Called to Change One Life at a Time!
We are being stirred up by the Spirit of God and gaining traction into all that the Lord has for us! “Off Season” delivered by Pastor Wade and Brother Abimbola was a word that was aimed directly at our hearts for the purpose of getting us to rise up in our faith. We know it is easy to practice what is right when things are seemingly going in the right direction, but it is entirely different to practice and do what is right when you feel off. Our good Father is teaching us how to go back to our roots by practicing the things that have caused us to stand in the Kingdom. We are going to practice by giving our all until the supernatural breaks out in our lives! This is how we overcome!
Get up Man of God! That's what the spirit of God inside the believer every time he falls. As we are engaging with the fact that we are currently in strict training, none of us like to fail but the truth is that we have the spirit of God as a deposit. It guarantee's that he will strengthen us in our need as we cry out to him. He empowers us beyond our own abilities to enact his will on the earth. Being secured by this revelation, we will move forward in this training regiment and be continually empowered as we do.
Fight! It's as simple as that! We are all being called in our lives individually, and collectively as a body to silence the taunts of the enemy. We're called to lead our families in the righteous path by being men and women of action who surge forward in doing the will of God. This create a momentum that makes our families and our brothers victorious. By taking action and defying our enemies taunts, we will make others dominant in their pursuit to overcome the world. Listen to this inspiring sermon from brothers Paul Rosales and Adam Corra and be provoked for a fight!
Lives are being transformed in our very midst! Ancient enemies are being put under foot and our courage is rising because our king is with us! Brothers Linton and Abimbola delivered an honest, sober, and unfiltered word entitled “Silencing Dogs and Rising Courage”. We grappled with the dogs that are seeking to devour, rob, and downright disqualify us as we are pursuing righteousness. We did this by learning from the lives of men like David how to rise up in the courage that is ours in Christ Jesus and inspire that same courage in other men. Listen to the sermon and confront those barking dogs, silencing them with power from on high and a heavenly reliance on your King!
What a blessing it is to be taught how to receive the one thing that matters! Our passover lamb and his apostles have gone before us to show us how it must be attained. We learned in this sermon entitled "The Only Thing That Matters" that we need those midnight hour kind of moments in our lives if we truly want to experience the deliverance of resurrection power. Even though the tenth plague is absolutely necessary, it is not intended to destroy us, but to bring about perfect freedom under the mighty hand of our God. Let this message preached by the heads of households of Hebron spur you on to go after the only thing that matters.
The Lord is stirring us up as a body, and we are rightly responding to the revelation that has come from heaven. Our Pastors (Judah and Wade) gave us a raw, heartfelt exhortation to have our hunger and spiritual appetite increase. This increase is not for one singular person but rather the family unit as a whole. As heads of households, we were charged to take sober assessment to rightly discern what our families can handle and to cultivate in our homes a spiritual appetite for the very Lamb of God. Although this is not something that is done overnight, we are taking our stand to commit to examine and search our homes to cultivate an appetite and desire for our King, not allowing anything else to get in the way. We are going to let our appetite and hunger to draw near him, drive us on!
Our weaknesses will not kill us! This was the encouragement we received from brothers Paul Rosales and Marlin Sosa in this message entitled "Let's Go Die With Him". Instead of our weaknesses killing us, we learned that they actually served the purpose of leading us to the resurrection of our God when we choose to die willingly. Making this choice of our own accord makes way for the opportunity for him to raise us up. We must remove all unbelief that keeps us from willingly laying down our lives just as Jesus did.
The Spirit of God is moving in our midst, and we are responding in full surrender! “Who is Able?” preached by Pastor Nik and Pastor Matt is a resurrection message you will want to listen to again and again. We learned that to experience true resurrection, we must experience death over and over. We came to the understand that there is not a single death or a single resurrection that we are aiming for and this biblical truth can be seen through the lives of men of God like Moses, Isaiah, and Peter. We have to be undone in the presence of our Father. Not comparing ourselves with ourselves but comparing ourselves to His holiness, majesty, and glory. This is where we will find out that there is only one who is able.
