LCM Sermons

A clarion call has been sounded and we are marching forward in the direction set by our King! In the sermon “Attractive Opposites”, Pastor Matthew and Pastor Wade helped us see that there is no contrast between being a great warrior and a great shepherd. In fact, both are complementary and essential to each other. This is exactly who our great King is, and we are created in His image. He is the answer to every problem and when we are like Him in this way, we are the answer to every problem. Holy Masculinity is the answer to the Church’s problem and also the world’s problem today. We are rising up in who He has called us to be and displaying His image everywhere. This is how we rightly reflect the Lord of Hosts.

The eyes are the lamp of the body and where our eyes are, there will be the entirety of our focus. Through the word and the spirit, our gaze is being directed towards the ark of God's presence with diligent and consistent intention. It is only when our eyes drift away from his presence that we are enticed by sin, looking to manipulate the light of God instead of thrive in it. Praise God that he sent his son to spark a passion and fire for the presence of God in us so that we would always have this fire inside of us. Listen to this message entitled "Eyes on Fire" shared by Brothers Justin Treaster, Carlos Rueda, and Paul Rosales. Then look to Jesus until you have the same fiery passion in your eyes as he does.

What a tremendous gift we experienced this morning. Both Pastors Judah and Nik delivered an honest, challenging, and uplifting word in this sermon entitled “Call to Kingship”. Using the devotion and heart of King David to serve as a model example for us, we are to fix our eyes upon our King and do away with all other suitors and distractions. Our King is on a high mountain, and He is the only one that we must have eyes for. Let us renew our love and desire for him because He has called us to Kingship!

In all our time serving the Lord, there is one thing we can all agree on. The Lord is faithful! He has been faithful to hold on to us, faithful to break our bones, and faithful to heal us afterwards. This facet of his character could not be meditated on too much. As we reflected on Sunday's message "The Heart of Asaph" and the propensity of our hearts to decline, we were moved to thankfulness and gratefulness by his ability to give strength to all. This, we learned, is what inspired David to pen Psalm 101 and more importantly, to live by it. Let this sermon preached by brothers Justin Treaster, Cody Stephens, and Justin Linton spur you on to enact the Davidic charter in your daily life.

The manifest presence of our King is with us, and he is drawing us to himself by cutting away what does not belong in our lives! As men and women called to walk in integrity with no hidden areas of our lives, we sometimes find ourselves doing what is right without having the right heart posture that the King desires from us. Through the life of Asaph and his written Psalms, we learned about the inner wrestling that leads us to a place where we have a foolish heart, a futile heart, and a heart that is afflicted. But we serve an extraordinary King who has not given up on us! But rather, he calls us higher and transforms us to have a pure heart that is a true reflection of his heart that accomplishes his will. Don’t wait! Listen to this sermon now, so that you can have “The Heart of Asaph”!

During a time in our churches history where the body is building itself up and more capable ministers are being raised up, we feel the Lord's approval. Along with that approval, we can also plainly see that he is calling for more fruit from our lives which in turn means more discipline. What is coming into focus isn't our deeds or the things we've done, but it is our 1st love that is being challenged. How easily can we performs tasks for the Lord or even for our brothers, but it not be based on your love for him 1st. This message entitled "Jewel Crafters" will convict and inspire you to 1st make the Lord your one pursuit, so that you can rightly see and minister to your brothers. We will watch our lives closely, we will bring sacrifices 1st to the Lord, then for his people.

Jesus said that all men will know we are really his disciples by the love we show toward one another. “Jewel School” preached by Pastor Nik and Pastor Wade stirred us to reflect the Oneness of our good Father in the plural unity that we are to have as the body of Christ. We were challenged today to examine the idolatry of self that shows up in the areas of our lives where we are willfully using our brothers to our advantage, devaluing their fixed value, and abusing the authority given to us towards our them. We must remember that we are in covenant with each other and pledge our allegiance towards one another as one body and one family. This will cause us to walk in greater levels of vulnerability towards each other and it is how we cultivate and fortify the unity that is ours in Christ!

We as the body of Christ are learning to operate in the priestly garments that we have been given. We're growing into them as complete the righteous deeds laid before us to accomplish. We are being strengthened in our duties as we are impacted by the revelation that our father has a memorial of us on our brothers shoulders and we can be reminded of our identity as we look at our brothers who are also wearing their ephod. The fact that they clothe us with our identity brings unity and the necessity of our brothers. All of this is for the purpose of us recognizing that we were uncut, hidden gems, buried in the earth. We were found and polished by this way of life for the glory of God and to be put into service. Now it is our mission to do the same for the the uncut, hidden gems that are the lives of the lost, and to polish and clothe them in the same ways we have been.

“Family Jewels” preached by Elder Eric, Pastor Judah, and Brother Gabe Stephens was a fresh look through the biblical lens of what it is to believe in what the Lord says through His word about us and about our brothers. We learned that we are to go up the mountain and be with the Lord in order to get revelation about our identity. Then turn and be empowered to see our brothers according to what the Lord says about them, so that we can spur them on in their identity and calling. Like Aaron we are called to make all of our decisions based on the Word and the Spirit of God for the benefit of our brothers. This is how we are built

When we consider what Moses did for Aaron by exalting him above Moses' own calling and what Jesus did for his disciple, it causes us to wrestle. It causes us to wrestle by bringing to mind all that has been done for us. Like Moses, like Jesus, and like Isaiah, men went up on a high mountain to meet with the Lord, be transformed by him, and they came down with something for us. We began to reflect on all that has been done for us and we came to the conclusion that we could never "Earn This", and that was never the goal of why it was done for us. These sacrificial actions on our behalf were down for the sole purpose that we would do the same for others. Let this message entitled "Earn This" preached by brothers Justin Treaster and Justin Linton produce a thankfulness in you that causes you to be zealous to do for others what has been done for you.