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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Did you know? God’s choice to birth you into the family you grew up in has a huge influence on your life as a follower of Jesus. However, most Christians aren’t really aware of the ways their family dynamics impact them today. Think about it: Are you really aware of how your family dynamics impact you? In this message from Liquid Church’s Emotionally Healthy Spirituality series, Pastor Tim Lucas shares an example filled with hope from the life of Joseph in the book of Genesis.

Joseph experienced three major traumas in his life that impacted him deeply. However, Joseph drew near to God and was empowered by God’ grace to put old patterns in the past and live a life set free to be who God created him to be. The truth is, there is no such thing as a perfect family - and Joseph’s family was anything but perfect! Whether you grew up in a positive family environment or not, we all have patterns and characteristics taught by our families of origin that we don’t want the next generation to repeat.

We can show our families grace in light of the pains we face because Jesus showed us grace, too. You don’t have to repeat the patterns of generational dysfunctions you may have experienced. 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.

In this message from Liquid Church’s Emotionally Healthy Spirituality series, Pastor Tim Lucas shares 3 obstacles King David overcame, and that we too can overcome, to know ourselves and know God better. The reality is, many Christians fail to examine their interior thoughts, motives and fears. But, when you invite God into your inner life, you invite His Holy Spirit to speak to the depths of your soul. You need to know yourself - and who you were created by God to be - so that you may truly know God.

When you take time to listen to God through prayer, silence, and reading the Scriptures, you develop a better sense of your identity as God’s beloved child. In this message, we look to the example of King David in 1 Samuel 17. David cut through obstacles of criticism from family, expectations from authority, and intimidation from his enemies, all so he could step into his God-given destiny. Along the way, David lived out a first-hand relationship with God, listening to God and using his unique, God-given gifts to defeat the giants in his life.

As you learn how to develop an Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, we pray the Holy Spirit will spark a spiritual revolution in your life!

Know Yourself So You May Know God | Pastor Tim Lucas | Liquid Church

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In this message from Liquid Church’s Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Pastor Tim Lucas leads us to examine why emotionally unhealthy spirituality is a problem in our relationships with God and each other. Get ready: We’re taking a deep dive with Jesus under the iceberg of our lives to listen for the Holy Spirit speaking in the depths!

You see, we're all made up of layers that exist beneath the surface of our lives - kind of like how 90% of an iceberg is hidden underwater. Below the surface lies our hidden motives, fears, jealousies, sadness and anger. This is the side that usually comes out in times of stress or pressure. However, instead of living emotionally unhealthy lives, Jesus wants access to us in this area of our lives so he can transform our inner world!

This message takes a closer look at 1 Samuel 15 in the Old Testament of the Bible to identify symptoms of emotionally unhealthy spirituality in King Saul’s life. As you learn and take a closer look at your own life beneath the iceberg, don’t lose hope. Instead, invite God under the iceberg of your life to speak into the depths of your soul. As you do this, we pray the Holy Spirit will spark a spiritual revolution in your life.

The Problem of Emotionally Unhealthy Spirituality | Pastor Tim Lucas | Liquid Church

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In the Gospel of Mark, we see Jesus has an intense, emotional reaction when in Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of Passover. See, in Jesus’ day, the Temple was the place where Jewish people could come to be close to God and worship Him. However, instead of being a center for religious life, the Temple had become corrupt; It became a shopping mall where people were exchanging money and bargaining with each other. This is why Jesus had righteous anger - and it even triggered Him to overturn tables!

In this message from Liquid Church, Pastor Tim Lucas asks us to make this Bible lesson personal: What tables need overturning in our own lives? What is distracting you from getting close to God and worshipping Him with your whole heart? This display of Jesus’ righteous anger shows us that he cared enough about our faith to clear a path for all to be with God.

This message is the introduction to Liquid Church’s 8-week Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Groups Series. Don’t settle for a superficial faith that skims the surface - dive deeper in community to discover the story God’s writing with your life! To explore Groups meeting online or in-person, visit LiquidChurch.com/Groups.

Why Jesus Had Righteous Anger | Pastor Tim Lucas | Liquid Church

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