Sermons and teachings from Life21 Church in Northfield, Minnesota. To learn more about us visit our website at www.life21church.com. You can find the "Who Is This Jesus?" reading plan under the "About" tab.
In this episode, the gospel writer confirms the legitimacy of the resurrection account and then describes Jesus' commission to His apostles to share this story wherever they go. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, how can I more proactively engage in making disciples? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, our beloved Christ is raised from the dead and worshipped by His most faithful followers. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, how did it feel to be worshipped by the women for the first time post resurrection? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus' body is taken down and so carefully cared for by His followers. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, how can I best care for you in your current sufferings? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus death coincides with incredible signs revealing the depth of who He is and what He accomplished in dying. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what did your Father feel in 'forsaking' you? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus undergoes incredible suffering as a demonstration of His ever faithful love towards us. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what was in your heart towards Simon as he carried your cross? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus faithfully testifies before Pilate before being handed over to be crucified. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what is one way that I have chosen another over you recently? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, we see Jesus death and its surrounding details perfectly fulfilling the words of the Prophets. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what was it like to be betrayed by a man you poured so much into? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus' word proves true as His dear friend and lead apostle denies knowing Jesus three times. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what was it like to have your closest follower deny you? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus models an incredible submission to God the Father as He silently endures the accusation & mocking. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, why do you often prefer to remain silent? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus demonstrates such powerful peace and love as He is arrested by a mob led by His own disciple Judas. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what was in your heart when Judas kissed you? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus experiences the deep pain of friends failing to stand with Him in His time of greatest need. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what did you want your friends to be praying for you during this time? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus introduces His disciples to the New Covenant, sealed in His own blood. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what is one thing the Father showed you during this final meal? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus, the true Passover lamb, is extravagantly prepared for his death and burial by a woman who cared. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, why did you want the story of this woman to be told with the gospel? (v. 13) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus articulates the simple but significant difference between those that will receive eternal life and those that will receive eternal punishment. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what is one way that I have recently loved you well? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus urges us to have a right view of the master so that we would be fearless and faithful to steward and multiply what He's given us Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what is one thing I am believing about you that is causing me to withhold from you? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus urges us to be wise and to spend our resources getting the oil of intimacy so that our lights would burn brightly until the end. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what do I need from you to become someone who will have sufficient oil? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus challenges His followers towards faithfulness demonstrated in our care for fellow servants of God. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what is one way I can better serve your servants in this season? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus invites us into the joy and sobriety surrounding His Father's secret... the timing of His arrival. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what do you most enjoy about the Father keeping secrets from you? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus goes into detail describing the coming judgement(s), the rising of false messiahs, and other dynamics surrounding His glorious return. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what is one thing you want to share with me about your return? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus prophesies about the destruction of the temple, but also about the culmination of this age. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what is one way, recently, that you have been keeping my love hot? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus pleads with the city of Jerusalem, warning them of the coming judgement while divulging His deep compassion for them. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what is your heart for the city/area I live in? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus continues to call out the Pharisees for their hypocrisy. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what is one area in which I am attempting to hide my true state from others? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus unleashes scathing woes towards the Pharisees as a means to bring them to repentance and turn the crowds away from following in their sin. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, why were you so harsh in your critiques. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus directs his disciples and the crowds towards godly honor and submission to the religious leaders while yet away from their ungodly practices. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, how have you been helping me to walk out your teachings? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus, filled with His Father's wisdom, turns the Pharisees questions back on them, ending the conversation. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what did it feel like to stump the religious leaders? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus unpacks details about the coming resurrection, specifically as it pertains to marriage. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what are you most excited about regarding the final resurrection? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus models incredible shrewdness as he navigates the snares of the enemy expressed in flattery and trickery. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, how is the enemy trying to trap me currently and what wisdom do you have for me? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus reveals the Father's heart for all to come to the wedding banquet clothed in His righteousness. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, is there anything you're inviting me to right now that I'm missing out on? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus is revealed as God's chosen cornerstone despite man's rejection. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what did you feel when the Father declared you His cornerstone? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus confronts the Jewish leaders about their unwillingness to follow the tax collectors and prostitutes into the kingdom of God. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what pride in my life stands in the way of me entering into more of your kingdom? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus boldly cleans out the temple and then curses a fig tree (representing Israel's curse for not bearing fruit for God). Prayer Prompt: Jesus, why was your response to the temple situation so extreme? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus rides into Jerusalem as a gentle King, fulfilling the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what was it like to be praised in this way? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus touches the lives of two blind men, healing their sight and fulfilling their deepest desire. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, is there any way that I have become 'quieted' in my seeking of you? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus clarifies what true leadership is and invites his disciples to follow His pattern as a servant of all. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, in what way do you want me to function more like a servant? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus shares a dynamic parable that reveals how the kingdom of heaven operates with extravagant, merciful generosity. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what do you experience when you show mercy like this? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus reveals the rewards we gain in him for surrendering to our Father and following Jesus the Son. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what have I believed is impossible that you want to accomplish by your power? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus invites his followers to embrace the kingdom of heaven through the dependence and trust modeled in little children. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, how can I become more like a child? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus clarifies the Creator's design and boundaries for sex and marriage, pointing us to that glorious day when the Kingdom of Heaven fully comes and the One Eternal Marriage remains. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what did you intend marriage to look like 'at the beginning' (v. 8)? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus uses another parable to help the disciples better understand their responsibility to pass along the forgiveness that they themselves had received from God. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, who am I still holding unto in unforgiveness and how do I release them? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus unveils His glorious promise to be with His people when only two or more of them gather in His name. He empowers them towards a profound unity that unlocks heaven on earth! Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what do you want me to bind/release on earth and with whom should I do it? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, the Son of God reveals His deep love for God's children and His commitment to pursue their very best at all times. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, is there anything I can sacrifice that would lead to less evil functioning through me? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus invites Peter into living as a son of God, partnering with God as Father and protecting His other children from offense. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, why do you go out of your way to not offend people? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus corrects his disciples for their unbelief and perverse/twisted hearts and then goes on to teach them about the limitless opportunities that come through faith. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what do you want to use my faith to move? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus invites his disciples into an incredible moment of encounter in which Jesus is transfigured before their very eyes. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, how did you feel about your Heavenly Father interrupting Peter? (v. 5) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus directly confronts Satan's activity in Peter. He then goes on to teach his disciples about the promise of freedom & glory that comes from dying to yourself. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what thoughts in my mind have been functioning as a stumbling block to me? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus' disciple Peter declares the truth of Jesus identity and Jesus responds with earth shaking promises. Prayer Prompts: Jesus, what do you feel towards your Father when He reveals who you are to others? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus warns his disciples to be on guard against the influential & damaging teachings of the Pharisees & Sadducees. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what is one 'religious' teaching you want to remove from me? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus gives his disciples a second opportunity to discover him as the 'bread of heaven' and to meet peoples' needs by faith. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what did you think when the disciples questioned your ability to feed the people? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus acts seemingly standoffish and rude to a gentile woman, who ultimately receives His blessings as her Messiah & Lord. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what most impacted you about the woman's response to your boundaries? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus reveals his Father's desire to uproot lies from our hearts so that out of them would his purity and love. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, what is coming out of your heart for me right now? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message
In this episode, Jesus rebukes the religious leaders for teaching their own traditions above the actual words of God. Prayer Prompt: Jesus, how are you bringing my heart closer to you? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life21/message