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Clint Sprague
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I am who You say I am!
I once was a slave to sin. I now am a free man! I once was a sinner. I now am a saint! I once was evil. I now am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus! I once was darkness. I now am light! I once was an enemy of God. I now am a friend of God!
I once was dead. I now am alive! I once was under the curse. I now am a new creation! I once was a self-made person. I now am the workmanship of Christ! I once was a citizen of the world. I now am a citizen of heaven! I once was a representative of darkness. I now am an ambassador of light for Jesus Christ!
I once was rejected. I now am accepted by my heavenly Father! I once was a stranger. I now am family! I once was an orphan. I now am adopted by my heavenly Father! I once had no lasting inheritance. I now am a co-heir with Christ! I once was a child of the devil. I now am a child of God!
I am who you say I am!!
Ephesians 2:19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.
Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
Col. 1:21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled.
2 Cor. 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
2 Cor. 5:20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
2 Cor. 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
Phil 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom. 8:15-17 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Daddy, Father.” 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
Wick Nease founder of Streams of Mercy teaches us how God calls us to lift up our eyes.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7
To overcome fear, we must receive God’s love personally, & be motivated by his Love in our lives.
When God changes the way we think about things, it changes us, our lives, and our impact in the world around us.
Pastor Matthew Barnett, founder of the Dream Center, teaches us that winning the fight doesn't mean you have to win every round.
Faith is believing that God is who He says He is, and that He will do what He says He will do.
Do you have a worldly hope or a Biblical hope? There's a difference between a wish and an expectation of a promise being fulfilled.
It's one thing to say what's in front of you. It's another to say what God says about your situation.
Guest Speaker Wick Nease shares what we've already done and what we can still do for orphans around the world.
We often stay away from what Pastor Clint calls “dangerous prayers”, but it’s those very prayers that can bring the most freedom in our lives.
God created us for so much more than survival and selfishness. He created us for a purpose!
It is powerful enough that God is present, but it is our response to His presence that creates an atmosphere of worship.
What you wear says a lot about you. What would it look like for you to be clothed with love?
It’s vital for us to realize that the freedom we enjoy was paid for us in blood by our Savior.
The Gospel does not fit neatly into any one culture. It may even contradict what you take for granted every day.
You don't have to be a father to show the Father's love. Are you encouraging, comforting, and urging those around you on their level?
You may have taken these things on your expedition but what good are they if you don’t use them? The same goes for God’s Word.
How are you packing for your Expedition? Are you taking the things you need to be successful on your journey?
Life is short. Are you investing in what really matters? The way we spend our time reveals our priorities.
The most important things in your life are your relationship with God and your relationships with others. What kinds of seed have you been sowing in your relationships?
Some of the most powerful things in all creation come in small packages. Do we realize the potential we have to plant seeds in our own lives?
God is a good God, and the Bible tells us he has good things in store for you. Do you have confidence in that today?
We’re all in a race called life. Are we running a race that glorifies God? Are we disciplined, steadfast, and focused on the goal ahead of us?
What is your life rooted in? It can be rooted in almost anything, but only One thing will produce Victory.
Jesus defeated the devil and paraded him around in chains for the world to see. Too often we listen to this defeated devil as he shouts lies at us. Are we going to listen to our victorious God or a defeated devil?
When Jesus died for us on the cross he ripped away all authority the devil had over us. All we have to do is surrender to Jesus and allow His victory to take precedence in our lives.
God has called you his masterpiece, his child, and his friend. Will you stand by Him in times of hardship or will your words betray Him when the going gets tough?
God loves us not because of what we do, but because we are His children. It is time for us to decide whether to believe what they said or what God said.
They said he would amount to nothing, but God said he had a future and a hope for his life. As we launch our Shawnee campus Pastor Clint discusses lies that have been spoken in our lives and how they hold us back from God’s plans for us.
The foundation for everything God is and does is love. Is love just as high a priority in our lives as it is in God’s?
Are you seeking freedom from any source other than God? God says in 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
One of the biggest choices every believer faces is obeying God when it doesn’t make sense to our natural mind…
What if you believed God is for you and stood up to the lies that are standing between you & God’s best in your life?
God's "What If" possibilities follow faith. Think of all the times that you stepped out in faith. What if you hadn't listened to God and done those things? How much different would your life be now?
What if God is who He says He is? It's never too late to start trading your if only regrets for God's what if possibilities.
Whenever we hear the story of the prodigal son we instantly associate the younger brother with being lost, but what about the heart of the older brother? Could his obsession with performance have caused him to be just as lost as his younger brother? Have we swung to either of these extremes ourselves and what can we do to find the heart of the Father in our own lives?
As we start off the new year are we allowing God to make the changes necessary in our lives, or are we already prioritizing 2016 through our own strength?
Are we prepared to Find Jesus? When we review our lives is the focus really on finding Him, and do we have an expectation that we will find Jesus if we truly look for Him?
What makes us candidates for finding Jesus, and why were the shepherds chosen out of anyone to be some of the only people to be aware of the birth of Jesus? Does our faithfulness impact our ability to find Jesus in the everyday?
In the midst of the Christmas season it’s becoming harder to find Jesus every year. How can we avoid the clutter in our lives and focus on finding Jesus during Christmas this year?
Pastor Clint shares his Christmas list which contains three items that we all should have in our lives.
GO16 is a strategic movement to equip and mobilize every Lifer into action. We are believing God to send over 1/10 of us or 280 Lifers on mission trips in 2016. To simplify this process we have streamlined our short term mission trips for 2016. There will be 7 trips to 3 locations: Honduras, Nicaragua, and Los Angeles.
On Orphan Sunday Wick Nease speaks about the various ministries LifeMission Church supports and how he was called by God to minister to orphans fourteen years ago.
Matthew 16:19 "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Forgiveness is a two sided key. We must receive forgiveness from God and give forgiveness to others. In "The Keys" Pastor Clint discusses the freedom that forgiveness can bring to our lives, and the captivity that we allow in our lives when we refuse to forgive.
Sujo John shares his testimony of how he survived the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001. It was only as he faced death for the first time that he understood the true purpose God had for his life. Often as our “walls” collapse around our lives, God redirects us to the path he had always intended for us.
Pastor Matthew Barnett shares the stories and vision of the LA Dream Center as he encourages us to pursue mission rather than perceived success.