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Wayne Francis
Wayne and Classy Francis are the lead pastors of The Life Church New York, a thriving, diverse church committed to serving people, developing leaders and impacting generations. They are passionate about helping people grow in their life, faith and leadership through the local church.
"All you need is in the house."
In this message "It's In The House", Pastor Jimmy Rollins to renew our perspective and realize that sometimes the answer to things we've been praying about can be found right in our house.
"Loyalty is the bridge between request and reward."
In this kick-off message of our series "Reading Between The Lines", Pastor Wayne prompts us to dig deeper as we read through parables that Jesus told.
"Whatever you don't transform, you will transmit."
In part 2 of our series "Familyish", Pastor Wayne shines light onto a couple in The Bible who probably had the worst honeymoon in the history of honeymoons and that award goes to none other than Jacob and Leah.
In this final message of our series "Familyish", Pastor Wayne delves into teaching us how to honor God first in all we do.
We all come from some type of family - a healthy one or a broken one. Some of us came from great homes. Some of us were raised in dual parent homes, others in single parent homes and many of us in dysfunctional homes. There is one key ingredient that provides success to every family. In this kick off message, we’ll learn about the power of submission in familial relationships.
Some things you never have to pray about and inviting people into a life with Christ is at the top of the list.
In this 3rd installment of our series "Things You Never Have To Pray About", Pastor Wayne Francis challenges us not to give God something that doesn't cost us anything.
Some things you never have to pray about and being generous is definitely one you can omit from your prayer time. Generosity isn’t optional for a believer, it’s the mark of obedience.
Many of us are miracle seekers but we often find ourselves in a stationary position watching others leapfrog us in acquiring life-change. God certainly wants us to experience miracles but He is more concerned with the mileage we make in our spiritual growth than a momentary experience.
Many of us we have the intention of progressing in life but don’t always take the initiative to do the things that cause us to move forward. An ancient queen decides that she will not settle for hearsay and experiences transformation by putting her best foot forward. In this installment, we learn four key ingredients for putting our best foot forward.
"When we remain in Christ, we remain in his love."
In this final installment of our series, "Portrait Mode," Pastor Wayne explains the importance & the result of remaining in Christ. Christlike conduct. Christlike character. Christlike converts.
"True light does not condemn...it convicts."
In this installment of our series "Portrait Mode", Pastor Wayne Francis challenges us to find the true light in a world of darkness,
The gospels provide an accurate portrait of the person of Jesus so that we can learn about God. Since Jesus is the visible expression of the God that is invisible, we need Scripture to give us an accurate picture of who God is. This week, we'll see the self portrait of Jesus as the Bread of Life.
While most of us would not fall into the category labeled 'pathological liar' we are tempted daily to make small compromises on truth. These comprises bring consequences that God wants us to avoid. In this week's installment we cover the subject matter of morality and ethics.
Is there ever a right way or time to judge a person? After all, the Bible says we should judge not, right? This week we delve into one of the Bible’s most commonly misused Scripture by Christians and non Christians alike
Does God have a plan for our lives? Can it be known and how? This a major question for many people and most often the question that we apply scripture incorrectly to find the answer. This week we press into one of the Bible’s most famous misused scripture.
Context brings content to life.There’s often a gap between what is said versus what is meant by what is said. Context helps us to get closer to the intended meaning of the communicator. This message helps us learn how not to jump to conclusions by missing context.
Too many of us are in pursuit of acquiring more material things that will make us feel more secure or valued. However, life is not about possessions, it’s about the people we connect with and that we serve.
In the conclusion of the Starter Kit series, Pastor Wayne covers three essential ingredients that made the first century church explosive.
What do you do when you’re stuck in life? Nobody has ever won in life by simply whining. In this message, we get some starter kit help to jumpstart us in the predictable challenges of life.
Pace yourself. We know we should but it’s so hard to when we want to far in our lives and we want to do that fast. Advent teaches us that we should never waste our wait. This message highlights a couple that ended up experiencing God in the most surprising of ways.
For many of us, this is a season of tracking packages as we wait in expectation for a gift. We are antsy and often very impatient. In this season of advent, what can we learn about the beauty of waiting?
The erosion of honor is happening in an alarming pace as we see the normalization of disrespect in every sector of our society. The Church is sometimes known for allowing cultures that are unhealthy for producing biblical honor to exist, however, it is our responsibility to ensure that a culture of honor doesn’t disappear from our schools, churches, homes and hearts. At our church, we honor all people.
