that since ancient times there has been a battle between two kingdoms represented by two mountains. Our pastor's masterfully show us the origin of this deviant defection began at Mount Hermon in Genesis 6 and continued to propagate itself throughout Israel's history, but God's not threatened by this. His ancient path that was revealed at Mount Sinai is one of perpetual victory and it was fully revealed in his Son. Jesus has given us the keys to victory that we're learning to war for! As you listen to this empowering word from our pastors, let it fill you with freedom and confidence, and take your place in the Army of God!
LCM! We have heard the clarion call to ask for the ancient paths and our good father is beginning to reveal to us the only good way! In this message, Pastor Wade and Pastor Matt shed light on the depths and intricacies of the fermentation process. Our pastors open our eyes to the age old Israeli process of bring wine from the vine through this fermentation process. The catalyst from this supernatural process in us is yeast. No not the yeast of the Pharisee's that Jesus warns his disciples about in Matthew 16, but the yeast of the kingdom that works through the the entire batch. We are admonished to let the yeast of the kingdom permeate every facet of our lives while simultaneously removing contaminants aimed at spoiling the vine. Let the fermentation of his Spirit & the yeast of his Word empower your fellowship with him and his people as you listen to this timely word.
Today we start a new sermon series on Ancient Paths! We have been blessed at LCM with a way of life that originates out of a Israeli vine that is of old. Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade take us on a journey through scripture where we learn that the power of this new life originates in the miracle of fermentation. This fermentation that our pastors demonstrate was supernaturally given first to Israel with the pouring out of the Holy Spirit by the father and has now been poured out on us. We are walking in ancient paths by the power of the old wine!
In the 11th and final installment of our Dialing In During Dark Days series, Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade urge us to Be Quiet and Speak Up! Far too many times, there is chaos roaring on the inside while that causes strife on the outside. In this sermon we look at powerful examples from the lives of Moses, Elijah, and Peter that show us how to quiet the internal chaos so that we can live boldly and confidently for the glory of our king! We find Adonai's voice in the whisper so that we can stand up and declare boldly what he tells us to. Whether man or woman, our pastors show us that the pathway to accomplishing his will first starts with calming that internal chaos so that the power of our God can be displayed through us! Listen to this rousing message and get ready to Speak up with weighty words.
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver a message that fundamentally shapes how we see ourselves in relation to God's Divine Design. As you watch this continuation of our Dialing In series, the Spirit will open your eyes to how God has created you to be look like him, act like him, and to think like him right now, on the Earth! This message stirred our souls as were reminded that the key to functioning in our Divine Design is to exalt the Lord First, so that he can reveal to you who you are in him. He has a singular plan, and that is that we will be his representatives on the Earth! We are the church! And we will make known who he is on the earth and in the heavens! Let this message stir your soul as you confidently model his image today!
During one of the coldest and darkest days in Texas history, our LCM family bundled up and gathered together in this Wednesday night service to be the church and body of Christ. In this message you will hear Pastor Wade and Pastor Matthew share a right word for the right time titled Dependency. Illustrating in the scripture that difficult times display your level of dependency and how we can successfully demonstrate a dependency that is filled with joy and overflowing with hope!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue with our Dialing In During Dark Days series with this sermon entitled, "His Distinction is Our Distinction". Exodus 15:11 declares, "Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you-- majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?" Like Moses, our song of confidence should be based on the absolute supremacy, distinction, and goodness of our God!! This confidence is based on HIS character and His giving us the Way that we must walk in! HE then gives us men, priests, who are able to show us how to walk in the Way and help us to draw near to HIM! This entire process is designed to give us full assurance as we hold unswervingly to HIM, because HE is faithful!! Listen to this sermon now and let His distinction become your distinction!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Dialing In During Dark Days series with this sermon entitled, "Dialing In True Distinction". True distinction starts with knowing that there is no one like our God!! He is not a man that he should lie or change His mind! When He speaks, He always acts! When He promises, He always fulfills! (Numbers 23:19) Talk about distinction!! There is no God like ours who pardons sins and forgives transgression of His people Israel and those who have been included in their promises. He delights to show mercy and have compassion on us! (Micah 7:18-20) Talk about distinction!! There is no one who can compare to our God! Even in the heavenly council, HE is greatly feared! He is more awesome than all the heavenly beings. Who is like you , LORD God Almighty?? Now, that's true distinction!! The practical, relevant fruit of this truth is that your fears will be crushed, your anxieties annihilated, and you will have complete confidence as you walk in true distinction. Listen to this sermon now!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Dialing In During Dark Days series with this sermon entitled, "Dialing In Empowered Deeds". Our pastors passionately pursue the truth that God empowers those who are partnering with Him to accomplish divine deeds. The Spirit of God has always empowered men as they set themselves to carry out His Will! Moses, Othniel, Gideon, Barnabas, Saul, and so many others are said to have the Spirit of God come upon them powerfully! Let this message help transform your weakness into strength and become powerful in battle!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Dialing In During Dark Days series with this sermon entitled, "Dialing In Divinely Directed Deeds". Now that we have dialed in our discernment by ultimately dialing in our partnership with God, it is now time to dial in our deeds! Make no mistake about it, to partner with God is the goal of dialing in your discernment! Our pastors illustrate the powerful revelation that God's partnership with you allows HIM to share HIS thoughts, HIS concerns, the topics that HE is seeing and hearing and most importantly, HIS plan to accomplish HIS will on earth!! We not only find out where HE wants to send us, but why and how!! No other source of deriving our deeds can be sought other than the divine partnership that you have dialed in! Listen to this sermon now and let the Spirit of God encourage you toward divinely directed deeds!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade continue our Dialing In Series with this sermon entitled, "Dialing in Discernment: Partnership". After clinching with the reality of our dark days, our pastors help place each and every member of LCM on the proper pathway of progress to be able to partner with God to accomplish His will on earth. What a great, golden gift!! To be able to dial in discernment is not a mystical or ambiguous process...the LORD clearly lays outs steps for us to follow so that He is able to empower each person as they "set the dial" for each step in the process. Listen to this sermon now and unlock the treasuries of heaven as we partner with God and extend His throne and Kingdom here on the earth!!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade continue our Dialing In During Dark Days series with this sermon entitled, "Dialing In Discernment: Through the Spirit and Word". Even in the midst of the dark days that we are in, God is graciously and supernaturally helping us to dial in our discernment. Now that we know the Father more...now that we are knowing ourselves, both in what must be crucified and what must be put on so our image is renewed in God's presence...now we have the joy of having the Spirit and Word make us come alive! When the Holy Spirit of Truth comes, he guides us into all truth! The Spirit and the Word are always acting in coordination to be able to teach us the will of the Father! Listen to this sermon now so that you can be taught the will of God as His good Spirit leads you on level ground!!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, & Pastor Wade continue our Dialing in Discernment series with this sermon entitled, "Knowing Yourself". In our dark days of famine, there are many things that we are told to focus on. Make no mistake about it, if the world is telling us to focus on particular differences, then you can rest assured that it is a demonic trap to keep us from rightly engaging with God's Word, God's Will, and God's Spirit! The only differences that can be found in the human race are whether a person is in Christ or remains outside of Christ. These essential differences require us to dial in our discernment!! Dialing in your discernment begins with knowing the Father. It then quickly progresses to knowing yourself. You must know the things in you that you must get rid of, drag out, and expose by the light of God's revelation. This is for the purpose of crucifying those sinful ways. Moreover, we must then have God's image of us renewed as we engage and battle for the deeds that God has assigned for us to accomplish! Knowing the Father at the gates of Praise will lead us to put to death our sinful nature at the bronze altar and allow us to renew His image in us at the laver! Listen to this sermon to dial in your discernment and truly know yourself.
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade inaugurate a new series with this sermon entitled, Dialing In Discernment. With amazing transparency and Spirit led preaching, these men of God demonstrate how to dial in your discernment by starting with knowing who God is! In the dark days of difficulty, deep doubt, or discouragement, you can become more discerning than ever. Listen to this sermon now, eliminate faithless thoughts and actions, and dial in your discernment!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matthew, & Pastor Wade conclude our Joseph's Storehouse series with this sermon entitled, "Empowered to Produce". It is a good thing to go to the storehouse to receive seed! It is better to become a storehouse! Ultimately, the goal is to produce a crop from your storehouse so that you can become a self-seeding storehouse that is able to multiply ministries! The divine revelation that our pastors shared with us is that for those who have heard the Word, retained it, and persevere in it, the inevitable result is that you WILL produce a crop! You have been empowered to produce the quantity and quality of harvest that is able to save both yourself and your hearers. You WILL produce a crop as you look to Abraham and Sarah, the original rock quarry that we have been hewn from. The great news is that even if you sowed seed in tears, you WILL reap with songs of joy! You WILL come back with sheaves of harvest in hand! Listen to this message and learn the lessons of Joseph's Storehouse and you WILL produce a harvest of righteousness!!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Joseph's Storehouse series with this sermon entitled, "Empowered to Persevere". Now that you have gathered gratefulness and began to cultivate the seed of God's revelation in your life... now that you are retaining the Word by watering it faithfully to grow the seed of heavenly revelation... now is the time to be empowered to persevere so that you can produce a crop for the LORD!! Our pastors give heavenly insight on how to persevere in an insightful and practical way. Persevering requires that you continue towards the original goal. Persevering requires you to remain in Him! Persevering requires you to become joyfully immovable and persevering requires that you be empowered to persevere until there is full production of God's Word! Listen to this sermon now to be propelled, equipped, and Empowered to Persevere!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade continue our Joseph's Storehouse series with this sermon entitled, "Retain It". After clinching with the ever darkening days that we are living in, our pastors give us the way forward now that we have gathered & cultivated gratefulness. The way forward is for us to retain the Word/revelation that we have been given. We retain the revelation when we remember what God has done! As we recount the Word & our testimonies, we are providing water for the revelation to grow! We must then bring the seed into reality! Bringing the Word into reality should be at the heart of every true believer! This key to success is also the key to retaining the Word! Lastly, we must renew the revelation. It is our privilege and duty to cause an increase in the seed we have been given! The singular verse of revelation should grow and become a Scripture string as we water and retain the treasure-filled seed. Let these men of God challenge you since you have learned to gather the seed and cultivate the seed, so that you can Retain It! by watering it!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, & Pastor Wade continue our Joseph's Storehouse series with this sermon entitled, "Cultivating Gratefulness". There is no doubt that we have entered dark days of famine. Simply viewing the evening news brings this into focus. Our pastors give the crystal clear clarity to show us that the imperishable nature of the seed we have received from the Word is flawless! It is the soil of our heart that must be cultivated! We must hear the Word, retain it, and then persevere in it in order to produce a crop of gratefulness! Listen to this sermon now to identify the harden path, the rocky ground, and the thorny nature of ungratefulness so that you might produce an exponential crop!
Our pastors start the new year with a new series "Joseph's Storehouse" and this first sermon entitled, "Gathering Gratefulness". Joined by Pastor Nick Slaughter of The Arising Church, these pastors share from the story of Joseph in Genesis 41 and 47. After years of abundance, a famine is upon God's people and the world. By examining Joseph's Storehouse and specifically his ability to gather gratefulness, the key to prospering and flourishing in the midst of famine is given. We have the storehouses of heaven open and these pastors help us discover an even greater truth... we must become the storehouse!! We move from merely desiring food to having seed! This is the year for us to galvanize our granary and gather gratefulness! Listen to this sermon as many times as necessary for you to display glorious gratefulness! even in the time of famine.
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade conclude our Metamorphosis series with this sermon entitled, "No Remedy". In the prophet Jeremiah's time, the message was that judgment was unavoidable! There was no remedy for the sins of the people as they forsook the spring of living water and built broken cisterns. Our pastors demonstrate through the Word, that we are in the days of Jeremiah! The times of mocking God’s messengers, despising His words and scoffing at his prophets has brought about an era of judgment for which there is no remedy. While there is no remedy for the difficulties and judgment that are ahead, there is also no remedy for men and women of God who stand resolute in their personal metamorphosis to be transformed into what the Groom is! Today is the day to have a metamorphosis in your perspective of that which is to come. Today is the day to get ready! Today is the day to stand up and speak up with worthy words! Today is the day to become the Bride of Christ! Listen to this sermon today, to become the fortress of righteousness, the bronze wall to stand against that which is to come. Today is the day to experience a metamorphosis!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade continue our Metamorphosis series with this sermon entitled, "Biden' Time". Our Pastors have the right Word at the right time and are confident that it will cause the right results in our congregation... namely righteousness! Gleaning from the teachings and the time of Jeremiah and Jesus, you will be challenged to define the day and time you are in differently!! False prophets and false prophecy will be clearly defined as is the response that we must have. The true Bride of Christ isn't just "biden' her time"! The Bride of Christ knows that it is now time to build the character of Christ!! Stop just "biden' time" and let this sermon give you Divine direction for both today and the days ahead.
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Metamorphosis series with this sermon entitled, "G.U.T.S." By focusing on Jesus' Last Supper discourse (john 13-17), our pastors help demonstrate a repeating cycle that Jesus imparts to His disciples. This impartation has to do with having G.U.T.S. to achieve your purpose in the Kingdom! The goal of every believer is to glorify God by completing your assignment. This is achieved as we unify with God's Will and the Kingdom brotherhood around us. We are then able to testify, by the Word and the Holy Spirit, of God's working in our lives. We become sanctified through the truth of God's Word and by the power of the Holy Spirit! Let this sermon encourage you to have the G.U.T.S. to glorify God in every area of life!!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Metamorphosis series with this sermon entitled, "Difficulties Develop the Divine". By focusing on the book of Matthew chapters 22 through 25, our pastors lead us through some of the last lessons that Jesus presents before the cross. Jesus portrays the Kingdom of Heaven as a King who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. After becoming what the groom is, the goal of every union is to produce life! Jesus' discourse continues by demonstrating what the disciples must do to produce life. He speaks of the birth pains, the travails and the lessons that we must master. We must learn that difficulties develop the divine in us! Furthermore, we must display JOY during difficulties. What a powerful revelation!! We are not to just grin and bear it, but we are going to display overwhelming, supernatural joy! Especially in the trials because they transform us! Especially in the difficulties because they develop the divine in us! Listen to this sermon to experience the metamorphosis granted us as our difficulties develop the divine!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Metamorphosis series with this sermon entitled, "Armed with Evidence". Walking through many passages in Thessalonians and throughout the Bible, the overwhelming truth is that perseverance and faithfulness through persecutions and trials are evidence!! Evidence that you are becoming like the Groom! Evidence that you will be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God!! This truth that trials are not tragedies...they are triumphs for the real believer, should arm you with the attitude that allows you to rejoice in trials knowing that you have been saved from the wrath of God!! Let this sermon inspire you to gain the accreditation, the accolades, the proof of the Metamorphosis that is taking place inside of you as you become what Jesus is!!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Metamorphosis Series with this sermon entitled, "Wedding Story". The entire Bible is not only a war story but is focused on a wedding story. Revelation 19:7 says, "Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready." The conclusion of the matter shows us that the Bible is a powerful wedding story! Our pastors walk us through Revelation chapters 5, 6, and 7 to show us the beauty of the Wedding Story of the ages! The process of the metamorphosis into the bride of the Lamb is one that requires us to redefine tragedy and find the triumph of becoming obedient to death!! This is the path that our Groom demonstrated and is the same path that the Bride must take to become like HIM!! Let this eye opening sermon give you hope that when He appears, we will be like Him...exactly like the Groom!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade continue our Metamorphosis series with this sermon entitled, "Metamorphosis: Suffering unto Glory". Building on what we have learned about Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, our pastors walk us through the Psalms of David. Psalms 22, 23, and 24 help us gain insight into the metamorphosis of a life fully devoted to the Kingdom of God! Psalm 22 teaches us about the Suffering King. Psalm 23 describes the Shepherding King and Psalm 24 elucidates the Superior King. The implications of these truths are powerful and relevant for each believer! Listen to this sermon and experience the metamorphosis that moves you from suffering to glory!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matthew, and Pastor Wade begin a new series by delivering this revelatory sermon entitled, "Metamorphosis". These men of God take a look at the lives of Joab, Abishai, and Ittai to discover cycles of discipleship that are present in the life of every believer. Each of us begins the discipleship process as Joab but we must learn to crucify this nature in order to experience the metamorphosis needed to become Abishai. As Abishai, we must become fully committed to being shepherded so that our desires and personal prerogatives are crushed as we learn to faithfully serve our Shepherding King. The final goal of every believer, in every area of life is that we might experience the full metamorphosis into Ittai. Ittai's devotion was to leave everything to follow after King David...and this was done as a foreigner to the people and plan of God. He counted devotion to the King as the highest and most noble of privileges that he could obtain. It was this attitude of thankfulness that allowed Ittai to be a man who climbed through the ranks of the army to be a general on behalf of the King he was so dedicated to serve. You will want to listen to this sermon multiple times in order to truly grasp the potency of the Metamorphosis that is available to each of us! Follow us throughout this series to see how these foundational and transformational revelations build toward a victorious, overcoming life in Christ.
Keith Phillips and Justin Treaster muster this moving message entitled, "Hold the Line". The phrase "hold the line" can mean so many things. Thoughts of warfare immediately flood the mind. As it should!! Holding the line is a key military tactic! Unfortunately, in the American Church, this phrase has come to mean...just don't sin! These men of God help redefine this term, Biblically, historically, and practically for your life!! Listen to this sermon and learn how to become dangerous to the enemy by advancing the Kingdom!!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver this potent message entitled, "Pour Out All". Our Pastors take from the core principles that advance the Kingdom of God on Earth and the same principles that have built LCM to clearly define the attitude of pouring out all! This attitude of pouring out all, all the time is the only way to truly accomplish God's Will and become a Fountain to the Nations!! You must develop the character and the personal fire that causes you to throw off caution and denounce the need for having a reserve. Those who pour out based on how things work out, never experience the fullness of God's limitless power! You must circumcise your heart so that the trappings of your own limits can be crushed. Only then can you truly become a fountain of life, a fountain of sacrifice et. al...only then can you become a fountain to the nations. Listen to this message NOW and begin immediately to pour out all!
Pastor Wade and Gabriel Sutherland deliver this timely sermon entitled, "On The Other Side Of Obedience". The life of the overcomer is lived in obedience that is driven by love! Victory is found on the other side of obedience. John 15 reminds us that HE chose us! Not only did HE chose us, HE appointed us to go and bear lasting fruit! Better yet, we are assured that whatever we ask in HIS name, the Father will give us. Even with divine promises, our hearts can often times be unfaithful, even scoffing at what the LORD has promised. These men teach us how to find the provision, purpose, and power that we need on the other side of obedience! Listen to this sermon and commit to getting to the other side of obedience and fulfill HIS covenant of love!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver an exhilarating sermon entitled, "Can You See It?" Some sermons are birthed from daily interaction with the word and a clear direction given in prayer. In addition to these foundational principles this message has been decades in the making here at LCM and has been birthed from the heavens, true sacrifice, and years of faithful walk. The Father has a daring charge for His sons that we find in Psalm 2. He challenges them, "Ask of me!" "I will make the nations your inheritance!" The nations are at the center of God's heart and God's plan. Moses' call was sublime. His commitment sacrificial. His climb to see the entirety of the land promised to God's people was supernatural. As you listen to this sermon, let your ears be attentive and your heart transformed by the potency of this message in order that you might see God's eternal plan and the open door through which you gain access to the inheritance that can be yours! Can you see it??
Pastor Wade and Justin Linton challenge and encourage LCM with this sermon entitled, "#TheStruggleIsR.E.A.L." When this phrase is used in our day, it has come to mean that a minor annoyance has arisen and has caused a minor frustration. The kind of struggle that the true believer must engage...the kind of struggle that is real...is not one that is longing to eliminate difficulty but rather one that is willing to wrestle and struggle until the victory is won! The true believer longs to continue in a Godly struggle to see God's promises fulfilled! The true believer is ready to struggle as long as necessary to bring about the blessing of obedience that God has purposed for you! Let these men of God challenge and encourage you to engage in the Godly struggle that will in fact bring about refining in every area of life! The struggle is real!
Pastor Matt brings the heavy artillery with this sermon entitled, “Send Reinforcements”. Any successful incursion is bound to need reinforcements to be victorious with the mission. Pastor Matt shows how great men of God have always received reinforcements. In Acts 23, the Apostle Paul received the most excellent of reinforcements as the LORD stood by him and said, “take courage”! The resulting confidence propelled Paul all the way to the completion of his mission. Moses needed the same kind of reinforcement in Numbers 11! He was surrounded by despair and discouragement at the potential of failing his mission. The Lord’s answer was to send reinforcements! Empowerment by the Spirit and developing a group of men to work with him were the needed reinforcement!! This reinforcement of revelation is later displayed as it is given to the Church in Ephesians 3. Revelation builds upon revelation. God will make plain to you the secret, hidden revelation that you need. It is not a new revelation you need but a reinforcement of revelation that restates and refines the revelation already established. Let your faith in Him cause you to approach HIM with freedom and confidence as the LORD sends reinforcement by His Spirit!
Pastor Wade & Nik Arezina present this pivotal sermon entitled, "The Mission". These men of God help to bring clarity on how to find your mission...your purpose in the Kingdom! Your purpose is found within the context of the mission God has given to your church! There is one wall, one work, and one mission! Like Nehemiah you must station yourself at your position and build with the goal of connecting your section to the rest of the wall. Like Paul, you must be committed to one work with great humility and no hesitation! You must take courage to perfect the mission here that you will utilize to stir others with there! This is a pivotal sermon that you will want to listen to many times. Gather your family, listen now and take courage to go up with us!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver classified military intelligence straight from the Heavenly command center with this sermon entitled, "Tactics of War". Joshua 9 demonstrates a powerful tactic of the enemy, namely how he resorts to a ruse. This ploy, stratagem, scheme, gambit is a clever deception that works on most believers! Our pastors demonstrate how the ruse of the enemy is designed to use familiar items, feelings, and experiences that evoke in us subtle, sinful sympathies and soulish senses. When we have sinful sympathies towards those devoted to destruction we find ourselves falling prey to the ruse, deviating from God's Word, and ultimately failing to walk victoriously in our lives. When we are led by our soulish senses, sampling the provisions of the enemy, we fail to inquire of the LORD and are hurdling toward inevitable failure. Thankfully, devotion is the key to overcoming the ruse of sympathy and being led by our senses. Devotion to His Word, His work, discipleship, prayer, and the brotherhood are the keys to victory!! Listen to this sermon now to end the enemy's ruse and find victory for you and the generations to come!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver this poignant message entitled, "Take Your Seat". Realizing that God is good in everything He does allows for us come to terms with the fact that our flesh revolts against His fiery and break through leadership in our lives! We stay full of pride and arrogance that is displayed in our exaltation of our own preference and opinion. Our pastors help us to identify and crucify pride and arrogance by rightly taking our seat in humility!! The One who breaks open the way will go up before them (Micah 2:13)! Jesus instructs us in Matthew 11:29 to "take my yoke upon you and learn from me..." the explanation that follows is astounding! HE says to take his yoke because he is 'gentle and humble in heart'! What an incredible revelation. Let this sermon revive and heal you as it insightfully trains you how to crucify pride and arrogance while taking your seat in humility so that you might be seated with Christ on His Throne!!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver this powerful message entitled, "Standard Issue". Our pastors get precise, heavenly, military intelligence from the life of Gideon and the Standard Issue that is given to each of his 300 warriors. Every believer has been given their standard issue...the exact weaponry needed for survival! The time is now for us to acquire the precise coordinates from heaven so we can deliver the ordnances of heaven! It's time to watch mighty warriors rightly and successfully utilize their standard issue. It's time to follow the Godly leaders in our lives that know how to dial in the precise coordinates. It's time to do exactly as the generals in the faith have done! Let this message move you from the fog of war into the clarity of precise, military conquest!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver this encouraging sermon entitled, "Taste & See". Moses sent spies out into the promised land to evaluate the condition of the people, the land, and the soil. He then asks, "Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land." Moses is asking for a sample so the people could Taste and See the giant fruit in the land. Any land with giant fruit also has giant problems! Yet the point of us having the first fruits sample is so that we will have the courage to go up and fight for what God has promised us! We can certainly do it! You can certainly do it! You are completely able! You are more than an overcomer! You are more than just daring, you are dangerous to the enemy! You can attain it! Listen to this sermon to be spurred on to be filled with the power of God! Taste and See that the Lord is good!
Session #9 of the One Association Conference 2020, Pastor Michael Hutchinson from Remnant Church ignites our souls on fire through his message focusing on Crowns. He concludes our conference by directing us to strive to raise up the generations after us that will become our crown before the King of Kings. Throwing away paper crowns of our own efforts so that we can raise up disciples that are dangerous to the enemy. Disciples that will be our crown just as Elisha was the crown of Elijah, making both you and your disciples Dangerous to the Enemy!
Session #8 of the One Association Conference 2020, Pastor Jake Womack of Submission Ministries addresses the Leprosy of Selfish Ambition. He details through the story of Gehazi how the decaying disease of selfish ambition destroys the works God gives you, removing your ability to be dangerous to the Enemy. This episode also includes at the end the ordination of Jake Womack and Zack Lam as pastors of Submission Ministries.
Session #7 of the One Association Conference 2020, Pastor Buddy Brasseaux from Echad 2 Peru fills our hearts with fire in his message "The Mantle". He describes how you are chosen to be prepared for discipleship. Enabling you to face danger and becoming dangerous to the enemy. Elijah prepared Elisha for the purpose to wear his mantle and become more dangerous to the enemy than he was.
Session #6 of the One Association Conference 2020, Pastor Eric Treaster of New Life Ministries encourages us with his message titled "The Remnant is Dangerous to the Enemy". Calling us to be the few that stand for righteousness like Moses and Joshua. Courageous men and women who rid his life of all hinderances like Elisha in order to be just like his Disciple-Maker.
Session #5 of the One Association Conference 2020, Pastors Nick Slaughter and Nick Masi of the Arising Church confront us with their message "Kings of Compromise". Their message will challenge you to conquer your Ahab-like cowardice and become a transformed, courageous, dangerous to the enemy, King of Christ!
Session #4 of the One Association Conference 2020, Pastors Wade Sutherland and Matthew Perot of Life Changing Ministries deliver a message titled "Cloak and Dagger". They address the covert actions of selfish ambition as seen in Elisha's servant, Gehazi. Revealing the mystery of how to be Dangerous to the Enemy by getting the Gehazi out of our hearts and running to be Cloaked in Christ with the Dagger of God's word.
Session #3 of the One Association Conference 2020, Pastor Justin Johnson of King's Harvest Church illuminates the necessity of being washed in the Truth of God's word. Then, like Naaman's slave girl, you can boldly speak the truth in every situation and become Dangerous to Enemy!
Session #2 of the One Association Conference 2020, Pastor Brent Vincent shares on Forcefully Advancing. "Normal" does not make you dangerous to the enemy, Forcefully Advancing the Kingdom of God does!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade go on the war path with this sermon entitled, "Heavenly High Ground". Our God is a warrior and we are at war! We gain the military advantage when we take the heavenly high ground! It is there that our hearts are made secure, our fear is defeated, and we are able to look in triumph on our foes (Ps. 112). Our pastors help us to engage with the truth that first, we must stand immoveable and secure on the heavenly high ground. Then we must make our every effort about fight from the high ground, never descending to the demonic dissenters. Then the key to it all is that we must be willing to die on this heavenly high ground. Paul understood this principle and repeatedly discussed "dying every day" and "to live is Christ and to die is gain." Listen to this message and strengthen your resolve to choose to die on the heavenly high ground! It is the only way to have victory assured!!
Pastor Wade delivers this uplifting sermon entitled, "Going Up Higher". Deuteronomy 1:26-27 tells us what it is like when people are unwilling to go up higher...they rebel against the commands of God and grumble in their hearts that God is maleficent instead of magnificent. Pastor Wade helps to illustrate how to go up higher. We must move out from our positions, follow God's providence, and stand exactly where God determines without deviation or delay. This is proven in Ephesians 2:6 when it is declared that we are raised up with Christ and seated with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus!! Listen to this sermon to learn how to set your hearts and minds on things above. Let the Holy Spirit move you to follow God's decrees and carefully stand on His laws as you keep Going Up Higher!
Pastor Matthew Perot delivers an exhilarating sermon entitled, "Throwing Up". The Christian life is full of ups and downs, twists and turns, crests and valleys that can be stomach churning. What a thrilling, stirring, rousing life!! Many people focus on the difficulties of life. The moments when our feeble hands fail and our week knees give way. But for the real Christian, these are the moments to throw up your hands and receive strength in the journey. Be invigorated as you seek the Lord's ultimate outcome on this inspiring, sensational ride of faith! What do you need to throw up so that heavenly hands can reach down and strengthen you? Listen to this sermon now and be confident in what you are throwing up!!
Pastor Matt & Pastor Wade deliver this felicitous (well suited) sermon entitled, "National Disaster". Beginning in Titus 1:9, our pastors teach us the import of men...more specifically elders...who hold to the trustworthy message as it has been taught! Men like Moses, Hezekiah, and Nehemiah teach us important lessons on what it is to be firm in their convictions and steady in their resolve no matter the adversity, difficulty, or pressure. These men were not alone in their pursuits, but had other Godly men with whom they partnered and yoked themselves, that provided the help to stay steady while progressing through all opposition. You must take the same course to avert not only a national disaster, but a supernatural disaster as well! Listen to this sermon now and learn how to avoid the "National Disaster".
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver this pertinent sermon entitled, "Favorite Food". Jesus clearly declares in John 4 that His food was to do the will of the Father and finish His work. This principle of finding your sustenance in action-filled steps of obedience is paramount in the Kingdom! Learning that man doesn't live on bread alone but on every word that comes from God's mouth gives us the confidence to be able to handle the inevitable, predictable outcome of adversity. For the man who has the food of accomplishing God's will, who has the tenacity to overcome adversity and affliction, he is the one who can be absolutely assured of the advantage that comes as a result of this process! The true believer feeding on God's Word and God's will always has the advantage in every situation. He will be able to see and hear the revelation of the heavens, be empowered by God's Spirit, and achieve what few others can...a life that fulfills God's Will!! Make His Will your favorite food today!
Pastor Wade delivers this "right on" word with this sermon entitled, "Faith in Friends". Men like Abraham and Moses were declared to be friends of God! Jesus furthers this idea by declaring that it is His desire to no longer call us servants but rather friends! Friendship with God is designed to produce an intimacy with Him that is marked by absolute transparency. Friendship and intimacy establish the compass for compassion, giving direction to our efforts. Jesus' life demonstrates this progression! His friendship with the Father and on-going intimacy, rightly directed His compass of compassion and provided for healings, miracles, and more. We must devote our lives in the Kingdom to being motivated by our friendship and intimacy with the Father! We are no longer slaves...we are friends! Let this sermon guild your "Faith in Friends"!
Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola provide this incredibly encouraging and timely message entitled, "One Heart, One Way". Focusing on Jeremiah 32:39, we find the pathway to singleness of heart and action. These men of God help elucidate how "Echad" in our hearts and actions produce a fire for the Lord that can pass back and forth between believers. By having one heart and one way, your actions and declaration are in agreement! As you take one faith filled step after another, you find God helping you every step of the way! Then you are able to have an immediate, speedy response to God's directions...never swaying like a reed, rather planted like a mighty oak! All of this culminates in tangible unity!! A unity that testifies of God's power in our lives. Let this message instruct, embolden, and inspire you to have one heart and one way!
Nik Arezina presents this incredibly encouraging message entitled, "Travailing Pursuit". Far beyond the trivial, the path to overcoming is filled with travailing, laboring, and putting all your effort into it. Travailing to remember the things the Lord has done will allow you to continue to serve the Lord throughout your lifetime! Travailing to put your hope in God for His inheritance in you and your inheritance in Him will allow you to display full confidence in the resurrection! Travailing to faithfully follow the Lord by going after the allotment the Lord prepared for you enables the next generation to set their sights on the allotment and inheritance as well! Let this sermon move you beyond the trivial and lead you into a Travailing Pursuit!
Eric Stephens, Matt Perot, and Wade Sutherland, united in conquest, deliver this stirring word entitled, "Unanswered Questions". These men pose four of the most important questions in the Kingdom. What will God inherit? How will God get there? What are we to inherit? How do we hope to get there? By carefully looking at Deuteronomy 32:8-9 & Ephesians 1:18 we discover a plainly stated, but for most, a complete novel concept that God has an inheritance! God will get His inheritance! The way that God goes about getting His inheritance is in fact the way that we must go about getting the inheritance that has been assigned to us! You are going to want to listen to this message many times, until the answers to these questions are fully developed in your understanding and on full display in your life! Listen now!!
Eric Stephens and Payton Parsons present this potent sermon entitled, "Until the End". Delving into Luke 13, these men of God share with us a full scale revelation that will stop you in your tracks! They then highlight the cowardly retort of the so-called wise. Finally, Eric & Payton give the green light of a supernatural, Spirit filled response to press on...Until the End!! As you finish your course, you will be perfected as your goals become His goals. You will tremendously blessed by an incredible song from Payton Parsons! Listen now!
Eric Stephens, Matthew Perot, and Wade Sutherland deliver this memorable sermon entitled, "Golden Goral". God has a divinely destined allotment, known in Hebrew as "goral", for each believer! Our pastors take us through a process of understanding the intricacies of this concept and then make incredibly vital connections that relate to our everyday lives and more importantly our destiny in the Kingdom! Your allotment was not assigned to you based on your ability, strength, intellect, or social standing, rather it was based on God's divine providence and decision. The problem is that most live in much too narrow of a realization of what they have been allotted by divine destiny. This sermon will address the giant obstacles and give you the courage to know that YOU CAN live in the fulness of your "goral"! Take time to do more than listen to this sermon...let this sermon sink deep into your spirit so you can clear the allotment and fully realize God's Golden Goral in your life!
Pastor Matt & Pastor Wade deliver this timely sermon entitled, "Press In". Learning from the life of Jacob in Genesis 32, our pastors take us through the dangers of having two camps. Having two camps causes us to pacify our fears, pacify our unworthy feelings, and pacify our lack of direction! We must press in to God's presence to be able to find out the one way that God wants us to obey! God is never of two opinions or two camps on any subject! No amount of gifts can pacify those who are living in two camps. The only solution is to wrestle with God so that you can overcome the desire to pacify. Wrestling with God will cause you to find the one camp you need! Listen to this sermon now and learn to crush any attempts to pacify and begin to Press In!
Eric Stephens and Judah Stephens present this pivotal and potent message entitled, "Seventy Sons of Samaria". By looking at the life of Jehu, King of Israel, each believer is challenged to wholeheartedly pursue God's will! Our assignment in life is often times generations in the making and is made for the generations. When God changes a man...when God invests His authority in a man...God expects that man to operate in and under God's authority. Living a life like Jehu, a life that executes judgment against the enemies of God, will create momentum in your life that reflects the momentum of the Kingdom that can last through the generations. Like Jehu, you must deny the conclave of the compromised who claim to want peace but only consider God's righteousness to be insanity and full of treachery. Listen to this sermon now!
Eric Stephens, Matthew Perot, and Wade Sutherland share this encouraging sermon entitled, "Emergency Mandate". Genesis 8 teaches us that as long as the earth endures there will be seedtime and harvest. The Kingdom is built on the principles of sowing and reaping! We know what it is like to live in the negative consequences of our actions, but the encouragement, the emergency mandate, is that we can count on the positive consequences of our actions too! God has set His Word and His heart towards blessing each with the fruit of unfailing love, showering righteousness upon you, allowing His favor to last a lifetime, and providing joy and laughter as a sign of His goodness! We have the opportunity to sown seeds today that WILL produce positive consequences in the future! Our emergency mandate is to sown for ourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of His unfailing love (Hosea 10:12)!
Eric Stephens, Matt Perot, and Wade Sutherland deliver this distinguishing message entitled, "Dependent, Drawn, and Divinely Directed". Utilizing the truths found in the Tabernacle protocol for prayer, our pastors diligently demonstrate the absolute necessity for us to recognize our utter bankruptcy and desperate need for complete, repeated, and daily dependency upon God for our every action, our every word, and our ability to complete His will! This recognition of our absolute dependency should cause us to draw near to Him! As believers, we have been credited with righteousness but we should also be acutely aware that His righteousness is not seen in us nearly enough! We are unholy men & women! The glorious solution is that we are being drawn by a holy God and HE will make us holy as we draw near to Him!! Once our dependency is beyond doubt. Once we have responded by drawing near the One that is drawing near to us, we are able to receive HIS lion-like divine directives! Revelation 5 gives the key to have lion-like obedience and resolve that will bring glory to the Father! Listen to this sermon now and let the author and perfecter of our faith demonstrate dependency as we draw close and find a divinely directed walk with HIM!
Eric Stephens, Matt Perot, and Wade Sutherland hear from the heavens and deliver this pivotal, paradigm shifting sermon entitled, "Sons not Fools". Ecclesiastes 5 teaches us, "Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong." These men of God teach us how to guard our steps as we pray through the Tabernacle!! Following the protocol and heavenly design of the Tabernacle structure we are able to learn to rightly walk through the steps of prayer that give us closeness, clarity, and confidence as we pray! Our prayers are designed to be effective and fervent! This message is one you will want to listen to many times! Let your discussions be driven by this sermon and the protocol and power of praying through the Tabernacle!!
