LRPC Sermon Archives

Its a new season for us and it is a time to dream about what God is calling us to next!

Throughout the Bible, God uses doors as metaphors for important decisions in our lives. A door can represent the beginning or the end of something. A door can be an entrance or an exit. Sometimes God opens doors in your life, and sometimes God shuts doors.

When you live according to God’s plan and purpose for your life, he controls the doors that open and close for you. And though each of us has unique doors of opportunity, we know from Scripture that there are certain doors God wants all of us to walk through. As we enter into 2020 as a church family, we’re turning our focus to what dreams God is placing on our hearts, and what doors he’s given us to walk through.

The most important thing in our lives is knowing Jesus as Lord. The second most important is knowing God’s dream for your life.  This week we start our spiritual growth campaign, Time to Dream, by looking at 12 biblical reasons why you must know God’s dream for your life.

Join us as we learn to dream and trust God together!

Our Kingdom ally Mark Zimmerman and his colleague Gabrielle Collins hosted Pastor Tom Roepke for the "Ask the Pastor"segment on WKJA 91.9 FM.

Answering three questions submitted by listeners and then a lightning round of 10 questions.   

Thx to Sarah Latrille for capturing the fun.  

Its a new season for us and it is a time to dream about what God is calling us to next!

Join us as we learn to dream and trust God together!

This morning we are excited to welcome Matt Grant, Executive Director at Pleasant Hill Outdoor Camp to share some thoughts about the how God is using the summer camp experience to encourage our children to dream and experience all that God has for them.  

Who you want to be is a result of the decisions you make each day. We call them: habits. As we’ve turned the page for a new decade…We’re going to get real practical on how small things can lead into bigger impact.

It only takes a few small habits that can change how you see yourself today and can transform you into the person you want to be.

In this fourth installment we dive into the process of how to develop good habits, its a simple three step process.  Looking again at Joseph Badger's suggestions from last week...it's not difficult and drawing thoughts from James Clear's book Atomic Habits.

Who you want to be is a result of the decisions you make each day. We call them: habits. As we’ve turned the page for a new decade…We’re going to get real practical on how small things can lead into bigger impact.

It only takes a few small habits that can change how you see yourself today and can transform you into the person you want to be.

Today we are honored to welcome a good friend and Kingdom Ally, Joseph Badger to share some challenging thoughts on where our habits can take us as we mature in our walk with Jesus.

Joseph is the Founder and Executive Director for I Am Done, a ministry that has a mission to awaken hearts to encounter freedom in God's epic story.

Who you want to be is a result of the decisions you make each day. We call them: habits. As we’ve turned the page for a new decade…We’re going to get real practical on how small things can lead into bigger impact.

It only takes a few small habits that can change how you see yourself today and can transform you into the person you want to be.

Today we're getting real practical...talking about getting the Bible to those who don't have it available in their heart language...including those that are hearing impaired or deaf.

First, our own Lynn Feldman shares about her ministry of ASL to those in the deaf community.

There are more than 1 billion people worldwide that can’t read the full Bible in their language today. Of the 6,300 languages that exist today, over 3,800 of them have little to no Scripture. The Share Light Campaign  the goal to be the generation that provides all people access to God's Word by 2033. 

Who you want to be is a result of the decisions you make each day. We call them: habits. As we’ve turned the page for a new decade…We’re going to get real practical on how small things can lead into bigger impact.

It only takes a few small habits that can change how you see yourself today and can transform you into the person you want to be. In this first segment we’ll see why understanding WHO you are and want to become is a better choice than simply the goals you want to accomplish.

We’re using some of the good work from James Clear and his book Atomic Habits to direct our thinking in this series.

Uniting around a singular purpose...let's discover what it means to be a church.  Matt Skolnik shares some thoughts on what it means to be the church in our community as we begin a new decade (for Linden its our 201st year!).  

Looking at how Jesus did ministry as he walked the earth.

Matt is the General Presbyter of the Muskingum Valley Presbytery.  

Its almost a new year...and that usually is a time were we begin to think about new goals for the months ahead.  But, sometimes what's most important does get to be the first thing we focus on.

Borrowing a phrase from Peter Drucker we'll look at what things need to be first.  The message will offer four practical suggestions on how to prioritize the year ahead.

We all play a part in the incredible story of CHRISTmas!  During this season of Advent we are going to look to the cast of characters God gathered together, touched, and transformed through the first Christmas.

The anticipation of the prophets, the joyful proclamation of the angels, the journey of the shepherds and wise men to honor Jesus, and how all of this fits in with how we prepare and celebrate for Christmas now.

On this CHRISTmas Eve we will look seeing what role we, today in 2019 play.  Merry CHRISTmas!