Staring in a rear view mirror while driving will result in a car accident. Those mirrors are meant to be referenced but not stared at. The future is always forward. At our church we focus more on where we are going than where we’ve been and in this message we learn from a group of courageous outsiders who refused to stay stuck in their circumstance by moving toward a better future.
Open doors doesn’t mean there won’t be a slew of challenges awaiting. Context doesn’t have to impact convictions. One of our values is, “We serve Jesus and His church with integrity.” In this message we’ll take pointers from an ancient church that did just that amidst their suffering.
How can we know what our current spiritual temperature is? Categorically, Christians can find themselves in one of three silos - red hot or white aflame with passion for Jesus, cold or disconnected from God or in the messy middle having a lukewarm faith. This message explores why being at room temperature spiritually is the worst state to find ourselves. This week we delve into our passion value: At our church we put our heart and soul into everything we do.
We’ve all been in a context that wasn’t hospitable. We left feeling like we’ll never return. Making guests, visitors and strangers feel welcome is part of the gospel and the responsibility of every believer. In fact, at our church we make room for new people with a culture of hospitality.
Being on a journey is one thing, enjoying it is another. At our church we have a value: We enjoy the journey. This message delves into how to enjoy all of life’s journeys.
How can you tell whether or not your “inside voice” is truly God and not the tacos you ate the night before? Or, how can one turn down the volume on everything else in the world to hear God speak. This message explores how to know the voice of God.
When it comes to having gratitude, we can get amnesia pretty easily. We forget our first love so often. It’s one of the reasons why God instructed his people to build altars to commemorate notable experiences they had with Him and instituted feasts for people to remember His work. We all need to remember what it was like to fall in love…this message instructs us that it takes a daily trip.
In this series we will help people become wiser and make decisions that honor God and bring more success.
The Holy Spirit isn’t meant to simply be a theology that is learned, but a Person to be experienced. The only way for us to experience Him and the gifts He gives to believers is through our desire.
God wants us to look at sex the right way so that we won’t have sex the wrong way. This message will help us have the right perception about the gift of sex.
There are many times that things that are complex or even trivial make us feel like we are going to lose our minds. The paradox of the gospel is that we actually do have to lose our minds…in exchange for the mind of Christ. Maybe we maintain and increase our sanity through serving.
Free trial offers bombard our inboxes and social media feeds promising us a product that we will enjoy. Willingly we subscribe quickly and forget that the subscription comes with a future charge. Thoughts are free trial offers that need to be received or rejected. This sermon will teach how to do both.
When it comes to our spiritual and mental health, we often feel like out situation has to change in order for us to attain relief. While this may be true at times, this message aims to encourage us that when it comes to the warfare in our minds we don't always have to change our situation, we just need to check our settings.
Famous sibling rivalries litter history but perhaps none more profound than the one we read of in Luke 15. Why? It presents us with an opportunity to see ourselves and which brother we resemble in the rivalry the most. This message is a mirror to help us understand if we are ready to reach our friends.
It’s easy to forget about things we plug in. This may be the reason why hotels nationwide collect left behind chargers. In these lost and found boxes we find a collection of things that no one came back for. In this message, we learn the keys to making sure we don’t leave any one behind that should be connected to Jesus.
Fans of a particular thing are sold out and single-minded about the object of their affection. In this message, we explore how to become a fan of God’s word and to study it accordingly.
Some of us approach the Bible with frustration because we don’t really understand it. We can sign off to it knee-jerkingly but we don’t get into the fine print very well much less read between the lines. This weeks message helps us understand the God’s Word is inerrant, inspired and incredible.
The conversation about race is complicated, however, it takes everyone opening their clenched fist to have an open handed conversation. In a culture that wants ground breaking advances, perhaps we need to bring new soil to defeat racism.
We all love having friends but trouble ensues when we can’t select the right friends or sustain the wrong friendships. In this week’s message we’ll learn We don’t need friendship WITH the world but we do need friendships IN THE WORLD.
Nothing instigates fights more than words. Whether it’s trash talking or a snarky remark, what we say can begin a battle. In this week’s message we’ll learn that worship provides us with fighting words.
Nobody likes when words are put into our mouths. Words that are false lead to misperceptions and could have tragic circumstances. To be fight ready, we must know God’s word, not allowing anything to sway our decisions to follow him. However, we must first have His word in our memories.