Elder Eric Stephens & Pastor Wade Sutherland conclude our Godly Sorrow series with this sermon entitled, "No Regrets". Walking through the entirety of the Word of God, these pastors provide clarity on the brilliant insight seen in Chiastic literary structure. From Genesis to Revelation, passages in the Word that are written in chiastic structure are able to emphasize, amplify, and clarify unparalleled truths! The final portion of the sermon took this new found understanding of chiastic structures and demonstrated the key to all treasures found in 2 Corinthians 7:10-11. Our pastors gave at least three extraordinary lessons for you to grasp from the chiastic structure in 2 Corinthians. First, there is a parallel relationship between every action mentioned in the verse that will enrich both your daily walk and your overall understanding in the Kingdom. Second, this whole process can be summarize in three statements that are the definition of a victorious life of Faith. Third, the "Unparalleled Truth" revealed in this structure is the key to your entire walk with God in any circumstance, at any time, and in every station of life. Listen to this sermon now and learn this unparalleled truth that will leave you living a life with no regret!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Godly Sorrow series with this powerful and poignant sermon entitled, "Alarm". The central focus of what Godly Sorrow produces is found in the Fear of the Lord, which the Apostle Paul calls alarm. Developing a Fear of the Lord must become a primary theme in the life of every believer. Often times, each believer is caught in the trap of dealing with many other fears besides a Fear of the Lord. Fear of exposure or transparency, fear of loss, fear of man, and fear of failure are all signs of worldly sorrow and not Godly Sorrow. Our pastors lead us through the process of getting victory over these fears as they exalt the Fear of the Lord! Listen and let your heart be renovated by this powerful Word!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Godly Sorrow series with this sermon entitled, "Carriers of Indignation". The progression of Godly Sorrow takes us from Earnestness to Eagerness and now to indignation. The product of Godly Sorrow is that we carry a great burden that results in indignation for sin. This great burden is found in carrying the unleavened bread of God's Word, God's divine Spirit, and the Holy things assigned to us on our shoulders. We must lift up the Son and not our sin! Worldly indignation is focused on your weaknesses, your sin, and your self loathing while Godly indignation hates sin first in us and then in others. We learn to hate sin because God hates sin! Much like Psalm 45:7 we learn to love righteousness first and then hate sin with a Godly indignation! This is Godly Sorrow in action! Listen to this piercing sermon as you learn to be a carrier of indignation!!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Godly Sorrow series with this sermon entitled, "Eagerness: Our Divine Defense". Eagerness to clear yourself is the second major component of what Godly Sorrow produces in us! Eagerness to have divine direction, divine determination, and a divine defense is created by our obedience and passionate pursuit of God's instruction in our life! Self defense will never achieve for us the Godly results that we are seeking. Self direction cannot and will not produce Godliness in us. We must allow the Godly Sorrow that is being worked in us to produce an eager determination to follow divine direction before we have heard the instructions! We must allow our actions to be our defense and clear our lives from the stain of sin!! Listen to this poignant and powerful message that will challenge you and direct you toward divine defense so your actions can be evidence of the sin cleansing power of our God!!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade begin this foundationally transforming series with this sermon entitled, "Godly Sorrow: The First Step". 2 Corinthians 7:10-11 gives a crystal clear picture and lays heavenly ground work for a powerful, Godly attribute that brings repentance, leads to salvation, and leaves no regret. Godly Sorrow is one of the most powerful topics that most have never studied! Our pastors focus on the first step that is produced from Godly Sorrow...Earnestness! Earnestness causes you to run toward the actual problem without delay and without excuse. Many mistake guilt, shame, and selfishness in place of Godly Sorrow. This produces an endless cycle of "repenting" without the power to overcome. Listen to this sermon and let the LORD establish you on the path towards Godly Sorrow as you engage in this First Step!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade powerfully deliver this piercing message entitled, "Swallowed Up: Resurrection Power on Display". Our pastors share the powerful revelation that we must be swallowed up in resurrection daily! Psalm 124 begins with the phrase, "if the Lord had not been on our side"...a phrase that all true believers can relate to! If the Lord wasn't on our side fear would have swallowed us up, pride would have engulfed us, but because of God's great power we have not been swallowed by those sins, instead we have been swallowed by His resurrection power! This allows us to crush fear, demolish pride, and walk in confidence as we experience daily life from the dead. Let the real life examples and heavenly insight of this message pierce your soul and move you to be swallowed up!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue to sound a clarion call in this sermon entitled, "Double Take". The double take indicates that you have initially failed to perceive the significance of the situation that you are currently in and must go back for a second look. God is calling LCM to notice the significance of the season we are in! We must both take a stand on the truth of God's Word so richly poured out upon us and we must take action demonstrating our faith, love, and loyalty to the great King of Creation!! The double take demands a deeper discernment and more fervent action in our daily lives. This message is for those who are ready to bring every area of their life into the light and see victory!! This message is for those who are ready to have their hand freeze to the sword of God's Word and stand with our great King! This is message is for you if you are ready to "double take"!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade strongly direct the family of LCM with this sermon entitled, "High Alert!" 1 Peter 5:8 gives the call to the Body to be on high alert by reminding of the prowling enemy that is looking to devour. Our pastors call us to high alert by illuminating the specific areas in our lives that are intended to be the little foxes that spoil the vineyard. Focusing on the shalom of our families, the litany of distractions that abound, our feelings that move us instead of the Word, and our own victim mentality we see how the Word gives us the response to being called to high alert! We must get back to the basics of what God has already given LCM! We must lift up our family banner, dedicate ourselves to daily disciplines, become what LCM produces, advance with a confidence derived from the heavens, and expect victory!! Listen now and let the Spirit of God call you to High Alert!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver this rousing sermon entitled, "Fully Trained". Luke 6:40 teaches that when a disciple is fully trained he will be like his teacher. Our pastors take this principle and demonstrate what LCM is and the kind of men and women that LCM produces! Utilizing the seven core principles of our church, our people are given the clarion call to "follow me" in our pursuit of Foundational Transformation, Full Price, Family Function, Fiery Faith, Full Gospel Presentation, Favor Israel, and becoming a Fountain to the Nations! These are not just our written principles, this is who we are! This is what we produce! This is why we make the call to follow us as we achieve what God has called LCM to be! Follow us to be fully trained!!
Nik Arezina, Payton Parsons, & Cody Stephens present this potent sermon entitled "A Priestly Produce". Kingdom seed is a vigorous seed, free from disease, and able to produce Kingdom bread for others to consume! As priests of God, the bread being produced in our lives is the offering that the LORD desires from us! We must present fiery, holy bread and not ordinary carnal bread! Timidity, distractions, yielding to comforts, unresponsiveness to convictions, and hearts that house bitterness are all forms of consuming carnal bread. Let this sermon empower you to be the kind of imperishable seed that gives its life to produce other seed & consecrated bread for the sake of the Kingdom (John 12:24)!
Pastor Matthew & Pastor Wade challenge, equip, and propel believers with this sermon entitled, "Righteousness Rising!" Taking us even further into the beautiful truths of the resurrection, our pastors move the glory of the resurrection from a distant encouragement to a daily source of power! Our lowly bodies will be transformed to be just like His glorious body (Phil 3:20-21) AND we get the benefit of the power of the resurrection being seen in our daily lives as the mortal is swallowed up by life! The effects of sin produce death, require sacrifice, and debilitates many with the distress of sin but the cure...the unadulterated hope is found in our Righteousness Rising! When our righteousness rises, we are able to live a victorious life now because of His resurrection power at work in us! Listen to this message now and let the glorious riches of this mystery come alive...namely, Christ in you, the hope of glory!!
Pastor Matthew & Pastor Wade deliver this powerful and timely message entitled, "Radiant Hope!" The resurrection of the dead is the very hope of Christianity and must be central in your life today! As we wait for the blessed hope, the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ as he raises us up at the last day, we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the full redemption and resurrection of our bodies! This hope in the resurrection allows us to overflow with joy & peace by the power of the Holy Spirit! When we have given ourselves fully to the hope of the resurrection we are able to be radiant! Radiant in how we handle sickness! Radiant in how we handle adversity! Radiant in how we grieve! Radiantly transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory! Let this message transform your hope today!
Enjoy the Memorial Celebration Service for Daniel Clay Smith! Let the hope of the resurrection fill you with victorious power as we celebrate Daniel's life and faithful completion of his race!
Eric Stephens delivers this powerful sermon entitled, "The Victorious Gospel". Delving into 1 Corinthians 15, Eric lays out the entirety of the gospel while warning against a different gospel, that is no gospel at all! The Apostle Paul lays out the gospel and passes it on as of first importance. The Gospel doesn't end with Christ's resurrection! His resurrection was proof of your resurrection! HE must rule until all he enemies are put under his feet! Our victory is assured! The Gospel declares that all believers will be what and as Jesus is! This is the Gospel!! The Gospel requires you to stand firm in this whole story. The Gospel tells you not to be moves from this story. The Gospel requires you to give yourself fully to the Work of this story! Listen to this sermon and live the Gospel!!
Pastor Wade and Pastor Matthew bring our Spiritual Hygiene series to a close with Marathon Mentality. In this message, they give four clear steps on how to have a Marathon Mentality, one that persists and therefore prevails over the Satanic Stratagems and Amalekite Assaults. They instruct us to keep our eyes fixed on our Davidic King, Jesus, as we run the race marked out for us with His mighty power within us. We are guaranteed a victorious outcome as we imitate His Marathon Mentality to the finish!
Justin Linton & Abimbola Daramola continue our Spiritual Hygiene series with this sermon entitled, "Holy Fear". One of satan's primary stratagems is to have an unholy fear dominate the lives of the believer. This unholy fear manifests itself with time stolen, unity killed, confidence destroyed, and transparency lost! These godly men encourage us to be able to say like the prophet, Micah, "as for me, I am filled with power"! A Holy Fear of the LORD allows God's mighty Holy Spirit to empower the believer and bring about freedom! Let this sermon empower you and set you free!
On this Father's Day 2020, Pastor Matt & Pastor Wade continue our Spiritual Hygiene series with this sermon entitled, "Detect & Destroy". One of the most deceptive vices is the sin of pride. Our pastors shed light on the specific characteristics of what pride looks like in our lives. Compartmentalization, smoothing things over, the blinding nature of pride, our own overconfidence, self-sufficiency, and an insatiable nature are all key elements of pride...a sin that should be hated by those who truly fear the Lord. Armed with this heavenly insight, each believer is able to detect and destroy the workings of their own sinful pride as they reverently submit to the Lord and the brotherhood of believers! Let this message help you detect and destroy pride today!
Nik Arezina and Payton Parsons continue our Spiritual Hygiene series with this sermon entitled, "Unbelief". These men of God help illuminate the areas of unbelief that we are all prone to. They also help each person understand that your actions are your greatest statement of what you really believe. Those actions of belief or unbelief are seeds that are planted in the next generation! The real problem is that belief without action is unbelief in action! Worse than that, a lack of action makes you liable! It's time for us to echo the words of the father in Mark 9 and cry out, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!! Let your believing actions move your from liable to powerful!!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade work to develop our spiritual hygiene with this sermon entitled, "Unforgiveness". As we continue to focus on celestial opposition, it becomes vital to constantly and vehemently eliminate a bitter root that will produce poisonous fruit. One of the most salient satanic stratagems to plant a bitter root is unforgiveness. Beginning with Deuteronomy 29 and moving to the clarity of Matthew 6:14-15, we learn that unless we forgive in the same manner as Jesus forgives us, we will not be forgiven! Our pastors walk us through what unforgiveness looks like in our daily lives, in our marriages, with our families, and in the unjust world around us. Don't let what you think you know about unforgiveness, cause you to miss the divine revelation found in this sermon...lest you find yourself to be an unmerciful, unforgiving, and ultimately unforgiven servant.
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver this timely message entitled, "Third Day Thinking". Having recently received revelation regarding spiritual opposition and our design to make war, our pastors help challenge us to defeat one of the enemy's most practical stratagem, the ability to influence our thoughts. For many, the most potent battles occur within our thoughts. Using 1 Samuel 20 as a basis, we learn the main ways our thoughts can be polluted with "stinkin' thinkin'". Let this sermon resurrect your thinking and move you beyond stinkin' thinkin' and into Third Day Thinking!
Eric Stephens, Matthew Perot, & Wade Sutherland conclude our Going on the Offensive series with this sermon entitled, "Spiritual Geographical War". Focusing on the "archon" (Greek word for ruler or prince), this sermon focuses on the spiritual geography of Kingdom warfare. The kingdom of darkness is propelled by disobedience to the ways of the most high God that cause disparate warring factions to be in constant turmoil as they battle the loyal sons of God! Ephesians 6 reminds us that we are not fighting against flesh and blood but against these spiritual forces! Whether discussing rulers, authorities, powers, or spiritual dominators, these celestial enemies influence our lives in very real ways. This understanding causes us to now rightly see conversion as switching sides, like a soldier enlisting. Baptisms now become a declaration of war! Discipleship is recognized as training for war and victory is only seen when everything in our lives, our marriages, our homes, and in the world around us is brought into complete subjection to our God, and His Messiah...Israel's Messiah! Listen to this sermon now and engage rightly in the warfare that is around you!
Eric Stephens, Matt Perot, and Wade Sutherland continue our Going on the Offensive series with this sermon entitled, "Forecasting the 70". By eliminating the fiction that so many have believed about our common enemy, "Satan", we can see the Divine purpose that each of us must achieve and that our God has clearly been driving at from the beginning! God was aware of the stratagems of Satan from the beginning and was forecasting His perfectly laid out plan for us to become like Him. This sermon walks us through examples of God's sovereignty and His immense heart for the salvation of the world through His chosen nation, Israel! These men also answer the question of what Jesus saw in Luke 10 and what that means for us today! Be empowered as you dive into this message and combat the schemes of the enemy through true sonship! It is time for you to displace disobedient celestial sons and for you to shine like the stars of the heavens! Also, make sure to enjoy a special revelation about Acts 2!
Eric Stephens, Matthew Perot, and Wade Sutherland continue our Going On the Offensive series with this sermon entitled, "Stratagems of Satan". War has been declared! God, our great Warrior King, is serious about accomplishing His purpose for the human race, for the nation of Israel, for the tribe of Judah, for the family line of King David, and for us! Our enemy has developed stratagems that are used to constantly oppose God's people. We aren't struggling against flesh and blood. We are in a supernatural battle with ancient and entrenched enemies. We must learn to contend with the stratagems of satan no matter how they are expressed. It is time to stop sitting and soaking, rather we must start making war on the enemy! Let this sermon re-align your perspective according to a holistic Biblical narrative and sound the clarion call to have the sons of God live as empowered witnesses so that we may crush satan under our feet!
Eric Stephens, Matthew Perot, & Wade Sutherland continue our Going on the Offensive series with this sermon entitled, "Star Wars". Following in the footsteps of the sermon "Star Power", these men of God not only continue to bring clarity to the unseen realm, discussing everything from Nephilim to God's plan for each believer, they further illuminate the practical implications of these revelatory concepts. Find out how Noah, the Tower of Babel, Og of Bashan, Moses, Joshua, David, and Jesus are all much more interconnected and spiritually relevant to your daily life than you ever thought possible! If you are looking to deepen your understanding of God's plan for mankind, made a little lower than the angels but with a much higher calling, this sermon is for you! Be sure to listen all the way to the end to discover ten separate divine promises that are the power needed to win the Star Wars!
Eric Stephens continues our Going on the Offensive series with this sermon entitled, "Star Power". Get ready to simultaneously have your theology expanded and your understanding better connected to the original intent with this paradigm shifting message! We must fuse ourselves with God's Word and His Spirit as we learn to shine like stars in the heavens. Starting with the concept that the heavens are not less complex than the earth around us, Eric walks us through the beautiful steps of understanding what it really means to be a son of God and the vast implications that abound as a result! Let this message reveal God's inheritance, His power and what it is intended to bring in our lives, and how magnificent it is that Christ is the model of what a saved, sanctified man becomes...glorified! You will want to list to "Star Power" again and again! Start now!!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue the Go On the Offensive series with this sermon entitled "Momentum". In scientific terms, momentum is defined as the produce of mass and velocity. In the Kingdom, momentum is determined by the mass of God's Word and the movement of the Spirit! To fail to have both components eliminates momentum. To have movement without mass (Word) produces a merry-go-round of ineffectual effort. To have mass without movement brings only accountability and judgment. Momentum rightly built becomes like a freight train in the life of the believer! Unstoppable! Listen to this sermon now and learn how to become unstoppable as you build Momentum!
Eric Stephens, Matthew Perot, and Wade Sutherland continue our Go On The Offensive series with this sermon entitled, "Level Ground". The Word of God is clear that His good Spirit will lead us to level ground. What happens when we get on level ground? We go on the offensive, begin to pick up speed as we travel full throttle, and seriously advance the Kingdom of God! Walking on level ground is only the beginning of the story. As you listen to this sermon, let these men of God help you find level ground, make level ground, and lead others to level ground!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade introduce our Go On the Offensive series with this sermon entitled, "Full Throttle". As the Israelites were leaving Egypt with the Red Sea in front of them and the armies of Pharaoh behind them, God's instructions to them were to go forward...full throttle! We cannot waste time waiting to do the Will of God when HE has already given us His Word and the way to walk in it. Men like Nahshon, Joshua, Gideon, and more all determined to move forward full throttle based on God's Word not yielding to fear, circumstances, or adversity! Men who go full throttle, show that the lion-like nature of the Word of God is fully alive within them and allows them to change the world around them. Go on the offensive now by living "full throttle"!
Pastor Matt & Pastor Wade help us to celebrate on this Mother's Day with this sermon entitled, "Word to Your Motha'". By focusing on the promises that God made first to His nation Israel, we celebrate the truth that God is faithful to complete His promises to us here at LCM! This gives us confidence to elevate His Word in every area of our lives but particularly in the lives of the women and mothers present! These women have been well built to complete the purpose and tasks for which they are created. We must commit to continue to produce life in every way knowing that generations depend on it. We conclude our time with a Baby Dedication challenging our new parents as well as the entire congregation with lives that are pledged to build the generations upon the written Word of God.
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade conclude our Into the Darkness series with this sermon entitled, "Sons Serving". Sons of the Kingdom bring a distinction from the sons of the evil one. Sons of the Kingdom sacrifice, they serve, and they seed the planet! Using the all sufficient, supremely powerful, sole source of illumination found in the written Word of God, we find that sons who serve by seeding the planet are elevated! Let the Word of God, that seed planted within us that saves us, be the seed that we multiply and seed the earth as we become true sons serving!
Eric Stephens, Matt Perot, and Wade Sutherland continue our Into the Darkness series with this sermon entitled, "Spiritual Light". In this divinely inspired message, these men of God definitively demonstrate the power of the Light of God's Word. From the literal beginning of time, God's spoken Word illuminates the entirety of creation! God's light, God's Word is the only source of truth and always acts to separate darkness from light. Our problem is that we often run to substitutes...our own darkness that we label as light. These substitutes never create God's Will within us. These substitutes never change our character into His and they never carry forward into the generations. To be the light of the world, we must have the written Word of God as our only true source of illumination in our daily practice! Let the Light of God's Word in this sermon eviscerate the shadowy darkness in your heart so your works will not be burned like straw. Let the Light of God's written Word become your sole source of truth and make you into sons of light!
Eric Stephens, Matthew Perot, & Wade Sutherland present this fifth installment in the Into the Darkness series with this sermon entitled, "The Supremacy of Scripture". The Scripture stands supreme among literature, supreme in its authorship, supreme in its circulation, supreme in its evidences, supreme in its purpose, supreme in its aim... and the supreme star of the Word of God is Jesus Christ! Eric, Matthew, and Wade make the turn towards what the supremacy of Scripture looks like in our lives! The same supreme Word that creates the world, holds all things together, is alive and active, appeared to the patriarchs, and became flesh has been put in our mouths! God's powerful Word creates, changes, and carries forward His purposes in us! Let these men teach, train, inspire, and challenge you to a life that truly embraces "the Supremacy of Scripture"!
Eric Stephens, Matt Perot, and Wade Sutherland continue the Into the Darkness series with this sermon entitled, "The Sufficiency of Scripture". While many believers agree with the concept that the Scripture is sufficient for living a godly life, their orthopraxy of daily life speaks differently. Christians have often segmented their lives in such a way that the Scriptures are sufficient for salvation (or spiritual issues) only! Our pastors ingrain the proper view that the Scripture is sufficient, foundational, and supreme source of truth in EVERY area of life! We cannot sequester it into segments of our lives! Instead, we must set it as the sole, solitary, supreme pursuit and a sufficient in every area of life, for every person, every time, and in every situation! Let this sermon pierce your heart and rightly align your life in accordance with the sufficiency of Scripture!
Eric Stephens, Matthew Perot, and Wade Sutherland deliver this timely third installment of our Into the Darkness series with this sermon entitled, "The Glory of Suffering". When someone says suffering, the mind of most true believers turns toward obvious suffering such as prison, beatings, and martyrdom. Eric, Matt, & Wade elucidate less obvious but more prevalent examples that will help you shine like stars in the heavens! We must develop the heart attitude that allows us to be overwhelmed with gladness, rejoicing, and feelings of blessedness when we feel the sting and separation of suffering! If you suffer for righteousness, you can be sure you are seated with Christ and sitting in glory!! Your glory in suffering is how we are able to hold out hope and help for those around us. Listen to this sermon now and join in the glory of suffering!
Matt Perot, Eric Stephens, and Wade Sutherland continue our "Into the Darkness" series with this second installment entitled "Success Defined" (PDF sermon notes attached). In our lives, the entire world around us is constantly trying to define success. This definition of success is created in the darkness. It is not until we define our success in the light of the eternal Word of God, that we can truly find success! With this righteously illuminated definition of success, we can rightly see the set backs and difficult circumstances in our life as sculpting us and not scorching us. Let these men of God help you cross over from darkness into light in every area of your life! You will want to hear this sermon again and again so it can help you have your success defined in light of eternity!
Elder Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade being a 7-part series with this sermon entitled, "Sons Sent into the Darkeness". They are joined by Justin Treaster, Payton Parsons, Nik Arezina, and Judah Stephens. These men act and speak as men who are truly sons of LCM! In these ever darkening days, we must raise the next generations to be able to push harder and go further than we are able. We must raise up sons, simple men, who will live everyday in light of eternity! The Bible is replete with clear examples of the darkness that increase and with it the opportunity for men & women of God shine all the more brightly! Let this sermon teach you the simple nature of living for God wholeheartedly and raising sons that will boldly go into the darkness to bring the Light of God to a dark world.
Elder Eric, Pastor Matthew, and Pastor Wade deliver this most memorable Resurrection Sunday sermon entitled, "O.G. - The Original Gospel". The O.G., the Original Gospel, presents the truth of the Word clearly enumerated through the pages of Scripture. True believers are those who display through their actions, the truth that has been revealed in Scripture. Our pastors, use Scriptural orthodoxy and historical orthopraxy to galvanize hearts towards being O.G. Featuring 15 revelations from the pastors of the One Association, this message illustrates a unique unity that spans several continents and highlights the O.G. nature of the One Association that connects us with the Scripture and historic Christianity! Let the Resurrection Power of the O.G., Original Gospel, fill you now!
Elder Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade celebrate this unique Passover service with this sermon entitled, "Lifting up the Word of God". There is nothing more central or more important than lifting up the Word of God! Our world is in a famine. But not a famine of food or water but of hearing the words of the Lord (Amos 8:11). The living, active Word of God is designed to pierce our hearts, to distinguish how to love your neighbors, and is the definition of truth. True wisdom that comes from heaven is modeled, grounded, derived, and completed formed by the Word of God. We must lift up the Word of God!! We are proud of you, LCM for lifting up the Word of God! 2 John 1:6 teaches us that love is to walk in obedience to His commands...to the Word of God! Let the sword of the Word of God pierce you and may you respond with gratefulness, joy, and true repentance as you lift up the Word of God!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade celebrate Palm Sunday and the Triumphal Entry of Christ with this sermon entitled, "Carriers". Our pastors lead us through the breadth of God's Word beginning with Joseph and progressing through the Apostle John. We see time and time again the mandate for each believer to become a carrier of the revelation of Jesus Christ. Joseph's bones were carried as a testimony of God's faithful revelation. The priests carried the Ark as a testimony of God's powerful revelation and Jesus was carried triumphantly in to Jerusalem bringing righteousness and salvation to the world! Let this message revive the revelation that God has given you and be a carrier of divine revelation!
Judah Stephens and Pastor Wade Sutherland embolden LCM with this sermon entitled, "Give Them No Quarter". These men help define the warrior attitude that should be at the heart of every believer! We must be ready to annihilate, eviscerate, and eliminate the work of the enemy. The LORD is teaching us to stand with deep conviction. This sermon teaches us there is more! We must charge forward as one man and take everything from the our enemy in the spiritual realm. This sermon will help define the warrior mentality and warrior actions so that we can fight for our brothers and win!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade conclude our Divine Dimensions series with this sermon entitled, "Indispensable". Our current society has become enthralled with determining businesses and services that are essential. Our pastors dispense with placating the masses and expound on the indispensable nature of the Word of God! Those around us think it strange that we don't dive into the same deluge of dissipation that they delight in, even heaping abuse on us! It is all the more vital for us to take our stand uncompromisingly!! We must stand exactly where the seed of the Word of God directs us! To modify or dilute what God has said is to treat His indispensable Word as completely dispensable and worthless. Listen to this message now and take your stand on the indispensable Word of God!
Elder Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade continue our Divine Dimensions series with this sermon entitled, "Drifting in Loss that is Gain". Our Pastors help us navigate the concept of corporate assembly and learn how to respond in our current spiritual climate. By examining the life of Joseph during a world-wide crisis, we experience the Biblical precedent of Drifting in Loss. When we lose our earthly fortunes, property, land, and life we gain the authority of heaven! Let this sermon challenge and inspire you to Drift with us in loss, so that we might gain all that heaven possesses.
Elder Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade continue our Divine Dimensions series with this sermon entitled, "Drenched in Destiny". It is now, has always been, and will always be the destiny of each believer to be part of the Kingdom of Priests that God has formed! In a powerfully inspired service, Eric, Matt, and Wade remind us that while disobedience deprives some of their destiny, living in Divine Dimensions demands that as a determined people we walk in our destiny now! Our destiny as priests is to stand in the midst of problems, between the living and the dead so others can be drenched in divine destiny and embrace their destiny! There will always be devilish devices designed to cause you to deviate from your divine destiny, but being drenched in the Blood, the Oil, and the Identity of Christ has purchased the destiny we are walking in! Your destiny is not far off. Your destiny is here and now! Listen to this sermon now and be Drenched in Destiny!!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue our Divine Dimensions series with this sermon entitled, "Drifting in the Current". How relevant and timely has our series been? With the global issues at hand, God always provides the insight and attitude with which we must move in Him! This sermon directs our hearts to actively pursue growth especially in the midst of trouble! We can count on the fact that our journey will be unpredictable, but the predictable pattern of God's growth in us is assured! Let people see your progress! We must become convinced the our progress is definitive and our joy must be complete in the process. There is a special event that occurs in this service as well! The joyful engagement of the Kingdom of God is upon us!!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue our Divine Dimensions series with this sermon entitled, "Drenched in Identity". As our world, nation, and locale is being confronted with fear on a pandemic level, our pastors give us the ability to walk with heads held high! We can trust the predictable pattern that when we are Drenched in Blood by rightly engaging with the precious nature of the Blood of Christ...when we are Drenched in Oil by allowing the power of the Spirit to be manifest in our life...we can be Drenched in our Identity! Once Drenched, you are able to get up and walk in full confidence as a son or daughter of the KING of all creation! This is not for a time in the distant future. It is not merely what we will be one day in the sweet by and by. Being Drenched in Identity is for here and now! Let this sermon Drench you in your Identity as you get up and walk in all you have been declared to be by God!!
Pastor Wade & Nik Arezina continue our Divine Dimensions series with this sermon entitled, "Drifting at the Areopagus". We are all continuing to learn to Drift in the Holy Spirit! We are experiencing the exhilaration of the sensation that we are dangerously out of control yet we know that we are being moved towards the intentional direction of the Spirit of God! Nik & Wade help reiterate the four anchors of fear of failure, self sufficiency, compartmentalization, and identity theft! We must cut these anchors away to drift! Take heart dear saint, the Drift is upon us! Whether at sea or at the Areopagus we must live in the Divine Dimension that our circumstances don't matter! If we are prospering, that's the Kingdom! If we are in intense difficulty, that's also the Kingdom!! You were built for this and God Himself with ultimately be proven sovereign. Let this sermon move you towards the authenticity of a founded faith!
Pastor Matthew & Pastor Wade continue our Divine Dimensions series with this sermon entitled, "Drenched in Oil". Once you life has been drenched in the Blood (see the sermon entitled Divine Dimensions: Drenched), you can follow the Divine pattern by being drenched in oil. The anointing of both priests and lepers demonstrate that after the blood, it is time for oil! After the guilt offering has been received we must elevate our expectations and expect the empowerment of the heavens to fill us. The point of being restored by the blood is that we receive the triumph over sin, the reality of the Kingdom, and the ability to walk & thrive in the Divine Dimension of God's powerful presence. This pattern isn't just possible, it is predictable!! This predictable pattern has always been blood then oil...liberation then empowerment...atonement then anointing...Pesach then Shavu'ot...Passover then Pentecost! Move forward from the certainty of the cleansing power of the blood and walk in the guarenteed power of the oil!
Elder Eric continues our Divine Dimensions series with this sermon entitled, "Drift". This is not the type of "drift" that moves you off of your previous course. This is the type of "drift" that causes you to cut away the anchors, enter the fire, and open your eyes to the reality of the Kingdom! When we finally live according to the reality that the Divine Dimension is all around us, we actually begin to live out a Biblical faith that transforms Hebrews 11 into the normative experience for every believer not just an elite list of a unique class with the Kingdom! Let this sermon open your eyes to the reality of the Kingdom as you learn to "Drift" in the Spirit.
Elder Eric Stephens is back in the house!! Today, Eric begins our new "Divine Dimensions" series, with this sermon entitled, "Drenched". Beginning with Genesis 14, we are introduced to a priest of God Most High named, Melchizedek. This foundational encounter in the Torah is vitally important to the whole rest of the Bible narrative. A heavenly priest of God is introduced to bless and hold communion with the man who becomes the father of the faithful! This cooperation between heaven and earth is intended to be the model that we must live by. God will have a nation of priests! A Kingdom of priests! The question is whether you and I will be part of this Kingdom and Divine Dimension! In a most impressive, heart-wrenching and poignant manner, Eric provokes each believer to acknowledge the importance, vitality, and inestimable nature of the blood of Christ. As we learn to rightly view and respond to the blood of Christ, we are able to be empowered to overcome the sinful nature, experience His divine power, and develop into the priest that God desires. You will want to listen to this sermon many times. Listen now and be drenched in the truth of the power and purpose of the blood of Christ.
Payton Parsons, Judah Stephens, Nik Arezina, & Justin Treaster deliver this overwhelmingly victorious sermon entitled, "Men Among the Exiles"! These mighty men of God elevate each believer by making a clarion call to have joyful obedience that defines our every move! Real believers who are advancing the Kingdom also have a holy defiance that permeates their lives. A holy defiance that allows us to take the best that the enemy can throw at us with a smile because we have something he doesn't...we have the revelation that God is with us and will give us victory! Our God likes to fight and will fight for us as we entrust ourselves to Him and rise above worldly pressures! God will even entice the enemy, luring him closer, so that HIS inevitable victory will bring even more glory to His holy Name! Rise up today and live as "more than conquerors"! Be men among the exiles who are driven by the Spirit, full of joyful obedience, and walking in the attitude of holy defiance!
Pastor Matthew goes to war with this message entitled, "War Chariot". The modern day Israeli tank know as the Merkavah takes it's namesake from the very Word of God! The merkavah of the Bible is the War Chariot of God! Pastor Matthew shares personal revelation about how each of us are empowered from the heavens to make war on the enemies of God. We are uniquely designed and divinely equipped for the battlefield. As believers, we must embrace and build our lives on the truth that our God is at war, we are at war, and we must make war, like the Merkavah of God, with overwhelming confidence that His inexhaustible power is in us!! Advance forward as the War Chariot of God & be victorious today!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue in our Victory series with this sermon entitled, "God's Strategy for Victory". We have been trained, prepared, and are ready to fight the good fight. Our pastors give us insight into the strategy to not only fight but win!! God's strategy for victory always includes reviving our revelation. The Bible is full of examples teaching us to remember. Remember His mighty works! Remember His Words to you! Remember what you have received! However, we never stop at just remembering. We remember so we can revive the revelation, fight according to HIS Will and win!! What the true believer often needs is not a "new "strategy but to return to what the LORD has alread said in HIS strategy. Let this sermon stir you to revive God's revelation and strategy to you so you can win!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade deliver this battle ready sermon entitled, "War Cry!" Our God is a God of war! The Bible definitively declares that the reason that the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. Since our great commander is a God of War and His Son is known for justly judging and making war, then we must also be at war! Awakened to this truth, we are able to rise above the facts, stand where HE tells us to stand, and cry out with a war cry to the one who can save us. Our expectations are now rightly aligned to the truth that war is not only inevitable but is the reality of the Christian life. Rally your trust that our God is with us and will fight for us to give us victory over the enemy. We need only to raise our war cry!
Pastor Wade delivers this fiery message entitled, "Divisions not Divided". The children of Israel were led out of Egypt by their divisions and led into the Promised Land by their divisions! The priests were assigned to their divisions and God leads the heavenly armies by divisions! We often acknowledge that the Christian walk is a war against darkness, but most fail to live out this truth. Our great commander sets each person in their rank and file order that He might bring about victory! We must learn to rightly consecrate ourselves, reestablish Godly direction, and wholeheartedly pursue the placement that we have been graced with. Allow this message to drive out the divided nature within you. Take up your place in the division that HE has placed you and march in formation, staying in step with the Spirit as you go forth into the battle!!
Nik Arezina, Pastor Matthew Perot, & Pastor Wade Sutherland ignite hearts with this message entitled, "The Path of Victory". When the Israelites were on the edge of the Promised Land... on the edge of receiving what God had promised, they grumbled in their tents and their hearts thinking that God hated them and wanted to destroy them. Instead God was carrying them all the way to victory! Our God is the one who leads us all the way to victory! We must become experts at following Him all the way even if we have never been "this way" before. God gives us the authority and power to trample our enemies...those that are internal within our own hearts and those enemies that are external! The God of Peace will soon crush satan under your feet (Romans 16:20). This Way of Victory...this Way of Holiness demands that we purify ourselves as we perfect holiness out of reverence for God (2 Corinthians 7:1). Listen to this sermon now and begin to trample your enemies as you follow Him all the way to victory!!
Judah Stephens and Payton Parsons lift the LCM family to new heights with this sermon entitled, "Boanerges: Son of Thunder & the Apostle of Love". Beginning with a character study of the disciple, apostle, and elder John, our church was enlightened with the truth that darkness can not understand or overcome the light (John 1:5)! In Christ, you already have what you need to overcome. It is time to begin to stand upon this truth! You can do this. You must do this. You get to do this! You will do this!! Because of the lavish love of the Father, you are strong and HE is making you stronger! Let this sermon free you from impure motives, offense, and fear of inevitable failure as you rise in the confidence that comes from being unstoppable because of God's love!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade preach this perfectly timed word entitled, "Corona Virus". Our pastors encourage us with the pathway of victory. The goal of our confession and the circumcision of our hearts is to bring about a perpetual victory that enables us to conquer those areas that were at one point unconquerable. The Word of God clearly leads us from a crown of thorns towards the crown of perpetual victory. When we begin to trust that the crown of perpetual victory is the promised outcome of every believer who stands the test of persecution and perseverance, we find the confidence that causes our lives to be crowned with His Presence. What are you infected with? Listen now to find out!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver this sermon entitled, "Cutting Issues". As LCM continues to elevate our priesthood, the true confessions of "Phinehas Rising" prepare the way for the conquering of the sin nature as never before! Confession must lead each person to a circumcision of the heart otherwise, a confession is self-serving and ultimately lowers the standard instead of elevating the priesthood. Circumcision is and always has been the sign of the covenant of the faithful. The goal of circumcision--the kind done not by the hands of men, but by the hand of God--is to love the Lord with all of our heart and soul and live! This sermon displays how our reproach can be rolled away!! Confession leads to circumcision of the heart and that produces conquering the unconquerable! Let this sermon help circumcise your heart today!
You need to listen to this powerful sermon!! In this special message from Elder Eric Stephens and Judah Stephens, we learn how to be "Phinehas Rising". As the LORD is elevating our priesthood, we are learning to live in greater personal transparency so that we might experience great personal transformation. By thoroughly examining Scripture we see the example of Paul declaring, "what a wretched man I am!" This is a declaration not of past sin but of a present fight between the two natures that are warring within him! We even see that as Paul elevates his priesthood, growing ever closer to the LORD, he becomes more and more publicly transparent about his own war against sin. Similarly, sin used to define your behavior but as you publicly expose and execute sin in wholehearted, brazen honesty you can be made completely whole and holy!! Holiness doesn't come from secrecy and self-deception...take the sword of Phinehas and rise up today!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue our Elevating Your Priesthood series with this sermon entitled, "Cultivating the Hope of Growth". In 1 Corinthians 3, we learn a most stunning fact, namely that it is only God who makes things grow! It is our responsibility to faithfully plant and water with a singular, unified purpose, but the entirety of the growth must occur as God directs. The Bible further says in Deuteronomy that if we faithfully obey God's commands, He will send rain! The resulting crops will allow for us to have grain that will sustain us, new wine to give us joy, and oil that will make us radiant! Let your hope be cultivated as you listen and put this sermon into action.
Pastor Wade & Judah Stephens continue our Elevating Your Priesthood series with this sermon entitled, "Earth, Wind, & Fire". Beginning with an examination of the prophet Elijah, Pastor Wade and Judah encourage each believer to still their own soul so that each of us can elevate our hearing by positioning ourselves so closely to God that we can hear Him whisper. God wants to feed us with supernatural bread and water for the journey that lies ahead. When God whispers to us like He did to Elijah, we are empowered, encouraged, and elevated to be able to shout to the world through our obedience. As we get closer to God, this closeness will fix our trust, our joy, our discernment, our wisdom, and our performance! Let this message bring you to the Altar of Incense...closer to God in every way!
Pastor Wade Sutherland and Abimbola Daramola continue our Elevating Your Priesthood series with this sermon entitled, "Elevating Our Trust". With a fresh revelation on Korah's rebellion, these men help us move away from thoughts and feelings that show distrust towards God. By learning to rightly battle both external and internal enemies, we are able to elevate our trust and find our ever-present help in God as He raises up a perpetual priesthood in us! To elevate our priesthood we must elevate our trust!
Pastor Matthew & Nik Arezina continue on our Elevating Your Priesthood series by preaching this stirring sermon entitled, "Elevating Your Zeal". As we continue to mine the story of Phinehas in Numbers 25, these mighty men teach us important standards that elevated Phinehas' priesthood and will elevate our zeal!! Phinehas was awakened to the true condition of his people. Our awakening comes as the eternal Word and the powerful Spirit of God come into perfect agreement and alignment in our lives! He then acted quickly to leave the crowds that were weeping and mourning and began to walk toward the cause of the sin, Zimri. By taking a spear in hand, he annihilated the sin completely from the midst of God's people! The time for weeping instead of walking towards the Zimri's in your life must be over! Be awakened by His Spirit & Word! Stop weeping and begin walking to annihilate the sin in your life and accomplish the high honor of elevating your zeal for the LORD so you can elevate into a perpetual priesthood.
