Lakeside Christian Church: Recent Episodes
Lakeside Christian Church, Springfield, IL
Audio messages from Lakeside Christian Church in Springfield, Illinois, led by Jon Morrissette. Visit us online https://www.lakesidechristian.com
As followers of Jesus, we pursue enjoyment and happiness in awe of God…in a spirit of worship, reverence, and fear. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Honor the king but revere the True King of Kings. Until Christ returns, may God Save us and protect us from our kings. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
If we want to live a meaning full life, we will make God's Word our lifegiving priority while carefully guarding our own words. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Both Ecclesiastes and the New Testament provide much wisdom on the handling of finances in God pleasing ways. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette, Rick & Jan Schramm
Meaning Full Justice in our world is eternal, restorative, selfless and full of Grace. Are you seeking and practicing justice in God's World? Speaker: Samuel Nassiff
Life is portioned out to each of us. Are you living each moment as a gift and an opportunity to let Jesus show you the way to live? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
In a messed up world, are you pursuing the meaning full righteousness found only in Jesus? Speaker: Dr. Don Green
God has designed us for relationships for synergy, encouragement, warmth, compassion, safety, and protection. What relationships do you need to strengthen? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
We try to fill our eternal void or longing with many things but wisdom dictates that we fear God and keep his commands. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Our lives and our work become full of meaning when we acknowledge God’s supremacy and worship him fully. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
God's wisdom in Jesus lights up our hearts and minds from within as we obey. Jesus is truly the Light of the world. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
We have the examples of Ezra & Nehemiah. Are you wrestling with God in the circumstances of your life through examining the Word and through prayer and fasting? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
What great value is there in fearing God and trusting him for wisdom, discipline, understanding, discernment, discretion, and revelation! Are you reading His Word? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Samuel who was dedicated to and raised in the presence of God became a good leader. Are you praying for your leaders? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Like Ruth and Naomi, are you trusting God, our Father, as your provider and redeemer? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Live life knowing and you have a King who is faithful an true. Be strong and courageous in Christ. Speaker: Samuel Nassiff
Living with purpose to love God and obey Him leads to God's blessing in our lives as we pass our faith along to the next generation. Speaker: Brad Owen
Significance. In the book of Numbers we find that God counts us each as His own, we are vitally connected to God's story, and God desires our lives to be consecrated for His Glory. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Are you crying out to God, directing people to God, and modeling how to live out the implications of all who God is? Will future generations know him? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
In times of conflict and oppression we call out to God for rescue and continue to worship him. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
In these evil days, are you following Noah’s example, finding favor with God, building what he commands, preaching righteousness, and keeping a covenant with God? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
The Good News of Jesus is for everyone. Who do you need to tell? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Saul’s Conversion: He believes on Jesus. He repents. He trusts, confesses Jesus is Lord. He is baptized. What a transformation! Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Stephen was a model of servanthood giving his life to expand the God's Kingdom. Are you following his example? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
We have confidence in our faith because it is based on the gospel which is unique, historic, apostolic, verifiable, scrutinizable, powerful, and unstoppable. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Are you growing in gospel certainty, Holy Spirit power, personal sent-ness, and missional urgency as you hold out hope to the world in 2024? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
King Jesus came in humble circumstances to guide us in peace as our Great Shepherd. Are you following his voice? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
The gift we most need for Christmas is God's incredible and unexpected grace, through Jesus who saves us. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Christmas reminds us that God, speaking to us by his Son, gives us forgiveness of sins and hope for eternity. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Christ Jesus, our Immanuel, holds out a peace that delivers us from evil and reconciles all who believe on Him. Speaker: Dr. Don Green
Do you have unexpected hope? Are you placing your hope in God for both your personal and universal longings and needs? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Have you ever been overwhelmed with grief or darkness? Trust that God will meet you and carry you on a path to joy. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
You've been invited to take part in the ordinance of baptism and the Lord's Supper. Are you showing up or rejecting his offer? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Jesus wept over those who would reject him and ignore his warnings. Have you placed you trust in him? Are you heeding his warnings? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Jesus, our Prince of Peace, calls us to align our priorities with his and seize our opportunities to share the Good News. Speaker: Dr. Don Green