Fighters spend months training for what amounts to a 12 rounds of a fight. It the preparation that is unseen that determines the victory or loss that becomes visible. In the first installment of the series, Fight Ready, we’ll learn the rewards that come from spiritual routines.
Gifts are great but gifts need to be wrapped. The greatest gift given to us, Jesus Christ, came wrapped in humanity, humility and hope. Find out the significance of the incarnation of Christ in this week’s message.
In a season where lines can zig zag around corners for the hottest toy or season must-have, we see that people will literally go out on a limb to get something they desire. Our paparazzi culture even frenzies itself to get a glimpse of celebrities. In this installment we find out that those who go out on a limb for Jesus get to see exactly why He came Down to Earth.
One of the greatest reasons Jesus came was to show us how we are to come into various contexts, as servants. In a season that is focused on us becoming slaves to debt and the tyranny of hectic schedules, what if we came in this season as a servant? From his birth and earthly ministry we see a 'riches to rags' story that those that have rags (including our righteousness) could experience the riches of His glory.
The foundation for many of us in life is trying to acquire things that make us feel safer, more confident and provide pleasure that we hope is long lasting. This often is not the case because we over invest our surplus into things that are no substitute for a relationship with God. What would it look like if we gave our total selves to God and said, “You can have all of me?”
Change is difficult. Change is heavy. Change can be uncomfortable to carry and more often than not we let go of it to make our lives feel easier. But...when we keep the change God uses it as currency to enhance His kingdom.
In a culture rife with self service stations there is a threat to churches replicating this culture. Churches are supposed to “serve others” and this message explores what happens when everyday people get a "others - oriented" partnership with God to see amazing things happen.
In or out. Up or down. Sweet or salty. Hot or cold. When it comes to life we often like the clarity of an absolute especially when it comes to the temperature of something. Most of us have a healthy disregard for things that are lukewarm. Not shockingly, God definitely has a distaste for lukewarm things especially when it comes to His church. This week’s message is a temperature check on your relationship with Christ.
We can not experience the best of God without each other. In a culture of hyper-individualism we need a group of friends moving together in the same spiritual trajectory to get fit spiritually.
There are a lot of things in life that we don’t put enough consideration into. We give knee jerk responds without counting the cost leaving us with a feeling similar to buyers remorse. Many respond to the call of Christ without thinking through the implications of what that means. In this message, we slow down to ponder what it looks like to RSVP to the greatest invitation in the world.
Conceal carry permits are on the rise in North America. Seems like more people want weapons that are hidden from day to day view.
Spiritually speaking, many people conceal weapons that end up destroying lives and the lives of others. In this message we learn the power of confession.
Our first reactions are generally a good indicator for how we feel about something or someone. As they say, a first impression is a lasting impression. When it comes to what we earn and what we distribute, how we react to our resources speaks volumes about what we believe about God and money.
Many people think God and churches are after their money. Instinctually we clutch onto our resources worried that we don’t have enough or it will run out. What if we could live worry-free, regardless of what we earn financially. If we trust that God doesn’t want to get money out of our hands; He wants generosity to flow from hearts.
Pastor Wayne bookends this series talking how we sometimes settle in our segment when we should push through.
Week 1 of this new series, Pastor Johnny talks about tapping into the Father's heart for our world that is in a crisis.
In week 2 of Brotherly Advice, Pastor John Siebling continues teaching in the Book of James and shows us how to "Face life's challenges God's way."
In this new series, Brotherly Advice, we dive in to the Book of James as Pastor Heather talks about "Where there is hope there's no doubt about it."
In week 2 of the series, Pastor Jim talks about how prayer takes us from where we are to where we are suppose to be.
In week 1 of the new series Pastor Wayne talks about being strategic and deliberate about our prayer time.
This series will help us learn how to stay connected to the vine, which is Jesus, and in doing so, cultivate the Fruit of the Spirit in our day-to-day lives. In part 6 Pastor Wayne talks about the Gifts of the Spirit are given but the Fruit of the Spirit are grown.
In this series will help us learn how to stay connected to the vine, which is Jesus, and in doing so, cultivate the Fruit of the Spirit in our day-to-day lives. In part 5, Pastor Parker talks about Joy and how to be happy.
This series will help us learn how to stay connected to the vine, which is Jesus, and in doing so, cultivate the Fruit of the Spirit in our day-to-day lives. In week 4, Pastor Wayne talks about how the Father prunes us to produces more fruit.