Pastor Wade continues our Elevating Your Priesthood series with this sermon entitled, "Bit & Bridle Priest". By examining the life of Balaam the prophet, we learn important principles about our own lives. Balaam is able to say many things that sound correct, but we find out that he was a for-profit prophet! Utilizing the right terminology, the correct methodology, and the appropriate theology means nothing if the person remains unchanged. This is the lesson of Balaam! Pastor Wade also illuminates Balaam's true motives and in the process helps us understand how prone we are to renegotiate what God has told us. However, partial obedience only produces a partial priesthood instead of a perpetual priesthood! Balaam's life produced a deceptive error that grew into a highway of destruction and ultimately a doctrine of compromise. Let this sermon help you elevate your priesthood and expose uncultivated areas of your heart!
Pastor Matthew & Pastor Wade help bring in the new year with this essential sermon entitled, "Perpetual Priesthood". By examining the zealous pursuit of Phinehas, we learn that we must be as jealous for God's Name as HE is! What an incredible thought! God says that His Name is Jealous (Exodus 34:14) and we must learn to be just like Him!! When we become singularly and wholly focused on being zealous for God's Name, we are enabled to participate in the privilege of having the divine and eternal covenant of a lasting priesthood... a perpetual priesthood. The Scriptures allow us to trace the line of Phinehas through Zadok and all the way to Ezra! Even after more than 1000 years, God's promise was alive in Phinehas' descendants. Listen today, become as jealous as God is for His Name, and participate in the Perpetual Priesthood!
In this New Year's Eve 2019 message, Eric Stephens shares important direction for LCM as we enter into 2020. He furthers our understanding of the priesthood by reviewing the recent messages, "Noble Occupation", "Cultivated to Conception", and "Cultivated Cohanim & Chief Priests". We were reminded and challenged to cultivate the soils of hearts and elevate our priesthood to an even greater level of ministry. From that foundation, we then begin the lofty task of curing and purifying our priesthood so that it will extend purity to our families and our church. This heavenly assignment is designed to qualify us and make us fit to elevate the walk of our families and church so that we, the individuals & families of LCM may have a perpetual priesthood!
Our pastors help begin the LCM direction and vision for 2020 by delivering this powerful word entitled, "Cultivated Cohanim and Chief Priests". The Lord's clear direction for LCM is that we must begin to elevate the priesthood of every person towards becoming chief priests. The level of sacrifice and devotion increases as the privilege of representing God grows! Those that are devoted to the Lord are anointed in special ways and those that are anointed in special ways must show special devotion! As you listen to this message let reverence for His Name increase, let dead comforts fall away, let the feeling of burden be crushed in the privilege of His presence, and let your priesthood be elevated today!
Pastor Matt, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Eric team up for this Christmas Eve sermon entitled, "Cultivated to Conception". Our pastors build on the theme of continual cultivation to bring to life a pivotal truth. Mary was chosen for her special assignment of conceiving the Savior of the world because she had rightly cultivated the soil of her own heart! She rightly positioned herself to be overshadowed by the Almighty Spirit of God!! When the Word of God and the Spirit of God united it produced the conception of the one who would cause the falling and rising of many. Cultivation is not a one time event and neither is conception! To bring the reality of the Kingdom of God on earth, we must continually work the barren soil of our hearts to seed it with the Word of God. Furthermore, we must ask God's Spirit of Holiness to overshadow us so that His will comes to reality in our actions. You will fall or rise based on this process of cultivating unto conception! What are you birthing?
Pastor Eric delivers this life changing message entitled, "Noble Occupation". From the very beginning mankind was formed to work the soil. Even in the Garden of Eden, tending the soil was necessary and expected! Just as no farmer should expect to see a strong harvest without tending the soil, likewise no true believer should expect to see significant growth in their own lives without constant and substantial cultivation of the soil of their own hearts. Pastor Eric evaluates the Parable of the Four Soils in a unique and paradigm shifting way! This is "one of those" messages that you are going to want to listen to many times to allow the full impact of the revelation to take hold. Discover this Noble Occupation and let your life be forever changed!
Judah Stephens and Justin Treaster deliver this stellar message entitled, "Reach for the Stars". Beginning with Father Abraham and progressing as far as you and me, the promises the LORD has made are always accompanied by the parameters by which we are to walk them out. It is through perseverance that we are able to produce abounding fruit! These men of God teach us that the good testimony that our fathers have received must be met with completed promises as we operate in faithful adherance. Let this message challenge and inspire you to run towards advancing and accomplishing the promises that God has given!
Pastor Wade brings a weighty word with this sermon entitled, "Holiday Weight Gain". While most people are trying to keep the weight off during this holiday season, Pastor Wade challenges LCM to add the right kind of weight - the weight of God's honor! We learn that God takes it very seriously the concept of us being zealous for His Name and His Honor. It is a difficult thing to watch over His Words to us, guard His covenant with us, and truly revere God. It is all too common to say that we honor the LORD but fall prey to only adding Him to our agenda. His name and renown must be the desire of our hearts! We must have the LORD place His fear within us so that we can respond in reverence and awe of who He is and His powerful name. Let this message wreck your heart and help you with your "Holiday Weight Gain".
Pastor Matthew shares this powerful message entitled, "A Giant Problem". Through this message, Pastor Matt reminds us of very important principles in the Kingdom. Namely, that when our God "gives" us something, He often expects that we fight for it! When He gives Abraham a covenant, Abraham must immediately begin to drive away the opposition. When God gives Israel their inheritance in the land, they must fight for it! Then they must keep fighting the giants to clear the land, driving out the enemy to the farthest limits! The same is true in the life of every believer. Consider what the LORD has given to you...what He has promised...Now it's time to drive out and dispossess every enemy until the fullness of the promise has been received! Listen to this sermon now and become victorious over the giants in the land of your inheritance!
Pastor Wade ignites hearts today with this message entitled, "Moving Mountains". Many may know of the expression, "don't make a mountain out of a molehill." Pastor Wade helps us to see how often as believers we are guilty of this very concept of overemphasizing the difficulties in our life! Deuteronomy 30 tells us that what the LORD has commanded us to do is not too hard for us! It is not beyond our reach! God promises to level mountains and raise up valleys! Let this sermon move you to realize that God can level mountains and He can use our hands to do it!! We are to be those who walk with such trust and faith in God that we move the mountains that stand in our way!! May your faith be strengthened as you move mountains in your life today!
Pastor Matthew shares this incredibly timely word entitled, "Daily Disciplines". What we are today is based on the daily disciplines that we have implemented. The daily disciplines in our lives construct for us a daily diet of dependency upon the LORD! Deuteronomy 8 teaches us that LORD humbles us so that we will hunger for the things of the LORD and he can then feed us with manna from heaven. This process of being humbled, growing in hunger, and then being fed by God is our daily diet. Pastor Matthew walks us through a 7-course meal for us to feast upon. By looking at the daily lives of the priesthood in ancient Israel, we are able to see what our lives should emulate and what we should be constantly feeding upon. Let this word be a divine delight as you learn to put into practice this daily diet!
Pastor Eric preaches this robust sermon entitled, "Your Bittersweet Life Now". Most people enjoy having a sweet treat as a snack. Unfortunately, this desire for something sweet has infiltrated the modern church. Like the rich man in Luke 16, many resemble his attitude and behavior to receive and enjoy only good things in this life. So sweet! Real believers, however, are quick to learn that the character of Christ cannot be formed in us unless we experience the agony, the travailing, the persevering, the bitterness that produces the spiritual sweetness of the crown of Christ within our lives! Psalms 126 teaches us that, "Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy." Listen to this sermon now and let the conviction of the Holy Spirit illuminate areas where you are only wanting the sugary sweet life instead of pressing into the tribulation, difficulty, and hardships that form the crown of Christ's character in you.
Ps. Matthew and Ps. Wade bring our Finish Strong series to a climactic end with this sermon entitled, "Finish Strong, Praise Strong". Found in the Law, Prophets, and Writings, we learn that not only is God our strength, He is our SONG! This beautiful revelation goes further by stating that HE has also become our salvation! The implications for each believer are so very clear. We must operate in not only the strength of the LORD, but also the Joy of the LORD! We must have a song in our heart whether we are before a battle, are in the midst of a battle, or just completing a battle. The joyful song of the overcomer must be the song of our heart at all times! Let this sermon challenge you, inspire you, and direct you towards unquenchable joy and thanksgiving!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue our Finish Strong series with this sermon entitled, "Father Strong, Follow Strong, Finish Strong"! Strong leadership within the home is often viewed as a problem by those who don't understand the ways of the LORD. However, strong fatherhood is not a problem, it is the solution! Strong fathers are clothed with righteousness, adorned with a belt of truth, and walk in the authority provided by the heavens! Likewise, when wives and children follow strong they resolve not to defile themselves with the trappings of the world and find the heavenly solution to be distinct instead of defiled. All of this is predicated on the determination to finish strong and yield a harvest of righteousness that will show us to be ten times better than the world around us!! In addition, this service is also a Baby Dedication! With 15 families dedicating 17 children, this year of prosperity continues to show God's faithfulness to us as we dedicate ourselves to Finish Strong!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade continue our Finish Strong series with this sermon entitled, "Finish Strong: Pursue It". Our pastors drive us towards the undeniable, inescapable, unrelenting truth that each of us must become experts in pursuing God with every fiber of our being. True pursuit demands that, with hostile intent, we crush fear and accomplish that which the LORD has set before us! We must both turn from evil AND do good! We must eliminate sin AND perform righteous deeds! We must seek the right order of God AND pursue it!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue our Finish Strong series with this sermon entitled, "Finish Strong: Fear Not". Using Isaiah 43 as the model, our pastors urge each person to follow the scriptural mandate to "Fear Not". Scripture is abundantly clear about our need to crush fear. God repeatedly instructs us to fear not because He is with us! This direct revelation, once applied in our lives, gives each believer the confidence that HIS victory is the only possible outcome! We must expect and anticipate adversity, conflict, hardships, and sufferings of all kinds. HIS Word tells us, "when you" encounter difficulties we can be assured that HE is forming us through this process. Listen to this sermon now and let fear be defeated because HE has created you...rejoice in your sufferings as they form you...and let hope rise as HE makes you into a living version of His Testimony.
Pastor Matthew & Pastor Wade start our Finish Strong sermon series with this sermon entitled, "Finish Strong: Increasing in His Testimony". Building on our previous sermons, our pastors integrate the lessons that God has been declaring to us in order that we might finish strong and complete the work that God has assigned each person. Our focus must be on HIS Testimony not our own! As God's people we are built to carry God's presence on our shoulders therefore it is imperative that we remove the sin and burdens! We must get our walk right and run after what God is doing! Allow this sermon to challenge and encourage you towards finishing strong!
Pastor Eric Stephens preaches a phenomenal sermon entitled, "Chiseled". The very Word of God was inscribed by the Finger of God (aka the Spirit of God) and given to Moses as a testimony. The beauty of this process is that we learn the very powerful truth that this whole story is about HIS Testimony not ours! We often tell about our testimony...how bad we were before God saved us. HIS Testimony, chiseled in our hearts actually begins at salvation, not ends there! We are each saved from ourselves and sin many, many times and each of those miracles are greater that what it took to get us "saved" in the first place. Let this message offer hope and encouragement to you as God "chiseles" HIS Testimony into you!
Pastor Wade continues to deliver blows right and left with this sermon entitled, "One Life to Live". Pastor challenges, encourages, and motivates each believer to do more than just take advantage of opportunities, rather we are taught how to "redeem the time"! Holding the tensions between two inextricable truths that we are both jars of clay that are frail and empty as well as being filled with the light and glory of God's presence, we find that this pattern is demonstrated throughout the Scripture. Let this undeniable pattern in scripture challenge and comfort you as you pursue to be the expression of God on this earth and carry out His plan in your everyday life!
Judah Stephens and Pastor Wade Sutherland deliver this message entitled, "Certified Weapons". The world views certified weapons in regards to the lethal nature of skilled pugilist as they use both their right and left hands as actual weapons. This message however, is aimed at directing and molding the strength of the right and left hand of every believer. CT Studd once said that the Kingdom "needs men who will let themselves go and deliver blows right and left as hard as they can hit, trusting in the Holy Ghost." We need men who are both strong and loving! We need women who are quiet and gentle AND who are bold and unbending towards fear. We need people who show faith in the moment and faithfulness over decades! It's time to pick up both of your hands and fight...go to war...work...pastor your homes...and conquer in the Kingdom of God!
Listen now as Paul Rosales and Ohad Shaul share directly from their personal encounters with our living God through this sermon entitled, "Nothing Else Matters". God Himself describes blessings for absolute obedience and sets forth His desires clearly throughout the Word. At the core of our obedience is the mandate that we must not have any other gods before Him, beside Him, or even "in His face"! If there is anything else even on the list, our hearts are prone to stray and become idolatrous. These men share Biblical insight and personal revelation. When we follow whole-heartedly, obey completely, and trust entirely we will never lack anything that we need. Let this sermon challenge you, rid you of idolatrous thoughts, and move you to cry out to God to give you an undivided heart!
Let Pastor Eric & Pastor Wade revolutionize your heart with this message entitled, "12 Foundations". Gleaning from the clear and overwhelming preponderance of scriptural precedent, our pastors will help you remove the redefinition and replacement ideas that act as rubble, rubbish, and refuse on your foundation. What God started in Genesis 12 was realized in 12 foundations of God's plan that would never be amended, abrogated, or abolished! The great mystery of God's plan was that you and I get to be included along with Israel in HIS great redemption! The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is not one who keeps record of sins, because who could stand before Him! Let this sermon awaken you to the areas in your life that are cluttered with wrong thoughts and actions so that your life will be built on the foundation of Jesus Christ!
Pastor Buddy Brasseaux, Pastor Matthew Perot, and Pastor Wade Sutherland deliver this invigorating message entitled, "Signed, Sealed, Delivered". As Christians, we have been granted special and heavenly gifts clearly expressed in the Word. Our task is to learn to walk fully in these defining characteristics. These pastors share twelve, life-giving scriptures that will bring hope and strength to anyone who has a weary soul and anyone who is looking to walk in the fullness of all that God has prescribed.
Pastor Matthew & Pastor Wade celebrate the final Jewish Feast with this sermon entitled, "Sukkot Cannot Be Stopped". With special revelation about the Temple dedication, Joshua's conquest of the Promised Land, and the re-institution of The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), our pastors demonstrate powerful principles found in the overwhelmingly joyful feast of Sukkot. We must move beyond simple requirements or obligations; we must develop a desire to follow the heart of God and become unstoppable in our devotion! We don't have to...we get to participate in the divine nature through our joyful sacrifice to be a fountain to the nations!! NOTE: We also have a special installation of an elder at the conclusion of this service.
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matthew, & Pastor Wade share this elaborately layered message entitled, "Re-Engage". Taking the heart of this message from the beauty of first century Jewish weddings, our pastors show us that the Bible is not only a love story (a wedding), but it is also a story of struggle (a war)! We must war to be holy! We must war to have our families in right order with God and man (shalom)! We must war to produce godly offspring! Receiving revelation about first century Jewish weddings provides not only a framework for our understanding of God's love for us, it also brings amazing clarity to eschatology and many passages throughout the Bible. The conclusion of this message has many surprises that will help this be a truly memorable sermon.
This is a special way to conclude our 2019 One Association Conference! All of the Pastors of the One Association share the stage to deliver this message entitled, "Talmidim Discipleship". Discipleship is the engine, the driving force of the Kingdom! Let these pastors, these disciple makers help you to become disciples who create disciples!
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Pastor Matt, Pastor Wade and a special guest join together to declare with a clarion call this sermon entitled, "Let's Get Ready to Rumble"! Deuteronomy 20:1 declares, "When you go to war..." More than just an implication, the clear text of Scripture teaches that going to war should be treated as a certainty. The Word also guarantees that as we persevere in faithful obedience, God fights for us and with us to make sure that not one of our enemies will be able to stand against us! Few Christians consider that there was an on-going war that we entered upon joining the Kingdom. This on-going war is to bring the entirety of HIS Kingdom to this earth and each of us must continue to train and continue to engage in battle to make "His Kingdom come and His Will be done"! Let this sermon challenge you to enter and win the battle that HE has put before you.
Pastor Eric Stephens continues our All Aboard series with this stunningly powerful message entitled, "Fountain to the Nations." Divine revelation has been given to our church. This has never been more powerfully demonstrated than in our All Aboard series. The seven core principles of LCM are brought into an even more awe-inspiring light through the revelation given in this message. Understanding the Biblical principle that we are to be a fountain to the nations just as we saw modeled by our "older, natural, blood-line brother", Israel, is a timeless and mandatory part of conveying the truth and power of God's plan for all of mankind!! Let this message wreck your very soul, enlighten your eyes, and move you to a response that will help YOU be a "Fountain to the Nations!"
Justin Treaster continues our All Aboard Series with this sermon entitled, "Favor Israel: Capturing God's Heart." As we continue to lay out the way points, the fundamental core beliefs of LCM, we focus on the centrality and importance of Israel! Justin Treaster shares from the overwhelming scriptural and historical evidence about God's chosen people and our responsibility to favor them...because God does! God's Name and character are based on keeping His promises towards the people that He has chosen, in the land He chose, and according to the eternal plan laid out through Abraham and made manifest in Jesus Christ. We each have a responsibility to favor Israel as God does! Do more than listen to this sermon, ask God to reveal His heart for His people, Israel!
Payton Parsons, Judah Stephens, and Nik Arezina bring a powerful sermon as we continue our All Aboard series with this message entitled, "Full Gospel Proclamation." This entire series has been a description, laying out the way point and essential characteristics of LCM! Acts 5:20 says, "Go stand in the temple courts," he said, "and tell the people the full message of this new life." The mandate from heaven is to proclaim the full message, the full gospel! At LCM, we want to boldly, brashly, unashamedly advocate for the powerful moving of the Holy Spirit AND the desperate pursuit of the Word! An either/or mentality will never do for us...we want all that God has and will give our lives in that pursuit! Let this sermon remind you that there is no place for anything less than a Full Gospel Proclamation!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, & Pastor Wade continue our All Aboard series with this sermon entitled, "Fiery Faith". Many of you may be aware of the expression, "put some fire in the sermon or throw the sermon in the fire". This sermon will not make it into the trash! We dare you to listen!!
In this fourth sermon of our “All Aboard” series, Pastor Matthew and his wife, Cassidi, deliver a monumental sermon titled Family Function. This message takes you through several historic axioms of LCM such as “Get In the Truck” that have helped us Facilitate Shalom. Listen and be challenged to implement the way points they give to keep your family moving in the flight path of your Family’s Function.
Pastor Eric and his sons, along with a special guest, continue our All Aboard series with this sermon entitled, "Full Price: 7 Core Principles of LCM". The true Gosepl is always marked by paying full price! This concept and its execution is at the heartbeat of LCM and is what causes many of the powerful results of our discipleship process. We learn from the Stephens' men that a full price life will allow the hope of the resurrection to thrive in your life! A full price life with allow you to go above and beyond even a king's standards and apply the transformation that prepares us for our spouse. A full price life puts you before kings and let's every person be prepared to be given to the King as a precursor to be given to a spouse. A full price life preserves your testimony and witness and allows you to confront sin in a powerful way! It is only through a full price that you are able to complete the call of God! Put this sermon into practice now so that you might recieve the blessings of living in a full price life!
As we continue with our All Aboard series, Pastor Wade helps us focus on the most essential elements, the most valuable principles and primary way points that the LORD has shown LCM in the 17 years of its existence. This sermon is entitled, "Foundational Transformation: Cornerstone of Christ." We have learned that there must be a powerful, foundational transformation that initiates and sustains every person who is an actual born again believer!Only a deep cry that says, "LORD change me!" is acceptable as a true conversion to Christ. Then a person engages in and must complete full discipleship to be able to "Perform out there what you have practiced in here." With deep convictions that God is able to "change one life at a time", we carry out our calling with "less talk and more walk'. Let God's power transform you today!
Pastor Wade & Judah Stephens preach this historic message entitled, "All Aboard". Summarizing the 17 years that LCM has been in existence, Judah & Pastor Wade encapsulate over 1700 sermons and demonstrate the overwhelmingly powerful dialogue that God has had with LCM! The culmination of this sermon galvanizes the seven core principles (way points) that define what every LCM man...what every LCM disciple MUST possess. The same call that we have had from the beginning is, "All Aboard"! This call can only be answered by wholehearted dedication to what God has done, is doing, and will do at LCM. Come and be "all aboard" with God's discipleship process at LCM!
Justin Treaster delivers this poignant and powerful sermon entitled, "Spiritual Entropy". Developed from a place of personal reflection and the desire for personal revival, Justin gives seven clear results that are at work inside every person who has been born of God! These results must be brought to the forefront as we battle the natural entropy or decay that is at work in our universe and more specifcally in our own lives. This entropy has the effect of amplifying the thorns in our lives that are choking out the true impact of the gospel!! We must return to our first pure, love of God...fully motivated by a loving response to God's perfect love that has been demonstrated to us. If the thorns are creeping in - if the entropy is taking hold - it is time to return to what you did at first, holding to what you have been given from the beginning and defeat your "Spiritual Entropy"!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt & Pastor Wade present this rousing sermon entitled, "Rock and Quarry." The Scriptures are replete with examples of our great God being identified as a Rock! The kind of Rock that others gods can't begin to compare with. Deuteronomy 32:4 gives a seven-fold description of what our Rock is like. Our Rock is immutable, incorruptible, unassailable, the foundation of faithful flawlessness, the definition of justice, the superior standard, and the pleasing pathway! This Rock that will one day fill the entire earth gives us the right to become blameless. He gives us the right to dissolve deviant behavior, participate in a divine work and to become the possessors of a truly resurrected life! Armed with this understanding, our pastors teach us that we are destined to not only be like our Rock, but to be a quarry that produces other rocks of the same quality as HIM! Let the transforming power of the Holy Spirit empower you to become a Rock and Quarry!!
Keith Phillips delivers this thought provoking message entitled, "Re-Ordered". Utilizing his own personal mezuzah, Keith challenges each person to examine the acutal fruit being produced in their lives. No amount of adversity can overcome Godly seed that produces Godly fruit! God re-orders our circumstances to ensure that the difficulties we experience only act to sweeten the fruit of our lives! Just as a tree isn't benefitted from the fruit it produces, so too must each believer work to produce fruit ONLY for the benefit of others and the glory of God! The global church will be made up of the fruitful members of the Kingdom!! Examine your fruit today. Are you producing fruit with the seeds of the Gospel or is your fruit seedless?
Judah Stephens delivers this soul-stirring message entitled, "Barons of the Earth". Some view barons only as a form of European nobility. Others view them as ones who have mastered a given trade or area of commerce. At LCM, we are working to become Barons of the Earth! Those men and women who are born of God! Those men and women who are living every day with the expectation that persecution is the normative experience of every real believer in Christ! Those men and women who are experiencing the resurrection power of God! These are the Barons of the Earth! Does your daily life demonstrate the power of the Spirit that is so plainly stated to follow those that believe? Miraculous events, powerful events, heavenly power must follow your life...if you believe! Become a Baron of the Earth by experiencing personal revival and walk in God's resurrection power today!
Pastor Wade & Nik Arezina continue our 1000 Generations series with this sermon entitled, "White Hot". These men convey the heart of God by challenging each person with the mandate to have zeal for God that consumes us! It is incredible to perceive that God wraps himself in zeal as with a cloak and He tells us that His zeal will accomplish what He has promised! We must move beyond emotions and intellectual pursuits. We must be as zealous for God's name as He is! It is then and only then that we will be able to reach 1000 Generations! Let a zeal for God remove everything that doesn't belong and launch you towards God's Heart & God's Will being accomplished through your life. It's time to be white hot with zeal for the Lord!
Pastor Wade Sutherland and his son, Gabriel share their first sermon together by continuing our 1000 Generation series with this sermon entitled, "Kick the Tires and Light the Fires". The Kingdom of God must be advancing through the generations in each of our families. To accomplish this we must have diligent, intense discipleship that helps prepare us for the works that God has destined our families to achieve! We must learn to ignite deep fervor of a forceful nature in order to fight and win the battles that are before us. Now is the time to stretch out, never hold back, lengthen our cords, and strengthen our stakes, so that we might enlarge the place of our tents to prepare for our ever-growing generations. You must fight daily to have the LORD instruct all of your natural and spiritual children...your children who are here today and the future generations that are to come. Let this sermon light the fires of your heart so that you might become a warrior, ready to fight and win at all costs!
Pastor Matt Perot and Elder John Dang team up to continue our 1000 Generations series with this sermon entitled, "The Value of a Daughter". We are aiming our lives towards the generations that are to come, and so we must understand the value of a daughter. Daughters like those of Zelophehad or of wholehearted Caleb give us special insight into what we must build into our children. To any good father, his daughters are always the "apple of his eye". Learning from this, we as believers must understand what God means when He refers to us as the apple of HIS eye. If we are going to reach the nations then daughters, sons, and spiritual children must be valued, nurtured, and developed into those who can carry the standard forward to 1000 generations.
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue our 1000 Generations Series with this sermon entitled, "The Spirit of Adoption". Utilizing the special adoption within one our own LCM families, our pastors delve into the topic of adoption. The Spirit of Adoption is central to the Kingdom of God and must not be ignored! Beginning with Israel's adoption as sons and going as far as our acceptance into the Body of Christ, we see the overwhelming, undeniable truth that we are all adopted! Fear has no place in those who have the testimony of the Spirit that allows us to cry out, "Abba, Father"! BUT, our family isn't finished yet! We must be looking for those who are able to listen to the voice of the LORD and join us as one flock with one shepherd under one Spirit of Adoption!
Elder Charlie Brown and Caleb Brown continue our "Thousand Generations" series with this sermon entitled, "A Good Hill to Die On". We learn from these men of God that it must be the genuine goal of every believer to focus our lives on accomplishing His Will through the generations. The first generation is often tasked with laying a foundation. The second generation builds upon this foundation, increasing and expanding as time moves forward. The third generation sees exponential growth and progress because of the lifetime of efforts of the previous generations. You have to choose a hill to die on! Choose the hill of the Lord's promise. Choose the hill where the Lord has placed you. Choose the hill where you will live, fight, and die! The generations can and will be reached as you live with the express purpose of giving your life so that others might experience what you have been given.
God is aimed at our generations. I dare you to listen to this message, be challenged and change the aim of your life to God's target.
Redefining the Line is as heart rending as it is challenging. Our body is becoming increasingly aware of God’s desire to perpetuate his reign through all generations and into all areas of the world. Elder Boz and his son Nik utilize the time-tested method of Law, Prophets, Writings to consistently and powerfully illustrate the practical ways to redefine the characteristics and qualities of your family. With Biblical precision and humorous but practical instruction, this father and son message is sure to leave an eternal impact on both you and your relatives.
In the 8th and final message of our Family Banner series, Pastor Eric and his son, Judah, conclude with the sermon titled “Patents of Nobility”, referring to documents proving your royal status. They describe how the transformational power within our Family Banners is a supernatural sign for the world to see, proving that our Family Banners are built from above. This giving us hope that with each successive generation, we move away from the ignoble nature of our ancestors and begin to resemble the man from Heaven who gave us a new birth!
Have a notebook ready and your heart engaged as Carlos Rueda shares this timely, much needed word. Too often we try to correct outward symptoms of dissonance in our own lives and the lives around us. Carlos challenges us to inspect these outward signs and accurately diagnose our condition: the heart. In this soul-stirring, spirit-led, and supernatural message, we learn that our corporate unity is a byproduct of our unity with the Son of God. Our unity with the heart of the Father and our brothers should mirror the unity that Jesus had with Father!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue our Building Your Family Banner series with this sermon entitled, "Double Blessing." With a profound revelation about this pivotal and foundational truth, our pastors examine the subject of curses and blessings. Not curses that result from disobedience, but rather the blessings that come from God and the subsequent curses of men! When we are obedient and completely passionate in our pursuit of God, we will always bring about the blessings of God and the curses of men. This was true for Joseph. It was true for Elijah and Elisha. This is true for the Nation of Israel. This was true about Jesus and this will surely be true of every believer who wants to live in a Godly manner. Watch this sermon now and learn how to live in both curses and blessings!
Our Building Your Family Banner series continues with this powerful sermon from Nik Arezina, Payton Parsons, and Judah Stephens entitled, "The Method to Your Mission." Combining scriptural revelation with personal experience and understanding, these men show that the unchanging method of God's Kingdom is to function in community (i.e. a common unity)! A key to becoming a powerful man or woman of God is to pray fervently, read the Word diligently, fellowship daily, work enthusiastically, and sacrifice for discipleship constantly! These tenants of the Faith should become as necessary and essential as bread and water. Let the LORD demonstrate His unchanging method through community!
Pastor Matt & Pastor Wade continue our Family Banner series with this sermon entitled, "Man on a Mission." The mission of our family banner is filled with both repeating supernatural components as well as the daily, intense pursuit of God's Will! To be a man on a mission should be the goal of every believer! Our pastors challenge each believer to come up to the high standard of living with deep conviction and wholeheartedly walking under our family banners! A man on a mission cannot be stopped, dissuaded, or deterred. Men on a mission like Caleb follow the Lord wholeheartedly. Men on a mission like Eliezer seek to complete the mission at all costs. Men on a mission like Jehu immediately act on what God has said, pursuing God like a madman. Will you be like these men and allow your life to be described as a Man on a Mission?
Justin Treaster challenges the LCM family with this sermon entitled, "Indestructible: Building Your Family Attitude." The Lord uses many signs and wonders throughout the Bible to speak clearly to HIS children. HIS signs are eternal and cannot be removed. The sun and the moon, rainbows, sabbaths and many more things are part of the eternal expression of HIS signs. God not only gives signs, but He makes us into signs of HIS power! As we learn that HIS indestructible promises are to be fulfilled in us, we are able to develop an indestructible attitude! Our family attitude is an indestructible one that allows us to walk in a Godly confidence and never shrink back from the work...the banner that God has put before us. Let your faith in God rise as you listen to this sermon and put on the indestructible attitude of Christ!!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue our Family Banner series with this sermon entitled, "Clinging to His Promises: The Promises of Your Family Banner." In truth, it can be easy to say that God's promises never fail even while we live lives that demonstrate we think of God very much like us...capable of lying or changing His mind! This sermon will help correct your view of our promise making and promise keeping God! God's Word to you (His promises) will always manifest with the same qualities. His promises will be of heavenly origin and specifically personalized towards you. His promises will be abundant in number, clear as to it's expression, and certain as to it's completion in your life! There is no more time for fickle feelings and false accusations towards God's ability to keep His promises. Repent now and cling to His Promises!! Your family banner depends upon it!
Pastor Wade continues our theme from Sunday with this message entitled, "Construction Zone: Building your Family Banner." God has showered us with HIS blessings, instructions, and promises at LCM! As a tribe, a group of families, we are striving to get ourselves into the exact alignment that God is displaying so that HIS glory may be seen in us! Throughout this message, Pastor Wade is diligent to equip and empower each family to rightly build up their own family banner. It's time for you to get your family built up into a powerful component within the community of believers that God has placed you in. It's time to get each member of your family walking under your supernatural banner with the personal promises of the heavens guiding you, manifesting the attitude that is derived from confident conquering of fear so that your mission and method are supernaturally empowered and that whether curses or blessings are present your family is a banner of God's power to the nations and generations!
Pastor Eric & Pastor Matthew deliver this potent, family transforming, generationally minded sermon entitled, "No Wiggle Room: Family Banner." Commenting on aspects of each other's personal testimony, as well as, the insightful perspective of the positions of the 12 Tribes of Israel around the Tabernacle, you will be given a heavenly key to unlock how to build your family rightly! As you listen how to form your own Family Banner, born of the heavens, you will discover the promise, attitude, mission, and method that your family must follow without any deviation, aberration, or wiggle room!! You will also learn how to deal with the difficulties and blessings that accompany fulfilling your family's purpose. Completing your calling by raising Godly offspring in community with those that God has set around you is the hope of any true believer and this message can help you accomplish just that!!
Pastor Wade delivers an incredible message that you will want to listen to again and again! This sermon is entitled, "No Holds Barred." It is time for the Body of Christ to learn how to become savage in its pursuit of absolute obedience and complete holiness! Pastor Wade reminds us that this is a life and death struggle and that our great savior, Jesus Christ appeared on the scene to destroy the devil's work! When we don't drive out, destroy, and demolish all of the works of the enemy we are inviting that same enemy to do to us what we should have done to him! Now is the time to demonstrate ongoing, spiritual savagery to utterly decimate every internal sin and external enemy that is before us. It's time to life a No Holds Barred life!!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade present this crushingly convicting sermon entitled, "No Reserve." It is easy to hold something back...to keep something in reserve for a special moment on a special day. Our pastors challenge us that the life of real Christianity is always lived with a "no reserve" mandate. This message trains us to break our alabastar jars, break our banks, and break our backs with sacrifical labor in an ever-growing, lifestyle of leaving nothing in reserve. This is how the Kingdom is truly advanced in our lives, throughout the generations, and throughout the nations! This is also how we are able to see each and every promise of God fulfilled in our lives. Listen to this message and live with "no reserve!"
Get ready to hear this uplifting, challenging, and victorious sermon from Justin Treaster, Nik Arezina, & Judah Stephens. "Building the Name: Part 2" focuses on the NAME that is above all other names! That NAME is the full representation of God's character, attributes, and representation on this earth! God's own NAME is glorious and HE knows it and therefore commands us to feel the same about HIS NAME! God himself takes great delight in those who stand for the integrity of and become obsessed with HIS NAME! These powerhouse preachers make the life-altering connection that suffering and the glory of God's NAME are inextricably linked. To make HIS NAME known, we must look for opportunities to sacrifice and suffer again and again. The glorious part of God's plan is that there are no restraints on how much of Christ's presence and power we can have when we are willing to build HIS NAME!!
Ps. Eric Stephens & his firstborn son, Judah preach this voraciously compelling sermon entitled, "Zero Faith." At LCM, fathers don't receive gifts on Father's day, they give them!! By recalling God's incredible faithfulness in building LCM and HIS mandate to build the One Association of Churches, each and every person was provoked to become insatiable, unquenchable, even voracious in their desire to sacrifice for the LORD! Participation in the fellowship of His sufferings is the most monumental of privileges. 2 Corinthians 8:8 teaches us that the sincerity of our love is tested as we learn to sacrifice and go far beyond the perceived prudence of the minimum requirement. We must do this in material and practical ways! Do you have the trust and action to have a faith that takes you to zero? Prove it!
Rick Laughhunn, Paul Rosales, and Carlos Rueda preach this team message entitled, "Training Day." These men demonstrate that the life of any serious believer will revolve around training in the things of God! Training helps remove the entanglements of civilian life, instill the true principles of the Word, and develop our "muscle memory" so that we can walk in the power of obedience each and every day. Training benefits not only the one training, but also their family, and their nation. A soldier trains so that they can defend their nation. An athlete trains in order to bring glory and honor to their nation. The humble farmer trains through the tireless committment of everyday life in order to feed their nation. Luke 6:40 teaches us that anyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher. How much are you like the great teacher, Jesus Christ? The key to becoming like HIM is to engage in this Training Day!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver this powerful Pentecost (Shavuot in Hebrew) message entitled, "Elevate." We serve a God who comes down to elevate us!! By examining the story of Ruth, a woman with a tenacious and passionate faith, we are able to see a beautiful pattern of how God desires to elevate each of us! Although each of us were once foreigners to God's grace and divine plan, we have been brought near. Celebrate this Shavuot as we did here at LCM, with an outpouring of God's presence manifest in God's power for repentance, salvation, baptism in the Holy Spirit and water baptism!!
Pastor Eric shares this gripping message while visiting The Arising Church in Crystal Lake, Il. Listen as he describes how we need to properly understand the power and sanctity of blood, particularly the blood of Jesus. Moreover, you can not have the empowerment of the triumphant Son of God without dealing with the cost of his blood.
Charlie & Caleb Brown preach this father/son themed sermon entitled, "Homeowners Association." What are you building? How are you building? We learn that fathers start building and sons continue the work! Each of us must focus on the goal of building for the generations and leaving a legacy. We are not a building a legacy of wealth, fame, or high personal achievement, rather this legacy is dedicated to building heirs that carry on the mantle of being true home builders and ultimate homeowners!
Pastor Matthew & Pastor Wade challenge the LCM family today with a sermon entitled, "All Grown Up." Our pastors rightly relate the overwhelming Biblical evidence for each believer to "grow up" into Christ Jesus! Our mandate is made apparent when we consider how the patriarchs and men of old demonstrated abundant maturity. We must imitate their example, demonstrate sober judgment concerning ourselves and God's plan and spend our lives in pursuit of absolute and immediate obedience! Maturity is demanded of each Christian. Are you all grown up?
Justin Linton and Steve Thomas team up to preach this message entitled, "Ring of Fire." These men help us understanding a clear cycle of maturity and growth, namely having a transformation moment with the LORD at an altar followed by the necessary walk and then the subsequent change...Altar, walk, change! As we confidently engage with this process, we are able to move forward in our walk with the LORD. Inherant in any growth is through the struggle, the wrestling process! Just as Jacob was transformed by wrestling with the Angel of the Lord so much that his walk and his name were changed, we must learn the same type of endurance to wrestle with the things of God and become victorious little by little. As we are able to enter the Ring of Fire of God's presence, we are able to not only be transformed, but bring transformation to the world around us!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, & Pastor Wade share this perspective changing message entitled, "From Sheep to Shepherds." Jesus teaches His disciples, and us today, something amazing in John 8. Jesus says that the Father is always with him and He always does what pleases the Father. This inextricable link between presence and obedience is a life-giving message that each of us must embrace. Jesus called Himself the good shepherd and the Word tells us later that He was in fact the great shepherd! We look back and see the Patriarchs and their wives were shepherds (and shepherdesses!) and God Himself said that HE would shepherd His people. There is no greater call than for us as sheep, to become shepherds like our perfect example, Jesus! Every man is to shepherd his home. Every woman is to shepherd her children. Every sibling is to shepherd their young siblings. Every man is to shepherd his neighbor. As we rightly shepherd ourselves in His Presence through obedience, then likewise with our families, the world will be changed one life, one family, and one nation at a time!!