Jesus calls his followers to go wider in Evangelism, go deeper in Discipleship, and go longer in Disciplemaking. Are you giving him excuses? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Jesus shows us that we should recognize the dignity and value of our fellow man and woman, sparing no measure to seek, search, find, welcome, invite, and include. Jesus invites all to the party. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
In an evil, bloodthirsty world, Jesus calls us to responsible repentance, radical detachment, reliant faith, ridiculous love, and resurrection hope. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Jesus combines amazing power and amazing authority to take our sin and death and give us life, if only we believe. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
The revolution of Jesus begins in repentance, in our hearts, at our tables, in our personal lives. How is the revolution in you going? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Do you and your family yearn for Christ's righteousness? Open your hearts to the Holy Spirit's influence. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
The details of two miracle births give us certainty that we can stake our lives on what God is accomplishing through Christ. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Are you growing in conviction, certainty, and commitment to Jesus? Without growing certainty, you will lack any growing commitment to Him. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
What is a lukewarm church to do? Repent and acknowledge your dependence on godless riches, godless righteousness, and godless reality. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
What is a spiritually alive church to do? We place our faith on Jesus, The ONE, The DOOR, Ever PRESENT, the BUILDER! Nothing shall ever prevail against Him! Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
What is a Spiritually Dead church to do? Get back to basics of discipleship, love and obey Christ, wake up, and ask Christ to wash us. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
What is a church influenced by wrong doctrine to do? REPENT, do not tolerate corruptors and enticers but hold firm to Christ to the end. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
What is the persecuted church to do? Chose faith not fear. Chose faith not fight. Chose faith not flesh. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
What is a loveless church to do? Remember the heights, repent from lack of love, resume the works you did at first. Speaker: Dr. Don Green
Prayer is the strategy that powers the mission of God. God answers persistent, unified, group prayer in Jesus' name. Speaker: Greg Pruett
Are you using scripture to guide your prayer? Pray to God this week for wisdom, knowledge, holiness, kingdom, and strength. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Do your prayers have a focus, a purpose, a plan? Open God’s Word and ask God to teach you how to pray. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Is prayer important and urgent for you, a top priority? Humble yourself and make room for God, his favor, and his blessing. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Prayer Works. Are you delighting in God, inviting transformation, and living for Christ and receiving an eternal sum gain? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
The golden altar of incense symbolizes our access to God and His invitation to us. May we offer our thanksgiving and reverence to God as we approach him in prayer. Speaker: Dr. Don Green
May we have a ravenous hunger for God's word so we more deeply abide and encounter Christ, the Living Word. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Like a blazing candle, God's Holy Spirit burns bright to give us hope in the face of darkness, despair, calamity, and cruelty. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
We have the opportunity, through God's mercy, to be consecrated, dedicated, forgiven, and to have the Holy Spirit take up residence in us through baptism. Repent and be baptized! Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
At the cross we see wonder of both God's goodness and greatness, His holiness and justice. On the cross God reveals His merciful provision of Christ's body and blood as the perfect atoning sacrifice for all who place their trust in Him. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
God has chosen to camp out with us. Are you willing to acknowledge his Greatness? Are you willing to savor his Goodness? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Though we weren't eyewitnesses to the resurrection, we can respond to the truth of Scripture and place our trust in the grace of Jesus. He has risen! He has risen indeed! Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Christianity hinges on Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. Scripture provides our evidentiary basis for belief. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Thank God for Jesus' life-giving death! There is no greater life changing invitation we can respond to than Jesus' invitation to eternal life. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
In the midst of darkness and suffering, Jesus led a revolution of light, overcoming evil with good and hatred with love. He died for our sins, to bring us to God. Speaker: Dr. Don Green
The Christian Church is a movement Gospel-Entrusted, Divinely Protected, Word Sanctified, and Relationally Driven. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
God's Holy Spirit brings a revolution as He illumines our lives as The Spirit of Truth, The Counselor, The Teacher, and The Helper. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Join us in 2023 as we seek to abide in Jesus' Words, abide in God's Love--Keeping Jesus' Commandments, abide in Love for One Another, and abide in God's Mission. May we help people Find, Follow and Flourish for God's glory. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