In this series will help us learn how to stay connected to the vine, which is Jesus, and in doing so, cultivate the Fruit of the Spirit in our day-to-day lives. In part 3, Pastor Guy Wasko talks about cultivating peace in our lives.
This series will help us learn how to stay connected to the vine, which is Jesus, and in doing so, cultivate the Fruit of the Spirit in our day-to-day lives. Week 2 of the series, Pastor Dino Rizzo talks about the Gift of the Spirit and how Love is the Greatest.
This series will help us learn how to stay connected to the vine, which is Jesus, and in doing so, cultivate the Fruit of the Spirit in our day-to-day lives. In week 1 of the series Pastor Jim talks about the Fruit of the Spirit and how all seeds must break before they bloom.
Many followers of Jesus have challenges understanding the role of the Holy Spirit in the church and in their day-to-day lives. When it comes to the gifts of the Holy Spirit believers may feel like they are in a foreign territory with the discomfort of a tourist trying to read directional signs in a language they’ve never learned. What if these gifts could be better understood so that they were not under-experienced in our lives and our church?
Understanding The Gifts of the Spirit is a Rosetta Stone series of sorts to help us understand the unique skills and abilities given by the Holy Spirit to committed followers of Jesus to serve God for the blessing and benefit of the church. Sometimes it seems like the gifts of the Spirit don't operate in the modern church. This message unpacks why that may be true and it could have something to do with the church missing a "battery". God loves us so much He doesn't want us to have a language barrier. Find out how God has made it impossible for us not to ever communicate with him.
In the last week of this series, Pastor Wayne discusses how we should use our gifts with conviction, not under certain conditions.
Many followers of Jesus have challenges understanding the role of the Holy Spirit in the church and in their day-to-day lives. When it comes to the gifts of the Holy Spirit believers may feel like they are in a foreign territory with the discomfort of a tourist trying to read directional signs in a language they’ve never learned. What if these gifts could be better understood so that they were not under-experienced in our lives and our church?
Understanding The Gifts of the Spirit is a Rosetta Stone series of sorts to help us understand the unique skills and abilities given by the Holy Spirit to committed followers of Jesus to serve God for the blessing and benefit of the church. Sometimes it seems like the gifts of the Spirit don't operate in the modern church. This message unpacks why that may be true and it could have something to do with the church missing a "battery". God loves us so much He doesn't want us to have a language barrier. Find out how God has made it impossible for us not to ever communicate with him.
In week 3 of the series Pastor Wayne delves into a gift of the Spirit, speaking in tongues.
Many followers of Jesus have challenges understanding the role of the Holy Spirit in the church and in their day-to-day lives. When it comes to the gifts of the Holy Spirit believers may feel like they are in a foreign territory with the discomfort of a tourist trying to read directional signs in a language they’ve never learned. What if these gifts could be better understood so that they were not under-experienced in our lives and our church?
Understanding The Gifts of the Spirit is a Rosetta Stone series of sorts to help us understand the unique skills and abilities given by the Holy Spirit to committed followers of Jesus to serve God for the blessing and benefit of the church. Sometimes it seems like the gifts of the Spirit don't operate in the modern church. This message unpacks why that may be true and it could have something to do with the church missing a "battery". God loves us so much He doesn't want us to have a language barrier. Find out how God has made it impossible for us not to ever communicate with him.
In week 2 Pastor Wayne discuss how the gifts of the Spirit work. When we don't understand how they work we struggle with our walk with Christ and how we function in the church.
Many followers of Jesus have challenges understanding the role of the Holy Spirit in the church and in their day-to-day lives. When it comes to the gifts of the Holy Spirit believers may feel like they are in a foreign territory with the discomfort of a tourist trying to read directional signs in a language they’ve never learned. What if these gifts could be better understood so that they were not under-experienced in our lives and our church?
Understanding The Gifts of the Spirit is a Rosetta Stone series of sorts to help us understand the unique skills and abilities given by the Holy Spirit to committed followers of Jesus to serve God for the blessing and benefit of the church. Sometimes it seems like the gifts of the Spirit don't operate in the modern church. This message unpacks why that may be true and it could have something to do with the church missing a "battery". God loves us so much He doesn't want us to have a language barrier. Find out how God has made it impossible for us not to ever communicate with him.
In week 1 of this series, Pastor Wayne shares how God wants to distribute His gifts to us but the problem on receiving them may be connected to our desire to have them in our lives.