What a great blessing it is to have Pastor Eric with us as he brings this inspirational message entitled, "Majority Rules." At LCM, we believe in working in teams. It may be an advantage to have brothers around you, but you are never at a disadvantage if you are full of the Holy Spirit! Let me say it again, the man who is full of the Holy Spirit is never at a disadvantage! There are times, as seen in the life of the Apostle Paul, where one must venture out to accomplish the LORD's will and spread the gospel. Whether you stay or go, you are advantaged by the Holy Spirit in every way! Perhaps the LORD is causing you to hunger in order that you might go make more disciples...more brothers of the same quality and demeanor as the faithful warriors of old. Don't blame the crowd, change the crowd! Let this message inspire you to crush excuses and rise up as men and women who have every advantage needed to change this world with the Gospel!
Pastor Wade brings a life-giving, soul-crushing, most convicting sermon entitled, "Desperation." We have been so conditioned to find comfort and satisfaction in things other than God's presence. This sermon is a cry to become desperate to fulfill God's will in your life. Jesus, as our great judge and king, will reward each person according to what they have done! This should drive us towards desperation. We learned that desperation determines what you will receive from the LORD. According to Luke 19, we have each been given the same faith as Abraham, the prophets, and kings of old. The only distinction is what we will do with the gifts that have been given to us. How long will you wait to begin to possess all that God has for you? Let your desperation drive you towards fruitful and faithful obedience today.
JJ Molock & Andrew Tisdale deliver this sermon entitled, "Promise Keeper." As children of a promise, Isaiah 54 encourages us to "stretch your tent curtain wide" and "enlarge the place of your tent." How often do we as Christians fail to fully occupy and fully possess all that God has given us? We must learn to hold nothing back as we pursue everything that God has promised! God is a promise keeper and we are supposed to passionately and actively walk in His promises! Let this sermon encourage you towards absolute faith, obedience, and pursuit of God's promises.
Happy Mother's Day 2019! Today, Pastor Wade shares a message entitled, "Preserving the Promise: A Mother's Value." By looking at the Bible model of ideal mothers, this message explores what women have been built for! The incredible ability to be a mother of the living, a mother of the nations, and a mother of the promise is what God has instilled into each and every woman. Let this message encourage each person, men and women, to trust in the LORD and gain confidence in what HE has called each person to do. Don't attempt to discover your value anywhere else other than in the will of God as found in the Word of God and empowered by the Spirit of God!!
Pastor Wade, just back from a trip to India and Nepal shares with us this sermon entitled, "Feet on Fire." At Life Changing Ministries, we have reason for confidence! This sermon demonstrates how the gifts of the Spirit at work here at LCM through prophecy are aligned with what God is doing around the world!! From thwarted terrorist attacks to the forging of new works, this trip to visit our dear friends Anand & Raja Israel of Love and Care Ministries was marked with the power of the Holy Spirit and God's hand at work to strengthen and pioneer works. Don't let miss out on what God is doing in our midst! Hunger to have your life set ablaze by the power of the Holy Spirit!!
In a day when messages are often driven from the appetites of consumers, this message is a refreshing change. It is challenging. It is even stinging at times. One thing is clear LCM is a family of believers that are genuinely being called to higher plane and are not scared to challenge each other. Tentmakers is like listening to a family discussion regarding how to better respond to the awesome privilege of being chosen to represent God to the world.
In this message, Pastor Eric ignites our hearts with a call to fan into flame a hunger for God’s presence. He leads us to examine the Fire and Glory of God as a road map to corporate revival. When three distinct criteria are met, the Fire of God is able to fall and manifest His glory in not only in an individual but also on a corporate gathering of believers. It’s time to stoke the fire of God’s presence in your life and bring revival to those around you.
Pastor Matt Perot and Justin walk us through the word to teach us God’s intention of having his word dwell on the earth through us. This soul stirring message will challenge you to examine your heart as the temple of God’s Shekinah glory so that you may reflect his name to a lost and dying world. As fellow members of God’s household, we should be deeply concerned with how God’s name is expressed on this earth. From Abraham to Jesus, we discern one singular motive, to make God’s name known to the nations!
Judah Stephens and Daniel Smith team up in this message encouraging us to take possession of the inheritance God has called us to. When we step out of the boat to do God's will, there are enemy defenses waiting. We must raise up our shields, push past waves of distraction and take the hill of our inheritance. Now is the time to pick up our promise, our faith , our shield and fight together!
In this Easter Sunday message, Pastor Matthew delivers a Sin Crushing word with Resurrection Power. Starting with Adam and Eve, mankind has been snake bitten by the deceit of Sin and resulting in death. Jesus came to destroy death, starting with the power of sin and Resurrecting to give us the power to be Sin Crushers. Listen and be moved to act upon the Resurrection power available for you now!
In this message titled “Piercing Promises", Pastor Wade shares a convicting and inspiring word regarding Jesus' crucifixion. What are we supposed to focus our hearts on in light of the Cross? That the penalty that should have fallen on you, fell on him, this was the design of our Father. The complete innocence of Jesus should move you to cry out, “It’s not fair!” and respond by dying to your sins…your offense…your chronic ailments of fear, doubt. We must die to sins AND live for righteousness. His work on the Cross demands it of us!
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade are joined by Pastor Eric Stephens as they preach this triumphant message entitled, "Out of Reach". These pastors explore the scriptural concept of the judgment of God. God's judgment is not based on His desire or intent but is always predicated by the disobedience of mankind. To truly change our position of being slaves to sin and under the swift judgment of disobedience demands of us that we learn to become sons who are carried on eagle's wings to be with the Father. It is love not fear that must compel us to faithful obedience! Let the love of Christ cause you to rise in faithfulness, high above the impending judgment caused by the deceitfulness of sin. It's time to put sin out of reach!
What a treat it is to have Pastor Eric Stephens with us! Pastor Eric brings an incredibly timely message titled, "The Desert of Dependency." Callings and dreams can be discovered anywhere but the preparation for presentation and performance of your call takes place only in the deserts of life! Desert preparation is what ensures that our character will not change even when our circumstances do. The desert is the great "King Maker" of the entire Bible! As you let this message speak to you, consider that the desert times in your life are not punishment, they are preparing you to be a King...one of His called, chosen, and faithful Kings!!
Pastor Matt Perot and Abimbola Daramola share this power-packed sermon entitled, "Enduring." They teach us that to have enduring fruit, the goal of all true believers, we must first start with the power of the Enduring Word of God! The enduring Word will develop in us enduring convictions. As we hold onto these enduring convictions based from the eternal, enduring Word, we are able to produce enduring fruit...fruit that will last! John 15 clearly tells us that if we don't bear fruit, we will be cut off but if we do bear fruit, we will be pruned so that we can bear even more fruit! Bearing fruit is not an option in the Kingdom of God. It's time for you to acquire the enduring Word, operate with enduring convictions, and produce enduring fruit!
This incredible sermon from Nik Arezina, Payton Parsons, and Judah Stephens is entitled, "Giving A Lot." These men challenge each person to be real sons/daughters of God by learning to implement what God has spoken into each life. To hear and obey are the marks of the truly righteous! Each person must have relentless pursuit of developing discernment in their hearing from God and operating in absolute obedience to what God has said. With these hallmarks, you have every reason to be confident. Instead, many settle for a "buffet" mentality, only choosing to partake of what they like and passing on the parts of God's Word that doesn't suit them at that moment. Listen to this sermon and allow God's Word to pierce your heart so that you can press into completing the tasks that God has put before you...give HIM your all!
Pastor Wade & Justin Linton share this challenging word entitled, "Father's Business". Like Abraham and Jesus, we must learn to be completely committed to our Father's business! 1 John 3:8 tells us the reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. It's time that we destroy the enemy's work in our own lives!! Like Joshua, we must completely destroy the kings that are causing our chaos. As you listen to this message you will be able to identify enemy kings, put your foot on their necks, and crucify your enemies. Listen now and become victorious in a new and lasting way.
Are you hungry? Really hungry?? This message from Caleb Brown and Andrew Tisdale, "Hungry Man", gets at the heart of our desire for God. Deuteronomy 8 tells us that God can cause us to hunger and then feed us with manna (His Word). When we do His Will...when we actually engage in full obedience...we are not only showing our true hunger, we are eating from the sustenance of the heavens! Get hungry, receive His Words, and then get fed by obeying His Words today!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade deliver this challenging message entitled, "Increase & Possess It!" Throughout the entirety of Scripture, God's promises require that His people fight to see the promise fulfilled! God called Abraham out of his homeland in order that he might take possession of the inheritance that was marked out for him. Immediately a sacrifice was offered and enemies had to be driven away. This framework relates to each of us as we pursue God's will. When God makes a promise, we can have the faith to know that our victory is assured even before the fighting begins! Yet we also know that the fighting is absolutely necessary! It's time to possess what God has given! Through the process of possessing God's promises, we are able to increase in every area of life. Start fighting, keep fighting, and don't stop until the promise is fulfilled!!
Enjoy this refreshing sermon from Rick Laughhunn and JJ Molock entitled "Tap In". In ancient times having a good water source made all the difference in each community. The truth is we are no different! The well spring of our hearts must be guarded. If you are tired of having polluted, bitter waters to draw from, learn to tap into the Living Spring and have sweet waters flowing once again. It's time to repent, return, and refresh your source today!
Pastor Eric, Judah Stephens, and Justin Treaster bring a phenomenal message entitled, "Go Get Them!" We learn from father Abraham that after you have learned to guard and treasure what God has given you, you must learn to "go get 'em" by going as far as it takes to pursue God's Will. Men who are walking in God's promises are always ready to rescue the ones who have been carried off by the sinfulness of Sodom, the godless goods of Gomorrah, and the luxuries of Lot. You must "go get 'em" so that you and your descendants will possess the gates of your enemies. Do more than listen to this message. Put this message into action immediately so you can "go get 'em!"
Engage and enjoy this brilliantly powerful message entitled, "Treasure It." Nik Arezina and Asad Robinson challenge each person to fully embrace the reality that the Father has treasures for each of us! The Kingdom is built when we treasure what He has given us so much that we are willing to give up everything to faithfully implement His treasures in our lives. When we truly treasure what God has given, we find that we become a treasure! Let this message challenge you to reevaluate what you consider treasure so that you might truly "treasure it!"
Pastor Wade and Pastor Matt team up to deliver this timely message entitled, "Guard it! Shamar in Action." In the book of Genesis, we learn that man was taken and put in the garden of Eden to work it and guard it. The Hebrew word Shamar is this concept of guarding what God has entrusted to us. We "shamar" when we place obedience to God's Word at the very center of our lives. God is always guarding us and is completely able to keep us from falling...AND...what a great thought! He guards us, keeps us, AND presents us to Himself faultless and with great joy! Let this message challenge, teach, and inspire you. You must allow the Holy Spirit to empower you so that you can guard what He has entrusted to you. Put your "shamar" in action now!
Judah & Gabriel Stephens share this victorious message entitled, "Sons Don't Lose." As believers, we have been born into an indestructible and everlasting house. As sons of the Most High God, we are designed and destined to bear His name and His character! Our job is to impose the will of God here on earth. Victory comes through raising up sons!! It's time that we started acting like our Father. Let this message lift you to be a true son of God and find victory through raising up other sons!
Pastor Eric Stephens and Justin Treaster continue our Master Ship Builder series with this powerful sermon entitled, "The Battleship of Our Faith." Starting with the overwhelming scriptural precedent that our God is a warrior, Pastor Eric and Justin teach us the vital importance of us wrestling with God to experience true transformation and enter the fight! Knowing that we are in a battle, we focus in on the battleship of God's armed armada, the battleship of discipleship. The Kingdom of God isn't about membership or making converts, but rather it is about building discipleship through sonship. Discipleship through sonship is the key to victory! It's time for you to be stationed on this warship and be victorious.
Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade deliver this poignant message entitled "Forceful Eyes." If you really love the LORD but find yourself in difficult days, this message is for you! With a straight forward encouragement to lift your eyes to get heaven's perspective/direction and a direct challenge to forcefully advance the Kingdom by taking faith-filled actions, our pastors cut through the malaise of the masses and offer a Spirit filled challenge for everyone! Do you have forceful eyes?
Pastor Eric and Pastor Wade bring us an incredible message to continue our Master Ship Builder series. This sermon entitled, "Leadership: The Armed Armada" gives a comprehensive and entirely Biblical perspective on leadership. Our world and our churches are in desperate need of true leadership! We must get our ships together to be able to find the key components of leadership, pastorship, eldership, and apostleship. Rest assured, you haven't heard a sermon on leadership like this. Leadership in your own life, with your family, in the church, and in the world are at stake! Join us and help build a heavenly armed armada! Listen and develop your leadership now!
Caleb Brown and Daniel Smith encourage the Body of Believers at LCM with this message entitled, Black and White. When we live in a way that removes all grey areas...when we live as hot or cold, black or white, we are able to have a life of distinction. This kind of life allows us clarity in our thoughts and gives fruit in our actions. We must let the Word come alive in us so that we can be the letters from Christ & the living representations of the Word! Learn to live in Black and White!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue our Master Ship Builder series with this sermon on Fellow"ship". One of the foundational principles that we learn from Acts 2:42 is to be devoted to the Apostles' doctrine, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer. Our pastors challenge us with not only the necessity of fellowship but with the Biblical benefits of fellowship. The power and benefit of fellowship cannot be understated. Fellowship for the believer is like the sail of a great ship. We must learn to raise our sails, become ever more tightly knit together, close the gap and have the wind of the Holy Spirit fill our sails and move us to carry His Kingdom to the world!
Carlos Rueda delivers a passionate message entitled, "Like Father, Like Children." From the beginning, we have been made to be in the image and likeness of God, our Father. This is not just in appearance, but in our works, our lives, and our heart. Jesus clearly demonstrates that the Kingdom is designed to allow our works to testify of who our real Father is! 1 John 3 tells us that if we practice righteousness and love our brothers we are truly children of God. Our problem is that we allow many excuses to keep us from reflecting our Father rightly. Let this message crush your heart and your excuses so that you may hunger after true intimacy with the Father. We are His children, it is time that we started acting like it!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade begin a new series entitled, "Master Ship Builder." Our society declares people to be "masters" for many reasons, but the Word of God teaches us a very different process to become a master builder. Our pastors eloquently teach us how to grow in our craftsman"ship"! Becoming a master ship builder is not a quick process. Noah may not have been a master ship builder when he started the ark, but he surely was one upon its completion. The transformation to a master builder demands that we understand the skills and calling that God has placed upon each of us. As we set our faces toward being willing and obedient craftsmen, we become master builders as we complete the tasks that God sets before us. The Lord has placed all of the tools you need in your hands! It's time to persevere and faithfully do the work necessary to become a master ship builder.
Abimbola Daramola and Justin Linton share this convicting sermon entitled, "The Inside Man - The Power to Choose". These two powerful men of God demand a new perspective on how we view our sinful nature! We must no longer allow there to be an "inside man" working with the adversary. We must recognize the enemy within and separate its influence through the power of the Word and of the Holy Spirit! Make every punch count in this battle. Let the power of Jesus Christ help you to overcome today!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue with our Band of Survivor series with this message entitled, "Band of Victors". The life of obedience, perseverance, and endurance repeatedly lived day after day over the course of a lifetime will allow us to receive the victors crown! We are guaranteed victory in 1 John 5 with the promise that, "everyone born of God overcomes the world"! We must learn to obey God's commands and then "just do it again". Make your life a crown in the hand of the LORD and walk in victory!!
Payton Parsons and Justin Treaster team up to demand that every believer cry out, "Medic"! The attitude of a combat medic is one that finds the injured, ignoring immediate and personal peril, to bring healing. We must leave the trenches to bind up wounds and do the difficult work of restoration. Let this sermon challenge you to evaluate which part of your sinful nature is preventing you from becoming one who can deliver life-giving help or one who can receive the help you need! Leave your trench now, listen to the cry of those around you, and fulfill your purpose to bind up the brokenhearted!
Pastor Wade and Pastor Eric continue our Band of Survivors series with this powerful sermon entitled, "Band of the Restored". Restoration is one of the most central themes in scripture and should be the goal of each interaction that a believer engages in. Moses teaches us in Exodus 34 that we must take our acts of obedience and repentance up on the mountain and that God will be faithful to come down, bring restoration, and reveal His very nature and character to us!! What a beautiful model for us to follow! The prophet Jeremiah confirms this by stating, "Therefore this is what the Lord says: 'If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me...'" Do you need restoration today? Then repent right now, let God restore you to your right function so that you may serve HIM rightly today! You need this message. Listen now!
Judah Stephens and Nik Arezina continue our Band of Survivors series with this fantastic sermon entitled, "Branded Slavery, Resurrected Bondsmen". Have you ever felt like you have been branded? The kind of branding that comes from past sins, lack of character, and colossal failures. This messages proclaims the hope that is found in the resurrection power of the gospel! The truth of the Kingdom is found in living as a resurrected bondsmen and joining your life to others who are of the same convictions. Let this message liberate you from every bondage, moniker, and hindrance of the past! Let the resurrection power of God transform you now!!
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade continue our Band of Survivors series with this message entitled, "Band of Brothers". Proverbs teaches us that a brother is born for adversity. At LCM and in the One Association Churches, we are building churches that are solely focused on living for the glory of God, joining together through suffering, achieving holiness within each person, having a family loyalty based on obedience to the Word, and being a Band of Brothers with unashamed love!! Do you have what it takes to be part of the Band of Brothers that we are creating? Listen now!
It is always an incredible blessing to have other One Association Churches with us! Our friends, Pastor Nick Slaughter and Pastor Nick Masi from The Arising Church deliver a powerful and poignant word for LCM! These pastors share from their own victories and struggles over the past few months to help us all. It is amazing that our powerful God has put each of our churches on similar paths, speaking to us from the same verses, showing us to be on the same road, heading towards the same goal, all accomplished through His Holy Spirit! Let this message bless you as much as it blessed us!!
Our pastors begin a new series entitled, "Band of Survivors" based on prophecies that have been given to LCM for 2019. The Lord is declaring and forming a triumphant band of survivors here at LCM! With our heads held high, we will open wide our mouths and have God fill it with His eternal word! We will hold to His Word unceasingly, no mater the cost, with all diligence and perseverance so that we might be perfected with the heroes of old. Do you have what it takes to be part of our Band of Survivors?
How closely are your thoughts and motives aligned with God's Will? Kris, Ibrahim, and Rob take what the LORD is doing in them and challenge our church to make sure that the plans of each heart, every motive, and the commitment of each person is weighed against the Word of God. It is far too easy to be like Lot, who made his own evaluation of God's Will based on what he saw with his own eyes. It is also easy to hold our own resources, saving them for a later time...but is God demanding that we pour it out now? Let this sermon help you to change your perspective about what's happening right now in your life and the "purity" of your own actions. Committing our way to the LORD, rolling away all of our own plans, is the only way to succeed in the Kingdom!
Pastor Eric & Judah Stephens deliver a gripping sermon entitled "Double Edged Family Sword". As a believer, you are a priest of the most high God. One of the first tools a priest must learn to wield is the sword! Many times, the first place that the sword (aka God's Word) begins to impact is our own hearts and our interactions with our families. Far too many people say that they have full allegiance to God's Word above all else...that is until it conflicts with their own expectations or desires. Let this message help you repent of putting your own expectations above God's Will for you and your family. We pray that the sword of God would pierce your own heart first and then you will be able to strap that sword to your side and watch over His Word above all else.
John Dang encourages the entire LCM family with this sermon entitled, Family Restrictions. John walks us through what the Bible teaches about how to build your marriage, raise children and deal with family members. Are you one of the many people who say they want to give God everything, but fail to do the most basic things that are demanded by Him? God's Word helps us to lay the right foundations when we follow His blueprints. Let this sermon help you develop convictions for your family based on God's Word.
Celebrate with us! Enjoy this year in review slideshow that shares all that the LORD has done at Life Changing Ministries in 2018!
The pastors take us to the northern most point in Israel, Mount Hermon in this 7th and final sermon of our Israel focused series. It is there at Hermon that Jesus takes a small group of disciples and reveals His glorious nature through the transfiguration. Like Moses whose transfigured face reflected the glory of God...Like Elijah who ate the bread of heaven and ran in supernatural strength...Like Jacob who wrestled and received a new identity from heaven... Like Stephen whose transfigured face allowed others to see the Kingdom of God in action...We too must have unveiled faces that reflect the LORD's glory as we are transfigured into His likeness with ever-increasing glory!
The day after Christmas in many countries is known as Boxing Day. A day where servants could expect to receive a box of gifts. We each have gifts that God has given us and this sermon demands that zeal for God's house begin to consume us and that we begin to tear open those gifts and put them to use for the sake of those around us! Let these Godly men stir your soul to action! Our God has personally created gifts for you. Don't limit yourself by letting the past or your own perspective of what gifts God has for you, keep you from every good and perfect gift that God wants to give you today! Earnestly desire and tear into God's box of gifts today!
Are you longing for breakthrough in your life? Do you need the very waters of Heaven to refresh and bring your weary soul back to life? This excellent message, our sixth in our Israel centric sermon series, is entitled Bethlehem Waters, Birthing Heaven. Let our three pastors walk you through the scriptures as they demonstrate that Bethlehem was a gateway that provided breakthrough first for the people of God and then the entire world! Through a right relationship with God, He offers us the very water of Heaven. This is no ordinary Christmas message. Let the rain of Heaven fall upon you today as you listen and find the breakthrough you desperately need.
Enjoy this message from Daniel Smith! Daniel digs in to bring a light hearted and hard hitting message on the importance of sharpening your diligence. Diligence must be seen in how you lead your own family, how you build your relationships, and how you engage with your community and workplace. Every obstacle, stumbling block, and offense must be removed lest we find ourselves to be foolishly chasing fantasies. Let the words of this message build you from the ground up!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade continue our Israel-centric sermons with this message entitled, Negotiating Caesarea Philippi. We learn from Israeli men Caleb, Daniel, Abraham, and Peter how to build our lives upon deep convictions. These men had different convictions, a different heart, and a different walk than other believers of their day. They demonstrated resurrection strength, holy confidence and faith in the certainty of outcome of their actions and each of these was built upon the foundation of Scripture. The revelation that Peter had at Caesarea Philippi is one that each man and woman must build their life upon. When we hear from heaven and develop our convictions from that revelation, we are able to advance against the gates of hell and WIN!!
Justin Linton delivers an excellent and timely word entitled, "Run to Please the Father". The Lord has been faithfully working on our foundations so that His righteousness may be seen in us and be transmitted to the generations that are to come. Justin encourages us towards diligence to master your teacher's instruction before attempting to create your own. He implores us to have our only goal set towards being pleasing in His sight. Finally, Justin challenges us to run away from apathy, comparison, self determination, fear, half-measured obedience, and instead run to please the Father!!
Pastor Eric, Pastor Matthew, and Pastor Wade present another message in our Israel-centric sermon series, entitled Israel Dealing with B.S. We can learn so much from the example that our older, natural, blood-line brother, Israel set for us. Their example will help us to prevent our hearts from turning to the right or to the left and ensure that the center of our being is aligned with the will of the King of the universe. This message will help you learn how to overcome the pattern and influence of this world in the very center of your being. Let the rain of God's Spirit overflow in your life and cause the iron chariots of the enemy to be defeated today!!
Caleb Brown shares this sermon entitled "The 40 year Shortcut". Caleb uses a pattern from the life of Moses to help us identify and address our own defective ambitions. Moses had a desire to serve, a pedigree to lead, and a call and drive to liberate God's people. Even with all of this, Moses still had to learn to experience a death sentence become life, how to transform an end into a beginning, and how roadblocks can become shortcuts. Let your heart be challenged by this sermon.
On this, the first day of the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah, our three pastors continue with our Israel-centric messages. God has always confirmed His presence to mankind through fire! In His covenant with Abraham, God revealed Himself as a smoking firepot and a blazing torch. In Exodus, He is the fire in the burning bush and the fire on Mount Sinai. He is a fire consuming offerings on the altar with the Priests and a pillar of fire that leads Israel through the desert. In Deuteronomy, He is the God that speaks from the fire and is Himself a consuming fire! God's presence--His fire--would fall when the Temple was dedicated, when the Holy Spirit was poured out at Pentecost (Shavuot), and the eyes of our risen Savior/King are filled with this same fire! The God over all creation has revealed himself not just as a fire, but as an Israeli Fire! It is imperative for those who claim to be true believers to awaken to the reality that no amount of syncretism, false biblical ideas, or hidden prejudice can change the centrality and importance of Israel and her promises. Seek the one true fire of God's presence...that Israeli fire that we as Gentiles have the eternal privilege to partake.
Enjoy this message from long-time LCM member, Curtis Carter! Curtis shares from the core of what the LORD has been stirring in him--namely to help people come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil! Each of us have veils across our eyes that we must allow the Word and the Spirit to remove! Whether we are fighting with spiritual forces (Ephesians 6:12), the world around us, or our flesh, we must allow the truth of God's Word and our obedience to Christ to allow us to see clearly. Don't be blind for a moment more, let Christ remove the veils!!
Pastor Wade, Pastor Matthew, and Pastor Eric deliver a well-timed word aimed at the maturity of each person. By using the importance and centrality of Israel, it's geography, history, and people, the pastors help to identify and crush the assumptions we each possess. Our embedded assumptions are what cause us to add to or edit God's words. The longer we hold to these assumptions, the more invested we become and the more difficult it is for us to hear from God and obey! The maturity needed to discern good from evil helps us to realize that our choices may appear feet apart, but the path it leads us on is miles apart, and the end results are worlds apart.
In this refreshing message, Nolan Hewitt delivers a clear directive to our church to focus on dying for unity! Nolan leads us to consider how our toxic, leprous independence can produce death in us and in our community. It is through humility that we can find true unity and reap the results of consecration in the Body of Christ. Are you dying for unity?
This is a foundational sermon, you must watch now! Pastor Eric delivers a timeless sermon that will align and redefine your understanding of foundational truths of the Word. By cementing your understanding of the content and purpose of the book of Genesis, you can begin to clear the rubble of erroneous doctrines and outright heresy to find the heart of God. Far too many people choose to reinvent the promises of God to His people, their land, and His ultimate plan instead of trusting in HIS promises of resurrection. Let this sermon resurrect your faith in the ultimate plan of God. If you are or want to be a serious student of the Bible, you need to listen to this sermon many times!
JJ Molock encourages LCM with a message entitled Fire Walker: Committed to the Process. Each one of us has had times where we "walked through the fire" of adversity, difficulty, doubt, or fear. Through powerful personal testimonies and revelation of the Word, this message will encourage you in exactly what you should do to find the victory and joy in each trial as the fire purifies and strengthens you!
In a personal and transparent message from Pastor Matt and his wife, Cassidi, they share from their own struggles with fear, and how they've both failed and conquered this formidable enemy. Pulling from the example of Abraham and Sarah, they teach us the ways in which we can strengthen each other when we come face to face with fear. Through the husband pastoring his wife, and the wife "ezering" (helping) her husband, fear is conquered and the work of our lives can be completed.
Enjoy as Kris Reusora challenges us with a message that is birthed from his own life! The LORD continues to challenge each of us to make an honest assessment of our life and our foundation. We are not building something that is common but rather divine and must focus on building upon God's Word and joining in a priestly brotherhood. Let this message challenge you to be married to HIS work so that you are building according to HIS divine plan, reflecting HIS redemptive nature, and constantly seeking the LORD so that what you are building may remain through the fire.
Nik Arezina and Judah Stephens bring a powerful message on building your life into a wall of steel! Dig into this message, learn how to kick down the feeble walls of self sufficiency, isolation, and differences and allow the power of the Spirit to help you to build up your life in unity! You must join you wall rightly to the families around you so that God's protection and power may be seen in your life! If you really want to win in life, discipleship and with your family, this message is for you!
Get ready for an incredible word from our very own, Keith Phillips! You will be challenged to redefine your limits and capabilities, while engaging with the most important concept in God's Word! Let your courage arise as you pursue what God has truly given. It is a powerful thing to be able to see another man earn victory, where others once thought the task to be impossible! God's Word will redefine your life!
Get ready to hear a powerful message from Pastor Eric, Pastor Matt, and Pastor Wade! Our three pastors share an impassioned word that demands that we find unacceptable the incomplete commitments and achievements in our walk with LORD! We will be challenged, propelled, and equipped to move from our own Caves of Adullam to the righteous standard of the House of Heroes.
Rick Laughhunn delivers an incredibly relevant and poignant word challenging each man and woman to awaken to the work that God has assigned! With a uniquely qualified perspective, Rick incorporates a lifetime as a craftsman and builder to help us gain a new understanding of the story of Nehemiah and the necessity for each of us as ordinary men, to rise up in strength and obedience.
Hear from all three LCM Pastors as they share a message that is built on the foundational truth of fighting in teams! The Bible clearly describes that it is not good to be alone and that two are better than one. Our enemy advances and attacks without warning and without relenting. The key to victory in your calling and in your life is to learn to function and fight in teams!! It is so good to be saved. It is better to be in covenant with others. It is best to be in a Kingdom yoked team where you are fighting for your brothers and sisters to ensure their success!!
Two of our young disciples, Gabriel Stephens and Gabriel Sutherland, share insight that they have received from the heavens! How are we supposed to respond when God gives us a promise? We must learn to fight!! These two men take us through each section of scripture to encourage everyone that while a promise can be given in a moment, it requires a lifetime of faithful fighting to be fully realized. You will be challenged and inspired to consider the areas of your life that require a tenacious faith and a persistent fight. It's time to fight!!
This message is from our 2018 One Association Conference held at The Arising Church in Crystal Lake, Illinois from October 12-14, 2018. For more information on The One Association Churches please visit www.one-association.org
This message is from our 2018 One Association Conference held at The Arising Church in Crystal Lake, Illinois from October 12-14, 2018. For more information on The One Association Churches please visit www.one-association.org
This message is from our 2018 One Association Conference held at The Arising Church in Crystal Lake, Illinois from October 12-14, 2018. For more information on The One Association Churches please visit www.one-association.org
This message is from our 2018 One Association Conference held at The Arising Church in Crystal Lake, Illinois from October 12-14, 2018. For more information on The One Association Churches please visit www.one-association.org
This message is from our 2018 One Association Conference held at The Arising Church in Crystal Lake, Illinois from October 12-14, 2018. For more information on The One Association Churches please visit www.one-association.org
This message is from our 2018 One Association Conference held at The Arising Church in Crystal Lake, Illinois from October 12-14, 2018. For more information on The One Association Churches please visit www.one-association.org
This message is from our 2018 One Association Conference held at The Arising Church in Crystal Lake, Illinois from October 12-14, 2018. For more information on The One Association Churches please visit www.one-association.org
This message is from our 2018 One Association Conference held at The Arising Church in Crystal Lake, Illinois from October 12-14, 2018. For more information on The One Association Churches please visit www.one-association.org
This message is from our 2018 One Association Conference held at The Arising Church in Crystal Lake, Illinois from October 12-14, 2018. For more information on The One Association Churches please visit www.one-association.org
Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade "tag team" this sermon, as our entire church prepares for the One Association Conference. You will be filled with "shouts of joy" as you learn the keys to sacrifice, revelation and fellowship with God and man. Let Christ fill you with unspeakable joy!
What a special sermon this is! Our dear friend, Pastor Radu Timcu of New Family Church in Cluj, Romania shares a stirring word! Pastor Radu challenged us to make sure that the same things that were following Christ, are following our lives...restoration, hope, healing, power, salvation, holiness, and purpose! Purpose is the key to unlocking this spiritual treasure. Today, renew your purpose by being a disciple and a servant. Today, renew your purpose by loving God and loving people. Today, renew your purpose by obedience and giving of yourself! The entirety of the creation is eagerly waiting for us to manifest the purposes of God as His sons and daughters.
One of our favorite sons is home! Pastor Buddy Brasseaux shares updates from his family's home in Chivay, Peru. His sermon teaches us how vital it is for each of us to develop a better obedience in our walk lest we become disqualified and removed from our heavenly calling. (1 Samuel 15) It's time to for you and I to "get over ourselves" and be reminded that it's not about our qualifications but completely about our obedience!
In this final message of our Marriage and Spiritual Reproduction series, Pastor Eric encapsulates the core teachings and expounds upon the goals of the entire series--the heavenly mandate for us to produce life! In an unforgettable fashion, you will be reminded of the critical nature of implementing the Word in our everyday lives, the necessity of submitting our souls to the LORD, and instructions on how to break free of the all-too-common symptoms of a "pre-ministry syndrome".
Our series on Correction concludes with a powerful and vulnerable message from Pastor Matthew. In it he reveals the ways we defend and justify ourselves when faced with correction. Using parallels between our actions and those of Adam and Eve, Pastor Matthew illustrates both silent preemptive defenses and outward arguments that refuse the correction that would benefit us. While adeptly using humor, this message comes to a piercing and powerful conclusion as Pastor Matthew encourages us to seek to be corrected. Have you allowed the Spirit to cut away your fashioned defenses? Do you even know what they are? This message will enable you to go on to bear fruit pleasing to the Kingdom.
In this third installment of our Marriage and Spiritual Reproduction series, Pastor Eric boldly and clearly challenges us to reconsider what we think we know about love. So many in our world today are proclaiming the merits and unconquerable nature of love; yet, the world's system has no real understanding of what Biblical love is! True love-- the kind of love that God prescribes--will cause men to lead in a Godly (ordered) fashion! It will cause women to respond in a Godly (ordered) fashion! It will even cause children to be raised in a Godly (ordered) fashion! When the creation that God so loves is returned to its right order, freedom and delight will be upon us!
Pastor Wade continues our Loving Correction series with this sermon entitled Damaged Goods. Many times as believers,we declare that we love and welcome correction. We say this even while we are working to disqualify both the message and messenger of correction. Let this message reveal blind spots and the hard places in your heart that are keeping you from being qualified by the correction of our God!
This is our second message in our Marriage and Spiritual Reproduction series! In this soul stirring message, Pastor Eric confronts an incredibly personal and delicate problem...one that is more common than we first perceive. We are challenged to consider the overwhelmingly precious nature of the Blood of Jesus. Jesus took our curse that resulted from our unfaithfulness, our idolatry, our blood libel state! He received the full payment of the wrath that was due us and gave us the full benefit of His Holiness and Covenant. Jesus didn't want to kill us, he wanted to cure us of our E.D! This message is one that you will want to listen to over and over again!
Pastor Wade initiates a series on loving the correction of the LORD. He presents an incredibly vulnerable message birthed from lessons the LORD is teaching him and his family. Our misconceptions about correction lead us to the belief that correction means confinement. Instead, the truth of God's Word teaches us that correction brings freedom and is the very proof of our "sonship".
Are you tired of hearing repetitive sermons droning on about the same subjects every week? Download or stream this message for a totally different experience. LCM is going through a series on Marriage and Spiritual Reproduction. This message tackles the difficulties of male leadership performance in an engaging and challenging way. Limp Leadership Flaccid Marriage is more than a double entendre, it is practical-gritty instruction for life.
In our final installment of our Big and Bold Series, Pastor Wade gives a moving word that challenges each person to consider their hunger for the Lord. Are you allowing worldly things to satiate and satisfy your hunger? How hungry are you for the things of the Spirit of God? Let this word stir your heart to truly long for God's Spirit and yearn for His Word. Let HIM give you the Spirit without limit!
In the third message in our Big and Bold series, Pastor Wade cuts through the lackadaisical facade of the culture that we live in and goes straight for the jugular to show us the attitude we must have as bold leaders in a lost world. I ask you Christian, are you combining your faith with action that displays a full commitment to the life which you’ve been called? Let the steely resolve of a follower of Christ rise inside of your soul as you get ready to lead others into this same brazen mindset and conduct.
What a treat! This message is from Ibrahim & Eve Zakhary. You will be extremely blessed as you hear what the LORD has been teaching them about going all in to really know HIM! Jesus came to make the Father known and continues to make Him known. We must prioritize our time with Him, we must hear and obey and we must make real efforts to deepen our relationship with Jesus. Prepare to have your heart challenged and encouraged!
In this second installment of our Big and Bold Series, Pastor Wade delivers a timely word that challenges us to have bold leadership even when big obstacles are present. Our biggest problems aren't with our external obstacles but rather our internal struggles. Bold leadership starts with us!!
Pastor Wade begins our "Big and Bold" Series by articulating how bold and confident leadership is the supernatural product of being compelled by the love of Christ! LCM is working to develop the most loving husbands, the most tender fathers and the most savage lion killers! To accomplish this we must have our every action compelled by the love of Christ. Our love for Christ will be proven sincere by our faithful obedience, His power displayed in our lives, and by us being rooted and established in His love. Is your every action being compelled by the love of Christ?
In the culminating message of our Faithfulness Series, Pastor Eric preaches this passionate and moving message focused on Blood Tested Faithfulness. We pray that you will be deeply moved as you consider the precious nature of the blood of Jesus Christ from a new perspective. Our pursuit to be children of God takes on an even more poignant meaning in light of the blood tested faithfulness of the Son of God. Prepare to have your heart stirred and your perspective forever transformed by this powerful message!
Is it plugged in? Is the power on? These are not only the first steps in troubleshooting electrical issues, they are also key in analyzing your faithfulness to the LORD. Pastor Matthew skillfully utilizes his expertise to take you through three specific processes to troubleshoot your faithfulness and renew your connection to Jesus--our source of hope, comfort and the preservation of our lives.
In the third message of our Faithfulness Series, Pastor Eric illustrates a powerful concept in the Holy Scriptures...the finger of God!! God desires to "devastate" us by His Holy Spirit in hopes that we will cry out for His finger to inscribe His very words on our hearts! Let Him renovate your stony heart and give you a tender heart of flesh.
In this message, Pastor Eric continues our Faithfulness Series. As children, we show remarkable courage when we feel that our Father is with us. We must understand that even as adults our insecurity, fear, and chaos are the result of feeling the absence of our Father! He is always near us, ready to give us His Faithful Confidence.