It is time to check our fruit. How are you abiding in God’s Word, in Christ, in loving God, in keeping his commands, in living a fruitful life, in loving God’s Mission? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
What a great gift we receive from Jesus in the Holy Spirit! We are filled with Power, Love, Knowledge, Hope, and Peace. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Through his gift of the Holy Spirit, Jesus fills us with power to do great works in the hearts of people. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Do not go through the motions of religion and suppose you are saved. You are blessed by whose you are, what you do, who you are becoming in Jesus. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Jesus came to lay down his life so that those who hear his word and believe in him will pass from death to life. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Has the mystery of Jesus been revealed for you? Are you grasping what it means to experience God's life altering presence and power? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Have you opened your mind and heart to God's Word? Are you contemplating the mystery of God disclosed in the Christ of Christmas? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
What difference can a baby in a manger make in the human dilemma of life in an abnormal, cruel, overwhelming, and hopeless world? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Jesus, the Wonder of Wonders, came in space, time, and in human flesh. Do you believe? Are you seeking him with all your heart and all your soul? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
As leaders in our families, and in our church we must be diligent in keeping God's priorities. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Baptism is our vow to always trust God for grace and to welcome the purifying power and presence of the Holy Spirit until death. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Live in light of God’s supremacy, faithfulness, mercy and righteousness through history. Be awake to your pride and eager to repent. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Are you practicing the single greatest key to spiritual renewal? Are you reading and discussing your Bible with others? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
When discouragement comes in the form of distraction, disparagement, or intimidation, ask God to strengthen your hands. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
God calls his followers to living out the ethos of Christ, surrendering privilege, giving, sacrificing, serving, relinquishing rights, and laying hold of eternal favor. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Do you have a plan in place to battle the opposition to God's purposes? Are you seeking God's empowerment and direction? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Are you willing to join the work at Lakeside, using your strength and means in the building of disciples? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Will you dare to dream and take action like Nehemiah? Are you trusting the God of the heavens to grant you success? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Powerful prayer comes from knowing our God is a true Creator, Great and Mighty God, Good God, Merciful God, Holy God, Faithful God… vested in his own Glory. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Are you willing to quiet yourself before the God of the heavens and ask him to help you see the brokenness around you? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
God has chosen the church to carry out His Purpose. Are you ready to Go Wide, Go Deep, and Go Long as a disciple-making community? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
We have been called out of the world to be part of the body of Christ and accomplish the good works God has prepared ahead of time for us to do. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
A godly marriage, a godly family, and a godly church all require a sacrificial love for others. Are you growing in your love? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
God’s “hessed” or “agape” love for us is an unconditional and sacrificial commitment to an imperfect people. We are called to love God and one another just as he loves us. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Thank God for our basis of hope in His goodness, covenant love, and presence. Enjoying His eternal presence forever is our most ultimate hope. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Look around your tables. In the midst of enemies God provides healing in Jesus. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
As we follow the Jesus, the Good Shepherd we respond to his loving discipline. Speaker: Dr. Eric Radecki
Thank God for his presence in our deepest, darkest valleys. In Christ we need not fear any danger. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
God’s Kingdom and His glory are the key to life. Are you following the Good Shepherd and hearing His voice? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
We only find satisfaction in life when we abide in Christ, the Great Shepherd. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Our Lord is our Shepherd, sacrificing Himself to keep us safe. May we hear His voice and follow His lead. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Our words are important. Meet people, build relationships, share your story, share the Good News of Jesus. Speaker: Samuel Nassiff
Lakeside is God's Family for us; an environment for our growth, transformation, correction, unity and encouragement in the faith. Speaker: Dr. Paul Boatman
As families, we must trust the lifegiving Word of God our Creator and turn from cultural drift. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Thank God for shaping our hearts and making us holy as we yield to his Holy Spirit. May he reset our character and our conduct. Speaker: Dr. Don Green
