Living Faith Christian Church: Messages, Studies, & Stories

Pastor Mark Lydecker interviews John Cragg from Long Island Youth Mentoring. Since our founding in 1952, Living Faith has been a strong missions and outreach minded church. The church currently supports over 30 missionaries and ministries including doctors, nurses, orphanages, Bible translators, church planters and trainers, strategists, camps, poverty specialists, school teachers, campus leaders, chaplains, human trafficking specialists, teen mentors, women's health counselors, and personal evangelists. This is our past but it will only be part of our future. Our future is found in partnering with global leaders and ministries to advance the gospel worldwide and to bring what we learn back home to reach our Island for Christ. Our current plans are to go beyond sending funds to assist others and to begin a strategy that will effectively transform lives, including ours. Living Faith Christian Church is located in Farmingdale, NY. For information on our services, ministries and more, please visit lfcc.org.

Nehemiah 4:6-10 | Sometimes simple life changes are not enough. Instead of remodeling, you need to rebuild. Rebuilding Your Life is a new message series designed to help. Based on the Book of Nehemiah, the messages will help to guide your steps and strengthen your faith.

At some point, you must stop and clean up all over again.

John 9:1-38 | In today's message Pastor Ed discusses the story behind Jesus healing the man who was born blind. While the disciples were asking Him about the cause of the blindness Jesus describes a condition that is far more concerning "Spiritual Blindness". The Jewish leaders had a hard time accepting the man's testimony of his healing because they were stuck in their own box. We learn that while the religious leaders were the ones who would throw the man out, it was Jesus who went after him and found him. Maybe today God is asking you to step out of the box and see what He has to offer.

Genesis 15:1-5 | What have you found really hard to wait for in life? Tired from waiting, maybe you’ve even resorted to “helping God out” and doing His job for Him. Pastor Steve walks us through the story of Abram and Sarai in Genesis 16. In it, he shares how there will be a time in our walk with God where He allows us to go through a season of waiting. But rather than push back against it, what if we realized that God had an intentional reason for it and wanted to teach us something during this time?

Exodus 3:1-14 | In today's message Pastor Ed discusses how when God calls us, there is faith required to take the next step. Moses had a calling from God that required him to revisit a past life that had been long behind him. His encounter with the "I AM" was a pivotal moment that would change the course of history forever. His dependence and trust in God is what allowed him to persevere the struggles that would follow.

1 John 4:1-6 | Everyone wants God to speak to them but how do you know when He does? There are so many voices in the world that make it hard to know when and if God is speaking or trying to get your attention. Pastor Mark notes that Christians must analyze every voice that says it is from God and make sure it proclaims Jesus is Lord in word, action, and holiness.

Acts 1:1-26 | Pastor Mark Lydecker discusses how the transformative power of the Holy Spirit impacts our lives when we submit to God and His Word. In this message, we cover Acts 1-2 and learn more about Pentecost and how it changed the lives of the disciples encouraging them to go out and preach the gospel with confidence.

Colossians 4:2-3 | How can we pray, when life is filled with multiple demands on our lives? COVID-19, job loss, financial insecurity, sheltering rules, etc. Colossians 4:2 tells us "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." So, if it is so vital to our faith, what then are the Roadblocks or Barriers to prayer? Watch as Pastor Mark helps us remove these barriers.

Luke 5:27-32 | The coronavirus pandemic has impacted our lives and changed the world in a way never seen before. As the weeks have passed, concerns, anxieties, and fear have grown. Instead of hoping to return to the way things were, we need to prepare for life in a new normal.

The new normal means it is time to exchange a selfish faith for a selfless faith.

Matthew 16:13-20 | The coronavirus pandemic has impacted our lives and changed the world in a way never seen before. As the weeks have passed, concerns, anxieties, and fear have grown. Instead of hoping to return to the way things were, we need to prepare for life in a new normal.

Life in the new normal demands a faith that is more connected.