A Surprise Christmas
Don’t we all have a relative or two we try to avoid at family gatherings? Shake any family tree and all kinds of people will fall out. In fact, Jesus had a few shady characters in his family as well. Actually, he had some relatives that make your most wayward cousin look like a saint.
As we approach Christmas, we’ll take a look at some of those “shady characters” in Jesus’ lineage, and in the process discover that there’s a very good reason they’re listed. You might be……surprised…….
Guest List (11/27/16)
An Unlikely Choice (12/4/16)
Label Makers (12/11/16)
Promise Keeper (12/18/16)
The One Who Trusted (12/24/16)
Transformed
God wants you to be a nonconformist. The Apostle Paul wrote, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed…..” You’ll either be conformed or you’ll be transformed. God created you to be unique; to be like nobody else. You have a unique voiceprint, thumbprint, handprint and heartbeat. God doesn’t make clones and He wants you to be unique and not conformed to anybody else’s idea of what you should be. But God, if we will allow Him, will do an incredible work of transformation in our lives.
Transforming My Vision (8/28/16)
Transforming My Relationship With God (9/4/16)
Transforming My Physical Health (9/11/16)
Transforming My Mental Health (9/18/16)
Transforming My Emotional Health (9/25/16)
Transforming My Relationships (10/2/16)
Transforming My Finances (10/9/16)
Transforming My Work and Beyond (10/16/16)
Why We Do What We Do
There are many practices that churches enter into that may be hard to understand…..until we have “the why”. At LifePoint, we love how the Holy Spirit is infinitely creative and God is omnirelevent and He wants to enable us to share the Gospel in creative ways, but we have some ancient practices that keep us firmly grounded in faith. This series focuses on four of those faith practices.
Communion (7/24/16)
Water Baptism (7/31/16)
The Invitation (8/7/16)
Prayer (8/14/16)
If My People…..
Red and yellow, black and white….and pick any other color you want. Jesus loves the little children, but it’s not just little children – Jesus loves people. For God so loved the world…..not a particular race, the world. And since He is no respecter of persons, we know He loves everyone equally. So what is it, exactly, that our country needs? What is it that only you and I can do?
If My People….. (7/10/16)
All The Power You Need
Before Jesus returned to His Heavenly Father He instructed His disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit. The disciples waited, and the Holy Spirit showed up bringing power they had never known. That same power, the power the disciples discovered on the Day of Pentecost, is still available to you and me…….and every bit as necessary as we follow Jesus.