Unless we spend time contemplating the incredible mercy of God, our lives lack fire and our worship is lackluster. When we dwell on his mercy, we give our lives wholeheartedly. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
The Word of God restores true knowledge of God and ourselves. Are you rebuilding your worldview through faith and repentance in God’s Word and God’s Son? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Are you trusting he who declared and demonstrated, “I am the resurrection and the life”? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Glory to God! Jesus is the resurrection and the life. If you believe in him, even though you die, you will live. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Jesus is your Great Shepherd. Are you willing to stake everything on His greatness, His power, His resurrection? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
God lets us choose. We can disbelieve Jesus is the Light of the World and walk in darkness, or we see and believe for everlasting life. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Jesus is the Light. When we listen to the Light, follow the Light, obey the Light, and honor the Light, we have life, forgiveness, freedom, and a bright future. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Thank God for Jesus, our Lord, who knows the truth of our sin while being full of grace and mercy. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Praise God for Jesus and his words of eternal life! He is the Holy One of God! Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Jesus holds out the words of eternal life. Have you come to believe and know that he is the holy one of God? Worship the Bread of Life. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
With God's empowerment, may Lakeside Go Wider, Go Deeper, & Go Longer than ever before in 2022. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Thank God for all the signs and miracles we read about in His Word. Have you placed your faith in Jesus as the resurrection and the life? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
What a gift! All who repent and believe may be saved. Those who do not believe, are lost. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Through baptism we are born to ascend before the throne, to be eternally wed to Christ, to dwell in eternal light and life. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Jesus came to earth in person to reveal the glory of His Father. May we receive the Word and believe and so be transformed. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Eureka! The Lamb of God has come for us! The Son of God, the King of Israel is awaiting those who seek after him. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Jesus, the Lamb of God, has come to bring us from darkness to light. Have you come to him, recognized him, and understood what he has done for you? Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Praise God! Jesus is the Word who tabernacles with us and exegetes God to us. He is our Immanuel, God with us! Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Our Ever-Giving God is ever-so-merciful and gracious towards us in giving his One and Only Son to meet our greatest need, forgiveness from sin. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Our world may be shaken, but thanks the everlasting faithfulness of God we witness through history, we rest assured that he will keep his promises to us through Jesus. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
We can't change our past but we trust God in the face of affliction with our futures. May the majesty of God ultimately triumph over the madness in our lives. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Though we will likely face affliction and hardship and even betrayal, we can have faith that the King of Kings is working in our lives and will put all things right. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Like Jacob, we choose between living in deceit or living in worship of our our Majestic God. May we return to worship in spirit and in truth. Speaker: Dr. Eric Radecki
When we allow God to direct our lives, He weaves our story into His, blesses us, and fulfills all His promises. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
When our faith is weak and we get off track with God's plan, we can't fix the past or all the collateral damage, but we can repent and return to faithfully walking God's path. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
In Jesus we not only have the blessing of Abraham; we have a Satan-crushing Lord and Savior. We are included in God’s plan. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
When we spoil God’s provision with our sin, the floodgates of hell are released. When we believe and repent, our faith unlocks God’s floodgates of grace. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
We are morally accountable for how we live. We face God's wrath unless we surrender to our Savior. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
In Christ, God fulfills his promise to crush Satan’s power, to end this death spiral of man, to establish peace and everlasting life. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
The madness of history will end and the peace of God will reign through Christ Jesus our Lord! Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Who are we? In the beginning we learn that God created us dependent on him for life. We were made to love God and love others. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
We bow our knee to the God of the Universe, He who has revealed Himself to us in His Word. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
Lakeside exists to brave the world with the Good News of Jesus. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette
We help people become like Jesus by pointing them to fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Speaker: Dr. Jon Morrissette