Faith can be shown in a moment but faithfulness can only be displayed through consistency over a great length of time! Are you faithful if it only lasts for an hour? A week? A month? A year? It is a sad commentary on society that we no longer seem to measure faithfulness in decades! This message challenges every believer to examine their lives in comparison with the lives of Noah, Abraham, and Daniel. Pastor Eric draws vivid pictures from Hebrew thought as well as our own culture to both encourage honest examination of our lives and inspire us towards faithfulness. The message finishes with a surprisingly fresh look at Zechariah 4:6 "Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit" says the LORD.
John and Joi Dang share their testimony of how Jesus transformed their lives and made them a vital part of the LCM family. Taking them from an unknown future to a known of promises fulfilled. Listen as they recount their early years in the faith and victories over obstacles.
When you think of the sport of Archery, what best comes to mind? The arrow hitting the bullseye or skillfulness of the Archer? There is one component that is the most overlooked, the Bow. Pastor Wade teaches on how we are to be a Bow in the hands of God. Sending out those He has entrusted to us and forsaking all glory for ourselves. Are you focused on being a bow in the hands of a warrior or taking credit for what the Archer and arrow accomplish?
In a special message from Brother Curtis Carter, we learn from his personal life how to redeem lost time and make the most of every opportunity. He walks us through common stages of Christianity and challenges us continually be moving forward. Are you stuck in what he calls the Message stage, content to just receive the Word? Or are you ready to get moving in the Mission God has for you and bring it to completion?
In the fourth and final sermon in our Eschatology series, Pastor Eric teaches on who is appointed for Tribulation and the role it plays in our lives, both today, and in the End Times. Do your End Time views produce an escape mentality leading to a desire for something other than what scripture says? The true Bride of Christ is spotless and radiant because she has been refined by fire and is able to withstand all of hell’s fury.
Discernment is the ability to distinguish between good and evil. Without it, we remain immature and unable know or do God's will. Spencer McLain preaches his first message at LCM sharing with us his insight into how God's word is able to dial in our discernment and enable us to become mature and free of hindrances.
In this third installment of our Eschatology Series, Pastor Matt elucidates the weightiness of the final judgment to come. The Judgment Seat of Christ for the believer and the Great White Throne judgment for the non believer should produce in us the cry from our hearts for the need of a mediator or Savior. May we invite God's judgment now so that we may find His favor in that day.
Getting ready for an important engagement requires wearing the proper attire. Nik Arezina inspires us with a word about living in the purpose God has made us, resulting in being clothed with righteous deeds. Are you properly clothed? Do you know your purpose? This message will challenge you to seek the Lord until you find surety in your purpose.
In Jesus’ parable of Sheep and Goats, have you always considered Sheep as the Christians and Goats the world? In the second sermon of our Eschatology series, pastor Wade teaches on how the Consequences of our Deeds relate to this parable, as well as 6 other parables in the book of Matthew, and clearly indicate that these parables are speaking to believers.
Throughout the Tanakh (first 39 books of the Bible) the promise of Resurrection is clearly seen, especially in the Psalms. It is the promise that sustains our hope during difficulty. It calls us away from the desire to be transported from our problems and instead be transformed through our difficulty. It teaches us to persevere in hope that God will bring to life what seems to be lifeless. How dead is your promise, your situation? Let the consequences of your faith in the resurrection in Jesus result in displaying His kingdom coming to earth today.
"Who are you?" is a question that we all struggle to answer about ourselves. In our day, when so many suffer with an identity crisis, Caleb Brown teaches us that we are defined by our purpose in the kingdom and not by what church we attend, our creeds, or who we surround ourselves with. Purpose is ALWAYS displayed by our actions and we must ask The Lord what we are to do. Although envy and jealousy occasionally become snares to action, we learn in this passionately delivered word how to walk in our purposes together.
"I don't fit in" or "I just can't do what they can do". These are common phrases uttered in the hearts of those who are distressed, indebted and discontent. Judah Stephens shares on the remedy for these conditions and how to come Alive in God's presence. Enabling you to be Free, Equipped and Armed with the tools God has given you to accomplish the good works which were prepare in advance for you to do.
This short, dynamic message is aimed at unity within the Body of Christ. Pastor Eric illustrates the universal standard that must continually call us to higher ground while celebrating its various stations of emphasis and implementation. We all desire fellowship and that fellowship will be proportioned differently for a family with eight small children than it will be for a family seeking their first child. Pastor Eric encouraged the body to pursue the freedom in the heavenly pattern without expecting the same prescription for the various stages of life.
In this day of digital media, Fake News has muddied the waters of discernable truth. One of the ways this shows up is in the portrayal of fathers. They are seen as a bumbling idiot, continually rescued by their eye-rolling wives. God created man to display His very own image, and his purpose is to subdue enemies while refusing to be ruled by fear. The resulting product is caring husbands, tender fathers and men who are lion killers. Listen as Pastor Eric leads us to properly view the role of Fathers and encourages us to be men filled with the Spirit of God so we can represent Him well.
Do you want a testimony? Are you willing to be tempered to get it? Pastor Eric teaches on the process of making Damascus Steel, renown for its strength, unique patterns and coloring. Our lives, like this steel, are strengthened through repeated endurance of trials. Through this process our testimonies are forged in our willingness to be tempered. He called us to one forge, one process that produces in us rare and immovable steel.
The Jewish Life Cycle revolves around three key themes: Creation, Revelation, and Redemption. Pastor Eric Stephens with his sons, Judah and Gabriel, share how we explore and discover the purpose of these themes found in Jewish scriptures. Clearing our eyes to see that we were created for a divine purpose to rule this earth in the divine image of God, subduing His enemy's while fruitfully filling the whole earth with His kingdom. Have you drifted from the purpose you were created for and need to return to it today? Listen how you can return to Jesus and receive purpose and power to carry it out.
When areas of our lives are fruitful, our desire is to continue and increase the fruitfulness. However, in order to become more fruitful, there must be a Powerful Pruning. Pastor Wade teaches on the necessity of pruning rebellion and obstinance from our hearts. Areas of our lives that desire to grow separately from the body of Christ and result in harming those near us. Instead, after the pruning, we are able to join in the hope of the sons of Korah and, as we move away from a rebellious heart, rejoice in the justice, character and resurrection power of Jesus.
Unity possess power, but what do we choose to unify over? Do we choose to unite over our offenses and what we are against or do we unify with what God is for? Unity based on a mutual hate of someone or something is not Unity, it is Toxic Unity. Pastor Matt confronts us with the standard of God's word to change what brings us into unity. He calls us to put to death what belongs to our sinful nature and force our way into unity with Jesus and each other, bringing about healing, restoration and Godly Unity.
What keeps us from becoming great in the Kingdom of God? So often it is when we compare our lives with others, or allow disunity because of offenses. Justin Treaster shares how, collectively, we are to be an Army of One, fighting the enemy on multiple fronts. Every person is a valuable asset to this army. And unity is to be maintained at all cost. This calls for radical self-denial on our parts, and a laying aside of selfish ambition. We cannot think that WHAT we are doing is more important than WHO we are doing it for!
How much effort do you put into hiding your weaknesses? Most of us do not want others to see our imperfections for fear of being rejected. Like Mephibosheth, we have a lame walk and do not see ourselves worthy to sit at the King’s table. Yet as we take up the yoke of Jesus and as one man, unify in bearing His standard, we receive noble rank and royal provision from the King of kings.
In this encouraging message from Nik Arezina and Payton Parsons, your soul will be strengthened to push further into being who Jesus is calling you to be. To accomplish this We work Harder, We elevate others as Better, We respond Faster and We are Stronger. These biblical truths build a unified body of believers that do great things and accomplish the will of God.
Can you hear from God? Do you see Jesus for who He really is? These questions are easily answered once you’ve encountered Jesus coming down to you. During this day of Shavuot, Pentecost, on the Jewish calendar, Pastor Wade pours out his heart to inspire you to experience God coming down to you. Removing the obstacles in your heart which prevent being filled with His Spirit. Do then you need HIM to come down and lift you up? Then you need God to come down!
Do you want to know what Love is or is it just a feeling? Is the love you have for someone based on how they love you? Love is obviously more than just a feeling and goes well beyond loving someone in return to loving you. Listen as our Guest Speaker teaches on the Agape type of Love that is initiated by God pouring it into our hearts by His Spirit and is to be extended to even our enemies.
In a special Mother's Day Service, Pastor Eric reminds us of the high calling we have to stir up zeal to raise righteous generations. When we stir up the Holy Spirit within us, it begins to stir something holy in those we are responsible for. Our children will become what we are, and each generation should rise past the previous one. You are a source of life because Jesus has put His life inside of you. Stir up that fountain till it rises and rises, and overflows to everyone around you!
Dinner with friends, an impromptu worship event or an encouraging bible study are all forms of fellowship. We all crave to be in fellowship, however, when it is dependent on our level of comfort, it is not the true fellowship Jesus sacrificed His life for. There is a direct relationship between your level of sacrifice and fellowship. Pastor Eric inspires us to see that we were chosen to sacrifice for Christ and fellowship with him. We were also chosen to sacrifice for fellowship with the called, chosen and faithful followers of our King! This is how we overcome.
How much goodness has the Lord poured into our lives? Are we not drowning in it? But if we confine it to only our life and how it benefits us, then like the Dead Sea, we become stagnant, selfish, and void of true life. In a sobering message from Pastor Eric we are reminded that there is no room for selfishness in the Kingdom of God. If, instead, we allow His goodness to be poured through us to others, not only will He continue to fill us, but we will truly live to the purpose for which we are designed. We must not aim for a life of ease and comfort, but, rather one of service and sacrifice. An outward flowing life is unselfish, undefiled, and one that can overcome the gates of Hell.
What is your source of comfort? Does it come from the luxuries of life, or even the lack of difficulties? When things get hard, do we ask God to make it easier or, like Joshua, do we ask for more daylight so we can complete our work? Pastor Wade pushes us to recognize where we are seeking comfort in our lives and encourages us to welcome suffering and embrace discomfort to "fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions." The work the Lord has assigned us and the trials we face are not the problem, they are exactly what we need to depend on God and the comfort He gives.
The faithfulness of God transcends all geographical and cultural barriers. Upon returning from a powerful Missions Trip to India, these 7 men share how God's faithfulness impacted their lives and the revelations that came from their experience there. The Lord worked in them not only what was needed for their own personal growth, but also what could be shared to inspire and strengthen the Body of Christ.
A good indicator that we have something crooked in our heart is when it shows up in our relationships as unhealthy tensions between our brothers and sisters in Christ. In this powerful message from Nik Arezina and Payton Parsons we are reminded that we are designed to reflect the Lord's glory and to shine brightly with His character but sin has a way of dulling our radiance. It is time to drag the darkness in our hearts into the light. Just like Moses, being in God's presence will make us more and more radiant. How is your radiance? Is it getting brighter or has sin caused it to dim? Get rid of offense, kill your excuses, get salve from the Holy Spirit so you can see rightly and be ever-increasingly radiant with His glory.
We have an enemy that comes to kill, steal, and destroy, and yet the character of God gives us reasons for confidence! In this sermon, Justin Treaster and Abimbola Daramola encourage the Body how the hand of God is working on our behalf, fulfilling His purpose for us. Whatever the Lord has called us to will require the supernatural to accomplish it. It is essential that we remain steadfast to that purpose by being fully confident in knowing who the Father is.
Do you have the habit of looking at your trials and mistakenly believing that failure is certain? God did not redeem you to then have you fail, He is vying for you, championing your victory. In this message, Justin and Judah encourage us to lift up our eyes and let heaven change our vision. Jesus wants us to win and will teach us to stand firm no matter the situation. Knowing the Father is how you have heaven's eyes. Learn how both the Spirit and the Word are fully at work in our life.
When you get to a point of desperation, do you become fixated on your circumstances, instead of fixing your eyes on the eternal? Pastor Matt delivers a timely message refocusing our gaze on the One who can bring us through the trials we face. Fixing our eyes on Jesus is not only for our personal salvation, but so that we can bring salvation to others. Every choice, action, even attitude we demonstrate will transfer to the next generation. Where are your eyes focused?
You crave Validation. You think phrases like "Good job!", "Way to go!" or even a pat on the back and round of applause would be what is needed to lift up your soul. Experience has taught us that these are short lived and leaving us wanting for more. In the Kingdom of God, the ultimate source of validation is found in what we suffer for the name of Jesus. Pastor Wade expounds on the process of Reverse Validation and how our light and momentary troubles are acheiving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all!
Upon returning from their travels along the King's Highway, these 7 men share the revelations uncovered by their experiences in Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Israel, and Egypt. From the frost in the Red Square to the shadow of the Pyramids; from divine encounters with men of peace along the Black Sea to walking in the footsteps of Jesus in His hometown; from crossing the Red Sea out of Egypt on Passover to sharing the Feast with a Jewish family in their home, the Lord revealed new insight and opportunities to minister the gospel at every turn. Journey with them on this Highway and be challenged in your faith to die to self, lay down your life in humility, preach the full gospel, love one another, be desperate for Him, let the Lord have the plan, and consider everything a loss to gain Christ!
Gravesites are places people mourn and reflect on the joyful memories of a loved one. However, Abraham, rose up after his wife Sarah died and spoke to the Hittites to negotiate a burial site. He wasn't buying just a gravesite, he was buying the real estate of resurrection. It is here at Machpelah in Hebron that we can put our eyes on the only plot of land Abraham purchased hoping for a better resurrection. What are you investing in for a better resurrection? Will you live like him, so you can die like him and thereby be raised like him?
The Resurrection of Jesus has given us the ability to overcome sin and death . In this Resurrection Sunday Service, Pastor Wade and Pastor Matt deliver a fiery message of hope found through Repentance leading to Power. Jesus was the Passover Lamb that bought us freedom. Our response must be to examine our lives and remove any leaven still left. God demands these actions so that you can experience His resurrection power that gives life! What do you need to do to complete your repentance and experience Life from Death?
How does your heart respond when God asks for more? Do you hold back a little in reserve, even though you have poured out most? Pastor Matthew shows us 7 unique way that Jesus poured out His life as a complete sacrifice, and how we are to arm ourselves with the same attitude. Any little bit that we hold back stands in the way of us receiving the resurrecting power He wants to give us.
Giving into the will to quit can quickly become a way of life. The Church must develop a character that will not give up, no matter what. Pastor Wade demonstrates from the Word of God the source of our endurance and encouragement, resulting in an immovable hope.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit brings power into a believer's life, but for what purpose? Do we seek the power of God to build ourselves up, or are we looking for the opportunity to pour that power out? In this message, Pastor Matt reminds us that we are designed by the hand of God to be filled by the Spirit of God so that we can demonstrate the power of God!
The Kingdom of God has no room for hearts that melt in fear. Pastor Wade brings a strengthening word out of Isaiah 35:3-4, encouraging the Body to "chazaq" (strengthen our drooping arms) and "amats" (steady our knees with courage). It is time to get hold of our emotions and place our boots on the neck of the enemy! How will your life show "chazaq" and "amats" today?
Since the early times of man's existence, strength and power have been symbolized by Towers. Pastor Wade preaches on how we have access to a Tower of Power, or Ebenezer, in our time of need. The question is do you recognize when you need help, moreover, ask for it?
On the day of their departure for a ground-breaking Mission Trip to Turkey, Russia, and Israel, these 9 men tell of the urgency they feel to run into the storm in the Middle East, truly laying down their lives for the gospel to be preached. They each share on how the Lord calls all of us into the midst of storms and God's purposes that await us there. In the storm is the opportunity for God to gain glory in His sons, and for us to display genuine faith. Jesus died for a Church that will chase the storms, risk it all, and gain the reward that He has promised to His faithful ones. Elder Boz Arezina, Pastor Eric Stephens, Nik Arezina, Abimbola Daramola, Justin Linton, Payton Parsons, Judah Stephens, Gabe Stephens, and Justin Treaster.
Richly ornamented, decked out, swag are all terms that convey an adornment that gets everyone's attention. In this message, Pastor Eric focus your attention on 7 things found in Isaiah 49 that result in being dressed in a richly ornamented robe. One that is comprised of our children's success in fulfilling the promises of God. This is the reward of our obedience to God's purpose in our lives.
Women are powerful. However, more so than they, or even men fully realize. In this sermon, Elder Charlie, Pastor Wade and Pastor Matthew share on the Heart-Turning Superpower that Femininity possesses. This Superpower has the ability to turn the hearts of men towards righteousness or rebellion against God. Women, what are you using your Heart-Turning Superpower for? Men, what are allowing your heart to be turned to? Are we raising up our daughters to use this Superpower that makes them fit to marry a Godly King?
LCM's very own Buddy Brasseaux, Missionary to Peru, shares a timely message about momentary trials and personal sacrifice. We have 3 lives in play - the life we left, the life we are living now, and the eternal life our sacrifices are achieving. If we have the same attitude as Christ Jesus, who kept nothing in reserve, then we attain the eternal by taking up our cross daily and following Him in His sacrifice.
We have all experienced that innate desire to imitate our fathers, whether their example was godly or not. In conversational style, Elder Boz Arezina and Pastor Eric Stephens share on the Biblical model that fathers are supposed to lay down for their children, one that produces sons that far surpass their fathers. How you experience God is how your son will experience Him. With the perspective that you are raising Kings, not children, you eliminate the chaos that comes from an emasculated society.
If you have a true heart after God, then you will desire to build something great for Him. Listen as Pastor Eric reveals the mystery of how God is building something great for you through that process. In this process, our building materials need to be the quality that will pass the inspection of The Builder and Architect, God, and be worthy of joining the home our father Abraham and king David have already built.
Have you ever felt so in over your head or outdone by your circumstances that you just wanted to quit? Pastor Matthew brings an encouraging word about the one character quality that doesn't allow you to quit - perseverance. Jesus teaches us that perseverance is essential in order to produce fruit, and that suffering is essential in order to produce perseverance. It is the spade by which the hardened heart of man is turned into the soil that produces a crop 100, 60, 30 fold.
Full-time Missionary to Tanzania, Tori Rasmussen shares a passionate word with LCM about our responsibility to the nations. The Lord declares, "My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations." {Mk 11:17} In our pursuit of Christ the Rock, are we building a spiritual house of living stones that only look and talk like we do? Rather, shouldn't we be providing unhindered access to that Rock to ALL people, by both preaching the gospel and interceding for those who have not received it yet? It is time for us to take a warning from the fig tree, and bear fruit in season and out.
"Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted." {2 Tim 3:10} How well, then, do you handle persecution and insults? Do you retaliate, or like Jesus, entrust yourself to Him who judges justly? Pastor Eric delivers a powerful message reminding us that persecution is to be worn as a badge of honor, that we have been counted worthy to suffer disgrace for the name of Christ.
How thin is your skin? Do you feel entitled to be offended? Have you become entrapped by offense? Through this scandalous word, Pastor Wade teaches us about the Greek word "skandalon", which describes the trigger on a trap, but is used throughout the Bible to describe offenses. This is a life-changing message that will help you to rightly see the trap and avoid the grief that an offended heart brings.
The Body of Christ is made up of many parts, but together we are ONE BODY upholding one standard. Pastor Wade delivers a powerful message, reminding us of what the standard is (the Lord and His word) and the necessity of grabbing hold of Him through obedience to His word. He challenges us to crush those things that cause division in the Body, and together we should all hold up the standard, and be conformed to His likeness.
In the final message of our 8-part series TALMIDIM, brother Judah Stephens brings a convicting word about the final stage of discipleship, exponentially magnifying the teaching that has been deposited within you. He walks us through the biblical standard of successive generations accomplishing even greater things than their predecessors. After this message, you will take a sober look at your own life, examining where you are in the discipleship process and if you are on course to exponentially out-produce even your own teachers.
In the 7th message of the TALMIDIM Series, we hear from Nik Arezina, Abimbola Daramola, and Payton Parsons as they share what it looks like to be initiated into the work for which discipleship has prepared you. This is a bloody process, meaning it requires much sacrifice on the part of the disciple at every stage. They pose the question, where are YOU in the process, and are you advancing or stalling out? Are you compromising or sacrificing? Can you detach from your way of life and attach yourself to your Rabbi? Are you stubborn in the flesh, or stubborn in your pursuit of discipleship?
We continue our examination of true biblical discipleship in this 6th installment of the TALMIDIM Series. Payton Parsons shares how to succeed under supervision and the necessity of receiving divine direction from your teacher. Are you firmly embedded in the discipleship process? Are you receiving direction from your teachers with humility and desire to implement their instruction? Or are you a spiritual snowflake, melting from the heat of correction?
This LCM Sunday Service was a beautiful celebration recognizing the Lord's ordination of Buddy Brasseaux and the work laid out before his family in Peru. Pastors Eric, Wade, and Matt lay their hands upon him and teach on the special anointing a Priest would receive. Elders and Pastors from One Association Churches give a special blessing, and the congregation is welcomed to share words of encouragement with the Brasseaux family. Pastor Eric finishes up the Service with a powerful teaching on "Come and Go", a sacred statement of the call of Jesus to not only come to Him and follow Him, but to go and become fishers of men.
The TALMIDIM Series continues with this challenging message from Justin Linton regarding our responsibility to respond to the instruction we have been given. The harvest is ripe and we have been given the tools we need to reap the souls hanging in the balance. Will you cultivate the faithfulness required to see the Kingdom break out in the lives around you? Will you let go of excuses and grab the confidence the Lord has provided, or will you refuse to walk in the authority that comes from implementing the Way of Life?
In the 4th message of the TALMIDIM Series, Abimbola Daramola examines what it means to model our lives after our teachers. In order to emulate their example, sacrifice is required, inconvenience is certain, and correction is essential. Will you allow yourself to be fully trained by the pattern they have laid down, and so experience exponential spiritual growth?
In the 3rd message of the TALMIDIM Series, three LCM Disciples deliver a powerful message on positioning yourself to receive the instruction your teachers desire to lavish upon you. Just as Joshua gleaned from Moses and Aaron through their victories and failures, we learn that discipleship has a cost for both the Rabbi and the student. It is through the fire of adversity that the iron-clad bond is made, and the student learns how to fulfill his calling. Seize the opportunity of a lifetime in the lifetime of the opportunity.
Justin Treaster delivers the second sermon in the TALMIDIM Series, furthering our study on biblical discipleship, by teaching about the inseparable bond that should exist between a disciple and his teacher. He issues a powerful challenge to examine your heart for entanglements that get in the way of this bond, and calls you to leave them behind, pushing further into a higher form of discipleship with your fathers in the faith.
Nik Arezina begins an 8 week series based on the hebrew word for disciples TALMIDIM. In the first message of this series, Nik teaches on the fundamental step of discipleship, Take In. Are you allowing the Lord to cultivate your call by putting yourself in position to be Taken In to discipleship? Or do you make excuses for your lack of effort to be close to the leaders God has placed before you?
Pastor Eric and his son, Judah, team up to share the final message for our 12th Round series. In this message, they bring to a conclusion that it is only through the Right Hand of God that we have what we need to win. After we have exhausted our strength, it is His that wins the round. Listen and be challenged to Pick Up Your Sword, Recognize your Station, Take Plunder from the Fierce and Calling on the Right Hand of God. Download the pdf file for the list of Jesus in the Older Testament, Jesus in the Newer Testament, "He is" list inspired by S.M. Lockridge and the LCM adaptation of Dr. Bob Moorehead's list found in his book "Words Aptly Spoken".
In this our seventh message of our 12th Round Series, Pastor Wade teaches us how to steal the round. We clinch with the fact that the world is in a terrible state but make the turn with the fact that just as Christ entered a broken world to steal the round, we too must steal this round. Our offensive actions start with an all out attack as we let ourselves go and exhibit Christ composure through the deep convictions of the Word!
In this our sixth sermon in the 12th Round Series, Nik Arezina teaches us how to deliver a punch! We first clinch with the truth that the people of God are often resisted and delayed in their pursuit. We turn with confidence in God's Ultimate Sovereignty. We make our fist through the work of the fivefold ministry, we launch a mighty uppercut (staying vulnerable with your brothers), we jab by using the Word and throw a knockout blow with the hook to make the enemy pay dearly for his attack. We must attack with a holy savagery! The bell has sounded. It's time to fight!
In this our 5th message in our 12th Round Series, Pastor Matt teaches us how to get off the ropes! It is here that we clinch with ungodly people who show more dedication that the people of God! We turn by understanding the role our obedience plays in the Ultimate Sovereignty of God. Our all out offensive begins by planting your feet, cutting off your opponent, and assaulting the enemy with persistent and deliberate punching so we can impose God's will upon our enemy and unleash a holy savagery! The bell has sounded! It's time to fight!!
In this our fourth sermon in our 12th round series, Justin Treaster gives us a powerful Word! We clinch with passage in Revelation and Daniel that describe the disturbing proposition that the enemy has in fact been given power. We turn thru the power of God's eternal Word and learn how to mount an offensive! You must listen to your corner, set your gaze, and wrap your hands so you can impose God's will upon our enemy and unleash a holy savagery! The bell has sounded! It's time to fight!!
In this 3rd installment of the 12th Round Series, Pastor Eric teaches us what to do when we take body shots inside the ring/battle. You will learn what happens when Satan opposes the will of God and is successful. We learn how Revelation 21 helps us turn on the enemy and then we go on the offensive! We counter to the head, practice ring praise, and press our purpose so we can impose God's will upon our enemy and unleash a holy savagery! The bell has sounded! It's time to fight!!
In this our second message of the 12th Round Series, all three LCM pastors bring a message that will challenge us to clinch, turn, and mount an offensive! We must clinch with the enemy, understanding that God is not the only one with a plan for your life. Our turn focuses on God's unchanging nature. Now, the offense! With a wide base, eyes hand high, and standing in the center of the ring we will impose God's will on the enemy with a holy savagery!! The bell has sounded. It's time to fight!
Welcome to the 12th Round! The pastors of LCM have dedicated this month to address the battle that remains before us. In this first sermon, Pastor Wade kicks off our series by clinching with the fact that God has called the end from the beginning and yet we do not always see His will fully realized in every situation...yet. We must battle to "strategize the good strategy" and have our eyes open to the heavenly battle that is before us. The bell has rung. It's time to fight!!
God has lavished His love upon us!! In this poignant sermon, Pastor Eric shares tremendous insight on the Love of God. We love because He loved us, but God loves us without a 'because'! Let the love of Christ compel you to enter His presence.
What does it mean to be surrounded by the saints? Pastor Eric takes time to recap some of the miraculous accomplishments of LCM from the past year and since its inception. We have learned the value of marching out, taking up our positions, standing firm, and moving forward to face the enemy. God is in the battle and so must we be! We don't dread it…we were made for it! Come on saints, join us in this glorious battle!
As our entire church and community prepares for Thanksgiving, Pastor Wade shares seven insights from Jesus' feeding of the 5,000. Let your heart not only be moved to thankfulness on this day, but as a new and on-going attitude of your life.
Often times in the Kingdom, victory is defined for us just as it was for Jacob. Namely, that we struggle and overcome! Sometimes we miss the great victories that abound in just enduring! If you are still here, then you are already victorious! The Gates of Hell are not prevailing against you because you still stand! Let this message from Pastor Wade encourage you to have a victorious outlook, bold actions, and a persevering spirit that can say, it is well with my soul!!
Prepare to have your heart stirred!! Pastor Eric delivers a poignant message on building false altars. These false altars begin with many excuses but are always without sacrifice. They grow in number, size, and depravity until they end up on every corner on our lives. Let the franchising nature of your faith die as you listen to this word!
In this message, Ps. Eric so clearly lays out the idea that "I want to not want sin!" The discipline and discipleship that the LORD has given this church is to move the mandates and motivation from external to internal means. We don't want you to just manage your sin, we want you to crucify it! We don't want you to simply survive with ongoing wounds, we want you healed & victorious, eliminating every area of sin! Come on, Hoss!
LCM has been built upon the Word of God, the power of the Holy Spirit, and deep conviction! In this message, Pastor Wade gives us the key to developing our own deep convictions...namely having revelation from the heavens that gets deep into our heart and helps us get on the offensive to build the Kingdom!
Hear from Buddy Brasseaux, our missionary to Peru. Buddy shares his testimony and the things that have prepared he and his family for moving to Peru to serve the people of Chivay and Culca Canyon. Don't despise the day of small beginnings, stay faithful, and watch the hand of God move in your life just as He has moved in the Brasseaux family.
Alex Adarmes blesses LCM once again with this timely message on how to find a heavenly perspective even in the midst of the most pressing and difficult times.
Enjoy this message from Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola as they recap a recent Missions Trip to Kenya. You will be blessed by this sweet revelation.
What kind of love is this that the Father has bestowed? Pastor Eric shares a beautiful message on how God loves us freely! God loves us freely when we neither deserved it, nor sought after it. It is because of this overwhelming love that we are compelled to love others and bring the truth of the Gospel to our neighbors and the far ends of the earth.
In this message, Pastor Wade reminds us that there are no victims here because we are more than conquerors! As you listen, let God's Word help expose and remove areas in your life and thoughts that have fallen prey to a victim mentality. No apparent physical lack can overcome the Spiritual abundance we have been granted in Christ! We are more than conquerors!
Psalm 103 teaches us not to forget all of the LORD"s benefits! Pastor Wade brings a timely word for our congregation awakening our hearts to the precious nature of the death of His saints (Ps. 116:15) and how our constant dying to self produces incredible benefits!
Covenant or Obligation? In this message Pastor Eric provides a unique insight on covenants as more than an obligatory legal agreement but rather a deep self sacrificing emotional bond that joins people together under one purpose, God's purpose. And like our growth in Christ, our covenants expand from an individual basis, to a familial, to eventually a global bond fully persuaded as a co conspirator with Christ.
Ps. Eric reminds us of the centrality of covenant relationships. How can we repay the LORD in any other way than remaining fully committed to each vow that has been made and each covenant relationship that has been established. When things are at their most difficult, we must turn to our covenant relationships, not away from them. Let this message teach you how to live by a Jarhead Covenant!
It's time to Celebrate!! On this inaugural evening of Sukkot, Pastor Wade reminds us that the purpose of The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) is to bring the message of His salvation to the nations. Come drink in of the presence of God and watch as He allows streams of living water to flow from our lives.
Proverbs 16:6 tells us "through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for..." Pastor Eric shares a triumphant message on this the first day after Yom Kippur-the day that sins were atoned for! Your heart will be stirred as you realize that like rising flood waters, He is our only hope of salvation! Therefore, listen closely to learn to deny ourselves in favor of HIS Lordship.
As the Jewish calendar approaches Yom Kippur, Pastor Eric expounds on the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as a time of extreme self examination for those who are considered to be in the balance of being written in the Book of Death or the Book of Life. Jesus warns the Church of being this intermediate, moderate, lukewarm believer. Pastor Eric reminds the Church that we don't have to operate in the agony of the middle ground because the Christian can experience atonement, a renewal, and a rebirth!! This alone should cause great joy but also an indebtedness to those who are stuck in the calendar cycle awaiting for what Jesus gives us freely, life overflowing!
This timely message from Pastor Eric capitalizes on Rosh Hashanah, the Hebrew New Year! With a clarion call of warning to rid ourselves of “moral filth” and a bold declaration for us to cast our burdens on the LORD, we must awake to what God has for us.
On this first day of the Hebrew New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Pastor Wade demonstrates how this High Holiday in the Jewish calendar is also pertinent to our body of believers. God has been preparing our lives to be able to declare His sovereignty, remember His mighty acts, and allow our faith-filled deeds to resonate with ear splitting clarity!
As the world concerns itself with Category 5 storms, Pastor Eric confronts the Church with the reality of how the Christian should be aware of the dangers of the Category 3 storms! Most true Christians are in category three of the parable of the soils. We must choke the thorns out of our lives or the thorns will no doubt choke us out.
If you have ever had struggles getting your thoughts right, this message is for you! Pastor Wade brings a challenging word that clearly elucidates the importance of bringing every thought captive to the obedience of Christ as well as demanding that we fix our thoughts!
n continuation of Wits Ends & Precarious Positioning, Pastor Eric challenges the church to awaken to the beauty of these terrible times so that the eternal gospel can be preached boldly!
We welcomed Pastor Eric back from Indonesia with a tuned ear opened to a powerful message of how great our Savior is during times of great distress!
Pastor Wade delivers an incredible word that challenges us to have a heavenly perspective so that God's pattern can be made known to us in every situation!
In this message, Pastor Matt and Pastor Wade help LCM to deal with the devastation of Hurricane Harvey according to the way of life that the LORD has shown us! We are after more than social justice, we are after a Kingdom harvest!
Payton Parsons, Nik Arezina and Judah Stephens bring a powerful word regarding their latest trip to Turkey. Listen and be challenged to re-evaluate your life and remove any form of idolatry that draws you away from God's Kingdom while replacing it with a first love devotion to Jesus.
Pastor Eric and the Turkey Team have returned from their most recent trip to Turkey. Starting in the far western region, they traveled to each of the sites that the Seven Churches of the Book of Revelation were located. Praying that the Lord direct their footsteps to meet a man of peace, they were led to a small town named Pazar. Listen as he shares how it is the Lord's Delight to give us His kingdom and the founding of a life long work to bring the gospel back into this country.
Abimbola shares a message of his personal application of James 2:18. His emphasis on less talking and more walking brings the hearers of this message to a point of reflection and response. What in your life are you doing more talking than walking?
Nik Arezina brings an incredible word about having the "amatz" to handle the battles that the LORD has set before you. As our team makes ready to travel to Turkey, Nik reminds us that God's filling is to be ever increasing in our lives for the ever increasing battles that lie before us.
Pastor Eric wrecks this message with the call to "Don't Care a Damn" about your life, a phrase coined by C.T. Studd. Our lives are not our own. They are bought and purchased by the blood of Jesus. Why then do we hold onto it so tightly, keeping it from the grip of God's word and thinking we are in full compliance with it's standards? This being the very reason why he and four others will journey to the country of Turkey in 5 days to see captives set free.
Celebrate Pentecost with us! God is not only a consuming fire, but He is a loving and compassionate God who shares His everlasting love with us!
In this message, all three pastors collaborate to share the shepherd's heart of Ezekiel 34 and the function of Micah 6:8. Through the merger of these two scriptural standards, we find the ability to replicate God's justice, mercy and humility in all matters.
In this sermon, Pastor Wade preaches on the biblical foundation of generations while integrating a Baby Dedication consisting of 12 children from 9 families. Our goal is to pass down to the next generation the foundational truths and revelation we have received from the Lord.
Pastor Eric Treaster from New Life Ministries in Victoria, TX preaches a timely word to LCM challenging us to be Grow'd Up. Are you bearing fruit in keeping with repentance? Are you allowing the leaders God put in your life to prepare you? Are you moving forward to the goal of your salvation? Listen and respond with seeking the Lord for clarity of your call and the empowerment to carry it out.
In this message, Pastor Eric preaches on the necessity of being filled with the Holy Spirit and draws from John G. Paton's pioneering efforts on the cannibal islands of Vanuatu (New Hebrides Islands). Here Paton, led by the Holy Spirit, discovered the only known fresh water well on Aniwa while liberating the inhabitants from slavery to a local witch doctor.
Finding refreshment is an essential task when you are in a dry and arid place. When found, these wells become a well of salvation and a source of life for the generations after us. Listen as Pastor Wade preaches how this applies to you!
Pastor Wade shares he and his family's recent trip to India visiting Love and Care Ministries. Through this trip he magnifies the Faithfulness of God's promises and committing ourselves in covenant to those in our personal lives and beyond.
War is brutal. When faced with trials and spiritual warfare, are you a victim or a victor? Listening to this message will give you 4 ways 1 Peter illlustrates how to have victorious perspective that WINS!
Radu Timcu and Dennis Pence from Covenant Christian Center in Cluj, Romania share their personal testimonies on how the Lord has been challenging them to become broken and transparent so that they can be more powerfully used for His will.
A typical Easter Sunday message will focus on Jesus' resurrection and how the tomb is now empty. In this message, we take it steps beyond the tomb and add to the focus the destination of the power of His resurrection, You.
The Call to follow Christ is a call to loss! Our loss is for the purpose of winning the lost! This challenging message will remind us of the basics of scripture that demand loss on our part. Will you follow Christ only if there is a promise of prosperity in this life and reward in the next? Or will you deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Christ by living as He did?
Buddy Brasseaux shares a timely word about Holding Firm. His personal experiences bring light and life to how we are to have active faith while holding firm to what God has told us to do. Being still is not the same as being inactive.
It's time to "Step It Up"! God has been so faithful to visit us, speak to us, heal us, move in our lives, and more!! Ps. Wade helps us understand how to step it up and live up to what we have already obtained.
Ps. Eric brings a challenging Word on how to activate our faith! One of the rabbinic explanations of the Exodus details a story of Nachshon of the tribe of Judah. As Moses directs the nation to move forward, it is Nachshon that puts his faith in action by walking out into the Red Sea. Listen to this powerful message to find out how we can put our faith on display.
Have you ever missed something that was right in front of your face? In this sermon, Ps. Wade helps us see that in difficult times, God often has His answer placed "in your face"! Let's open our eyes, call out to God, and ready ourselves to submit ourselves to the work He requires of us!!
Each believer must learn to find not only their proper function in the Body, but also the proper fit!! When the children of Israel had made the tabernacle AND had everything in it's correct place, the presence of God descended in a powerful way. Ps. Wade encourages us by confirming that there is a place for every man and each person. Let this sermon get you in the right place!
The Word of God is active and we are to actively share our faith! Ps. Eric gives a clear mandate for us to be active in our faith. We must preach and demonstrate the power of God!! Let this message challenge you to your core.
Moses is one of the most amazing leaders our world has ever known! Let Ps. Eric illuminate how Moses was for God, for the Kingdom, and for people. How will you cure injustice, confront unrighteousness, and carry God's presence?
We at LCM have discovered how to shun the powerless churches of our modern day! The Bible demands that we walk in purity, purpose, and the power of God. This special service conclude with water baptisms as well as people being saved, healed, and filled with the Spirit of God!!
Can you hear me now? The Hebrew phrase Shema, Shema (meaning "listen, listen") is found 7 times in the Torah. Ps. Wade helps show us how to get closer to the LORD by listening carefully and knowing HIS promises.
There are exactly 7 examples of the word "unity" in the NIV. Each of these scriptures gives a different picture of what it is like to walk in unity with God's Will and God's People. Let Ps. Eric encourage you with this incredibly timely message.
Ps. Eric shares an incredibly timely word with LCM! Learn how God's desire is to grant freedom and bless in what we do. You will be reminded how HE is full of compassion and mercy. You can discover how to remove the rocks found in our soil (heart) and learn how to plant your life on the bedrock that is Christ!!
