The reality of lukewarm was the loss of communion with Jesus. All the affluence of life caused them to believe they had no need and deceived them to think they could live far from the source. A lukewarm life is produced by two main qualities; a false security due to personal resource, that fosters...
17-1022: Christians live compelled by God’s love to invest their life in the body of Christ to build others up and send the gospel forth. God designed the Christian life to grow and mature as an active participant investing in a local church. Invest includes God-given gifting, both naturally and supernaturally, God-honoring allocation and...
17-0625: Christians glorify God and honor King Jesus when we understand that our obedience and generous giving invests in the forward-move of God’s eternal Kingdom in the world. Stewardship is God’s strategy to resource the operation of His mission through His people in the world: to grow and mature His people, to build the...
17-0618: 17-0618: Tithing provides an effective strategy for the discipline of giving that produces Christian growth and maturity. In this message, Pastor Lane builds on part one to make application for Christians in the discipline of giving. He offers three reasons why every Christian should practice the discipline of giving through tithing. ALL Christian giving...
17-0611: Christians glorify God and honor King Jesus when we understand all our giving as a response of worship to His love for us. Money and giving are not favorite topics for many in the church, pastors included. But they are important. We need to teach what God says in His Word about giving so...
17-0604: Christians steward life’s treasure by grace to demonstrate the supreme glory of God and the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Jesus says that no person can love or serve two masters, specifically God and money. So, if you do not steward your money to serve God then you will use God to serve your...
16-0807: At Romans 12, Paul builds on his extensive explanation of the gospel of Jesus Christ and appeals to Christians to offer their lives, in response to God’s mercy, as a living sacrifice. The gravity of this appeal is a Joshua 24:15 moment, a call to one, singular priority for all of life, the...
Every Christian wants to know how to genuinely practically live out the deep spiritual truths of the faith. In this sermon Pastor Lane shares four aspects of stewardship by which all of life is elevated as worship to live out spiritual truths in tangible, practical ways. ...
Pastor Lane completes the Real Love series with “Stewardship” from Malachi 3:6-17. God grants three great rewards to the faithful steward, faithfulness, blessing and communion. May you be blessed and encouraged by this message. May this message help you grow and mature in faithful stewardship in your life. You can access the Weekly Worship...
Responding to the prior week’s sermon Gracious Sovereign from Psalm 111, Pastor Lane explains that one who frames a right understanding of God will live as a Generous Steward. Six blessings motivate the life of a Generous Steward....