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LifeChurch is located in Gulfport, Mississippi. We are a church that is simply trying to get as close to Jesus as we possibly can. We believe that if Jesus and his presence become the most central thing in our lives, then we will truly begin to walk in the abundant life that He died to give us.
Message and ministry moment from Sunday, January 1, 2023 - Pastors Tim Ladner and Jarred Rushing
In this announcement Pastor Jarred Rushing shares how the Lord is shifting us from a church that you choose to a Kingdom family that you're planted in. Part of this shift means that our house is no longer defined by the "one man show" or isolated leader, but multiple spiritual fathers who recognize Abba as the true shepherding voice of the house and who co-labor with Him to bring the bride into maturity. In this announcement, he welcomes Pastor Tim Ladner into that role as a father in the house.
Tim Ladner shares a powerful message about the danger of getting close enough to Jesus to know the lingo, but not close enough to know His heart. Formlessness is always an invitation to Jesus' feet, the place of intimacy, the place where resurrection power is released.
In this message, Jarred Rushing continues to speak on formlessness through John 12:23-26. Embracing formlessness requires our willingness to give up our personal destiny so we can be planted and yield a harvest that impacts generations. Our generational legacy begins with formlessness.
In this message, Jarred Rushing shares about God being attracted to formlessness in us. That it's not until we start embracing formlessness that our intimacy with the Father reaches new heights.
In today's message, Tim Ladner speaks about the journey of Paul and Silas to prison and how their intimacy made all things new, not just for them, but for everyone around them.
In this message, Tim Ladner speaks about the lie that we have believed in our hearts - that we are broken. The truth is, in Jesus, you START in wholeness. When you begin to believe that you are whole in Him, you have boldness to begin meeting with the Father face to face.
In today's message, Jarred Rushing speaks about the thing that was lost in the beginning - walking with God in the cool of the day. We are destined for unbroken fellowship with Him.
In this message, Tim Ladner speaks about the half-hearted efforts of religion to heal us when it is really our embracing Jesus and being grateful to Him that brings the complete, "sozo" healing to our entire life.
Our religious thinking always lives in fear of the crisis, judgment or punishment coming our way. But the perfect love of Jesus casts out all fear. In this message, Tim Ladner uses a familiar story to unearth a common way of thinking that God is coming after in His sons and daughters.
In this message, Jarred Rushing and Tim Ladner tag team and deliver two messages about the same thing - our identity as sons and daughters of God. It is time to stop "doing" and start "believing" in what has already been done - our restored identity in Jesus.
The story of Zechariah shows us just how important it is to line up our words with the one that God is speaking and how all things are restored when we decide to agree with God once again. In this message, Tim Ladner encourages us to stop looking at the facts and keep our words in alignment with God's.
Why do sermons and messages come forth with so much ease every single Sunday, but the testimony is fought against and drowned out. In this message, Jarred Rushing speaks on the power of the testimony and why it must be recovered in our gatherings moving forward.
As our intimacy with the Lord increases we begin to see Him and His goodness like never before. In this message, Tim Ladner shares the "next step" in becoming more like Jesus - our imaginations being set free to dream again, our hope in the Father being restored.
There seems to be a gap between how good we think God is and how good He actually is, and He is coming after this gap in our lives. In this message, Jarred Rushing shares some insights about how this gap was created and what he believes God is doing in this season to increase the faith of His church.
With every seed that God is planting in our life there comes a temptation to abandon it for something that will satisfy in the moment. In this message Jarred Rushing teaches on how we can see every seed become fruit in our life by waiting on the Lord.
Why do we undervalue the seeds that God is planting? What causes us to be good stewards of those seeds? In this message Jarred Rushing teaches on the importance of intimacy as it relates to our ability to steward the words that God is speaking into our lives.
In this Sunday morning service Tim Ladner delivers a powerful word, joined with a portion of his own testimony, about the value of the seeds of God's word that He is speaking over us every single day. Given Sunday, January 9, 2022.
A new year doesn't always mean we should do away with what has come before. 2021 was marked by our return to an intimate relationship with Jesus. On this first Sunday of 2022, Jarred Rushing emphasizes that God is not finished doing what He started in the previous year. We can't leave this place of pursuing intimacy with the Father.
There is a transformational power found in thankfulness. Jesus displayed this power when he gave thanks for the bread and fish and then multiplied the meal for thousands. In this message Jarred Rushing teaches out of 1 Timothy 4:4-5 to show how God desires to use our thankfulness to see His goodness come alive in our life.
Christmas, the Advent season, usually has Christians looking back (to Jesus' birth) and looking forward (to His second coming) but often overlooking the fact that He is here with us right now. In this message Jarred Rushing reminds us that the good news is that the presence of Jesus is here, now, in this moment.
If we are not diligent to renew our minds through close fellowship with the Father, we are more apt to mishandle the presence of God in our life. Tim Ladner teaches about the "one thing" lifestyle and how to host God's presence well out of Psalm 27 and 2 Samuel 6.
Religion is constantly warring against our true identity in Christ. Religion gives us the form of sons and daughters of God, but keeps us away from the actual presence of our Father. In this message Jarred Rushing encourages us to put the spirit of religion to death and begin walking in the fullness of our identity as a son and daughter of God.
So many followers of Jesus have an issue with their identity as sons and daughters of God. This can deeply impact our ability to receive the goodness of God in our lives. Using the story of the lost son, Jarred Rushing teaches on our true identity in Christ and getting to a place where we can acknowledge our worth in the Father's eyes.
As we go throughout our lives, the events we encounter begin to change how we see God's goodness. In this message, Tim Ladner shares how we move from one level of God's goodness to the next, having ever-increasing revelations of His extravagant love for us.
In this message, Tim Ladner teaches on God's primary way of transforming us into the image of Christ. Using a story of Jesus and his disciples and 2 Corinthian 3:18, we see that it is our continually encountering God's goodness that brings us into greater alignment with our true identity.
We get so accustomed to doing things our way that we forget that the Father is always inviting us into a place of fellowship with Him so we can discover His will. In this message, Jarred Rushing, uses the story of Moses and the tent of meeting to highlight what it means to pursue God's presence over our own way.