Have you ever looked closely at a Christmas nativity scene? You see a familiar cast of characters: Joseph, Mary, Baby Jesus in the middle, shepherds on the left, and three wise men next to the camels. This Christmas, we’re asking ourselves: Who were those wise men, really? What did they know about Jesus that we long to understand?

In Liquid Church’s 2021 Christmas Eve experience, Pastor Tim Lucas shares an inspiring Christmas message about the wondrous moment when God entered our world. Together, we explore the perspective of the wise men who traveled a thousand miles following a mysterious star, all to present three special gifts to a baby born as the King of the World.

We pray this family-friendly Christmas experience will fill you and your loved ones with the peace and joy of the Christmas season!

Christmas Eve 2021 | Pastor Tim Lucas | Liquid Church

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At Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Jesus over 2,000 years ago. This momentous occasion was announced by angels, attended by shepherds, and acknowledged by 3 Wise Men who honored Jesus with gifts. In this message from Liquid Church’s Christmas series, The Gift, Pastor Kayra Montanez reflects on the symbolic meaning of the third gift of the Wise Men: Myrrh for Jesus, the suffering servant.

Back in Jesus’ day, Myrrh was commonly used as an embalming fluid, which is something that was used to treat dead bodies. This is obviously a strange gift to give to a baby - so what is the significance? The truth is, the gift of myrrh foretold that Jesus would be a suffering servant, a baby born with the destiny to die for the sins of the world.

This holiday season, whatever troubles or hardships you face, Jesus can relate. We pray that you’ll be drawn to surrender your spirit to Jesus in worship for our suffering servant and savior.

The Gift | Pastor Kayra Montanez | Liquid Church

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At Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Jesus over 2,000 years ago. This momentous occasion was announced by angels, attended by shepherds, and acknowledged by 3 Wise Men who honored Jesus with gifts. In this message from Liquid Church’s Christmas series, The Gift, Pastor Tim Lucas reflects on the symbolic meaning of frankincense, which is one of the three gifts of the wisemen brought to Jesus knowing he would be the great High Priest.

Why bring a baby frankincense? This gift was actually used in the Old Testament days of the Bible to create fragrant incense. Priests would burn frankincense as an offering to God. The sweet-smelling smoke would rise like it was rising up to Heaven, symbolizing the prayers of God's people rising up to God’s throne. It’s a beautiful image that paints a prophetic picture of who Jesus would be: Our great High Priest who intercedes for His people before God the Father. With Jesus as our High Priest, we can now approach the throne of God as holy and blameless, pure in God our Father’s sight.

This holiday season, you may feel unworthy, weak or far from God. However, we pray that you’ll be drawn to worship Jesus, your High Priest, and boldly approach the throne of God because of the great joy of knowing what He did for you.

The Gift | Pastor Tim Lucas | Liquid Church

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At Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Jesus over 2,000 years ago. This momentous occasion was announced by angels, attended by shepherds, and acknowledged by 3 Wise Men who honored Jesus with gifts. In this message from Liquid Church’s Christmas series, The Gift, Pastor Tim Lucas reflects on the symbolic meaning of frankincense, which is one of the three gifts of the wisemen brought to Jesus knowing he would be the great High Priest.

Why bring a baby frankincense? This gift was actually used in the Old Testament days of the Bible to create fragrant incense. Priests would burn frankincense as an offering to God during the Old Testament days of the Bible. The sweet-smelling smoke would rise like it was rising up to Heaven, symbolizing the prayers of God's people rising up to God’s throne. It’s a beautiful image that paints a prophetic picture of who Jesus would be: Our great High Priest who intercedes for His people before God the Father. With Jesus as our High Priest, we can now approach the throne of God as holy and blameless, pure in God our Father’s sight.

This holiday season, you may feel unworthy, weak or far from God. However, we pray that you’ll be drawn to worship Jesus, your High Priest, and boldly approach the throne of God because of the great joy of knowing what He did for you.

The Gift | Pastor Tim Lucas | Liquid Church

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In this message from Liquid Church’s Christmas series, The Gift, Pastor Tim Lucas and Pastor Kayra Montanez preach together to share three important responses to the reality of Jesus as King. At Christmas, we celebrate the birth of King Jesus over 2,000 years ago. It was announced by angels, attended by shepherds, and acknowledged by Wise Men who honored Jesus with three symbolic gifts. Those gifts were gold for the everlasting King; Frankincense for the Wonderful Counsellor; Myrrh for the Mighty Warrior; and Worship for the Prince of Peace. This Christmas, we’ll reflect on the true meaning of each of these gifts and ask ourselves: What will I offer Jesus this Christmas?