In this honest reflection, Pastors Nick and Payton reminded us that the process of the Lord making us to know always begins in weakness. This weakness leads us away from pride and self-dependency, and towards a deeper more intimate walk with him. This messages encourages us to continually press into whichever way the Lord is disciplining us because he it is the vehicle by which he is allowing us to share in his holiness. When we can see it in that light, we can choose to continually take up our cross and take our seat at his table.
We were challenged! We were confronted! We are all the better for it! As believers, we know that we are to have pure, holy, and godly desires. Yet we still find that we have a whole lot more fleshly cravings and unhealthy desires than we would like to admit. In this sermon entitled “Hosanna”, Pastors Wade and Matthew illustrate for us in a honest and candid transparent message that is made to cause us to wrestling with what is going on in our hearts. There are unhealthy appetites and carnal cravings we long for that are right next to the good that we know we should do. We are not oblivious to what the word says we are to do (our king has made it known and plain to us). It is the unhealthy desires that we allow to compete and frankly we give into, in order to fulfill what is only an insatiable pit that is never satisfied. So, we say Hosanna! Lord saves us! Humble us! Transform us so that not only are our speech and deeds pure but that our heart, desire, and spiritual appetite are for righteous!
“Groom Conscious” preached by Pastors Nik, Payton, Matt and Wade was aimed at helping us to fix our eyes and heart on the one groom who has paid the purchase price for us. The purchase price that he paid with his life is the demonstration of the love that he has for us. Knowing this, we are compelled to love him in a way that causes everything else that competes for that love to fade away. From the beginning of the betrothal to now, our great groom has been carrying us and he will continue to carry us until we are united with him. The one who is, who was, and who is to come has eyes that burn intensely for his bride. The question that we must ask ourselves is, do I show the same love back to him? Will I allow the fire that is in his eyes burn away and purify what does not belong in me, that I may reflect that same fiery love!?
Rebekah trusted Abraham's servant to get her all the way through the desert until she was one with her groom. In the very same way, the Spirit of Holiness is guiding us to becoming one with our great king, Jesus Christ. We are in a great time of preparation where we are learning that the mere anticipation of being united to him is what will drive us along in the sanctification process. Our longing for him is what keeps causes us to desire to be set apart for him. As the sermon was titled, it's "Holiness or Die Trying"! Listen to this message from brothers Abimbola Daramola, Justin Treaster, and Adam Corra and be inspired to draw near to the groom at all costs.
What a revelatory time we had this morning! We were led on a spiritual journey through the biblical narrative and imagery of the betrothal process of a bride to her groom. In this sermon entitled “Coins and Camels”, we examined the serious commitment that the believer has made to our groom King Jesus. A commitment that is part of the betrothal process, promising to make ourselves ready to be with him on that day. This betrothal process requires daily examination of our deeds, making sure to search for those areas that seeks to get in the way of our sincerer love and devotion to our king. With a beautiful surprise of a lifetime, we were immensely blessed to participate in the engagement of our beloved brother and his bride to be.
We live in a day and time where everyone wants to be great. This is good, and our heavenly King Jesus has given us the recipe for success in this matter. They way we become great is by getting down in the dust and serving our brothers so that they rise! Our mandate is to get the dust off our brothers shoulders and to ensure they are walking in the full confidence of their function. Men who were once called useless are being raised up into equal status as brothers by the service we provide to them. We are both having our foundations built upon while building on others foundations , and the temple of God, in his body, his rising to glorious heights. Let this message entitled "Stirring Up Dust", preached by Pastor Payton Parsons, Asad Robinson, and Marlin Sosa move you to action on behalf of another.
