23-1015: Grace motivates Christians to live faithful as stewards so that the discipline of giving produces greater grace for stronger faith in life. Every Christian should desire to know how the Bible instructs us to steward our treasure in life. But this is an area where many Christians falter. As a matter of fact,...
"Familiarity from what was visible blinded them to the revelation of the divine. Unbelief always values what is seen over the unseen, what is known over revealed, what is explainable over incomprehensible, and what is controllable over what seems inconceivable. Their response was rooted in the fact that they didn’t believe God, and they...
17_1119: 17-1119: Jesus works resurrection power for life in all who believe in Him. No one else’s encounter with Jesus will ever suffice for you. We can glean from other’s experiences, but we must learn our own lessons and wrestle with our own questions and doubts. John provides a powerful picture of how God relates...
17-1029: Christians live compelled by God’s love to treasure gospel transformation that honors Jesus. Pastor Lane begins this message by providing a brief summary of Biblical transformation, what it is and how it is cultivated in a Christian’s life. Then, he provides five demonstrations from 1 Chronicles 29 that reveal how a Christian...
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...
17-1015: Christians live compelled by God’s love to EXPEND their life for Jesus so God is glorified before others. Every person either lives by this conviction, that God loves compels them to live for Him, or in pursuit of another love or desire. In this message, Pastor Lane sets forth two principles by...
17-1008: Christians live compelled by God’s redeeming love to surrender to the Lord Jesus and walk in God’s will. The story of Gideon teaches a great truth about God, that He is all-sufficient in His work in and through our lives. Gideon and his army offered nothing of value or competence to the Lord,...
17-1001: God’s redeeming love fills a Christ-follower to live compelled. Compelled means that we live in such a way that reflects the One by whom we have been loved. Our eternal hope is anchored in Jesus Christ, not in this world. God’s love that fills our lives compels us to live in such a...
17-0924: God’s love grows a full devotion to Jesus that compels me to live in his transforming power. Continuing from last week’s sermon, A Story of Full Devotion, Pastor Lane shows what it means for a person to live in God’s love to grow a life of full devotion. He identifies three areas...
17-0917: God loves with a full devotion that compels us to live SENT for glory. Pastor Lane walks through the first three chapters of Deuteronomy to show how God leads His people in mission by reminding them of His full devotion to love them. Then, he recounts the story of LifePoint Church and how...