This message from Pastor Wade will help demonstrate the Cycle of Christian growth (James 1:2-4) and how we must make this an on-going process in our lives. We also learned how to faithfully stand in obedience! This obedience will allow JESUS to confer upon us the Kingdom as HE promised in Luke 22:28-30!
Ps. Wade helps equip LCM for an incredible 2017! Even some of the Bible's greatest leaders had to ask the question, "Who am I?" This sermon will help you understand who you are, who HE is, and how to fight fear and insecurity.
Ps. Eric shares how the Bible uses shadows to help us triangulate our position with God and our fellow believer. Discover how to find the shadow (shade) from God's presence. What kind of shadow is your life casting?
Join with us for this Christmas Day sermon as we find God's plan for humanity. This Divine plan started before time begin, prophesied an impossible birth, detailed a perfect life, set the stage for a sinless death, and forecast an all-powerful resurrection. Merry Christmas!
Ever heard the expression, "shake off the dust"? Ps. Wade shows us how this Godly concept is necessary in the life of every believer. Listen to find out how you need to shake off the dust and how it will prepare you for God's Will.
Let Ps. Eric Stephens challenge your walk in the LORD with this powerful message entitled, "Monumental". Learn how our sacrifices and our deeds leave a lasting mark on this world.
When the Bible instructs us, "pay more careful attention" we should make special note. This sermon from Pastor Wade will help encourage us how to keep from drifting from what God has commanded us and forgetting what God has done for us.
Hear from all 3 LCM pastors in this powerful sermon!! Ps. Wade, Ps. Matt, & Ps. Eric share how the scripture has impacted them and in the process found that this message was for everyone! This sermon uses Law, Prophets, & Writings both older and new testaments as well as many Hebraic teaching methods (PaRDeS, Kal Vechomer, etc.)
Do you want to learn how to keep from falling into temptation AND fulfill all that God has for you? Let Nik Arezina demonstrate how to find the power and nourishment you need!
Judah Stephens delivers a powerful word on how to Rise Up and accomplish what God has assigned to you! Judah takes us through every major section in the Bible to show how men of God were moved to action by God's Word to them.
Discouraged? Lost your confidence? This sermon from Pastor Wade will show you how to find your confidence in Christ! Scriptures from every major section of the Bible will show you how to go "all in" and find the confidence that you've been searching for.
Based on a military term Commander's Intent, this message is designed to help us understand the End State of God's Plan, our purpose and place in this place, and finally the key tasks of us carrying out God's Plan in our lives.
Like Moses, our wish has come true! Listen to this encouraging sermon from Pastor Eric to find out how the One Association Churches and Life Changing Ministries have committed to follow the Biblical example of a New Testament Church.
Pastor Eric speaks directly to those who are soft hearted and brings a word of encouragement! Our understanding of God should ever be expanding and will be as long as we stay hungry for His Presence.
"Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to." Here in Luke 13:24, Jesus is answering a question "are only a few going to be saved?" and demonstrates with his own actions how we are to enter through the narrow door. Hebrews 5:7 recounts that "During Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears", thereby, setting the standard and expectation of the progression of God's will for you. However, the Father's goal is not only for us to endure suffering, but to also "fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the JOY set before him endured...". Without the perspective of Joy being the end goal of your suffering, you will become entangled and hindered by your own offenses and options of self sufficiency.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face." Many people may enter the battle, but only a few endure until the end! This message helps address the burrs in our wool, the offenses we carry, and the divided nature of our hearts. Listen and share this message!
This message from Pastor Wade Sutherland helps define what God is stirring within Life Changing Ministries! God is using the circumstances around us, as well as the call within us, to stir us to new levels of prayer and total dependency on JESUS!
No matter how many promises God has made, HE is able to keep them!! Let your faith be built up with this message on holding fast to the promises of God.
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In Luke 9:51, Jesus "resolutely" set out for Jerusale. If we claim to be his followers, we are required to be as equally resolute to what and where God has called us. What leadership looks like is one that leaves marks on our bodies and fills up in our flesh the sufferings of Christ.
Listen as Pastor Wade teaches us to allow God to jettison fear from our lives and the importance of gathering together in honor of a great king who gave his life for us.
Listen as Tommy Hudson brings a powerful and encouraging message about pursing and earnestly desiring the spiritual gifts.
Listen as Pastor Nick from The Arising Church share their vision and his testimony of God's everlasting faithfulness.
There is a war coming on all sides, we need to get to a point when we are in this state of transition we know how to do God's will in them.
When the Godly become silent, the wicked run without restraint. The reason sin is becoming acceptable in and around our communities, is because we've settled for embryo status. We act as if we've reached the finish line simply by being conceived; never minding development, maturing, or pressing into the things of God and working for him. Stop settling for the minimum Saints.This is a powerful and timely message you shouldn't miss!
Will you wear the righteous clothes God has given to his wedding feast? This is a good message from Alex Adarmes.
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It takes an encounter with God to leave you forever changed. To leave you so convinced that he is who He says He is and that he always says what He will do. This encounter keeps us in pursuit of righteousness, holiness, and hungry for unsaved souls.
Even though Jesus didn't come to judge the world, His words either brought salvation or judgment. Our words need to serve the same function. How do we get there? It starts with a little thing called zeal. Listen as Nik brings a powerful message of this word in its proper meaning. You will want to listen to this message saints.
God did not set up His Kingdom as a matter of food and drink. It's a matter of holiness and right standing with Him. It is an honor to have a Shepard who will love and care for his sheep to instruct them in the way God's word instructs. This timely message is a must listen church.
He is Risen! Pastor Eric brings us a timely and powerful message about the resurrection of Jesus. I know he rose because I have risen and will yet rise again. Jesus came to give new life to us, we are His sign of resurrection.
The Spirit of God compels us to move. He calls it holiness when we actually do the things he does. The Ruach HaKodesh will lead you to righteousness.
Listen as Wade shares with the body of believers on how to find your sweet spot in the Kingdom. A good word shared from 1 Corinthians 12:1.
The definition of Proskairos is: for a season, temporary. This good and timely word brought by Curtis will help prepare you for trials. Trials will come but praise God in the midst of them. They come as a Proskairos Moment.
This is a good and timely word saints. There is much responsibility in bringing up Godly children. In this service, Gideon Hall and Luke Vincent are dedicated.
God is "I Am". Listen as John shares his heart about God's character in the midst of struggle.
A very special day and a very special message! We are celebrating miracles in our midst.
Sometimes when we're in the midst of warfare there is a fog that comes in during the fight. Listen as Mike encourages that this is the time that we're made weak and God is made strong. He is mighty in you saints!
Brent brings a powerful message of entitled mentality. You will be blessed by this message.
What's going to characterize life and what are we willing to sacrifice on the alter of success? The lie of the devil has always been that our material successes are the power of God. Success, is what it costs to follow and live like Jesus! This powerful message is worth listening to in its full extent. You will be blessed by it.
Are we on high enough ground that we've become a threat to the enemy? Or are we bottom dwells still staring at the starry real estate? Because when you stand on the high ground that is Christ, all the power of Christ becomes available to you. Stand up for Christ's standard not a watered down version the world has deluded.
This timely and powerful message will bless you. Pastor Eric brings a message of being in an Altar(d) state through the altar of God.
Church we need to work for his approval, we need to work for his delight to be in us. What he likes is for us to be dependent on him. It shows that we need him, that we love him, we appreciate him, most of all it shows that he's your God. God delights in us. The real servant of God knows this and is outward focused. He is able to achieve the task God has set out for him.
Pastor Matthew brings a timely word. Eagerly seek and pursue God. HE IS WORTH IT! Don't miss this good word saints.
Our prosperity belongs to God. When we are proved responsible with little, he then will provide you more for his glory. Use what you have.
We have to plow to have a harvest Saints, so be fruitful by plowing. In turn we will make good soil, ready for God.
Today's churches have become consumer oriented. A spiritual migration has turned the body of Christ into an enterprise. What started as a body in Judea, moved to a philosophy among the Greeks, into an institution in Rome, an empire in medieval Europe, an educational system in early America, & entertainment in mid-America has now become a prostitute of the 21st century. This is not God's will for us. This strong and good word saints, is not one you want to pass on.
Incomparable great power to those who believe. Listen as Brad Hall shares 4 major ways we can experience God's power for today.
It's very important that we come to our sense, that we take off our worldly eyes and ask heaven to give us the right eyes. Because the things that are highly valued in our society, God might find detestable. This is a good message saints.
Jesus is the giver of life and savior of all men. Jesus Christ is declared Lord of Lord and King of Kings. We all want to be saved but it starts with Jesus being Lord of all and king of all.
What a great way to start the new year! Listen as Pastor Eric talks about glaring contradictions. And of our desires to mistake God's grace for a license towards disobedience. You won't want to miss this message Saints. It will bless you.
When the people of God unchain themselves from the world, when we're as unchained and as free as the word of God is you won't even have to worry about the bad guys. Because one man filled with the Spirit of God is more than a match for a nation that has turned its back on him, has no problem chasing a legion of demons, and can be the bondage breaking turning force! Do you want rise up and become an army for him? Listen as Eric shares this powerful message.
Listen as Eric Treaster shares about what Jesus saw when he looked into the cup. Praying in the garden, and feeling the effects of the world's sins upon himself. What a magnificent Savior we have that he would sacrifice his life four ours. This is a powerful word, you can't pass up.
Are you finding the true diagnosis to your sinful nature and taking the right prescription? Listen as Pastor Matthew shares this message about the right prescription and where it comes from.
Where is your line in the sand drawn? Straddling the fence between the kingdom and the world is a dangerous place to be. As you continue to listen to this good message you will find there is a Shammash we are called to walk like, his name is Jesus.
Jesus never called himself a Christian, he looked at himself as the Son of the living God. And as we, brothers and sisters in Christ, are called to look at ourselves as citizens of heaven we begin to walk in his purpose according to his will. Then we become devastating to the enemy. This word from Curtis Carter is a timely and good message!
Christianity is not rope-bound, tied up men. What are you tied to? This timely message will bless your life.
The bible presents dogs largely in a negative light but today we are going to take the minority view; let's start with a question. This message will bless you.
You can tell the measure of a godly man by his relationship with the Father. Listen as Michael Hutchinson shares this timely message and encourages us to pray in such a different way that will change the outcome.
We are called to be a people that see a kingdom that the world cannot see yet. To fall in love with a king who's dominion we say stretches all over the earth. He's called us to be a special people who recognize the kingship of Jesus before the kingdom of God is so concretely here that the world can't deny it, and to a special group of people like that special things happen.
You can either abound and advance or you can abandon and back up. We pray this message blesses you. Thank you Pastor Ezekiel Lam of Submissions Ministries and Fellowship for visiting LCMF and sharing your testimony from the past three months.
When God speaks it cannot be an option, it has to be a commission. Have you had a revelation of God? What is your response? It demands a response! This timely message Saints should spur you on to Evangelize, share the Gospel with someone who hasn't heard it.
In the midst of our darkest hours the living God has already announced the way in which he is going to kick the devil in the teeth and use you to do it. And there's not a "highly edited" thing that anyone can do about it. This bold encouraging message by Pastor Eric should empower all listeners.
Counting the cost to follow Jesus has never been mundane. It is a life long commitment. Listen as Boz Arezina shares what is on his heart and his testimony of counting the cost to follow Jesus for the Kingdom. We at LCMF are blessed by this message brought by one of our family members.
What a timely message. Pastor Eric preaches on a Nation that has become a consumer. God did not call us to be consumers. He called us to be fruitful and multiply. It's not hard, a tree doesn't strain. You need to be who he called you to be, say what he shows you to say, do what he shows you to do, and stop going your own way and calling it God. Listen to this message in its entirety. It will bless you and spur you on to do God's work.
This Kingdom goes around on the currency of mercy. It goes around when we actually believe it is more beneficial to do what is best for our brother than for us and then God can fulfill his purpose for you.
What a timely message Saints! It is not enough to just believe in Jesus. To believe on Jesus means you would adhere to him, if you believed, you would fight for it, if you believed, it would change everything, and if you believe on Jesus and nothing has changed in your life you have deceived yourself. The belief that will set you free is the belief in him and then living in his teaching. This message should change your life!
Listen as Pastor Eric teaches through scripture the beauty of a Godly family and what it should look like.
When we talk about our Christianity we often talk about how much scripture we know, what church we're a part of, how well we attend it. But the actual measure of a Christian is have we gone from something that burns everybody's eyes and causes tears to something that brings restoration? Wraps all of that up and swallows it and does away with it? This is a good message that will quench the burning 'sinsensation'.
All the power of hell can't stand against you. All the fiery darts the enemy has, the Lord is your shield, He is your sword. You don't need to do anything but hide in Him and He will do everything. He's at work in all your circumstance and He is there with you as an agent under His shield to do warfare with all the powers of hell and it cannot overcome you because He is that BIG.
This timely message will be a blessing to you. Pastor Eric teaches on the importance of tithing because others are depending on our obedience.
God sets boundaries in our lives so that we would reach out and find him. They usually, are when you bump up against what feels like your very worst place, and you find out his strength is sufficient for you. You find out that he is the only purpose worth having. If you feel like you haven't gotten there. He will get you there.
Tonight each of the guys share their impressions of their recent trip to Peru. Join our upcoming Wednesday night service. You don't want to miss more testimonies from the team, empowering stories, light-hearted videos. Hallelujah!
One of our board members, Justin Johnson, brings an encouraging message all the way from Denham Springs, LA.
Stand up Saints and fight against the devil's fury. Let's fight back the enemy's fury and give him a fist full of the only 'F' word worth proclaiming: FAITH!
A powerful message from Pastor Eric that will bless you immensely. Stand in the high ground of your inheritance. When you learn from Jehoshaphat to stand in the high ground the Lord will fight your battles.
Sometimes in our lives, we simply need someone to clear away a few weeds. To kick a rock out of the way and remind us who we're called to be. This short but powerful message from Pastor Eric, reminds us that God is trying to get us to stand up to what He has called us to be, but we've let other things grow up around us and choke it out. He is here to remind you tend to the soil of your heart.
Our LCMF team in Kenya helping to build dorms for the children at the orphanage. James 1:27 One Life One Family One Nation
Listen as Pastor Eric delivers this powerful message about the salvation of the world while highlighting the women and mother's in the bible. We pray that you are blessed by this message. Happy Mother's Day from LCMF!
Guest speaker Tony Kemp shares a message on the importance of Homothumadon, to be like minded and all in one accord.
Haven't you heard that what is in between point A to point B is immaterial? Pastor Matthew Perot puts hearing the word and being obedient to it into a perspective that gives LIFE through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In this message Pastor Eric speaks about the 4 barriers that Jesus broke for us and that he calls us to break!
These men have made their mark with Masculine Holiness that fueled deeply held convictions, the hour has come for us to do the same!
The living God reached down into mankind and with a mighty knockout blow He won a great victory for us. He took a beating that we deserved. He conquered an enemy that had dominated every man that had ever lived. How can we repay him for such a thing? We start by acknowledging that He was raised from the dead and worship Him for it and then we bring Him our chains and admit, "I want to follow you and this is in my way and I'm powerless to break it but I know that You can!"
If you've always been a history buff you'll enjoy this message on the days of Jesus' Crucifixion and days leading up to His Resurrection. Not to mention more teachings Pastor Eric has on the topic.
This message is about making a radical amputation towards sin. You can't sit back and not listen. It is a must, it will edify your life!
Pastor Eric teaches us on Pillars. Although not all are called into the 5 fold ministry (Eph. 4:10) we are all full time Christians who are foundational to the work of God. Don't miss out on learning more about Pillars. This is a good word!
There is only one way to salvation and that's through Jesus; He is the way, the truth, and the life. If you aren't on the Highway now, listening to this message will help you find it and head in the right direction.
Americans hate failure so much that when we are at our lowest, we refuse to admit we need Jesus' help. Pastor Eric is back from 12,000 miles to bring us this incredible message of God's love and desire to give us His salvation daily, and to encourage us that failure should not be our undertaker but our teacher.
Believers often focus on "their calling", but Jesus calls us 2 x 2, whether as husband & wife, or as ministering partners (think Paul & Barnabas). Cassidi shares an inspiring message on the importance of ministering in pairs, and the forces that work to pull us apart. (This message accompanies Pastor Matt's "Perfect Strength)
Mike shares the beauty of fellowship with the body of believers. Our souls are in need of being saved daily. This is a good message.
This is Matthew's first message as a full-time minister of the gospel! Listen as he shares how God's strength is made perfect in our weakness.
This messages teaches us how to become a Community of the Lord. Listen as Pastor Eric shares this message and much more.
As the team leave for India, as a body of believers please keep them and their families in prayer . 1Life, 1Family, 1Nation!
Where does the strength of your life flow from? Could your life be defined from something you heard from God; by what you're doing out of all of your heart, mind, soul, and strength for God; or could your life's path be determined because of a relentless pursuit of the cross of Christ? Because this is what it means to live like the Ephesians who stood up to the Domitians of their time. This message from Pastor Eric will bring life to you when you hear it.
Our friends Woody and Melanie Blok share our first service with us in the newly expanded Sanctuary. Woody brings a message all the way from Sri Lanka of Transformation and how God wants to transform other lives, our churches, community and cities for His Kingdom. We are blessed by their visit!
Pastor Eric says this is the best message he's ever heard. Thank you Steve Bartlett for this timely word. THIS IS A MUST LISTEN, you will be blessed by it!
The revelation of Christ and His Kingdom is formed in us when we: Recognize our sin and limitation. Stop trying to buy food or draw natural water and just ask for heavenly substance. To receive from Heaven we must deal with our sin. Put aside Theological debates that are thinly veiled excuses to remain in your sin. Stop saying you can worship God anywhere and start worshiping Him where you are. And Let us live in His truth.
Jay Williams shares his experiences with living in Mexico and the confirmation received from God and his ambassadors regarding their relocation to Texas.
You were formed in the hand of God and were placed somewhere and given a purpose to work the soil. Your life is of your making and not because you started a certain way. You were hand fashioned by God and told to work the soil of your life. This timely message will require you to dig deep into your life and re-direct it towards God.
Shed your blood to teach and preach the Gospel is everyone's calling. This ministry will always be about helping you to discover your calling. preparing you to carry it out. Our vision is for you to accomplish what God called you to do. This powerful message from Pastor Eric about dying to live is well worth listening to.
Pastor Bartlett delivers a great message that begs the question: Is the sacrifice you're bringing to God 100%? It should be.
LCMF has been in a state of revival for the last 5 weeks. In every service people are being saved and filled with the Spirit! The healing testimonies are abounding as well. Deaf ears have been opened, cancer has been crushed, and the Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is being advanced. This message is about the state of our hearts.
My friend from Romania stopped by and we had a miracle service. Deaf ears were opened and surgeries were canceled!
The Last message of an amazing year! Upon returning from a Missions trip in Mexico this is what was on my mind.
Jesus never sugar coated the price of glory! He clearly presented a vision of suffering before glory.
Zeke is an invaluable part of LCMF and the founder of Submission Ministries. He authored the book: SubMISSION heeding only His voice. This message was delivered at the request of our Pastor with short notice and it was a huge blessing to our body.
Justin has been a close friend and co-laborer in Christ for nearly 20 years. LCMF loves the Johnsons and the Church they Pastor "The King's Harvest Fellowship" in Walker, La. We pray you are blessed as you hear his testimony and teaching about the New Creation.
Listen and hear what 21st century Americans have in common with the inhabitants of Nazareth in the 1st century.
The Kingdom of God is ours and that changes everything! This powerful message is life changing and is worth listening too and sharing.
The Kingdom of God is near! What a powerful statement. How does it affect your daily life?
This message came on the heals of a powerful worship service. The presence of God rushed into the room and met all of our needs. I pray you are encouraged by the testimonies you will hear of visions, healings, and miracles.
Should Christians Pay Tithe? In this message our Elders share on the fundamentals of Tithing. Our responsibilities as Christians to the word and keeping the written word in its context. They also share the history of tithing, starting with Abraham and the purpose of a tithe.
Eternity before Genesis 2:9 and Eternity after Revelation 22:2-3 is an interesting subject, but we live between the trees! This message covers Chiastic Form in Hebrew literature but more importantly looks as the way we measure our time between the Trees of Genesis and Revelation.
Fire is a powerful symbol! This message goes from Exodus to Hebrews examining the Fire Power of God.
Chutzpah is often related to boldness, courage, and Faith. Micheal brought us an amazing revelation about Shameless Audacity and receiving from God. Our prayer for you is that you become filled with the Holy Spirit to overflowing.
Fabian Grech is a man moved by compassion. His love for Messiah compels him to those most over looked by most evangelistic efforts.
This message takes a closer look at the "process" of salvation. The heart of our ministry is to foster closer walking with the Lord!
In ancient times armies often chose champions to represent them. This allowed only one "hero" to act on behalf of an entire nation and effectively mitigated the risk of every person entering battle. Unfortunately, Christianity has often elected its own "heros" to act in place of everyone else. The work of Yeshua gives every man the right and responsibility to join the action. I pray that you are divinely enabled to live our your calling!
This message is a follow up to Rain Out of the Ground and it covers the theology of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
This message follows up on Seven Beers and Salvation. It is about the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. All who were in the service were touched and we pray you will be in your listening.
This message deals with the wells of Salvation, Jews, Muslims and the hope of all mankind. The title was meant to be humorous but it is not without meaning, albeit a linguistically parsed meaning.
This message covers the founding of Rome, the advent of Augustus Caesar, Herod the Great, and the historical setting for Matthew 16 in Caesarea Philipi. Most importantly it emphasizes the necessity of a "Word within the Word"
Bar Naba is a man's name but it is also a phrase that points to the heart of God. This was one of our Pastor's favorite messages from 2012
This message took place upon the return of our Honduras team and the same week as the assassination of Ambassador Stevens in Libya.
Stand, go, and stay. These are all words that describe things in motion. Jennifer encourages the body towards this special opportunity; to go out and do God's will, especially when it's difficult, because WE have been called!
Matthew delivers a powerful message on being wholehearted for God. In this message he equips us with the process of reaching the goal, to complete the task no matter how great or small.
God is able to see into our hearts and we must relay on Him to show us. This is a good and timely message from Cassidi that will lead you to reflect on your life.
Nimrod, Haman, Senacherub, Amadinajad all have some things in common. This message is an in depth review of the Table of Nations, Jonah, and Israel under Hezekiah.
The first 8:40 seconds of this recording is a brief encouragement/update from our Pastor on the finances of LCMF in regards to missions in 2012. The remainder is the president of International Student Ministries sharing about their heart for International students and their desire to complete the Great Commission.
This message was meant to be an encouragement to all those who have lived to see loved ones die.
Speaker Woody Blok shares his amazing testimony and the work that is happening in Sri Lanka. Listen as he shares this powerful message of spreading the Gospel and persevering through trials in order to advance God's Kingdom throughout the Nations.l
Brent challenged us with the question "what kind of faith do you have". He reminded us that faith as an acknowledgement is not true faith, rather, it is "Intellectual Faith". A "Saving Faith" is one that produces action in our lives - OBEDIENCE! A great point he made was that we so often have good intentions, but good intentions is not PASSION.
The fundamental issue of not following through will leave you on a plateau. This message encourages you to finish the race God set before you with steadfastness.
For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him.
This is a fantastic message from Mike Hutchinson, with details from the book of Joshua that will encourage your walk with God.
This message puts our talk to the test of our walk. Listen as J.J. shares what God has put on his heart straight from the book of Jude.
Brother Zeke's message is intended to hit straight to the heart concerning idolatry in our lives. Don't pass up the opportunity to listen as he shares this message, it will change your life!
The Church as a whole today, seems to have a problem; people and organizations who say they are Christian but don't live like it. Listen as our Elder Charlie Brown speaks a convicting message on what Living a Holy Life looks like.
Wade Sutherland brought a timely Word in a way that moved the hearts of all that were present!
The best way to measure your offering may not be in what you gave but instead what you kept. Listen to the message and see what the Lord values.
When we place ourselves outside the will of God, we stand in the line of the enemy's fire. This message speaks on how we make ourselves susceptible to the enemy and encourages us to put on the full armor of God to deflect those flaming arrows.
From the smallest creature to greatest of galaxies God displays His ability to be faithful in sustaining all things, including us. Cassidi gives a great word on the wonders that declare "He is Faithful"!
This is one class in a series of 6 that we teach at LCMF to our new Christians. This session covers the inerrancy of the Holy Scripture. The class participants were given written materials as well as pictures displayed on an LCD to assist them in their understanding (Many of those items are in the notes section of this archive). The discussion topics ranged from ELS codes in the Bible to the manner in which Masoretic Scribes did their work.
Brother Carter gave an amazing word on Faith and practical application. Please listen carefully as he gives his testimony about a dramatic supernatural healing.
The Mount of Transfiguration, Hannah, Manoah, Zechariah, and Mary all had similar attributes that are encouraging and compelling.
Our brother, Branden gave an excellent word that encouraged us to examine what we are gathering to make up a testimony.
Nephilim are not discussed in most congregations... We encourage you to listen to this message
Eric Hill shares on the power of being unified in Jesus and operating as a community to do God's will. It's only when we pride ourselves in being individualistic that we abandon God's design for us live.
Mike Hutchinson shares on the call of God for our lives that requires us to go into the unknown and respond with "Here I Am". This call into darkness requires a trust grounded obedience that brings about the full purpose of God's plan for each of our lives.
This special service covered Yom Kippur and Passover as it relates to the Crucifixion. We used a live goat for illustration... we named him Bubba!
Today is traditionally called Triumphal Entry but in our serious on Spiritual Violence we looked at how Triumph entered into our fight!
Part two: This message is a no holds barred all out assault on the Prince of the Power of the Air!... Additionally, it has a 20 min testimony from Justin Treaster who is a missionary in Africa
This message is a no holds barred all out assault on the Prince of the Power of the Air!
This message explores what we are worth to the Kingdom and what the Kingdom is worth to us. This is a must listen to for new disciples and is a great reminder for those well acquainted with the Way.
The number twelve and the number seventy have special significance in the Bible. This message explores those meanings while encouraging real life application.
Pastor Eric and Judah both share in this message! They were fresh off of a 40 day missions trip that spanned 11 countries but focused on India
"The treasures are in the ugly". Our own ability to perceive what is valuable is limited to an object or person's exterior. What God has always done is place His treasures in containers that the Wise of this world cannot find. Cassidi shares her personal experiences on how Jesus has and is teaching her to find the secret treasures of His kingdom
As a pastor's wife, mother of three and Preschool Director, Jennifer has run the gambit on servanthood. Listen as she shares her personal experience of how the Lord has taught her to have a willing heart for His will despite the difficulty.
Richard is a full time missionary who is supported by LCMF and shares a great word on Spiritual Warfare. He highlights how fear is used against Christians in order to keep us from being victorious in doing God's will
Being born-again is only the beginning of what God has planned for us. Finding out what our part in His plan is a lifelong endeavor. Charlie shares from the Word how to find your purpose in God's kingdom, highlighting the need of giving our all to Him and being in harmony with one another.
The characteristics of the olive tree, the methods of its harvest, and the uses of it fruit all speak a powerful message to believers in Yeshua!
This message covers issues relating to God's fire at Moses Tabernacle, Solomon's Temple, Pentecost, and our Church services
The God we serve is not interested in partial compliance or a passing grade. He is Holy and calls us towards total surrender. This message is about the very many things we have right and the few that we do not.
Pastor Dale's message is an encouragement to destroy idolatry and shine brightly for the LORD. This is a passionate, must listen to, sermon
One of our Elders, Charlie Brown shares the things close to his heart with us leading us through the periods between the mile markers.
This powerful message takes a fresh look at the parable of the Treasure in the Field and the Pearl of Great Price. Micheal delivers his powerful revelation with passion and enthusiam.
Matthew and Cassidi share their very special testimony of how God has brought them through the stages of His will for their lives. They cover the repeating pattern of preparing the soil of their hearts to receive the next promise, while waiting patiently for it to grow and fighting off the enemy's attacks to steal, kill and destroy.
The Word of God has no substitute! It should hold a place of preeminence in the life of every believer.
This message is about our tendency to run wild, get out of control, and become a laughing stock to the enemy. Thankfully, Exodus presents a real solution to this problem!
This message is not a new economic recovery plan... It communicates God's plan through the Five books of Moses, the Five Levitical sacrifices, and the Five-fold leadership structure of the Biblical Community
This message is about the investment that God has made in you and what He wants in return.
There is a book in the Heavenly realms and there are books in the Heavenly realms. This message is about their contents!
This message focuses on those who have given their all as a means of giving others the Word of God. Men like John Patton, Jim Elliot, or CT Studd who produced a crop Thirty, Sixty, and One Hundred fold.
This message covers the life of King Josiah and the "Bystander Effect" that has gripped the modern Church.
This message focuses on the Biblical Observance of Sukkot or Tabernacles. The seventh feast in the seventh month sent a clear signal out to the whole world...
In this message we review the Biblical Feast of Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets) and how within it's format Jesus calls and enables us to "Continually" Self-Evaluate, offer right Sacrifice, be Sanctified and able to Serve.
From Kindergarten to your Senior year in high school you are trained to receive instruction. Church services have the same structure and our lazy selfish nature loves it. We get to sit in a building for 55 minutes, nod our head in agreement with the preacher, throw some change in the tithe and we believe we showed God how faithful we are to him. NO INDEED! Eric preaches a fired up message on how we are to produce from what we've given because the LORD expects a return on His investment.
This service took place on Rosh Hashannah! It is a call to repentance that precedes the presence of God.
The man who has been filled with God's Holy Spirit is anything but average. The in filling is Spiritual, Powerful, and Practical... Please listen as Pastor Eric speaks of the necessity of the Holy Spiritl
The Kingdom advances when selfless leaders give what they were given freely. This should allow disciples to become peers and peers to become leaders. This message focuses on Moses, Joshua, Barnabas, and Paul.
Ultimately, our lives will fall into one of two categories: self sufficient or God dependent
The call of believers has always been a centrifugal call. The gospel that started in Jerusalem moved to Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth. The believers who first heard these words had another concept that kept them grounded and it was the concept of community. When a community of believers works rightly it nurtures a selfless Christ-centered attitude that is worth taking to the rest of the world. Community is where we practice so that we perform well in the world.
The word of God reveals the character of God. It also reveals the character of men. This message centers in on the proper response to the call of Jesus
Do right! The Hebrew prophet Isaiah addressed the kind of religious life that has become the norm in our culture.
Dad was born January 13th, 1941 in Albany, Louisiana. In 1946 his parents moved from Baton Rouge Louisiana to Mobile, Alabama. He was first baptized there at Dauphin Way Baptist Church. His own report was that his walk with Jesus was sincere but very shallow in both knowledge and practice until 1984 when he married the love of his life and wife of 27years Janice Kinchen. From that time forward the two of them sought to deepen their walk with Jesus by studying the word and applying it to their daily lives. In 1995, Dad left with the blessings of the Baptist Church hungering for a more intimate and spiritual walk with the Lord. Shortly thereafter they both experienced the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and walked with Jesus in a renewed vigor. He was re-baptized in water at that time, not as a rejection of the childhood baptism but as a public statement of his commitment to a changed life and its accompanying fruit. By the time Dad reached the age of 56, he was writing worship music and sharing his faith daily in both secular and church environments. In 2005 at the age of 64, Dad received a revelation about the importance of Israel and the need for gentile believers to study the Jewish origins of the Faith. Dad’s love for Jesus deepened throughout his lifetime and it was expressed in his actions to all those around him. Those closest to him would say that he put Galatians 5:6 into habitual practice: “…The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” Death gained a temporary and limited victory over him on August 17th, 2011 when his flesh succumbed to a bacterial infection and gave up his eternal spirit to the Living God. On that note Gary would have this to say:
Micah 7:8 8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
We invite you to celebrate the life he led and still enjoys in the presence of God with his family and Church here today. We will all grieve here today but as the Holy Word of God says, “…we do not grieve like those with no hope”. Our hope and Dad’s trust grounded obedience was firmly rooted in the hope of the resurrection of the dead and the glorification of those who belong to God in order for them to reign with him on the earth forever and ever.
Shalom be upon you,
Son and Pastor Eric Stephens
In a town in the northeastern part of the US, a Christian community attempted to witness to their Jewish neighbors by placing bumper stickers on their cars that said "I found Him!". The Jewish response was both clever and insightful. Their bumper stickers said "We never lost Him". Aside from the humor at play, this episode displayed very different views of relating to the Lord. American Christians tend to be individualistic, choosing terms like: I, Me, My, and Personal; while the Jewish society utilized a communal approach exemplified by terms like: We, Our, Us and the God of Israel. Without debating theology this message examines the necessity of community in the lives of believers. The message draws from the example of Israel, the TransJordan Tribes, and the words of Jesus. We pray you are bless by what you hear.
Our ability to be a christian or "little Christ" relies on our ability to live a life that has the image of who Jesus is inside of us. Listen as Branden shares his life's experience of how the Sharper Image of Jesus is seen through his own weaknesses.
The story of Ruth has inspired many sermons, even marriage vows. In this message, Eric points out the elements of Ruth's life of "Gleaning" and how our times of need allow God's covering to provide.
Surrender:
to turn over the throne of my life to the possession and control of the One to whom it is due, without regard to condition or circumstance, and make Him Lord over me completely and finally, utterly forsaking my own ways in order to produce a return for His investment
So many of the church today want the crown but are not willing to carry the cross the get it. We have the right and responsibility to proclaim salvation through Jesus. What we do not have the right to do is declare people saved.
Prosperity - In the christian world this word can mean many different things. What is clear from Jesus' teaching is that it is multiplying God's investment in You. The cornerstone of this investment is His only son - Jesus. What are doing to multiply Jesus' death for your life?
As believers in the 21st century, we benefit from every modern convenience. Study tools have never been more readily available and knowledge is increasing just as Daniel said it would. However, we suffer from a sizable disconnect from ancient times and the culture of the Bible that places us at a disadvantage. Jesus and the disciples employed widely experienced, common, and readily understandable examples from the culture of the day to help the original audience understand the depth of their teaching. Unfortunately, today their experiences are often foreign to us. The common of the ancient world is often rare today, and most of all, what was readily understandable then has been obscured in 2000 years of cultural change. Imagine, for a moment, a Hebrew man of the first century trying to understand something as common to us as a cell phone. The difficulty may be similar to how out of touch we can be with the most basic elements of Hebrew society in first century. If words like Shiddukhun, Eyrusin, and Nissuin all seem foreign to you then you are in for a special treat today! They all have to do with 1st century Jewish weddings and, I believe, unlock some of the most misunderstood subjects in the scripture. I pray you are encouraged in your marriages and most of all in your union with Messiah.
The message is based on Colossians 3:12-14. It focuses on how to implement compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness and love into our everyday lives.
Mr. Woodrow Blok makes a second trip to LCMF to speak about all the things that his ministry is doing in Sri Lanka.
Deadly Thoughts -- Avoiding Pollution
This message has a pdf that should be downloaded with it.
This message is a call for all of us to be well rounded in the faith. It is not good for us to have faith and not works and visa-versa. Just as martial arts have evolved to include multiple disciplines, it is our job to be well rounded in our walk.
This Father's Day message centers around James 1:16-18. Love naturally flows down hill but it takes supernatural help to reciprocate back up hill!
Q. What is the cost of our obedience to God? A. Our own two cents!
Zeke Lam preaches a great message on giving up our own two cents in order to follow God and do things HIS way.
"Clinch, Turn and Mount an attack". These are the moves a boxer does when put against the ropes, as well as, a christian who is under spiritual attack. Our ability to Shake off depression, temptation and the like and Move further into God's presence is our key to survival.
What is it that we are looking to be a model of? The world chases after physical beauty and success but what does our king say is beautiful and successful?
Humans aren't the only ones in creation that give in to depression and discouragement. Listen as Cassidi Perot shares how God's creation reveals His method to Fuel Up and not be overcome by depression or discouragement.
The Science of Fine Tuning is described by the academic world in this way: “The fine-tuned Universe is the idea that the conditions that allow life in the Universe can only occur when certain universal fundamental physical constants lie within a very narrow range, so that if any of several fundamental constants were only slightly different the universe would be unlikely to be conducive to the establishment and development of matter, astronomical structures, elemental diversity, or life as it is presently understood.”
RHM pronounced as "Raham" means either womb or compassionate, tenderness, or mercy depending on teh context that it is used. When it is used in a singular sense, it tends to signify something physical. While when used in a plural sense it conveys a sense of compassion, tenderness, and mercy. The literal reading however would be "womb" or "wombiness". This Mother's Day we will look at some of the more amazing qualities that mothers and the God of Creation have in common.
When our perspective shifts from earthly to Heavenly, we allow ourselves to be divinely positioned by the hand of the Lord for the miraculous.
"In the beginning", "These are the names", that "Yaweh called", "In the desert" and "Gave His spoken word".
Translation of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy
On this resurrection day we will rejoice in the Lord together while studying the Word of God and how he has displayed His plan since the beginning. To know the Word is to know Jesus' character, personality, and spirit.
The dictionary defines citizenship as: The character of an individual viewed as a member of society; behavior in terms of the duties, obligations, and functions of a citizen. In brother Abel's message he reminds the body of our citizenship status in the Heavenly Kingdom. When we walk down the street strangers should want to stop in their tracks and ask us what's different in our actions and demeanor because we live our lives according to God's word. Own your citizenship friends, guard it with your life because the Kingdom of Heaven will be established here on earth as it us in Heaven; will your citizenship status be up to date when that time comes?
Some have said that doing anything in addition to the cross is trying to add to the finished work of Jesus. Others have emphasized the need for a life that is worthy of the calling of God. This message explores the spectrum of teaching while emphasizing the victories of the cross. The sluggard craves and gets nothing but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. Lord, we ask you how diligence relates to the cross so that we are not merely craving!
In our struggle to press on heavenward, we need to constantly make sure that we are not willfully hanging on to immaturity and dragging ourselves back into what Jesus rescued us from.
People have done strange things relating to spiritual events. John Calvin once remarked that there were enough pieces of the cross being passed off as "relics" to assemble Noah's Ark. We have all seen documentaries on the shroud of Turin or other bizarre medieval relics such as body parts of particular saints. Each of these things grant innate spiritual qualities to inanimate objects. This error misses the point that trust-grounded obedience is what unleashes truly spiritual power and moves the heart of God. As your pastor, I want to encourage you, that there is nothing more spiritual, holy, or pleasing to God than your obedience.