What a powerful time we are having here at LCM! We are fine tuning our faith and our relationships with one another. In this sermon, entitled “Foundational Elements” preached by brother Justin Treaster and Pastor Matthew Perot, we learned the importance of the foundation that spiritual fathers are to set for their sons. The goal is that those sons build upon the foundation that has been laid and are raised up to become brothers that partner with their fathers in the kingdom work. Through the lives of men like Moses, David, and the Apostle Paul, we were shown the spiritual and essential importance of what it looks like to raise up sons who become brothers that then become fathers to their fathers. This can only be done by spiritual fathers decreasing so that their brother sons increase. In addition, we were given seven practical steps to help us achieve what we are aiming for, so that we will have a perpetual priesthood of fathers laying down their lives for their sons who become brothers that then become fathers to their fathers for generations to come.
We are thriving under the tension that we both have all we need, while at the same time we must hunger for more. In this message entitled “Filling Empty Jars”, we learned that the link that binds this tension is the tantamount responsibility that we have to pour out our lives into those around us. We have been given what we need only so that we might exert ourselves to give them what they need. Only in this way can we cry out for more, because the Lord fills those who are pouring out. What an encouragement this message was from our brothers Carlos Rueda and Paul Rosales.
Limits are being broken and the light of Christ is shining forth in our midst! “Dawn Arriving” preached by Pastors Nik, Payton, and Judah moves us forward in the revelation that our good Father has given us. Through the lives of men like John the immerser and Eli the priest, we learned that our light and our lamp is inevitably going to go out. Grasping this reality about our state, we have to make it our aim and life’s goal to ensure that the light and lamp shines brightly for the spiritual sons and disciples that are coming after us. They must become greater, and we must become less. This is the only way we will ensure that the lamp of the Lord never goes out but burns continually for generations to come.
We are making good on the heavenly deposit that has been given to us! Our brothers Justin Linton and Abimbola Daramola laid out the practical steps of how we are to raise our sons into Fathers in this sermon entitled “Making Fathers Out of Sons’. The biggest roadblock that must be moved out of our way is we must learn how to get over ourselves and give to others what has already been entrusted to us. Getting this preliminary step right, will cause us to rightly walk out the remaining practical steps that our sons need in order to make them into fathers!
There’s a spiritual shift that has taken place and is showing up in the physical manifestation in our congregation. Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade deliver not just a sermon, but demonstrated the heart of our great king. In the sermon, entitled “Lift Up Your Eyes”, we talked about the immense importance of fathers and sons, and the relationship between both to advance the kingdom. We are called to be fathers who take our sons, aim them at the target, and goal of becoming fathers themselves. From the father of the faithful, Abraham, all the way to the apostle Paul. We can see this biblical truth working its way throughout the generations. We have to lift up our eyes to the heavenly father, so that we can learn how to become the fathers that we are called to be. Do not waste any time to listen to this sermon.
My goodness! When you know that you HAVE received what you asked for in him by faith, that puts on a collision course. There's only one thing left to do and that's to "MOVE FORWARD"! Brothers Caleb Brown and Abimbola Daramola took us on a journey through scripture surveying men who heard from the Lord and did just that, moved forward! We learned that you actually don't have to hear for yourself, you might even be fifth in line. Men of God hear what the Lord has said, pick up their mantle, and move forward! Let this message inspire you to faithful action in the kingdom!
We are learning to see the tension as a privilege given to us from our good Father! “Flex On ‘Em” delivered by Pastor Nik and Pastor Matthew was timely, life giving, and impactful. As the Lord is increasing the tension in our lives, it is imperative that we lean into the tension and keep our eyes on the target. Examining the lives of Job and Elisha, the ever-increasing tension reveals our heart towards our King. We have to deal rightly with our faithless heart while in the tension and not accuse our faithful Father. The tension is what reveals our teachers to us and allows us to ask and receive supernatural empowerment from heaven!
Our good father disciplines us as the sons that he loves! He gives us the honor of allowing up to prove worthy and appoints circumstances in our lives unto that purpose. He his likened unto a heavenly drill instructor, making sure we reach the full potential that HE designed us for. We don't want to be saved from the tension or to save others from it either, because it is what allows our faith to be proven genuine. We will not ring the bell in defeat but we will cry out in dependency on him! Listen to this message entitled "Don't ring the bell" by brothers Justin Treaster and Adam Corra and be spurred on!
