Lafayette First Sermons Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The essence of Christian living centers on demonstrating Christ's love in every aspect of life. This transformative approach manifests through three key areas: generous giving, meaningful fellowship, and sacrificial service. As Christians embrace these principles, they become living testimonies of faith that impact those around them.Generous giving reflects humility and builds unity within the church body, while true Christian fellowship creates deep, meaningful relationships that spur believers toward greater faithfulness. Service becomes a catalyst for spiritual growth, drawing believers closer to God and deepening their faith in unique ways. These three elements work together to create a comprehensive expression of Christ's love that can transform both individual lives and entire communities.By intentionally practicing these principles, believers can better reflect Christ's love to the world. This approach challenges Christians to evaluate their impact and grow in areas where they may be lacking, ultimately leading to a more authentic and effective witness for Christ.
Jason shares from Judges 17 about Micah's distorted worship. What can we learn about the way we worship?
Derrick reminds us that we must become less like ourselves and all the other things surrounding us and we must become more like God, through Jesus.
Jason shares from Judges 10 about a dark day in the history of God's people, meant to point us to our need for one true rescuers, Jesus Christ.
Derrick shares the story of Gideon and how the people of God had forgotten the power of God. May we not forget. View the full video on our watch page.
Derrick looks at the exchange between Deborah & Barak and we determine something integral to our lives.
Derrick looks at chapters 2-3 where the writer of Judges sets the pattern for Israel's behavior.
Derrick begins our new series by asking the question, "What happens when the people of God do not act like the people of God?"
Derrick looks at 1 Corinthians 15 and Paul's defense of Jesus' Resurrection. The Risen Jesus should change the very fabric of our lives.
Derrick shares from Galatians 5 about the Spirit's work in our life juxtaposed to the way our self worked prior to knowing Christ. To remian in the Spirit, we have to keep in step with the Spirit.
Derrick shares how we are free because we are God's children through the promise of Christ Jesus.
Jesus clothes those who inherit the promise of Christ with his own clothing, leaving us as heirs in his sight.
Derrick shares how dependence upon religious rules leaves us cursed, but we are blessed through belief in Christ's accomplishments.
Jason shares the essence of the gospel and helps us to see how it should drive everything we do in our lives.
Derrick dives into Galatians 1 to find Paul's insistence that Jesus is savior and enough.
On Sunday, we discussed the importance of doing Everything for God’s glory, going Everywhere looking for open doors, so that Everyone can hear the gospel.
In what ways are you seeing open doors already this week? Remember, pray for opportunities to share the mystery of Christ and ask God to give you the courage to take the opportunities.
A great book is the one I referenced on Sunday (Sharing Christ without Freaking Out). Our Library has one in stock but you can also purchase it here...https://smile.amazon.com/Sharing-Jesus-without-Freaking-Out/dp/1433643901
Scott Chandler shared how we overcome excuses to serve. God wants to use us. We’re providing a SHAPE assessment tool to help you determine how God has shaped you to serve. Visit HTTP://lafayettefirst.life/SHAPE to download the assessment. We also encourage you to keep up the momentum with your Bible reading and prayer.
Jason shares from Romans 12 about how we need to be in community with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Derrick dives into Hebrews 4:14-16 to see that we can boldly go before God to receive grace and mercy, our greatest need.
Derrick encourages us to place ourselves under the word of God in order to hear his words and heed them.
Derrick closes out our advent series from the book of Hebrews by looking at the kingdom to come, the unshakable kingdom that its citizens look to.
Derrick explores the writer of Hebrew's Better Joy. The joy he describes mimicks Jesus' joy when he endured the cross.
Derrick looks at the book of Hebrews to begin our series on Advent (arrival). We recall how the Messiah was the arrival of Hope. In the same way, we need to anticipate the Hope we have in Christ and the ultimate hope we find in him.
Jason shares from Matthew 6 how we can trust God by not worrying about what happens in our lives and focusing on Jesus and trusting Him.
Our savior is a capable captain for us to look to in the midst of the storms of our life. Derrick looks at Mark 4:35-41 to see this truth.
Derrick looks at Psalm 100 to see how our God shepherds his people through all of life. His people depend on him as a sheep depends on his or her shepherd.
Derrick looks at the imperfect Corinthian church and helps us discover principles to help church members today to best depend on Jesus.
Guest speaker, Kenn Kington shares about parenting and how to depend on God through it all.
Derrick looks at a popular parable to illustrate our need for Jesus to help us be the kind of children we need to be.
Derrick shares how every spouse is imperfect and in need of improvement. Most notably, this improvement comes from knowing Jesus and asking him to help us.
Derrick shares about family imperfections by looking at the first family. We're not perfect, we're not alone, and that's okay because Jesus is perfect and we look to him.