Leah lived her life as through the eyes of everyone else. The name they called her was NOT the name Jesus called her. Are you living up to your name or have you forgotten who Jesus says you are?
The Hebrew verb "amar" is first used in Genesis 1:3, " and God said..." It is usually translated "to say" or "said". According to the Complete Word Study Dictionary it refers not only to vocalizations but also yo internal speech and what is being communicated in one's actions along with speech. The Bible treats our speech, internal thoughts, and actions as an expression of our inner most being.
When you hear the word "Worship" what comes to mind? A great musical CD about God, being in God's presence or a pagan expression to their god? Worship is the act of being submitted and in sync with God by a "Worshiper". The Levitical priesthood was established to replace Israel's firstborn as belonging to God and they were the ones that stepped up and put the sword to their own brethren when God commanded punishment for worshiping the Golden Calf. Jesus has given us the right to be a Levite, one who is attached to God, submitted and in sync to serve others as directed by God.
Today's message is titled for the hebrew book Bemidbar ("bey-midbar"). This appears in our English Bibles as the book of Numbers. Not only is the is the Hebrew name more interesting but is appropriate; it means "in the desert of". I believe the Holy Spirit is encouraging me to teach on this topic because the people of God are fighting between wandering or being led in the desert of_____. As we study this subject please ask the Spirit of God to illuminate his truth to your heart as it relates to you first and then others.
When we hang out with sin, we end up being led into stupidity and rebellion by it. Eric teaches on Ahaz's Altar and how his compromise and pride robbed him of God's purpose for his life and an entire nation.
We are all familiar with the story of creation and from the animals down to plants, God designed it all to multiply "after its kind". Eric teaches on expanding this view beyond natural creation into the fruit of our lives.
In this message John Dang shares his testimony and the word God placed in his heart to share regarding the process of how a diamond is formed and the similarities to the Christian life. Listen as this message breaks down a diamond from cut, clarity, color and carat. A diamond in it's purest form is likely to be overlooked but a diamond that has been cut and polished by the Lord's hands brilliantly shines.
"With God, anything is possible" is a common phrase among Christians, but how about "God through me, anything is possible"? Our efforts to either deny or force God's plan will surely lead us out of it. Rather, He desires us to let our trust in Him out perform our fear of the task He has given us.
Breathing is something we don't intellectually pursue yet every second of our lives our bodies must do it in order live. Listen as Cassidi Perot shares how breathing and respiration with our natural bodies compare to God's Breathe of Life at work in soul and spirits.
In a nation where most people claim their religion is a personal issue and many hold themselves above the scrutiny of their peers with manipulations of the scripture like, “don’t judge me” and “only God knows what’s in my heart” faith has been relegated to the invisible! The invisible faith of the main stream has allowed the blind to lead the blind into mass spiritual graves. This message is a call away from powerless inward and invisible religion to the outward, visible, public, and powerful faith that the Bible teaches.
What a great message from Mandy Dime on our responsibility to bring Compassion and a Completed Commision to the world. Salvation is more than a raised pinky and a "Just as I am" at 9 years old. Listen as Mandy preaches it!
Shabbat or Sabbath is the Hebrew term for seventh. It was on this day that God rested from His work, yet we still see Him at work. Listen as J.J. explains the Art of Rest Walking.
"In the beginning God created . . .". Most folks can finish off this verse from Genesis, but can they grasp that through God's breathe he brought life into dirt and called it Man? Eric teaches on God's "Ruach" or wind that brings us up from dirt and into superheros.
Tore up from the floor up, Plastered and Getting Hammered are several phrases used to describe being intoxicated. Listen as Eric explains the Biblical way of "Getting Hammered".
Mike Hutchinson teaches on the Hebrew phrase "Hester Panim" meaning the hiding of the face and how this correlates to Moses' meeting with the LORD and how we are to be romantically in love with Jesus.
Romantic Story: One day a woman receives a bouquet of flowers from her husband. A month later, a diamond ring and six months from that a new car. Every woman's dream. However, these could be substitutes for a guilty conscious due to an affair. What are you giving Jesus and Why? Do you "know" Him?
Cody shares with us the value of giving your wholehearted and pure love to God and how we often times give Him our leftovers or "Dirty Love".
The story of Naaman is a well known one of how he was healed of leprosy when told to go seven times in to the Jordan river. Eric sheds light on a few elements of what God requires of us when we seek Him and how we are to view our perception of "cleaner rivers".
Fred Hall is LCMF's most treasured of members due to his wealth of wisdom and life experience. Listen as he shares with us his message on "The Word of God".
The book of Revelation describes a coming world wide harvest. Only those who have learned to be filled with the authority that flows from the presence of the LORD will be positioned to properly participate in the will of God. This message is meant to prepare the body of the Messiah for this all important work!
Genesis 1:1 is likely the most well known scripture in the world. What is equally overlooked in the first three verses is the pattern of God's plan for true order, which begins with mankind.
Listen and be challenged!
Mandy Dime shares with us the evidence, cause and correction of "Christian Distraction Attention Deficit Disorder".
49-0 is a championship record regardless which competitive event you associate it with. Rocky Marciano had this record with 43 of the 49 by K.O. His greatest asset wasn't his stature, it was his heavy right hand. When we look into Scripture we see God calling the exact times when he would knock out His enemies, ex. Jesus as the Passover Lamb. Listen to Eric teach further on the examples of how God is able to be the heavy right hand in your distressed circumstances.
Slavery is a historical part of every region in the world. One that even exists in churches. Powerful weaklings that teach from the minds of men serve the food of slavery to the churched masses, but Jesus is calling men who will set the captives free by serving the bread of His face.
There could be no larger contrast in todays world than to examine the differences in the contributions of Islam and Judaism
Scripture As We Live It -- use the attached PDF to follow along with the 'remixed' scriptures.
Every year Israel spends 40 days in preparation to become one with God. These days are marked by an attitude of repentance. Repentance brings the favor of God.
In this week's service, LCMF and Gloria A Dios joined services and languages to worship and be edified through the Word as one. Listen and be encouraged that in Jesus there are no barriers!
Our daily lives are built upon our traditions and habits. Some of these are good and some not. Jesus entered a Jewish culture that had added their own traditions and habits to God's perfect law. No different than you adding yours to God's Word and being appalled when someone challenges it. Listen as Eric shares how we keep in step with Jesus by meeting him Outside the Camp.
The American National Anthem has been a song that prompts memories of freedom, independence and history. While most will tell you that it was written during the Revolutionary War, history records this song being written during the war of 1812. The first war was for Independence, the second, a Nation that could stand it's ground. The same is with our walk with Jesus. We're first delivered from sin, however, we must learn to stand as a competent believer.
Everyone has been uniquely designed by the Living God to be a showcase of His character and glory. Eric's message urges us to view our lives with the God given Purpose and Placement He intended.
Pastor Israel shares with us his love for Jesus and how the Lord is working in Chennai, India.
Luke 9:23-28 describes the cycles of life that occur in our in lives in order to help us live consistent and growing lives in Christ.
Adam and Eve are often times blamed for our own sinful behavior. "If they just wouldn't have disobeyed God, I wouldn't be in this position." Nay, nay I tell you, every day we are all given the same choice they had in the garden. Will you choose for yourself what is right and wrong or will you depend and trust God to give you that "knowledge"?
Hello, Friends This message was delivered on a Sunday Morning. The primary text is taken from Genesis 24. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
A Principled Stand refers to the position a Christian takes while enduring persecution and spiritual warfare. In warfare, the attacks that are bold and head-on are the most obvious and can be quickly overwhelming. However, the harder attack to counter and detect is the subtle one. Such as being surrounded by a culture that is submerged in partial truth and driven by wicked or deceitful motives. This message pushes us to take a principled stand in God's Word that is unyielding.
Every master craftsman is only as able as his tools are. If any are not fit for his use, he reshapes or repairs them in order to use them for his craft. In the same way, God sanctifys, or sets apart, men for his use. This process starts with receiving him as our personal atonement for sin, letting him rid our lives of sin, having the hope of The Resurrection as our anchor and being empowered by His Spirit to be His representatives.
Cultures around the world celebrate a variety of traditions and holidays. In America, we celebrate Easter every spring. Chocolate bunnies, Easter Eggs and Jesus' Resurrection make up this holiday and only one of the three are Biblical. So, what are God's traditions and what is man made? In this message, we look at what traditions God has established as a measuring tool for all to gain reference from and properly see how our Repentance Precedes His Power!
We've recently been blessed to have met Pastor David Alvarado of Gloria A Dios ministries. In this service, Eric introduces David to LCMF and David shares a powerful word on individual spiritual responsibility.
Over the past 6 years Jesus has done wonders in and through LCMF. This Sunday LCMF blessed and sent out a family to multiply God's Kingdom in Little Rock, Arkansas. Eric and Matthew also share testimonies from the latest Matamoros trip and Eric concludes with a message on "The Prescribed Wayl".
Every believer has to choose between buidling bigger barns "accumulation" or giving away "distribution" goods, service, and our very lives.
The first disciples were told by Jesus to wait in Jerusalem for power from on high, then they were to go out and be His witnesses. If you haven't waited for His power, then you'll be ineffective when you go out to be his witnesses. Jesus is the Full Message.
Throughout history Pornography has ruined many of marriages and relationships. However, the first examples surfaced in the Garden of Eden. Not of a physical pornography but that which starts in the heart, Emotional Pornography.
The Parable of the Sower (Four Soils) describes the various conditions of mankind's heart. We all want to be the good soil that produces much fruit, but becoming good soil starts with embracing God's tilling of our hearts through His Word. We're commanded to embrace trials with joy, which first shows up on our face.
God will allow and even cause us to be sifted, so that He will know our hearts and we will know the limits of where we end and He begins.
Jacob wrestled with God and came away with a limp. Each of us walk away from our struggles with ourselves and God profoundly changed.
Since the creation of the universe God has used His Word to divide. First light from darkness and ultimately His way from all others. If you want to learn how to study the Bible, pursue God by reading it with the intent on how it applys to you.
The authority of God invested in His son Jesus the Christ and the followers of the Christ.
God's power was placed in the body of a Man and through him, Satan and death were defeated.
Pastor Eric continues the Heavenly Host series, discussing Angels and Accusers in the context of what was happening in the heavenlies on Palm Sunday.
God's purpose for all of our lives includes a call to leave the safety of our confined waters and to venture out onto the seas of humanity. In doing this we can share his love and power and act as His hands and feet to His treasured creation.
This will be a series of topics and teachings not commonly covered from the pulpit, but are critical for a full understanding of God's creation and our rightful place within it. PreAdamite World (Genesis 1:2) Heavenly Hierarchy (Hebrews 8:5) Angels and Accusers (Job 1:6-12) Archangels (Jude 9) Satanic Theories (Isaiah 14:3-7) Fallen Angels (Genesis 6) The Condemned (John 16:11) The Cross (Revelations 12) Authority to Trample (Luke 10:19) Sulphur Stew (Revelations 20:10)
Eric Hill speaks about the necessity and the utility of suffering in our Christian walk in that it is the process through which we are being made perfect. It is through hardship that we absorb the lessons that make us useful and prepared to be used by God for his purposes.
In 1957, a recording artist that had dropped out of Bible college took an expression meant to refer to the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and applied it to his affection for a girl. This man like many others in his generation and subsequent ones missed something in his Christian growth along the way. This message deals with the immeasurable love, protection, and provision that is found in the Lord and the fellowship of the Saints. We pray that you find the Lord as a Wall of Fire around you.
Narrow Door The front door of your home is first of all an entrance to your home but it is also a barrier to entering your home. In some ways it prevents others from seeing what is inside your home and yet it is also a declaration about what is inside your home often being labeled with your name. This message looks at doorways both past and present and expounds on God's message to mankind through the use of biblical doors. We pray that the blood covered, pierced, doubled over, and directed doors of ancient Israel serve as an inspiration to the way your view your own front door.
Scripture: Luke 13:22
Most of the great stories in life revolve around epic journeys. It is in the friction resulting from movement that our relationship with God is truly formed. This message is a sending off service for Nick and Lyndie Slaughter as they move hundreds of miles away from their present home in obedience to the command of the King. We pray that this message will encourage you on your journey of life as much as it has those who originally heard it.
The region and the mountain of Moriah are the sites of astounding incidents in the history of Israel. Examining the details of the events that took place on them is like looking at a miniature model that is representative of a larger reality.
In Hebrew the expression "Ayin Tovah" or "Good Eye" means being generous like God. Another way to express the meaning of the phrase would be to say that: “You are being like God, having your eye on what His eye is on”. This message examines the heart of pure and faultless religion. As you watch or listen please take special note of the "telos" or "full extent" of what the Canon of Scripture is expressing. Our hope is that you will be inspired to live a life that reflects the true heart of God and other will be drawn to Him through you.
We've all read in the Bible that creation displays God's character and glory. Finding out exactly how is a like wrapping your arms around the universe. Fractals enable us to accomplish this in micro bites.
The Word is useful for all things and we embrace it wholly. Recently, I read a passage in Revelation 2 that scared me enough to cause me to stop and really meditate on its message. As you listen to this sermon, take note of the Ephesians diligence and perseverance in the faith under extreme circumstances. Ask yourself, “If they lacked in an area…What does that say about me!” Then listen to the rest of the message. You will not leave feeling condemned, but you may leave feeling compelled towards a deeper intimacy with your King.
Throughout history men have raised leaders for themselves and ascribed to them divine qualities. These supermen or imperial men then move to create a super race. This can be demonstrated throughout history and it is nearly always at the expense of the other people groups but particularly the Jewish people. This message covers world history and biblical history to delineate truth from propaganda and hope from fear. Although not specifically a serious, this message should be considered in the light of last week�"s message “Cross and Curtain”.
Being Verbs refer to the subject's state of being. Some people refer to them as linking verbs because they "link" a subject to something. This is a helpful hint when reading the "Be Attitudes". Blessed people are in a state of or linked to certain attributes. This message briefly covers what believers are as juxtaposed to what they have! We pray that this message changes your state of "being".
One German author from the early twentieth century said of Jesus, “He is the Archimedian point where the world can be shifted from its axis‐‐‐He and none other”. No point in history more clearly illustrates this fact than the last moments on the cross. The earth shook and it was reported by secular historians as far away as Rome, but more importantly the very heavens were shaken and the results literally changed the world as we know it.
Our sermon title is a colloquialism that is used to indicate events, phrases, or situations that make you stop and think deeply about something. This message examines some of the contradictions, ironies, and paradoxes in the Word that were meant to get us to stop and think deeply about the profound truth being expressed. While the message certainly draws from the Pauline epistles, Yeshua was the real master of this art and the majority of the message focuses on his discourse in Mark 10.
Yeshua's teaching is life to those who receive it, but it did not occur in a vacuum. The first century was a thriving cultural milieu that Judaism flourished in. This message casts additional light on the Jewish background of “The Lord's Prayer” and expounds on the Hebraic understanding of the Kingdom of Heaven.
One can scarcely turn on the radio or TV today without hearing dire predictions for the economy of our nation and the world at large. Yeshua taught,
19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
This message examines the investments made by the lovers of Yeshua in the 16th chapter of Acts. Our prayer is that you will answer the call to embrace sacrifice as an essential element of the Gospel. The genuine nature of our faith is revealed in our actions while under duress.
This message relates the proper interaction between believers and the Word. Additionally, it draws on the books of Jeremiah and Matthew to illustrate God's purpose in individual lives. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear.
The Faith walk will almost always take you somewhere that you have never been before! This ensures that you follow the Lord and do not lead. Ancient Israel followed God to places they had never been before and saw waters split, nations fall, and promises come true. As you listen to this message, our prayer is that you will be encouraged to take the steps God calls you too and that your faith will be strengthened when you encounter the memorial stones that came from the middle of your journey.
This message details the continual conflict between the cultures defined by powerful Gentile nations and the Biblical culture of ancient Israel. More specifically, the historical context that Yeshua was born into is considered and the Hellenizing of His movement in the centuries subsequent to His earthly ministry. Lastly, our view of the light in which believers should view Saint Nicholas is discussed as a motivation for participation in the kind of righteousness that leaves a legacy.
This message covers the history and discovery of the magnificent Peruvian City of Machu Picchu with its untold history of rival. Additionally, the story of a Cretan Poet and his unique relationship to the Apostle Paul is covered in lenght. I pray that you are encouraged at the awesome working of our God.
This message is an informal discussion on the doctrine of the Resurrection. As you listen please notice that much of the church's language doesn't resemble the first century Apostles.
A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. Most revolutions have a conspicuous symbol or event that becomes associated with the movement and serves to motive and mobilize the people. One such symbol is the Liberty Bell. A popular encyclopedia said the following: “The Liberty Bell, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a bell that has served as one of the most prominent symbols of the American Revolutionary War. It is a familiar symbol of independence within the United States and has been described as an icon of liberty and justice.” Similarly, the French Revolution had as its symbol the Storming of the Bastille. The Bolshevik Revolution the Bloody Sunday. Each of these historical events were memorialized in iconographic paintings, drawings, and engravings. Additionally, literature commemorating the events served to cement there indelible association with the larger movement, theme, and Revolution. This morning we will be considering the Biblical accounts of revolution and their corresponding symbols. Our hope is that you will be inspired to action that changes the world!
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There is seldom a subject that produces more controversy than eschatology. This informal message is a recording of a discussion within LCMF on the subject of the theory known as Pre-tribulation Rapture and its originator John Nelson Darby. Time did not permit the discussion to comprehensively cover the subject, but the most popular scriptures used to support the theory were addressed as well as the history behind the doctrine.
Hello, Friends Believers are rarely if ever tricked by the devil into planning and committing malicious actions. When confronted with obviously evil options most believers simply cast the thought down. Our enemy is described in the Word as subtle. Is it possible to have a calling and goal from God but carry it out in an evil manner? This message considers the many "good things" that have been planned but implemented in bad ways throughout history and our lives. Our hope is that the body of Christ will seek His Kingdom in His way! LCMF Staff
What does it mean when people say they want "Christian Education"? Is Christian mathematics different from secular mathematics? How about Physics? Is the music you listen to Christian because of the lyrical content or the person who sings it? This message examines the meaning of "Christian Education"
Hello, Friends What does it mean when people say they want a "Christian Education"? Is Christian mathematics different from secular mathematics? How about Physics? Is the music you listen to Christian because of the lyrical content or the person who sings it? This message examines the meaning of "Christian Education". LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends only eight people survived the global deluge of the ancient world. The flood was amazing grace for a remnant and awesome judgment for the majority. Later, two peoples entered the Red Sea. The waters were saving for one nation and judging for another. We invite you to consider both the kindness and sternness of Yahweh God as you listen to this message on baptism. It is our hope that you will join the members of God�"s congregation that have found mercy through the pledge of a good conscience. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
This message was brought to us by Matthew Perot. While in the midst of a large building project God began to deal with him regarding the refining aspects of frustration. Frustration has been inherent to the creation from Genesis 3 forward. Matthew's unique insight into this powerful force is both refreshing and empowering. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear.
Hello, Friends This message was originally delivered on a Sunday Morning to our local body. The theme deals with God's demonstrated ability to see the end from the beginning. Drawing extensively from the Hebrew Prophet Isaiah, this message encourages the community of believers to demonstrate their trust by acting in obedience to the Word. Looking in the rear view mirror we can see that Isaiah prophesied events accurately hundreds of years before they occurred. With this in mind we have every reason to trust the Word in the areas we have yet to see fulfilled. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends There are seven statements that Yeshua made while upon the cross. Amazingly, the entirety of the Gospel can be found in them. This message is only 30 minutes long because it was delivered after a moving worship service Wednesday night, but it is full of study material that is sure to enrich your life. We pray you are blessed by what you learn. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Dissent is not usually something valued! In fact, it is usually an ugly word; but, the ancient Hebrews had quite a different view. During the period of Israel's history known as the Zuggots, pairs of teachers rose to instruct Israel. These teachers usually came from opposing points of view but worked in conjunction with each other to provide Israel with a holistic view of God's truth. We invite you to listen and our prayer is that you will be changed by what you hear. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was derived largely from the experiences of an ancient woman named Yochbed. Her astounding faith has resulted in blessings for the entire world. In this age where the phrase, "Paid to play", usually makes reference to a spoiled professional athlete it may seem like an odd thing to say about a Hebrew woman that lived 3500 years ago, but I encourage you to listen! We pray that this message blesses you as much as it has us. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This short message was originally delivered on a Wednesday night. It deals with the usage of the word Door in the Biblical text. Hebrew "Pethach" or Greek "Thura" both show up in the most interesting of circumstances. Please listen and be encouraged about what stands between you and danger. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This short message was originally delivered on a Wednesday night to our local body. Sin can not keep God away from you but it often keeps you away from God. The enemy is a master of deception and one of his most powerful tools is an unhealthy sense of shame. This message teaches believers to deal rightly with their failures and come boldly before God
Hello, Friends The presence of God is an awesome thing! He is capable of being light to Israel while at the same time darkness to Egypt. His presence shades us from the sun and leads us into the best places for us to take up residence. This message examines the benefits and responsibilities for those who wish to dwell with God by way of faith in Yeshua. We pray that your life is enriched by what you hear and apply. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was originally delivered on a Wednesday evening and is only about 45 minutes long. The subject was Bar Mitzvah. Please listen carefully as you hear about the transition that God expects his people to make from infancy to maturity. It is our hope that everyone hearing this message is compelled to grow in the Kingdom. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends 1 Corinthians 15:50 - "I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable". MasterCard had a memorable series of commercials using the words, (Priceless). In the commercials items were listed along with their corresponding values and then contrasted with something considered to be beyond value. The series probably owed its success to a mixture of humor and ingenuity, but the sentiment being expressed is worth considering. During hurricanes gasoline becomes more valuable, plywood becomes indispensable, and a mink coat becomes worthless. The circumstances often greatly influence the perception of value. Some things are perishable and destined to depreciate while others are imperishable, incorruptible, and all together priceless. Take some time to mediate on the truly priceless things in your life to rightly assess where you place value; additionally, consider the priceless nature of what God has spent and invested for or in your life! LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In Hebrew the name Bethel means, "House of God". This message, originally delivered on 9-03-08, examines the circumstances in which God is shown to dwell with you. Distress is something that we all naturally try to avoid, but it may be the very thing that allows others to see that the King dwells in us. As you hear about the ancient patriarch Jacob and the young Jewish Apostle Nathanael, we pray that your life is positively affected for the Kingdom. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Among the trees found in Israel, the Sycamore Fig tree is unique. The fruit that it produces is covered in a protective shell. In order for the fruit to be edible it must have a circular incision made at one end of each fig. This message, originally delivered on 8-31-08, covers the progression of teachings in Luke 18 and 19 to illustrate important keys to growth in the Kingdom. We pray that you are blessed by what you learn. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends One of the greatest Hebrew Rabbis once said, "My humiliation is my exaltation and my exaltation is my humiliation". This profound statement is echoed in the teachings of Christianity. This message originally delivered on 8-27-08 focuses on humbling events being the preparation for greatness in the Kingdom of God. We pray that this message gives you insight into the workings of God and blesses your life. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In the age of telephones, internet, emails, faxes, texts, ichats, and high definition broadcasts it would be easy to over look the beautiful simplicity with which God expresses Himself through the Hebrew language. The language of the Jews utilizes intelligent visual ways to communicate. The Hebrew world is viewed in concrete terms that can be tasted, smelled, touched, or heard. This message will explore the primary differences between the Greeks who viewed God through the mind and the Hebrews who experience God through the senses. As you listen, notice how understanding the Hebraic context of the words for: Anger, Praise, Life, Believe, Faith, and Forgive give you additional insight into the manner of life that is pleasing to God. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear! LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was originally delivered on 08-20-08 and it dealt primarily with the need to understand the Grace of God in a truthful fashion rather than a popular fashion. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was originally delivered on 08-10-08 and it dealt primarily with the responsibility of Christians to transition God's investment in them to others around them. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was originally delivered on 08-03-08 and it dealt primarily with the propensity of believers to spend time around Christianity without spending time with Jesus. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was originally delivered on 07-27-08 and it dealt primarily with God's ability to provide what we need before we know that we need it. It also deals extensively with the need for believers to actively participate in the work of the Kingdom so that every need is met materially and spiritually. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was originally delivered on 07-20-08 and it dealt primarily with the role of actions in the expression of our Faith.. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was originally delivered on 07-16-08 and it dealt primarily with the role of believers within popular culture. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was originally delivered on 07-09-08 and it dealt primarily with the role of Israel in eschatology. LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Hebrew like many languages continues to evolve. All actively spoken languages by necessity are expanding as new items are invented or species are discovered. While the Hebrews of Biblical times had no word for glue, the Hebrew language today borrows a word from the Biblical text to become the word for glue. This word is DABAQ. The message "Coming Unglued" draws its inspiration from the many uses of the Hebrew word DABAQ contained in the scriptures starting with Genesis 2:24. We pray that you are moved to action by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Have you ever considered having your ear pierced with an awl? Don't get the wrong idea! We are not encouraging a new teenage fad. There is an ancient custom found in the Hebrew Scriptures regarding a servant who does not want to leave his master's service even when he is free to do so. This message exhorts believers to excel in acts prompted by love rather than a sense of obligation. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In the Bible a yoke may represent different things. The term yoke most obviously applies to a device used to shackle animals together, but this was not the only meaning in Biblical times. Rabbis referred to the Kingdom of God as a yoke and many people referred to a particular Rabbis' teaching as his yoke. This message takes a deeper look at what it means to be yoked to the Kingdom of God. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Righteous among the Nations (Hebrew: Chassidey Umot HaOlam ) The Hebrew term Chassidey Umot HaOlam is used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust in order to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis. The secular award has often been translated into English as "Righteous Gentile". This message shares insight gleaned from the story of Irena Sendler who was instrumental in saving over 2500 Jewish children from certain death. Please listen carefully to the way in which the lives of Godly people and the Holy Scriptures both affirm the need to utilize what Jesus has placed right in front of you to perform the miraculous. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends What a blessing this message was! Mandy Wakefield was among the first to join us for the purpose of founding a ministry in Texas. God's working in her life has not been without effect. This message largely deals with the perspective that the Holy Spirit has given her regarding the pleasant and not so pleasant events in her life. 16 minutes and 28 seconds into her message the electrical power went out in our church but the message picks right back up with only a minor subject change. We pray that you will carefully consider the wisdom that flows from this young woman. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The Holy Scriptures contain 261 direct references to God as our Father. However, when you look carefully at the context of each Scripture, it is obvious that a monumental change in man's relationship to God occurred in the ministry of Yeshua (Jesus). The Tenach (39 books of the Older Testament) only refers to God as "Father" 9 times. Of those nine occurrences, 7 are spoken of as a future event and the remaining 2 are in the generic sense of "Father" as in "Creator". When comparing this with the 27 books of the Newer Testament, it is dramatic! 252 times the Newer Testament uses the term Father in a personal sense of relationship. While websites offer us meaningful relationships based on 29 dimensions of compatibility, only in Yeshua the Messiah, do we find our full relationship with God as our Father! The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was delivered on a Sunday Morning. Tikkun Olam is an ancient Hebrew expression meaning "repairing the world". This message begins in Genesis and works its way all the way through the teachings of Jesus to show both the Hebraic roots of Jesus' teaching and the practical ways in which we can participate in mans' original calling. Please listen, carefully, as this message challenges many of the commonly held teachings of the modern Church. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was delivered on a Wednesday Evening. Although it is brief at only 30 minutes, the message contains some compelling information regarding what Jesus is capable of doing in your life. Additionally, each of the signs God gave Moses foreshadows the King of Kings in some way and reveals the character of the Most High. As you listen, please take the time to consider who
Hello, Friends This message was delivered on a Sunday Morning. The primary scriptural text is Samuel 5. The message largely deals with the enemies desire to ravage your life, pressure you into assimilation or completely eradicate you. The Hebrew names for the towns mentioned in this 3000 year old account of the traveling of the Ark of God tell a compelling story in and of themselves. We encourage you to listen to the effect that the presence of God has on every problem faced by the people of God. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was delivered on a Wednesday evening. The nature of the message is largely corrective. Most ministries would not allow this message to be available for public consumption. At LCMF we thought it may be beneficial to allow the public to listen to a "family meeting" type message. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was delivered on Mother's Day 2008. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was delivered during a Wednesday evening service. The primary scriptural text is John 15. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was delivered on a Wednesday Evening. Nicholas Slaughter was the speaker and it was a blessing. His primary topic was about expecting the supernatural. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends While watching a respected television program that featured a "scholar" from Princeton University, I had a moment of clarity regarding the need for understanding in the area of Hebraic roots. The supposed scholar and professor of religious studies claimed that Jesus was illiterate and that He never claimed divinity. She argued her point from literature relating to the "Greek" early church fathers and their councils. Her contention is obviously absurd, but it illustrates the need for greater insight into the way that first century Jews thought and spoke. This message looks at the great "I am the…" statements that Jesus made and how their Jewish recipients perceived them. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message is brief because it was a Wednesday night but the information in it is thought provoking. Sh'elah is a Hebrew word that means to ask questions. The context usually implies that the questions are about God's Word and that answers will be given. The educational system of ancient Israel featured Sh'elah as a Jewish style of learning. The concept featured parents, who had presumably matured through experiences with God, carrying out peculiar ceremonies so that it would prompt questions in the children who had not yet matured in this way. This message utilizes examples from the nation of Israel to emphasize the need to live a life that prompts a question. We pray that you are moved by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was 1 of a 3 part series on the topic of spiritual warfare. The messages in their original order are “A Defense Program”, “The Bombing Campaign”, and “A One Front Fight”. These messages were given over both Sunday and Wednesday services, so they range in length from 45 minutes to over an hour. While they all cover different ground the heart of all three is a practical rather than sensational approach to spiritual warfare. We pray that you are enriched by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was 1 of a 3 part series on the topic of spiritual warfare. The messages in their original order are "A Defense Program", "The Bombing Campaign", and "A One Front Fight". These messages were given over both Sunday and Wednesday services, so they range in length from 45 minutes to over an hour. While they all cover different ground the heart of all three is a practical rather than sensational approach to spiritual warfare. We pray that you are enriched by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was 1 of a 3 part series on the topic of spiritual warfare. The messages in their original order are "A Defense Program", "The Bombing Campaign", and "A One Front Fight". These messages were given over both Sunday and Wednesday services, so they range in length from 45 minutes to over an hour. While they all cover different ground the heart of all three is a practical rather than sensational approach to spiritual warfare. We pray that you are enriched by what you hear. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The sermon description normally found in this section has been lost due to computer error. Please feel free to describe the message from your point of view in the comments section of this board. In general this message deals with the four Gentile Kingdoms that would be succeeded by the Kingdom of God on earth. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The sermon description normally found in this section has been lost due to computer error. Please feel free to describe the message from your point of view in the comments section of this board. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The sermon description normally found in this section has been lost due to computer error. Please feel free to describe the message from your point of view in the comments section of this board. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The sermon description normally found in this section has been lost due to computer error. Please feel free to describe the message from your point of view in the comments section of this board. The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends A healthy church must not be based on the generosity of the few; but, it must be based on the sacrifice of all! Throughout history there have been those revered as kings and yet their actions were less than noble. At the same time there have always been those who were held in little esteem and yet their actions were kingly. The Holy Word reveals that a righteous remnant, usually unnoticed by the masses, has always existed on the earth and the God of the universe uses them to His own end. This message will help you discern the difference between what is esteemed by men versus what the King of Kings values. We pray that you are encouraged and empowered to live in a way that the Scripture defines as the narrow path. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Man's original occupation was to work the soil. The creation has been subjected to frustration and in many ways seems to resist cultivation for productive growth. While society has changed a great deal from the primitive agricultural structures of the ancient world, much has stayed exactly the same. Mankind has a responsibility to work the soil of his heart. Like the creation our base nature is corrupted and resists this cultivation towards growth and life, but we must examine our soil and take the necessary steps to grow. We pray that this message dealing with Yeshua's parable of the four soils will aide in the cultivation of your life as you participate in the Kingdom of God. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends How many times following a tragedy have you heard the words, "How could God let this happen?". Mankind has often leveled this charge against God, but very few have been as bold about it as Job. Job literally invited the God of the universe to come down and check out what was happening in the creation by asserting that God was indifferent and incapable seeing through "eyes of flesh". The resulting encounter changed the world forever. We pray that you are blessed as you learn of the bargain that was made on your behalf… Skin for Skin. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends When a young person suffers an injury or death our hearts grieve for many reasons, but near the top of the list is that the young person may never achieve all of their potential. We feel an innate sense of loss because the person may have been the next scientist, doctor, or composer to contribute something extraordinary to society. It feels as if something were stolen from us! Wade Sutherland explores this concept as he communicates the cry of his heart in this message. Wade's prospective has been shaped by his years as a Pastor and High School principal. We have all been blessed by Wade as a dear friend and trusted advisor to this ministry and we pray you are blessed by what you hear in this message. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends On his 33rd birthday, Pastor Stephens delivered this inspiring message. Born two and half months early and barely two pounds, Eric relates how God had mercy on him because of his mother's longing for something better than the life she was living. This sermon is a message of hope for those who feel trapped by circumstance and overcome by their own history. We pray that you find the courage to ask Jesus for a new start, new way of life, and new future! Pay careful attention as you hear about the God who blesses to the thousandth generation and changes heritages over night. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The Biblical account of the Exodus is without question one of the most remarkable events recorded in human history. Writing nearly 1600 years after the event a Hebrew Apostle named Paul told the community of believers at Corinth that those things happened as examples for us! This message examines the manner in which God dealt with Pharaoh and the manner in which Pharaoh dealt with Moses in order to learn from their examples. It is our heartfelt prayer that you are blessed by this teaching while you carefully consider the Word of God as it relates to your life. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Before there were kings ruling in Israel and before the arrival of the mighty prophets, there was a humble woman who dared to cry out to Yahweh in her grief. The story of Hannah in the Bible is an amazing journey into the yearning heart of a broken woman that found her dreams fulfilled by being selfless. Hannah's story will teach you how to deal appropriately with a downcast spirit. Additionally, her life will inspire you to ask for and receive truly heavenly blessings. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Nicholas Slaughter is one of those young men that you can see the Lord's hand on. His zeal and enthusiasm for the Lord is refreshing. Listen as he shares his heart on the subject of being Transformed. He drew heavily from his own experiences with the Lord and was honest in a way rarely seen from popular pulpits. We pray that his life will bless you as he shares his heart with you in this outstanding message. We will all look forward to more exciting things from this young man in the future. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Seemingly ordinary men who possessed extraordinary dreams have been responsible for shaping the world in which we live. Each of these men were fallible and flawed, yet the God of the universe chose them to accomplish His work on earth. This message is an exhortation to the imperfect human race to participate in the perfect vision that God has for each of us and our planet. We pray that you would endeavor to receive big dreams from God and then embark on the noble task of becoming an agent of change in God's renewal process for the creation. As you listen consider that Jesus may be calling you to accomplish work for His Kingdom and that your response is required by way of your actions. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends. Christians during different time periods and in different places have held various views on appropriate imagery for Christians at Christmas. Ironically, many of the most widely accepted religious ideas and imagery associated with Christmas are wholly inaccurate or even unbiblical while those that are often less acceptable among Christians are in fact substantially more in line with scriptural practices. This message examines how Constantinian Christianity has given us misconceptions about this time of year and why Christians should take another look at the historical Santa Clause as something holy. Listen and you may be surprised! Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In the shipping industry a manifest is used to declare the contents of a particular vessel. Similarly, one of the ways the Holy Spirit declares Himself to be in the Church and in the lives of believers is by the manifestation of His presence through the spiritual gifts. This message urges believers to embrace the fullness of Christianity through Baptism in God's Holy Spirit. As you listen to this message, we pray that you would have a sense of expectancy. During its original presentation our church was blessed with several genuine miracles including a medically verifiable healing. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Only eight people survived the global deluge of the ancient world. The flood was amazing grace for a remnant and awesome judgment for the majority. Later, two peoples entered the Red Sea. The waters were saving for one nation and judging for another. We invite you to consider both the kindness and sternness of Yahweh God as you listen to this message on baptism. It is our hope that you will join the members of God
Hello, Friends Only eight people survived the global deluge of the ancient world. The flood was amazing grace for a remnant and awesome judgment for the majority. Later, two peoples entered the Red Sea. The waters were saving for one nation and judging for another. We invite you to consider both the kindness and sternness of Yahweh God as you listen to this message on baptism. It is our hope that you will join the members of God
Hello, Friends What is the difference between a butcher and a surgeon? They both have special attire and are equipped with special cutting instruments. Upon examination, you find that one cuts you for selfish purposes wanting to benefit from the use of your flesh and eventual death. While the other only cuts you to heal you and has your health and quality of life as his motivating interests. The butcher comes to Kill and the surgeon comes to Heal. This message explores the various uses of division in the Bible and exhorts believers to embrace a kind of "Long Division" as a means of distinguishing between the butcher and the surgeon so that we may be healed rather than killed. We pray that your hearts are moved as you listen to this compelling message. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Ever since men began to explore the oceans Eingericht bottles have existed. The name for these bottles means: bottles with life inside and impossible bottles. You may be familiar with them as simply, a ship in a bottle. When observing them you seldom marvel at the container but instead wonder how the creator managed to fit his work inside of the bottle. Believers share much in common with Eingericht bottles. We have a message within us that defies understanding and causes others to marvel at the Creator who put His divine communication within us. We pray that you are blessed as you learn of God's attempt to form you into His Message in a bottle. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Olives are one of the most durable crops found in Israel. In ancient times they were used for everything from anointing oil to food. This message delves into the Hebraic associations with the Olive tree and its fruit during older and newer testament periods. Additionally, the major differences between Hebraic and Hellenistic thoughts are covered as they relate to properly interpreting the Holy Word. Looking introspectively we can all agree that the most revealing times in our lives are when we are pressed. Interestingly enough, Yeshua chose a specific place to pray when He was pressed by the crushing weight of our sin. We pray that your lives are enriched as you learn about the many pressings of olives and Christians. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In 1998, I had the opportunity to stand in the ruins of Bet Shen for the first time. The ancient city in Israel has been remarkably restored and it features a coliseum and a marble laden street through the center of town. The Greeks called the street a "Cardo". While standing on the "Cardo" noticing that its distributaries provided access to every area of the city, Jesus began to speak to me about the importance of guarding our hearts against pollution from the enemy. This message covers both the Greek and Hebrew words translated as Heart in the scriptures and makes practical applications that will impact your life. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends A wooden post and a tree are largely the same in substance, but over time the difference becomes very obvious. Anything that is truly alive will produce growth as evidenced by change. Many Christians have fallen into the trap of believing that being “saved” is all that they need to be concerned with in the Kingdom of God. The early followers of Yeshua had dynamic evolving spiritual lives that illustrate a completely different paradigm. This message urges believers to consider the scriptural demands for fruit and maturing as a requirement for all true believers. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In 1993, I realized that I was living in a prison that my own actions had built. I saw No Way Out and felt incapable of bringing about a lasting change. In the midst of this dismal situation, Yeshua came to my rescue. The Hebrew Scriptures clearly display God as one who makes a way through impassable obstacles for those who cry out to Him. This message utilizes the memoirs of the Hebrew Apostle Matthew to instruct believers in the proper use of Forcefulness in our lives. Furthermore it examines the prophecies of Micah as they relate to John the Baptizer and Yeshua the Christ. We pray that this message encourages you to live within the King of Kings dominion in your daily life so that you will experience His ability to break open the way before you when you feel like there is No Way Out. Shalom, The LCMF