No matter how difficult it may be, we are choosing to stand where our King is standing! “Rising Tension” preached by Pastors Judah and Wade will no doubt move you to action if you engage with the spiritual truths and realities that are being conveyed. Through the character sketches of Ittai and Jonathan, we learned how close we can be to the Davidic King (even fighting on his behalf) and yet still not show our full fidelity to him by taking a stand where he has told us to stand. But if we are willing to separate from all worldly attachments and unbiblical expectations to embrace the rising tension of being near our King, then we will stand where he stands! We will reach the target!
“Bending the Bow” preached by Elder Eric, Pastor Wade, and Pastor Matt was immensely encouraging. We are to bend the bow with what we have already been given; we already have what we need. Through the scriptural encouragement of Deuteronomy 4, we could see the steps by which we are to bend the bow. This is not a new process we are discovering but rather taking what is already in our possession and doing it all the more. What started in us was always meant to radiate out to the generations coming behind us. This is how present and future kings of the kingdom are made. This is how we bend the bow.
After receiving even greater clarity of vision for our arrows from our pastor's the past sermon "Balkan Bow", the immediate question then follows. What do we do now? We find that the answer is quite simple, we do what we've already been taught to. Brothers Carlos Rueda and Justin Linton help to propel us in this truth with this message entitled "Sharpening Arrows". Truth is that everything we conquer today, will benefit our arrows in the future. As we overcome with the warring & shepherding spirit of Jesus Christ, this will become their heritage.
Today was a momentous day in LCM history. We have been given marching orders with a holistic revelation about the Balkan Region. Our King has one singular plan, one vision, to be carried out by his one body working in unity together. The One Association of churches is answering the call and we are finding true brothers all across the region who are partnering in this global call. “The Balkan Bow” preached by Pastors Nik, Payton, and Judah gave us a recap of their recent journey in the Balkan Region and how pivotal this initiation point is to this multi-generational vision. Every man, woman, and child in the One Association plays an important role to this vision, and it is up to us to lay down our lives so that we participate in seeing the nations of the World be won over to our King.
In this reflection from Sunday's message, "Barrier's Broken", brothers Caleb Brown and Justin Linton dove deeper to divide the diakrino left remaining in us. The truth is, we have both Peter-like and Cornelius-like diakrino in us. They then helped us to apply the solution, or better yet to recognize what has already been applied on your behalf. When we recognize two facts; 1) That his blood of Jesus is precious and powerful, and 2) It has not been shed for you to fail but to abound. That revelations now make you an officer of the "Anti-Diakrinos League".
“Barriers Broken” preached by Elder Eric and Pastor Judah is a sermon worth listening to again and again. When barriers have been broken in our lives, we can then set out as witnesses to help others have their barriers broken in their lives. This is what we see in the book of Acts with the Apostles and the barrier breaking encounters they were led into. It is also what we are experiencing here at LCM, our barriers have been broken and are being broken, bringing greater levels of unity between us. Now, we have our sights set on setting out to help others do the same!
In this sermon entitled "We Are More", we were heavily armed with a revelation that devastates the scheme's of the enemy. Brother's Adam Corra and Justin Treaster made us aware of the schemes employed by the enemy that seek to get us to take ourselves out of the fight. After being made aware of these insidious tactics, the brothers impressed upon us with conviction who we really are because of who HE is. This message will enliven every area of your life, set you ablaze, and set you firmly on the rock so that you too might set out.
We are full throttle into 2023 and showing no signs of slowing down! Pastor Wade and Pastor Matthew are leading the charge of our advancement into all that the Lord has planned for our body. “Stand Up and Set Out” gives us the process and steps of how we are to set out. When we face difficulty and the failures of getting knocked down from external or internal enemies, we must set our resolve to stand back up again in our divine identity. Wallowing, crying, and throwing a pity party doesn’t do anything. Standing up, walking in transparency, and knowing the will of the Father in partnership with him, is everything!
