Sermons from LifeJourney Church

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Facing the truth about our shortcomings can be painful. So we avoid it. But by doing so, we end up trapped, unable to grow and make progress. What's the solution? In this week's Gospel story, Jesus shows us how to find a healthy balance between self-denial and self-love. This is the fifth installment in our sermon series on "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories."

This Sunday we continue our sermon series on "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories." In this week's Gospel story, we'll encounter a woman who deliberately broke a sacred religious rule in the presence of Jesus. She did what was strictly forbidden. How would Jesus respond? And what can we learn from his example? This sermon is critical for everyone who wants to make the world a better place.

This Sunday we continue our sermon series on "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories." In this week's Gospel story, we'll encounter a woman who actually changed Jesus' mind and, in the process, changed the course of his ministry and all subsequent history. From her example, we'll learn several vital life lessons.

Last week we began a new sermon series called "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories." This week we'll study a Gospel story that you've probably heard many times before, but have never realized the full implications of. Guided by the writings of theologian Helen Bruch Pearson, we're going to learn something new and powerful from Luke 13:10-17. Let's just say, if you didn't think Jesus came to change things, you might want to think again. This Sunday, let's get to know Jesus better!

On Sunday Pastor Jeff kicks off a new sermon series called "Women Who Shaped Our Faith -- Six Powerful Gospel Stories." We begin this Sunday with a story about an unnamed woman who did something so amazing, Jesus said what she did would be remembered down through the ages throughout human history. Do you know who she is, what she did, and what we can learn from it? Join us Sunday to find out.

Jesus calls us, his followers, to come together, live together, and serve together in church community. In one of his most famous prayers shortly before his crucifixion, Jesus prayed that we who follow him down through the ages would live, work, and serve together in unity "as one." The early Christians did that with amazing success. This Sunday we'll study a passage of Scripture that gives us insight into how they did it -- and how we today can apply those lessons to build a diverse, safe, and inclusive church community together.

What if God wanted to say something to you, but you weren't able to hear it? Or you heard it, but misconstrued it? Last Sunday we celebrated Easter. This Sunday we'll look at something that happened to Simon Peter soon after the resurrection of Jesus that rocked his world. God said something unbelievable to Peter, and he almost refused to obey. From Peter's experience, we'll learn something very important about how to hear the voice of God in our lives.

Easter is not just about something incredible and wonderful that happened two thousand years ago. It's also about you and me in the here-and-now. So on Sunday we'll explore how Jesus' resurrection enables us to embrace a new way of living, a new way of dying, and a new way of seeing eternity. Join us for a great celebration!

This Sunday we will celebrate Palm Sunday and also wrap up our sermon series on the life of Joseph. What does Joseph have to do with Palm Sunday? Actually, quite a lot. The final episode in the life of Joseph is an amazing foreshadowing of what Jesus himself eventually did at the end of his life -- and contains a profound spiritual lesson for each of us.

This Sunday, as we continue our study of the life of Joseph, we come to the point in his life when everything finally came together, God's plan for his life finally became clear, and he finally began to experience fullness of life. So what happened and what can we learn from Joseph's experience that will guide us into a similar fullness of life? .

Do you ever feel like life is passing you by -- or like some aspect of life is passing you by? This Sunday we'll explore a Bible passage that offers us insight into how to respond in those moments, as we continue our study of the life of Joseph.

This Sunday we continue our study of the life of Joseph by digging into an experience in his life that emphasizes how ready, willing, and able God is to speak to us and guide us . . . if we're listening. So how does God speak into our lives? And how can we better listen? Those are the two core questions we'll grapple with.

What makes a beautiful life? The Bible offers a one word answer. Do you know what it is? This Sunday we'll explore that one word answer and how to incorporate it into our lives. This is the second installment in our sermon series on the life of Joseph. Join us on Sunday if you want to live your best life now!

Today we begin a new sermon series on the up-and-down, zigzag life of Joseph as told in the book of Genesis. It's a story bristling with insights for our own journey. The story begins with something every single one of us will experience many times in our own life. What do you do when you have a dream that dies?

Why did God call our church into existence? Aren't there already more than enough churches in the world? What is our unique vision and mission? This Sunday we'll wrap up our “Called Together” sermon series by exploring those questions – because the truth is: God has given us an AMAZING and COMPELLING mission! And we get to be part of it!

Is life wearing you out? Are you feeling dry and thirsty? Life can be brutal. So how do we replenish ourselves and find strength for the journey. The answer the Bible gives is worship. From the beginning of time, worship has been at the heart of living a life of faith. Every generation of believers, in every culture, have included worship songs as a central element of their weekly gathering. Why? What are we missing? What is worship? Why do we need it? And how do we do it?

Due to weather, in lieu of our regular sermon series today we had a congregational discussion focusing on the following questions: What should and shouldn't we do as individuals to make a difference? and What should and shouldn't we do as a church to make a difference?