Hello, Friends Krav Maga is an Israeli fighting system that assumes no quarter and emphasizes maximum threat neutralization in realistic situations. It is based on the concept of Retzev which means continuous combat motion. While Yeshua's followers do not wage war as the world does we do have weaponry. Like Krav Maga our warfare does not take place in protected quarters and it neutralizes threats in real-life situations. This message draws from the Hebrew peoples' dealings with Adonai Bezek and the Amalekites to exhort believers to arm themselves by being joyful always and praying continuously. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Discontented is not usually a descriptive term that a believer would want applied to them. However, nearly 1000 years before Yeshua lived in Israel, there was a man that the Scripture says was destined to be a King and yet was considered a criminal. Further complicating things, he did not associate with royalty but with sinners that desired to rebel against the tyranny of their present ruler. The tyrant, in whose dominion this man lived, pursued him with the intent to destroy both him and his followers. This message is based on a hero in the Biblical history of Israel and the indebted, distressed, and discontented men who stood with him during his trails. Their rebellion became a successful revolution and they were transformed from rabble into Mighty Men! If you are discontent with the status quo and desire to rebel against the things that have bound you, this message will teach about the true King who can turn your discontent into a life changing revolution. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends We live at a time when people are rarely willing to wait for anything. We order at one window and expect to pick up at the next. With next day delivery and 30 minutes or it's free type expectations it is easy to become frustrated with God. His Kingdom is not built upon instant gratification, but rather upon TRUST. One of the tests in determining your perceived value of an event, thing, or experience is your willingness to wait for it without deviation. This message encourages believers to TRUST in the promises of God without wavering through unbelief so that we see the goal of our Faith. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Few books of the Bible are read, sung about, and quoted with the frequency of the Psalms. Their content is replete with human emotion and frailty that all illustrates the necessity of reliance and trust in God. They bridge the gap between the doctrines of the ancient believers and the way they lived. Perhaps this is why so many modern believers have strongly identified with particular Psalms, such as Psalm 23, during difficult events in their lives. This message covers Psalm 1 in a way that is sure to bless you. We pray that you connect with the ancient scripture in a way that dramatically changes your lives as it has been doing for thousands of years. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Scientists have calculated that the closest star to the earth, other than the sun, is Alpha Centauri. Even at the amazing speed of light, which travels 187,000 miles every second, it would still take over four years to travel the 24 trillion mile distance. When considering the enormity of this distance, it should be noted that scientist also say the average galaxy contains 200 million stars and there are an estimated 50 billion galaxies. The creation is immense beyond description and this sheer size was meant to communicate a message about God. This sermon deals with the complexity of the creation and the care of the Creator. His eye is truly on the Sparrow and how much more on you? Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Merriam Webster's dictionary defines restoration in two ways. The first is: bringing something back to a former condition, an unimpaired condition, or an improved condition. The second definition refers to the re-establishment of a monarchy. Each of these definitions is pertinent to the study of Yahweh God. Even a cursory overview of the Scriptures reveals that our King is in the Restoring business. Lastly, the word "ultimatum" is defined as a final proposition, condition, or demand, especially one whose rejection will end negotiations and cause a resort to force. This message is a sobering but encouraging look at God's ability to restore the creation starting with your own life and a reminder that the ultimatum has already been issued. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Feelings of joy from love that is reciprocated and conversely feelings of pain from unfaithfulness are among the most powerful emotions that human beings can feel. It is not then a coincidence that the Hebrew Scriptures paint vivid emotional images of mankind's relationship with God as that of a groom and bride. This message explores ancient Jewish Wedding rights and the way they illuminate the words of Jesus. Learning about the proposal language, chuppah, and ketubah will change the way you look at the Scriptures forever. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Gilgal and Jericho are cities that date to antiquity within Israel. The events that took place at their locations during the conquest of Canaan are both amazing and insightful. This message draws parallels between the crossing of the Jordan, circumcision at Gilgal, and battle of Jericho with the salvation experience of believers. The message was delivered on Father's Day and a baptismal service. The service was preceded by special testimonies and songs so the length of the message is only 50 minutes. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Have you ever heard the phrase, "I don't want to toot my own horn but..."? This idea is paralleled in the Hebraic culture surrounding the Newer Testament. This message covers this issue while dealing with the subject of tithes and offerings. We pray that you are blessed by this honest, bold, and straight forward message on the subject of giving. It is the first time Pastor Stephens has dedicated an entire service to this subject matter and we believe that you will be blessed by his balanced approach to faith grounded giving rather than "the gospel of gain". Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This service was the baby dedication of Lily Slaughter, one of our newest editions! The message focuses on the biblical foundations of marriage and the importance of training children to love the Lord. Genesis declares that Abraham was chosen because he would teach his children, all of the Jewish feasts involve children asking questions, ministry leadership requirements revolve around raising children, and the savior of the world entered it as a child! Raising Godly children is far more important than most people have ever considered. At LCMF we think it is so important that we have new parents take vows before the Church to do it properly. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Nearly 3000 years ago a young Jewish shepherd went into battle with nothing but a pocket full of rocks and his triumph has been an encouragement throughout the ages. The ancients tell us that he used 5 smooth stones to over come unimaginable odds. His success and method has been memorialized in preaching every since. Unfortunately, the modern church has an unhealthy tendency towards idolizing methods of success. This message takes a new look at "smooth stones" and encourages the body of Christ to glorify our Maker by embracing our glorious diversity. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The Jewish educational system was nothing short of amazing during the second temple period. This message explores the lives of famous Rabbis and their Tamidim or "Disciples". Yeshua was not born into a vacuum; He was born into a vibrant milieu of Hebraic culture with passionate beliefs and emotions about the God of Israel. As you listen your own cultural beliefs will be challenged, more importantly, you will be invited to consider how a twenty first century Christian should relate to the Hebraic culture and Messiah. Examining the cultural influences of Jesus, Paul, and the Apostles will do more than enhance your understanding of the Scriptures; it will deepen your appreciation for the Hebraic Roots of our faith. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This service took place on Mother's Day. It seemed appropriate to reflect on the heroic faith that Hebrew women displayed in the Scriptures. The lessons that we can glean from humble women who trusted the Lord are nothing short of inspiring. We encourage you to find the strength summoned by a teenage, Jewish, virgin over two thousand years ago when she faced public humiliation and possible death because of her uncompromising love for her God, and yet her heart's cry was "I am the Lord's servant, may it be done to me as you have said!" Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The first war mentioned in the Bible takes place in the valley of Siddim where the Salt Sea would later be located. The Salt Sea has become known as the Dead Sea because no life dwells in it. The Dead Sea is constantly being fed by the Jordan River but it has no outlets. Ironically, it is this principle that produces death. This body of water, like people, needs a study flow outward to be healthy and full of life. The first war in the Bible takes place in an environment that symbolizes selfishness. Although the scenery and participants have changed, for most of us the battle still centers around the same problem. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In ancient Judaism, the people looked forward every year with great anticipation to the Day of Atonement. The Hebrew Scriptures paint a vivid picture of the Divine touching the earthly. Every detail was meant to convey that the God of the Universe desired to dwell with His people. As you listen to this message, We encourage you to be more than a spectator. Engage the text, place yourself in the cultural setting and then ask your self what the appropriate response to God
Hello, Friends The most ancient prayer in Judaism is at its heart an affirmation of the One true God and His rule on the earth. Today, ignorance towards Second Temple Judaism has robbed the Christian world of the rich spiritual heritage that Jesus and all of the Apostles shared in. This message combines teachings on the Shema, the Nazarite Vow, and Baptism to encourage believers about the Lordship of Jesus, the necessity of supernatural devotion, and the repudiation of the sinful nature. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear message. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends On this Resurrection Sunday, it seemed fitting to cover the Hope of our faith. Many listeners may be shocked to find out that the predominant hope being conveyed through churches today is almost entirely unfounded in the Scriptures. How many times have you heard someone speak of longing to go to Heaven? The goal of most Christians is to "go to Heaven", and yet this is not the hope of our faith! This provocative message plunges headlong into the Biblically stated goal of Christianity. Prepare to have your presuppositions challenged as this message compels you to re-examine the Scriptures from a fresh perspective. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Early believers were known as followers of the Way. The scripture is clear that they saw themselves as a part of Judaism following the Way that Yeshua taught. Today, we live in a religious environment that has been Hellenized to the point that many people have no idea that the Scriptures were given to us by Hebrews and written in and through a Hebraic perspective. We invite you to look at the Triumphal Entry in a manner rarely considered by Westerners but entirely consistent with the Way that Jesus original followers would have seen it. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In our opinion the Parable of the Sower has been misnamed. We suggest that the name Four Soils better represents the emphasis of Yeshua's teaching. The Sower is the same in every instance and so is the precious seed He sows, but the soils are different and so is what they produce. This message takes an honest and hard hitting look at the four soils as they represent the state of a human being's heart. We pray this convicting and compelling message encourages you to take the steps necessary to produce the Kingdom's fruit. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Rephidim is the name of the place where God's people found themselves weary and worn out from grumbling and complaining. It is no coincidence that their enemies the Amalekites chose this place to attack those who were "lagging behind". As people of God we must learn to let the Lord renew our strength and we must not tire in doing good for at the proper time we will reap the harvest. This message examines the rich Biblical imagery found in the ancient events at Rephidim. We pray that you are encouraged and compelled by what you hear. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends During the Exodus the ancient Hebrew people were deliberately placed between Pharaoh and the sea. God said that He did this to gain glory for Himself! It is a Biblical fact that God will place His people into difficult circumstances in order to display His power through them. Unfortunately, the people of God often fail to recognize this important working of God and they in turn succumb to grumbling and bad attitudes that hinder the witness of the Kingdom. The events at Gethsemane, Seneh, Bozez, and the Wilderness will deepen your understanding of God's glorious workings while displaying why you should have hope when placed between the Rock and the Hard Place. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends We at LCMF are happy to have the opportunity to provide access to this message delivered by Pastor Perot. Although Matthew is usually thought of as being anointed to lead worship, it is clear that he has much to offer the body by way of his preaching. This message largely focuses on the events surrounding Israel
Hello, Friends The seven annual feasts given to the Hebrew people are as profound as they are beautiful. Much of the Western world has over looked their importance and dismissed their significance as merely something Jewish. In studying these God-given festivals you will see reflections of your own salvation experience, gain insight for daily living, and deepen your understanding of eschatology. You may even begin to wonder why these feasts have not found their way into Christian culture. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In the ancient Near East covenants were not "made". The establishment of a covenant was said in Hebrew as "cutting" a covenant. In patriarchal times cutting a covenant was done according to specific forms that are rich in symbolism and meaning. Learning the rules and roles that covenant participants were expected to abide by will deeply enrich the way you view key scriptures in both the Older and Newer Testaments. As you meditate on this message we pray that you are encouraged by the lengths our God has gone to make us certain that His promises are trustworthy. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Unfortunately some of the loudest voices claiming to represent Christianity portray our faith as flamboyant and prosperity obsessed. In this arena the extraordinary sacrifices that men of God have made throughout the centuries are overlooked in a carnal effort to appeal to greed disguised as piety. This message reflects on Elijah
Hello, Friends Does it matter that Benjamin Franklin was an American and not Norwegian? Would it change the story if James Bond was from Vietnam? Jesus is Jewish and was born and raised in Israel. His story and his teachings are best understood in the context of the culture and race that He lived in. This message explores the ways that Hebraic teaching methods developed from the book of Deuteronomy are displayed in the teachings of Jesus recorded in the book of Mathew. Understanding Jesus' words in the context they were originally given will deepen your love for the scripture and compel you towards holiness. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The Jordan River is one of the most conspicuous land marks in Israel. Its banks are rich with vibrant history and undeniable significance to the biblical accounts. In this message you will be enlivened to purposeful Hebraic imagery used in the Scriptures to convey a powerful message to the ancient and present day readers. Crossing the Jordan was a monumental event in Israel
Hello, Friends In the heart of lost mankind is a drum beat that sets the rhythm of their lives. It is discernable in their actions. The steady beat of the drum plays a song that says, "What about me. What will happen to me…me…me". As followers of the way that Yeshua revealed, we are required to walk to the beat of a different drummer. This drum beat is not brash, loud, or over bearing. In fact, it is only discernable by meditating on the Scriptures. The rhythm of the believer
Hello, Friends The 1st Century Rabbi, Yeshua, revealed the character of God like no human being before or after his time. This message explores the meaning of terms like: In the beginning was the Word, that life was the light of men, and God the One and Only. The unique events preserved in the ancient writings of a Jew named John illustrate the purpose for Rabbi Yeshua's life and they direct a clear call for all believers to imitate him. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In the time of the Patriarchs, wells were of particular importance. A clean water source often meant the difference between life and death. This message explores the events recorded in Scripture that took place at such a well in Southern Israel. As the last message of 2006, we hope that this message compels believers to see the workings of God in their lives and to resolutely live lives worthy of His call in 2007. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message was special for a variety of reasons but especially because it fell on the morning of Christmas Eve. In ancient Israel the Romans dedicated a city to the worship of idols. The city was named Caesarea Philippi and it is the location Jesus chose to ask his disciples a very important question. This message examines that question as well as a contemporary question about the role of Santa Claus in the Christmas story. For most people this information will be both new and challenging. We pray that you are blessed by what you hear. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The ancient Hebrew peopled loved God's Word so much that they developed an educational system unlike any other in the world. Their profound knowledge of the Word allowed them to utilize many teaching techniques that are foreign to us as Gentile believers. One of these techniques is called "Stringing Pearls". After learning this concept your love for the Word and appreciation for the people who brought us our Bible will deepen. We pray that this message enriches your understanding and contributes to God's working in your life. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The Hebrew people faced unimaginable intimidation in the 7th century B.C. at the hands of an Assyrian named Sennacherib and yet prevailed. The first century followers of the Rabbi Yeshua endured unparalleled persecution under the Roman Emperor Domitian. In both cases the peoples trust in the Lord enabled them to prevail. This message takes a fresh look at the book of Revelation while also strongly emphasizing the present day application of the word. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends How is great faith obtained? When Christians read the word "faith" in the Bible its meaning is often complicated with years of religious but unbiblical thought. The word "trust" might be considered a useful synonym for "faith". Trust of any kind is strengthened with time and experience. God in His mercy provides for us the experiences necessary to strengthen our trust in Him over time. It is these experiences with "lions" and "bears" that prepare us to knock down giants in our lives and display great faith or trust in God. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The Jewish heritage of Christianity was vibrant and action oriented. The Hebraic culture favored deeds over creed and described a person's relationship with God in terms involving action verbs. As Christians we would do well to adopt this original perspective on faith and life. Our churches are dominated by the proclamation of doctrines rather than the doing of deeds. Teddy Roosevelt once spoke of "…poor cold timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat" This message is our attempt to inspire the body of Christ to risk defeat in the pursuit of victory by displaying in our actions the Faith we are so fond of discussing. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In November every year people begin thinking of Thanksgiving Day. While this noble holiday is rooted in wholesome principles, the Hebrew Scriptures teach thanks giving as a lifestyle rather than an event. The book of Leviticus compels us to make thank offerings in a way that will be accepted. This message draws heavily upon the customs, culture, and language of first century Judaism to illustrate the Biblical view of thanks giving. As you hear about the Rabbinic system in Jesus' day and principles such as "Kavanah", we pray that your walk is thoroughly enriched. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends. Intellectual assent is not the same as faith and understanding an object is not the same as holding it in your hand. All too often, Christianity is both passive and powerless. Our "sit and soak" mentality is the furthest possible thing from Jesus' teachings. This message is an encouragement to examine what has been invested in you and the purpose for which the deposit was made. This message employs fresh perspectives on the parables and impassioned preaching to stir believers into action and renewal. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Christianity was birthed directly out of Judaism. The first believers considered themselves still within Judaism while following the Way of Jesus. As this perspective changed historically, the Church became increasingly Hellenistic and lost touch with the Hebraic origin of our faith. This departure from the true foundation of Christianity has led to many misunderstandings including the parable traditionally called “The Prodigal Son”. This message attempts to place the parable in its proper context while challenging the listener to take aggressive action in their daily lives. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Wow! We are excited to bring you this one. Brad Lively is the long time friend of both Matthew and Eric. This message is subtle, in that, there is no shouting or dramatic sermon illustrations and yet it is absolutely heart wrenching. Brad's testimony comes across as both sincere and compelling. Our hope is that the impact Jesus has made in his life will extend to yours. Please listen carefully and be prepared to take action! LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Nicholas Slaughter is one of those young men that you can see the Lord's hand on. His zeal and enthusiasm for the Lord is refreshing. Listen as he shares his heart on the subject of balance in your life. He drew heavily from the life of Solomon in an effort to show us the futility of the things people seek after and the true things of value worth attaining. We will all look forward to more exciting things from this young man in the future. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message is the third in a series on the Kingdom of Heaven. When the Colt Manufacturing Company produced a single action revolver for the US military it was dubbed the "Peacemaker". Whether or not a firearm can achieve peace is irrelevant to this message, but the fact that peace has to be made is clear from the teachings of Jesus. The term peace is usually defined as an absence of hostility, but the Hebrew concept of peace is far more expansive than this definition allows. As members of God�"s Kingdom we need to live with the Kingdom principles being applied in our daily lives. I pray that this message would deepen your understanding of the Shalom of God. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message is the second in a series on the Kingdom of Heaven. When John the baptizer, Jesus, and the apostles preached the Kingdom Is Near they were addressing well founded pre-existent ideas within ancient Judaism. The Hebrew Prophet Daniel foretold the manner and timing for the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth. Few Christians today have taken the time to understand this message in its original context. Unfortunately, this lack of understanding has spawned a plethora of misguided error laden teachings. We pray that this straight forward, bold message challenges and enriches you. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The message Jesus presented was The Kingdom is near! Another way to say essentially the same thing is The King's Dominion is near. The ancient Hebrew prophet Micah foretold a day when God would use a man to break open the way so that the Lord could lead the people as their King out of the oppression they were in. John the baptizer was a bold and forceful man that preached The Kingdom is near. His ministry was succeeded by Jesus who not only preached The Kingdom is near but also showed us how to walk in that Kingdom while on earth. Today believers find themselves with a dual citizenship and it takes a Godly forcefulness to be a loyal citizen of the Kingdom found in heaven that is being established on earth. Shalom, The LCMF Staff.
Hello, Friends Most human beings are preoccupied with a desire to know how they rate in things. We often fall into the error of comparing ourselves with one another. The relationship between Peter and John as described in the Newer Testament is full of helpful insights into developing a right perspective in this area. I pray you are encouraged in your own unique calling as you listen to this message and resolutely follow Jesus. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends In our western culture our world view has been largely shaped by ancient Greek thought. This is not the perspective that the ancient Hebrew Scriptures were written from. This message explores the difference between knowing a creed and living the deed. In the Holy Scriptures the people of God are invited to become something not simply believe something. As a human being you were created from the dust of the earth and the divine breath of God. We pray that you are encouraged in this unique union of the earthly and divine to become all that God has called you TO BE. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends One of the most natural human desires is to want a life of ease. In general, most of us only work hard hoping to create an environment in which we can one day "coast". While this desire is motivating to some, it is without biblical merit. The scripture clearly defines a trust in the Lord that must grow daily resulting in an ever increasing awareness and advancement of the Kingdom of God. As you hear about the lives of King Asa and Samson, I pray this challenging message provokes you to live a life worthy of the high calling you have in Christ Jesus. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The men we admire most in the Kingdom did not achieve their purposes without preparation. In fact, most had men of little reputation working quietly in the back ground to help them achieve their callings. Transitional Leadership is a method designed to enrich and empower Christians without receiving any glory from men for your work. The reward for your investment in the lives of others is the favor of King Jesus on that great day. As you listen to this message pay close attention to the role of Moses or Barnabas as they raised up coworkers and successors. Their lives are models worth emulating. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The Hebrew words Lechem Paaniym mean the bread of His face. This odd phrase is pregnant with meaning and is usually translated bread of His presence or showbread. The Hebrew Scriptures contain many repeating themes concerning God's provision proceeding from His presence for your daily spiritual and physical needs. This message covers lessons from the manna in the desert, Sampson's use of the jawbone, Aaron's attention to the menorah and showbread in the tabernacle, and finally the interactions of a certain Syro-Phoenician woman with Jesus. Each of these events in this powerful message has common themes that are both moving and applicable to the body of Christ as a whole. We pray that it blesses you. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends The title of this message is a play on the television program Meerkat Manor. The New International Version uses the word mere on many occasions. The most appropriate definition involves the idea that something is nothing more than what is specified. For a Christian to be called a mere man is an insult to the high calling that exists in every Christian's life. This message explores the Christian's right to make judgments and our responsibility to live as led by the Spirit of God. We pray that you are encouraged to lay aside your mere natural instincts and embrace the divine counsel of God. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message uses ancient covenants, comparisons between David and Jesus, as well as the story of Mephibosheth to teach believers who they are in the Kingdom. When you look into a mirror what do you see? The Bible teaches certain truths that should define the way that you think about your self. After learning your position in God's economy, you will be equipped with 12 universal statements of truth about yourself that Biblically define your self image. We pray that this teaching blesses you as much as it has us. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Transformers is a message inspired by a cartoon program from the late '80s. In the cartoon ordinary items were transformed into extraordinary warriors and then in the ultimate battle were collectively assembled into one giant warrior. The emphasis of this message is on being transformed by the renewing of our minds while awaiting the transformation of our bodies. This message was the first official service in our newly transformed facility and was preceded by a pictorial slide show featuring the transformation of the facility during our church work days. Jesus is in the business of taking chaotic, unorganized, troubled situations and transforming them into something that functions as a member of His body. I pray you enjoy this message and that it bears fruit in increasing measures in your life. Love, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message focuses on the relationship between adversity and spiritual health. Resistance training is an important part of any athlete's training and it is no less important for the serious Christian. A historical view of Israel's quest for survival as a nation combined with quotations from "Pilgrim's Progress", and key elements of the life of King David will help you to understand the necessity of adversity in every healthy Christian's life. We pray that you are enriched as you begin to rightly understand one of the many tools used by God to shape Christians. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message focuses on understanding and interpreting the events of our lives. God has determined boundaries and the exact times and places that you would live in an effort for you to reach out to Him. The time is short and the stakes are high. Are you living up to all of God's design for your life? Perhaps today is the day that you recognize God's "Secret Working" in your life and answer His call. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Have you ever longed to be courageous like Maximus or do you admire the loyalty of Doc Holiday to his friend Wyatt Earp? Why do we enjoy movies like Rocky that feature an unexpected Hero that saves the day? What is it about Neo, Luke Skywalker, or Superman that is appealing? The Bible declares that Creation witnesses of the Glory of God. I pray that this message edifies you while you explore the God-given desires inherent to all men. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This message covers scriptures ranging from Leviticus to 1 Peter to emphasize important biblical themes. Lepers were cleansed, altars were built, lakes were crossed, and people were buried in ways that were meant to display God's truths to mankind. Additionally, this message covers themes from Jesus' parables and the teachings of James to assist the believer in pressing on towards maturity. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This week's message was titled "Seven More Days". The message covers the events of King Hezekiah's reign in Israel with particular emphasis on his Passover. In the details of Hezekiah's Passover, you will find truths that reveal the heart of God and issue a clear call to the Church. We pray that this message's use of examples from ancient Hebraic culture combined with today's application enriches your life and understanding of the Kingdom of God. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This week's message was titled "Devoted to Prayer". It is the third in a series called "Devoted". The Church described in the book of Acts was so powerful that most churches pale in comparison with it. In the message, we explore the reasons for the Church's effectiveness as a model to pattern ourselves after. It is our hope that you will be both convicted and encouraged by the teaching contained in this message. Saints you are called to greatness and we pray that you achieve all that you are called to do! Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This week's message was titled "Devoted to the Fellowship". It is the second in a series called "Devoted". The Church described in the book of Acts was so powerful that most churches pale in comparison with it. In the message, we explore the reasons for the Church's effectiveness as a model to pattern ourselves after. It is our hope that you will be both convicted and encouraged by the teaching contained in this message. Saints you are called to greatness and we pray that you achieve all that you are called to do! Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This week's message was titled "Devoted". The Church described in the book of Acts was so powerful that most churches pale in comparison with it. In the message, we explore the reasons for the Church's effectiveness as a model to pattern ourselves after. It is our hope that you will be both convicted and encouraged by the teaching contained in this message. We considered not placing it in the public domain "on the internet" because much of its content could be misunderstood to be harsh, but it is our hope that it will be received as "spurring" one another towards our shared high callings. Saints you are called to greatness and we pray that you achieve all that you are called to do! Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This week's message was titled "Slippery Toe Amputation". A crazy title, we know! This message focuses on three unique Psalms and Adoni-Bezek (a Canaanite king). It is a powerful reminder of the things that are at stake in our spiritual battles. How do Christians slip up? What causes it and how can you recover? Our hope is that you will grow stronger in your faith and take an immovable stance having firmly established your foothold in the right place. In Christ, you are called to greatness and we pray that you achieve all of His plans for your life. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This week's message was titled "Mission Impossible". A man in ancient Israel once said, "I do believe, help me in my unbelief". This message utilizes Jesus' teachings, elements of the surrounding Jewish culture, and the writings of Peter and Paul to emphasize every believer's obligation to see no mission as impossible. All too often in the body of Christ, we believe that Jesus can do something or perhaps others can, but we see ourselves as unable. Jesus said, "...everything is possible for him who believes." We pray that you are encouraged by this word and that your life is changed by its application. Like the anonymous man in ancient Israel, it is time to announce that we will believe and also receive help in any area of unbelief. May your trust in Him grow stronger and stronger! Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This week's message was titled "Mother Israel". This teaching is a departure from traditional Mother's Day messages. The focus of the message is largely upon inspiring a sense of gratitude for the nation of Israel for birthing our way of life. The message compares the natural relationship that women had with their children in scripture with the spiritual relationship that all believers have with the nation of Israel. It is our hope that you will be able to glean practical truths relating to your life from this message, but even more so, that your love and appreciation for Israel will grow. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends This week's message was titled "Take Your Clothes Off". Admittedly, the title is provocative but our intention was to get you to think seriously about being stripped before the Lord. As human beings one of the many coping skills we learn is to wear a facade that hides our true thoughts and feelings. This message is meant to guide you into a place that you can rejoice in God's stripping and rebuilding process knowing that the end result is glory for both you and God. We pray that your are blessed by this message and that you be laden with gold inside and out by the working of God's hand. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Inclination is a teaching about the heart of man. We have a natural disposition, slant, slope, leaning or inclination towards things that are wrong. The day that God gave Israel His Law He said, "Oh, that their hearts were inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever..." The Lord desires our hearts to be inclined towards Him and He wants our lives to go well. It is our hope that the precepts and cultural insights in this message will contribute to the reshaping of your heart concerning the Will of God. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends God's Fire is a teaching on the presence of God. Fire is consistently used to depict two very specific things about God's nature. This message walks through the biblical uses of fire as imagery concerning the LORD. Our hope is that in better understanding the Older Testament passages of scripture the Newer Testament references will come alive to you in new ways! We pray this teaching blesses you. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Showdown in the Judean Wilderness is a resurrection Sunday message designed to deepen your understanding of what the empty tomb accomplished. Easter is our favorite time of the year because this is when the entire Christian world refocuses on the hope to which we have been called. Eternal life is so much more than Heaven. It is literally being in a body that will never die! This message focuses on the two major problems common to mankind with special emphasis on how the resurrection of Jesus solves them. We pray that this message blesses you and that you are counted among the number of saints, having crossed over from death to life, on that day. Shalom, The LCMF Staff
The Three Stranded Cord is a message that reminds believers about the Lord's desire for us to fellowship with each other. A believer's life truly becomes fulfilling when he has somebody to share his experiences with as well as someone to pour his experiences into. Moses had Aaron and Joshua; Paul had Barnabas and Timothy; The body of Christ becomes complete when all of its members are interacting with each other on the journey towards maturity and perfection. We encourage you to dare to share your life with others for your benefit and theirs.
Hello, Friends Inventory is a message that focuses on some lesser known peers of King David in order to promote an undivided heart in the body of Christ. Periodically most businesses evaluate their inventory to assess deficits and surpluses. This process allows management to make the changes necessary to ensure the vitality of the business. It may be time for you to look deeply into the lives of Michal, Paltiel, King David, and your own life to ensure spiritual vitality for the future. Salvation is for the purpose of bearing the Kingdom's fruit! Let the inspection process begin as you listen to this message. Love The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Fear is a message that attempts to get Christians to examine their lives. Many times the enemy will present False Evidence Appearing Real in an effort to choke your faith and keep you from being fruitful. As those called to be like Christ, it is our job to identify these areas where Fear has prevented us from being fruitful and weed them out! We pray you enjoy this message and that you bear fruit thirty, sixty, and one hundred fold. Love The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Christopher Halls baby dedication may be unlike what you are used to hearing for baby dedication services. This message begins with the foundation for marriage and grows into the foundation for ministry and culminates in the high calling of parenthood. The Church is only one generation for apostasy at any point in time. Whether married, single, parenting, or not; everyone should hear this message because it will aide in your understanding of our redemption and calling. May you be blessed by what you hear and may it produce Godly behavior in your life. Love The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Who said it first? is a message that utilizes the principle of first mention to illuminate some important themes in the Word. Do you know when the first time love is mentioned in the Word? How about Kingdom? Is there a reason that the Apostles phrased certain passages of scripture the way they did? We believe that there are no extraneous details in the Scripture. It is our prayer that in listening to this message you will find a depth in the Word of God that may have previously gone unnoticed. May you be blessed by what you hear and may it produce Godly behavior in your life. Love The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends What a Ham! is a message that emphasizes who you are in Christ. A wise Rabbi once said, "Teach people who they are and then you won't have to tell them what to do". This message utilizes 1st century Jewish culture and familiar passages of scripture to aide Christians in discovering who they are in Christ. We pray that you are as blessed by this message as we were…This message is destined to become one of our favorites. Love The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends Glory is a message meant to help Christians grasp the heaviness and significance of the Presence of God. We use the word Glory in our songs and read it in the Word, often, without knowing what it really means. We pray that this message assist you in your pursuit to be found in the Glory and Presence of God. May He be a wall of fire around you and His Glory be found within you! Love The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends "G300 Showcase" is a message that calls believers out of their hiding places to boldly shine for Jesus. All too often, we have stood by while the enemy steals, kills, and destroys our crops and lives. We live in an age where the Church continually cries for MORE without ever having put into use what it has! We pray that this message stirs your inner being into action. Jesus has empowered the Church to reflect His glory…It is time to do what He has called us to do! Jesus does not need the affection of the multitude; He needs the obedience of the few. Love The LCMF Staff
"Acquire the Fire" is a message that we covered after meeting some fired up youth that had just returned from a meeting by the same name. Spending some time with them caused us to focus on what it took for God's fire to be present in your life. The message encourages Christians everywhere to devote themselves to the "pattern" set out for us in the Holy Scriptures. We pray the Jesus be the source of all fire in your life!
Hello, Friends "Pour it out" is a message that encourages Christians to selflessly imitate the Heroes of our Faith that abandoned their reservations to risk everything for the Kingdom. It is when we find ourselves completely spent and devoid of energy that we truly find out were we end and God's power begins. This message also includes a recording of a song by the same title written by Matthew and Cassidi Perot. Love The LCMF Staff
Hello, Friends "Dealing with Amalek" is a message that focuses on the contentions believers face with the powers that are opposed to God. As a Christian you have been armament for battle and have been instructed to be aware of the devil's schemes. This message aims at two specific goals: Increasing your awareness of the enemy's schemes and Promoting an attitude that God can bless unto victory! We pray that you enjoy it. Love The LCMF Staff
Eutychus fell into a deep sleep and then fell out of a third story window while listening to the Apostle Paul preached! Why do some Christians "fall" out of Church? This is a topical message that draws from the lives of Older Testament heroes to help us avoid the schemes of the devil. It is time for the body Christ to take their stand.
This message teaches the proper Christian response to persecution. It draws from the quotes of historical leaders, astonishing Biblical facts, and the experiences unique to my own live. My prayer is that it blesses you and sustains you in Christ
Moshe is the Hebraic way to say Moses! This message is instruction on the cyclical messages throughout the scripture relating to: oppression, subjugation, deliverance, and restoration. The emphasis on these topics is on how they relate to the calling and equipping of Christians.
Counting the cost is something that is done prior to being saved! Now that we are saved we need to get out of the risk assessment business and just be obedient. This message is a stern challenge to be conformed to the image of Christ regardless of the personal cost involved.
This message challenges the traditional stereotypes of what a Man is! I pray you find it challenging and beneficial.
This message is intended to stir the body of Christ into right thinking. Jesus has given us everything that we need to advance His Kingdom in the face of opposition! The Apostle Paul was so effective in advancing the Kingdom that he was known by name in the spiritual realm even among the enemy. Listen to this message and be prepared to put it into action.
Micah 2:12-13 speaks, through a special analogy, of the way that God has "broken open" the way to His Kingdom for us. Matthew 11:12 plays on this analogy in describing the way that forceful men lay hold of the Kingdom. The intent of this message is to inspire Christians to holy boldness in performing the work of the Kingdom.
God's Torah was intended to show the wisdom and understanding of the people that received it. The righteousness found in the Law was a witness to the nations. This message focuses on the righteousness of the Law and the parallels between individual Christians and the nation of Israel.
This message shares the foundational concepts given to the pastors of Life Changing Ministries when starting the Church. The attitude that the Church is to possess is portrayed through three key scriptures Acts 16, 1 Samuel 14, and 2 Samuel 23. This message is a call to action for those who love the Lord and especially for those who attend LCMF. While some may find this message "aggressive or bold" we are unashamed of the intensity with which we display our Godly intentions! It is my hope that you are moved by this message. Our hope is that you are not condemned by the message but rather compelled towards Christian actions.
This message is taken from the 91st Psalm. How many people have quoted this popular Psalm without thinking about what the words truly mean? I encourage you to listen to this message and seriously consider what it means to "dwell in the shelter of the Most High". Faith-based Trust is what pleases God…I pray this message helps develop a more trusting relationship with the Father.
This message is the 2nd in a series following Hurricane Katrina. The message highlights the wisdom and sovereignty of God even in disaster. The effects of death, famine, and hardship on human beings produce the opportunity for faithfulness, hope, and redemption. If you have ever felt "empty" in the wake of a traumatic event, you owe it to yourself to listen to this message! Other themes in this message are: a Christian�"s response to disaster, the Spirit of Grace in the Law, and action based faith!
In the wake of hurricane Katrina, this message is a timely reminder of the high calling upon Christians. Joseph was a man full of the Spirit of God. His humility in serving God caused a nation to survive a famine and propelled him to earthly and heavenly honor. The practical and spiritual wisdom of sharing from "Joseph's Storehouse" to provide for those in famine is worth meditating on. Please listen to the message…but even more so, do what it says!
This message is a reminder to all Christians about the importance of living Holy and the consequences of sin. The message encourages believers to avoid "liability, snaring, and potential cursing" by being obedient to the Lord. Sampson and Achan are power examples that give us insight into the enemy's schemes. Cherem is a Hebrew word translated: accursed, ban, set aside, devoted, net (figuratively or literally)
This message utilizes the familiar story of "David and Goliath" to teach about the calling of Christians into the obedience that comes from faith. Items such as the stones, Saul's armor, David's brothers, and Goliath all serve as powerful reminders that God is at work in the life of a believer.
This message draws on Hebrew imagery to illustrate God's "chariot" throne. It is my hope that every believer will view the indwelling of God's Holy Spirit in a new light after hearing this message. Ruach H'Kodesh (Hebrew for Holy Spirit) and Hageeos Pneuma or Pneumaticos (Greek for Holy Spirit) are both discussed in this message as they relate to the function of the Holy Spirit. Christian concepts and terms such as: Holy Spirit fall on us, waiting on God to move, and fasting to move God...are also addressed in this message.
Restoration is the ultimate goal of God! He is restoring His people, His creation, and the universe. This message emphasizes God's plan for the restoration of Israel while stressing the role of restoration in every believer's life.
This message deals with the subject of Deed vs. Creed while expounding on Hebraic concepts relating to "the Walk".
This messages examines the lives of biblical figures such as: Noah, Abraham, Sampson, David, Hezekiah, and Jesus. The purpose of the message is to emphasize what every individual can accomplish in Christ. The message is also colored with explanations of Jewish thought and word usage such as "Shema yisra'el Adonai eloheynu Adonai ehad". It is my hope that this message will equip you and empower you to perform the calling on your life!
This message covers elements of Hebraic culture and the importance of the Torah as well as the meaning or purpose of a Biblical census. Understanding these things will further your understanding of the things Jesus said and did.
This powerful message emphasizes Peace, Praise, and Perseverance as essentials to bearing the Godly fruit we desire inside and outside of our homes. Geary's love for the Hebrew people and culture shines through the power themes of this message.
This message is another must listen to! Brad's practical approach to the Christian walk is refreshing and convicting all at the same time. His never say quit attitude is inspiring. I am proud to call him my friend!