The Gift | Pastor Tim Lucas & Pastor Kayra Montanez | Liquid Church

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In this message from Liquid Church, Pastor Tim Lucas shares the church’s vision for 2022. As churches across the country continue to rebuild after the pandemic, we are praising God for carrying us through a hard season. We also realize there is still more ground to take. That’s why in 2022, God is calling us to feed the hungry and serve the homeless, pour into our Special Needs ministry, invest in the next generation of college students, and resource struggling churches and church planters throughout the Northeast region.

Learn more about Liquid Church’s vision for 2022 and how you can support it by watching this message.

Vision Sunday 2021 | Pastor Tim Lucas | Liquid Church

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In this message from Liquid Church’s Emotionally Healthy Spirituality series, Pastor Tim Lucas shares 5 tips to help you learn how to resolve conflict in an emotionally healthy, spiritually mature way. The problem is, a lot of people expect that becoming emotionally mature is natural and just happens over time. The reality is, it takes intentional work to mature out of emotional immaturity and into a mature, healthy way of processing and handling our emotions.

Pastor Tim shares that one of the key ways to become an emotionally mature adult is to learn how to resolve conflict in a healthy and Biblically sound way. God’s word provides so much wisdom to help us resolve conflict with those around us - whether it be your family, friends, colleagues or otherwise.

On the Cross, Jesus broke down the wall of fear and hostility to build a bridge to us and repair our relationship with God. Now, God calls you to do that with others. Do you need to resolve conflict in some area of your life this week? Learn how and follow these steps to help you along the way.

How To Resolve Conflict | Pastor Tim Lucas | Liquid Church

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Do you find yourself burning the candle at both ends? In an American culture of workaholism and passionate drive for success, developing a rhythm of rest is more important than ever. With burnout on the rise, people are coming out of 2020 and going through 2021 feeling overworked, overstressed, and overscheduled.

In this message from Liquid Church’s Emotionally Healthy Spirituality series, Pastor Kayra Montanez shares the importance of a Biblical Sabbath, which is God’s plan for His children to develop rhythms of rest. Pastor Kayra defines a true, Biblical Sabbath as a 24 hour block of time when you stop both paid and unpaid work to rest, delight in God and contemplate His love for you. The truth is, it’s hard to intentionally develop these rhythms of rest when you feel like you’re constantly just trying to keep up. So, start by designating a day of the week and setting clear boundaries around your Sabbath. Then, make a list of what energizes your soul and do more of that! Stop striving and worship with a heart of gratitude.

As you develop rhythms of rest, we pray that you’ll be encouraged to know that even when you get nothing productive done in a day, you are utterly adored by the God of the Universe!

How To Develop Rhythms Of Rest | Pastor Kayra Montanez | Liquid Church

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When we think of grief and loss, we usually imagine the emotions we feel when someone we love dies. But the reality is, there is loss in every stage of life. What is Jesus teaching you as you deal with grief as a Christian? Think about it: You may have lost dreams or influence over your kids. There’s also catastrophic feelings of loss when someone we love dies or a relationship ends. The truth is, grief and loss seem to come out of nowhere and interrupt our everyday lives. But the good news is, as Christians we can look to the example of Jesus to learn how to deal with grief and loss in a spiritually healthy way.

In this message from Liquid Church’s Emotionally Healthy Spirituality series, Pastor Kayra Montanez examines Jesus’ grief in the Garden of Gethsemane in Matthew 26 of the New Testament. Here, we see Jesus didn’t bury the pain of knowing what He would go through on the Cross. He brought his pain and feelings of loss to God the Father, surrounded himself with people to support Him and prayerfully processed his pain with God.

As you learn how to develop an Emotionally Healthy Spirituality in your life and relationships, we pray the Holy Spirit will spark a spiritual revolution of healing in your life and home.

Dealing With Grief As A Christian | Pastor Kayra Montanez | Liquid Church

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At some point, every Christian hits a wall in their journey with Jesus-- a crisis that’s beyond your control. But in His mercy, God can use that wall or situation to transform your character to be more like Christ! In this message from Liquid Church’s Emotionally Healthy Spirituality series, Pastor Tim Lucas shares what to do when you hit a wall in your faith.

Maybe your “wall” is a difficult divorce, the loss of a child, or a longing unfulfilled. Or maybe your spiritual wall is anxiety, depression, or a season where it just feels like God isn’t speaking. When crises and tragedies strike, our instincts sometimes are to go around the tough stuff. But Jesus leaves an open invitation to take his hand and journey through the wall and discover a closer, deeper, and more mature walk with Him.

As you learn how to develop an Emotionally Healthy Spirituality in your life and relationships, we pray the Holy Spirit will spark a spiritual revolution of healing in your life and home.

How To Break Through A Wall In Your Faith Journey | Pastor Tim Lucas | Liquid Church

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