This Sunday Pastor Jeff resumes our sermon series entitled “Called Together,” as we continue exploring various questions about what it means to be church together. We've already explored why you need us, and why we need you. Now this week we'll explore why the world needs us. Given the way many churches are these days, lots of people might say that church is the last thing the world needs more of! Sadly, there's a lot of truth to that. But what if churches lived up the fullness of Jesus' vision? What would that look like? And how can we be that? Join us on Sunday for a thought-provoking sermon.

Life is constantly challenging us to the core of our being. We experience weakness, despair, darkness, and trouble all around. Sometimes the journey can feel pretty grim. What then? How do we, as people of faith, find joy, hope, and strength when the world around us presses against us? This Sunday we'll explore a Bible passage that addresses those urgent questions.

We're in the midst of a sermon series entitled “Called Together,” looking at our life together in spiritual community from several different angles. Last Sunday we talked about why you need us. This week we'll talk about why we need you. Did you know that, according to the Bible, you have several spiritual superpowers that we desperately need in order to thrive as a spiritual community? Join us on Sunday to discover you're superpowers!

On Sunday Pastor Jeff will launch a new sermon series about the vital importance of living in community, especially spiritual community. What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks? Why did Jesus place so much emphasis on this? In short, why is community so critical to my personal wellbeing?

This Sunday we wrap up our sermon series called “Seven Biblical Promises That Anchor Our Sanity and Support Our Serenity” by exploring the Bible's penultimate promise – the promise of life in heaven. What will be it be like? What will we do there? Who will be there? Join us for a thoughtful, inspiring time together.

This Sunday we will explore one of the Bible's most unusual promises, as we continue our sermon series called “Seven Biblical Promises That Anchor Our Sanity and Support Our Serenity.” Although this week's promise is a bit intimidating, we've got to understand it, and apply it, if we want to experience abundant life.

This Sunday we resume our sermon series called “Seven Biblical Promises That Anchor Our Sanity and Support Our Serenity” by focusing on a promise that will put us in the right frame of mind as we launch into a brand new year.

Join us as we celebrate the birth of Jesus in a Christmas concert featuring our Christmas Choir, Praise Team, Soloists, and Band Ensemble!

When in your life have you been really confused and unsure what to do? Life is such a mystery. There's so much we don't know, but really need to know to make good choices that are life giving and take us where God wants us to get. So this Sunday we'll explore a portion of the Christmas story that illustrates God's promise of divine guidance and how to access that promise.

This Sunday Pastor Jeff resumes our sermon series called “Seven Biblical Promises That Anchor Our Sanity and Support Our Serenity” by exploring a life-changing, uplifting promise that emerges from a little known fact embedded in the Biblical Christmas story. Join us as we learn, grow, and celebrate the season of Christmas!

Suppose someone were to ask you why they should believe in Jesus? What would you say? C.S. Lewis once said, “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important." Given how much is at stake, why should a person believe? That's the question we'll wrestle with on Sunday.

We are painfully aware of our weakness. Often we feel like mere pawns in the game of life, whipped about by circumstances far more powerful than us. Yet the Bible has this crazy notion that God's power is made perfect through our weakness. What does that even mean? And how can we access The Bible speaks loftily about a “peace that surpasses understanding.” Sounds great! We all want it! But how do we get it? That will be our focus on Sunday as we continue our sermon series entitled, “Seven Biblical Promises That Anchor Our Sanity and Support Our Serenity.”

We are painfully aware of our weakness. Often we feel like mere pawns in the game of life, whipped about by circumstances far more powerful than us. Yet the Bible has this crazy notion that God's power is made perfect through our weakness. What does that even mean? And how can we access that power in our weakness? Those are the questions we'll tackle in Week 2 of our new sermon series entitled, “Seven Biblical Promises That Anchor Our Sanity and Support Our Serenity.”

Life is crazy, constantly knocking us around, full of melt down moments. Have you ever known somebody who seemed to float above it all? No matter what happened, their serenity was unperturbed. How did they do it? Because their life is anchored in certain great spiritual truths. What are those truths? And how can we internalize them? Those are the questions we'll explore a new sermon series called “Seven Biblical Promises That Anchor Our Sanity and Support Our Serenity.” This Sunday we'll focus on a promise that can help us enormously when we experience bitter defeat.

This Sunday we wrap up our sermon series on “Life's Three Greatest Temptations . . . according to the Bible.” This week we'll explore the third great temptation – a temptation that, more than any other, has the power to undermine the quality of your life.

We're in the midst of a brief sermon series called “Life's Three Greatest Temptations . . . according to the Bible.” This week we'll look at the second great temptation. This second temptation destroys more spiritual journeys than any other temptation known to humanity. We all need to know what it is and equip ourselves to resist it.

This Sunday we launch a new sermon series entitled, “Life's Three Greatest Temptations . . . according to the Bible.” Spoiler alert. They're not what you think! This Sunday we'll dive into the first of those three great temptations. Join us for a series that will challenge us to think deeply about the forces that most often pull us off course in life.