Join us as we celebrate the gift of the life of Riven Eliashiv Phillips. The Phillips family are a model of how we display the hope of the gospel while grappling with death, and how we overcome!
When the pillar of cloud moved, the people of God set out in Moses' time. They picked up their tent pegs and moved out as ordained by the Lord. Based on direction we received during our New Years Eve Bonfire, we've been called to do the same. Pastor Wade and Pastor Matt took this time to strengthen us in accord with this endeavor and to give clear direction as to how the people of God learn to set out at the Lord's direction and at his timing. They also clued us into some of the pitfalls that hinder from doing so with joy. Because of this strong, fatherly message we know that we have already been equipped with what we need. The only thing left is to look to the cloud with expectation to set out and that is exactly what we're doing.
We have been given a precious revelation today! “Don’t Keep Christ in Christmas” is the perfect sermon as we near a close to the year 2022. Both Pastors Judah and Wade help bring us into contact with a very real and tangible revelation that the bible clearly demonstrates. Since we have been given the right to become children of God, Christ in us makes us just as He is. He is the incarnation, the Word made flesh, and so are we! We are the incarnation of Christ, the manifestation of Him to a lost and dying world. Though we are imperfect, we will guard, grow, and give what we have because Christ in us causes us to be the hope in the world. This is a revelation that not many believers have tapped into, but it is the biblical reality we need to take hold of!
It pleased God to make his law great and glorious. Brothers Justin Treaster and J.J. Molock lead us on a riveting study of the scripture relating to this subject matter. What they found was that to God, to make his law glorious and to make his son glorious are one in the same. What's more is that Romans 8 tells us that we are sons who are being led by the spirit of the father. We can take a survey of our lives over the past decade and see exactly how he has been making us more glorious as sons. What's left for us is to make our sons more glorious in the same way that God does, by the Word.
We had an amazing time this morning! What a joy it was to having Pastor Wade and Brother Gabriel back with us! They shared with us about the beautiful work that the Lord is doing in the land of India and what he is doing in the Israel family. From the sermon “Consecrated Family”, we learned from our Pastor and Brother that all fatherhood derives its origin from the Heavenly Father, and it is through the familial relationship of a father and son that the kingdom is transmitted. From the life of Abraham, the nation of Israel and all the way to Paul in his day, we were reminded about how we are called to be a consecrated family through our devotion to the word of God and our relationship with one another.
During the holiday season, most people are less alert and more angsty due the busyness that our traditions induce. Good thing we are not most people, but are supernatural sons of God that are building his kingdom on the earth. Therefore, Pastors Matt and Payton admonished us with this sermon entitled "Alert and Sober-Minded" to be just that, alert and sober-minded. They clarified what it means to be alert, not overwhelmed, and what it means to be sober-minded, knowing what the Father wants to happen in any given situation. All of this is so that we can pray, and there is nothing more powerful than when saints of the living God pray in partnership with the God of all the earth. Let this message stimulate towards love and good deeds!
Pastors Matt and Nik led us in a fantastic reflection on the growth that has taken place in the time since we received the New Years' mandate to build up the body. Through setting the table for our brothers and engaging in Team Unity Formation meetings, the Lord has matured us through cycles of death and resurrection. We were reminded that although the sifting is an absolutely necessary and God-ordained, it is not the point of God's working. The point is to draw us near to our brothers and to share in God's goodness together. Like Judah and his brothers, we must engage in "Team Drinking" and not closet drinking. The pattern that we see in scripture is one that we receive from the heavens together, as a unit, and that is our endeavor.
