Life Elevation Church Podcast

Sermon from Life Elevation Church Podcast

Is it possible that each one of us who is born of God has a destiny in God; a place to reach or a call to fulfill? This mission or destiny given is itself a work, even a promise that God desires to finish in us. There is for us, as it was for the recently freed Israelites, a journey to complete; often through, what seems like, a wilderness. How do we make it through? How do we not give up? There are lessons to learn from those who've come before us. The promise shown to us by God is one we can obtain, dwell in, and teach other to do the same.

Money! Offerings! Giving! Topics some pastors would rather not preach about and some congregants only want so much talk on the subject. Noted! However these are biblical topics and therefore we need biblical teaching and discussion on the subject. Today's message will be on the forbidden topics, however, not from the viewpoint of "giving" money but from the "position and purpose" of money and ow we are to use it as a tool in our lives. The key thing is found in the foundational text, Matthew 6:33, which encourages to put God first. This is the key to, not only, financial freedom, but total freedom. Welcome guest speaker Cynthia Knaut and the message First Fruits Offering. STUDY NOTES: https://bible.com/events/549924

Coming into the new year, we are looking for God to do new things in our lives on both individual and corporate levels. Many times this will call for a shift in our thinking, as well as, our practices. This message speaks to just that, moving for places we are accustomed to in to the places and things where God is calling!

Guidelines for The Call to Fast 2019.

In pursuit of being the authentic church, it is important to maintain a sound theology of worship on both an individual and corporate level. There is a crucial distinction between living a life of worship in spirit and in truth vs in tradition and habit. God is seeking worshippers that recognize this distinction and seek to fellowship with Him on a deeper perpetual plane. It is on this plane that we can dial into His “frequency” and see His purpose in every season. To get to this place we must understand the nature of biblical worship, do a self-assessment of our own posture of worship and dismiss some of the inherited habits that hinder us from moving into deeper fellowship with God.

Often we reach out to people around us when we are going through a struggle thinking they will understand us, but when they don't "get it", we sometimes feel let down, discouraged, or more alone and sometimes translate those feelings toward/against God, thinking "Do you SEE me God?" "Do you get what I'm going through? Do you really know what I'm feeling right now?" All the time, God is watching/listening to us and asking, "Do YOU see ME?" God alone "sees" us accurately... whether we are in a point of grief, despair or feeling/being misunderstood. In order to realize this, we have to take time to "see" Him. This is the key to us realizing that God's love for us transcends everything else we will ever go through. Do you see Me?

Welcome guest speaker, Barry Rogers. In this message Pastor Barry discusses the challenges and requirements of effective leadership. He presents the call to love those we lead; how this and our trust in God can bring us all to a greater place in our lives.

In today’s church, we see many Christians suffering from spiritual heart disease: broken hearts, wounded hearts, discouraged hearts. One major cause for this common "heart condition" is disillusion. All of us, at some point or another can be susceptible to the frailty and fragile makeup of our humanity. Certainly those in ministry, as well as those in the pew, need frequent heart checks to confirm that our eyes and affections are correctly focused and set on Jesus alone. While serving, submitting to, honoring one another and giving double honor to those who lead within our spiritual communities is profitable, we cannot place our hope in the humanity of ourselves or others. It is necessary that we not lose sight of the fact that it is Christ we serve and in whom we place our undivided trust and hope. Keeping our hearts healthy and correctly aligned empowers us to fully live the life that models victorious Christian living.