In this fall season, everywhere we look we see dried up leaves fallen to the ground. Are there places in your personal life that feel like dried up leaves. The Biblical term for that feeling is “dry bones.” This Sunday we'll study a passage of scripture that tells us how to stir up those dry-bone places within us and come alive again.

On Sunday we'll conclude our “Dinner With Jesus” sermon series by studying the most famous meal in the history of the world – the Last Supper. Every Sunday across the globe Christians have reenacted the Last Supper for thousands of years. Jesus himself told us to do so. Why? What are we missing? What's the practical significance of this sacred ritual? Join us on Sunday as we dig deep to find answers.

On Sunday we'll resume our “Dinner With Jesus” sermon series, studying a Gospel story about a time Jesus shattered expectations by sharing a meal with someone who'd been spiritually shunned and hated away from God. Others were scandalized that Jesus went, but the result was miraculous. Join us on Sunday as we learn all about the power of grace to miraculously heal wounded souls.

This Sunday we'll celebrate the 34th Anniversary of the founding of our church, followed by our Annual Church Picnic. In Sunday's sermon, we'll explore what we are called to be and do together, as a congregation, and why our work together is such an important part of the impact each of our lives will have on the world. in the sermon, Pastor Jeff will share an important prophecy about our future together.

We don't often think of Jesus being angry, but the Gospels record at least three instances when it happened. We'll study one of those instances this Sunday, as we continue our “Dinner With Jesus” sermon series. What was it that made Jesus so angry? And what can we learn from that?

This Sunday we resume our sermon series called “Dinner With Jesus.” We'll study one of Jesus' most famous meals – the meal where he fed 5,000 people! – and draw three critical life lessons from what he said and did at that meal.

Here are two of life's most important question. Why am I here? What's my purpose? Those are the questions we'll tackle this Sunday, as we take a deep dive into a passage of Scripture that gives us an amazing, beautiful answer.

Do you have a posse? In other words, are you part of a group of people who hang together and look out for each other? Did you know that Jesus taught that each of us should have a posse? Join us on Sunday as we discover who we should be hanging with and standing together with. It's not what you think. What Jesus suggests will surprise you.

This Sunday we'll launch a new sermon series called “Dinner With Jesus.” Jesus seems to have loved nothing more than making conversation with people over dinner. In this new series we'll explore six of those pivotal dinner conversations, imagining that we're there and grappling with what Jesus words mean for us to, starting this week with a conversation that occurred when an uninvited guest showed up at the home of Simon the Pharisee.

This Sunday we'll wrap up our summer study of Jennie Allen's New York Times bestselling book, “Get Out Of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts.” The central idea of Jennie's book is that we need to train our brains to think more like Jesus. So we've been studying seven core truths that anchored the mind of Christ. This Sunday we'll tackle the seventh great truth – which is, by far, the most important of the seven. Can you guess what it is? Are you living that truth? Join us on Sunday to find out.

You've heard it all before – in the Bible, in articles, and in news stories: an attitude of gratitude is critical to our wellbeing even when we think there's not much to be grateful for. But why? Why is gratitude so important, and how can we get better at it? We'll explore those questions this Sunday, as we move into the last couple weeks of our study of Jennie Allen's New York Times bestselling book, “Get Out Of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts.”

Humility is a huge Biblical concept, but what does it really mean – and how do we balance that with the idea that each one of us is an awesome creation of God? And while we're at it, why is humility so essential to our quality of life? We'll grapple with those questions this Sunday, as we tackle the 12th chapter of Jennie Allen's New York Times bestselling book, “Get Out Of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts.”

All the demands of life, coupled with losses and disappointments, can easily cause us to shut off, shut down, and end up mindlessly going through the motions of life – numb and listless. What can keep us fresh, give us hope, and renew our spirit? That will be our topic on Sunday as we continue our study of Jennie Allen's New York Times bestselling book, “Get Out Of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts.”

What are your top three fears right now? How goes your battle with fear? Who's winning? The most often repeated statement in the Bible is, “Fear not.” Sounds good, but how? How can we win the battle with fear? That will be our topic on Sunday as we continue our study of Jennie Allen's New York Times bestselling book, “Get Out Of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts.”

This Sunday we'll continue our sermon series exploring Biblical principles that empower us to conquer toxic thoughts and distorted thinking. Our series is based on Jennie Allen's New York Times bestselling book “Get Out Of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts.” This week we'll focus on a second critical Biblical truth that can help us learn to think more like Jesus. Don't be a victim of your negative thoughts. We can overcome!

On Sunday we'll continue our study of Jennie Allen's New York Times bestselling book, “Get Out Of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts.” This week we'll dig deep into the single biggest lie Satan tells us and explore the countervailing truth that can set us free from that lie. Your life will be so much deeper, richer, and more fulfilling if you embrace the truth we'll discuss this Sunday!