LIFEGATE DENVER SERMONS

<p>In Matthew 28, Jesus commanded the 11 disciples to go make disciples of all the earth. LIFEGATE's Young Professional ministry director, Trevor Maggart, shows us how this command from Jesus revealed a new reality for how we are to relate to God.</p>

<p>Pastor Nirup teaches on some of the different viewpoints on baptism and what we at Lifegate believe to be true about the practice of baptism.</p>

<p>In Luke 10, Jesus called us to work in His harvest. Pastor Nirup unpacks this command from Jesus and shows us that God has told us to always be ready to engage in the mission.</p>

<p>God commanded us to go make disciples and no matter what season of life we are in, He has prepared a harvest for us to take part in. Pastor Nirup launched LIFEGATE's new series "Always in Season" so that we would be reminded that God has put us on this Earth to know Him and to make Him known to all people.</p>

<p>When God sets us free He calls us out of sin but also calls us into a life of following Him. In this we find that our identity in freedom leads to action. In this message, our StudentLife Lead Andrew Morrison shares a powerful message about the freedom we have to serve others.</p>

<p>The Holy Spirit seeks to bring about the character of Jesus in our everyday interactions. As we become more free and more like Jesus, we demonstrate faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control so that others can see Jesus in us. Pastor Nirup finishes his teaching series "Wild and Free" by talking about these three fruits of the Spirit.</p>

<p>God puts His Spirit inside of us to bring about the character of Jesus in our lives. And He uses that change in us to multiply His glory on this earth. LIFEGATE Campus Pastor, Jim Barnard, unpacks how God uses patience, kindness, and goodness to plant seeds in others for that multiplication.</p>

<p>We were created to experience the wildness of God through freedom. Through the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross, God has made a way for His Spirit to live in us so that He can produce the fruit that he wants in our life. The choice to walk according to the Spirit, however, is ours. Until we choose to live in the Spirit, we won't ever be completely free.</p>

<p>The kind of seeds you sow around yourself will be the fruit that is produced in your life. The Holy Spirit wants more of us so that He can produce His fruit in our lives, instead of the fruit of the flesh.</p>

<p>On week 4 of the Wildfire series, we hear a testimony from a young woman who lost something very dear to her in a wildfire. But God used this situation to teach her something very important</p>

<p>Freedom is not only becoming who God designed you to be. It is also belonging where God destined you to be. In this message Pastor Nirup teaches how the Holy Spirit's transformation in our lives is not done in isolation. When we are a part of a community called the church we are a part of expressing and experiencing the freedom of the Holy Spirt.</p>

<p>Our natural identity is broken so God works in us, through the Holy Spirit, to make our identity more like Jesus.</p>

<p>Every one of us needs a breakthrough in our lives and in our faith. The Holy Spirit desires this breakthrough more than we do. In this message Pastor Nirup shares how the Holy Spirit moves us in grace so we continue to experience a breakthrough in glory.</p>

<p>As Christ followers, we have access to the fire of the Holy Spirit. By His Spirit, God wants to do a work in all areas of our lives. Pastor Nirup talks about how God is at work in our lives and how He extends us grace to grow in Him.</p>

<p>Our perception of our Heavenly Father is affected by our experience of our earthly fathers. Even if our father is the best possible dad, it gives us an incomplete and incorrect view of God the Father. Guest speaker, Dave Jongeward, reminds us of the character of God and how we can more accurately relate to Him as Father.</p>

<p>Our transformation to be more like Jesus Christ is not instantaneous, it is a process. Lead Pastor Nirup Alphonse unpacks 2 Corinthians 3:18 and how the Holy Spirit transforms us one from one degree of glory to the next so that we resemble the image of God more and more.</p>

<p>God loves us enough that He doesn't just leave us the way He finds us. Instead, He puts the Holy Spirit inside of us to refine us. Pastor Nirup Alphonse unpacks how the Holy Spirit works in our lives as a burning fire.</p>

<p>Following Jesus does not make us exempt from pain and suffering in this life, but God is able to take our suffering and turn it into His glory. Guest speaker and founder of Hope Family Care Ministries, Jeff Rollins, shares his testimony of profound loss and how God has repurposed that pain for good.</p>

<p>Walking in obedience to Christ is a call to suffering. In this message Pastor Nirup teaches from 1 Peter on what it means to suffer as a Christian. The reality is that as Christians we experience suffering but if we focus our eyes on Jesus we also experience an incredible life of joy.</p>

<p>Crystal Miller shares how God works in us through our suffering.</p>