Life Center Tacoma

Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie

Romans 5:2-5 (ESV)

James 1:2-4 (ESV)

We have a savior who suffered FOR US and WITH US

The presence of suffering doesn't mean there is an absence of God or His goodness

Daniel 3:14-18 (ESV)

Pain doesn't bring God PLEASURE

Pain isn't PERMANENT

Pain isn't always PUNISHMENT

Pain can serve a PURPOSE

"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts to us in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”

- C.S. Lewis | The Problem of Pain

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Yes to Jesus - He suffered FOR YOU, that you could know LIFE

Practice God’s Presence - remember as you face pain, trials, challenges or suffering, God isn’t absent.

Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie

Hebrews 1:1-3 (ESV)

Communication Develops Closeness

S - Scripture

P - Prompting

E - Experiences

A - Authority

K - Knowledge

Adjust what I BELIEVE: Trust that He desires to speak to you

Adjust my POSITION: Focus your life to hear

1 Samuel 3:10 (ESV)

Adjust my RESPONSE: Do what He Says

Matthew 17:5 (ESV)

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SAY YES TO JESUS

ADJUST MY POSITION TO HEAR

ADJUST MY RESPONSE TO OBEY

Message by Pastor Garrett Werner

Exodus 3:13-14 (ESV)

God has a Name

God has a Nature

“… Nothing will so enlarge the intellect, nothing so magnify the whole soul of a man, as a devout, earnest, continued investigation of the great subject of the Deity.” -Spurgeon

Matthew 3:16-17 (ESV)

John 16:7-10 (ESV)

God has an Intent

Genesis 1:28 (ESV)

Genesis 2:18, 20-22 (ESV)

Matthew 9:36-38 (ESV)

John 16:7 (ESV)

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Stand On/Kneel Before

Make Room

Accept His Invitation

Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie

Hebrews 10:32-11:1 (ESV)

Confidence isn't about trusting in YOUR PERSONALITY, it's about trusting in GOD'S PROMISES.

Hebrews 11:6 (ESV)

Confidence is built in knowing you have something better.

The PLACE of confidence

The PRICE of confidence

Hebrews 11:1 (ESV)

The PACE of confidence

“The early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles o popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.”

-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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YES TO JESUS

PICK UP YOUR CONFIDENCE

ACTIVATE YOUR FAITH

Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie

Hebrews 10:23-25 (ESV)

Community is a choice

Just because you CAN do life alone doesn't make it wise.

Three reasons we need biblical community:

-We all need a CATALYST

-We all need AGAPE

-We all need CONFRONTATION and COMFORT

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SAY YES TO JESUS - Jesus welcomes us into community with Him, that is where Life is found

CHOOSE COMMUNITY - I will come out of spiritual isolation, so that I can receive and that I can give

REGISTER FOR ROOTED

Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie

Hebrews 10:19-22 (ESV)

Drawing closer to Christ happens BY CHOICE, it doesn't happen BY CHANCE.

Two dangers of settling for distance:

1. Distance Dulls

2. Distance Dilutes

John 15:4-5 (ESV)

The solution to our distance: DRAW NEAR

James 4:6-8 (ESV)

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Say yes to Jesus

Participate in week of prayer and fasting

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Message by Pastors Tyler Sollie, Sami Ceja, Jesse Lowery, Christi Villarias and Jeff Davis

Philippians 2:5-8 NLT

Isaiah 9:6 NLT

Is it time to exchange worry for peace?

Matthew 6:25-27, 31-34 NLT

Inquiry

Intention

Present

Perseverance

Peace can become personal but it is only found in a person: Jesus

Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie

For every HURT, there is a HEALER.

Luke 4:16-21 (NLT)

We can't hope for a HEALTHY FUTURE while choosing to hold on to the HURTS of the PAST.

What will my response be?

HARBOR the Hurt

HONOR the Hurt

HEAL the Hurt

Psalm 147:3 (NLT)

Psalm 34:18 (NLT)

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SAY YES to Jesus

EXCHANGE HURT for HEALING -- Invite Jesus into the healing process

REGISTER FOR ROOTED -- take steps toward growth and healing in community with other followers of Jesus.

Message by Pastor Eric Boles

My Gift

Romans 7:14-15, 18-19, 24 (NLT)

His Gift

Romans 7:25 (NLT)

Romans 8:1-2, 15-16 (NLT)

The Exchange

Galatians 5:22-23 (NLT)

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1. Make a list of what you need/want more of from Jesus.

2. What are you willing to exchange for it.

Message by Pastor Tyler Sollie

Apathetic faith will only lead to a pathetic outcome.

Philippians 2:5-8 (NLT)

Jesus doesn't just give compassion to me; He wants His compassion to work through me.

Three Enemies of Compassion:

"Poor Me" Mentality

Entitlement Mentality

Consumer Mentality

Three Keys to Compassion:

To exchange apathy for compassion, you have to open your eyes

Matthew 14:14-15 NLT

To exchange apathy for compassion, you have to allow Jesus to use what you have

Matthew 14:16-18 NLT

To exchange apathy for compassion, you have to rely on Jesus

Matthew 14:19-21 NLT

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YES To Jesus

PUT COMPASSION IN ACTION - Sign up to help with Christmas Meals – Break apathy with compassion in action.

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