Brother's Carlos Rueda, Adam Corra, and Paul Rosales preached this amazing and inspiring word entitled "Smile Back". When we begin to realize just how good our father is to us in any and every kind of circumstance, when we realize the fact that he is smiling on us, it causes us to smile back! We restore the joy of our salvation when we realize that he favored us long before we even had anything worth producing. The fact that he delights in us, and not our performance is inoculating us from basing our value on our performance and we are finding confidence in his performance.
“Loyal Love” preached by Pastor Wade and Pastor Matt is a beautiful reminder of the character of our good Father. Our Father demonstrates his loyal love to us by reviving us continually through cycles of death, and we get to reflect him by showing the same loyal love back to him and to our fellow brothers. We are called to be the good Samaritans, showing that same loyal love to others. As we continually experience that loyal love that he pours out on us and respond with praise, that loyal love will flow from us to others.
We are growing in our appreciation for the times in the nothingness. We are learning that it is in these times and only in these times where we truly see the hand of God at work. It is in these times of nothingness, of darkness that God reaches down into creation and places his unique signature on situations. This is to show that it was him and only him that was able to bring about anything of lasting value. Pastor Nik Arezina and brother Abimbola Daramola helped us with this sermon entitled "Signed in the Dark" by admonishing us not dread the moments of nothingness or darkness, but to desire them! We desire them because it is only in these that we can truly see his handiwork on display in our lives.
We are growing and maturing here at LCM! Elder Eric and Pastor Wade brought a timely word that is helping us advance in our walk with the Lord. “Between the Rains” went head-to-head by confronting the many ways we well-meaning Christians are involving ourselves in activities dedicated to the Lord but in actuality were never directed by the Lord. We do not belong to ourselves so therefore our activities and deeds must be God breathed and directed by him. This is how we experience the resurrection power that is available to those who are dependent on him!
“In the Nothingness” preached by Pastor Judah and Pastor Matt was an honest, sober, and inspiring message of what it is like to live in between the early and latter rains. Through personal reflections and engagement of scriptures, we are finding the joy of being in the nothingness! It is where we actually learn the lessons the Father wants us to learn and also where we get to demonstrate faith in him, knowing that resurrection power is on the way!
The two words to describe the sermon we just heard this morning are “Life Changing”. “Here Comes The Rain Again” delivered by Elder Eric is a sermon you will want to listen to again and again. Using the life of Elijah as an example, we learn that the word of the Lord to a man of God is what generates the faith that causes that man of God to stand in the midst of drought as he awaits the latter rains of transformation. Do not waste any time, listen to this sermon now!
We are like the disciples! We have power and authority, and yet there is yet something more that we need. What we need is to access the that power and authority through faith. Faith is generated when we go to our father in the kind of transformative prayer that Jesus modeled for his disciples. This is what causes us to live faith-filled lives. A conviction that although we cannot see him, he is right here with us to transform us and to generate the faith that moves mountains. Brothers Carlos Rueda, Spencer McClain, and Justin Linton admonish us in this sermon entitled "Full Access" to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of us.
There is a confidence that is rising in our midst! We are doing away with the faithless and despairing thoughts of “I Can’t” and replacing it with “I Can”. We at LCM are very bold to declare that we can because our father is able to do immeasurably more in us, through us, and with us than we could ever imagine! Pastors Matt and Wade surged us forward into what is possible for the man and woman who believes in the Lord’s ability to empower us beyond are doubts. “Immeasurably More” is a sermon that answers the inner most thoughts that we have and inspires us to rightly see ourselves in view of the character of the Father and who he is! Listen now!
There is a confidence that is rising in our midst! We are doing away with the faithless and despairing thoughts of “I Can’t” and replacing it with “I Can”. We at LCM are very bold to declare that we can because our father is able to do immeasurably more in us, through us, and with us than we could ever imagine! Pastors Matt and Wade surged us forward into what is possible for the man and woman who believes in the Lord’s ability to empower us beyond are doubts. “Immeasurably More” is a sermon that answers the inner most thoughts that we have and inspires us to rightly see ourselves in view of the character of the Father and who he is! Listen now!
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