LIFEGATE DENVER SERMONS

<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>

<p>In the midst of trial and suffering the only thing we can control is how we respond. In this powerful and deeply personal message our Campus Pastor Jim and his wife Alisha share their story of hope in the midst of suffering.</p>

<p>The Spirit and flesh are opposed to each other and are after two different things. In this message Pastor Nirup teaches how the Spirit is in us to lead us, and as we keep in step with Him we experience the fullness of His presence and power.</p>

<p>A life in the fullness of the Holy Spirit is a like marked by worship, gratitude and humility. In this message Pastor Nirup shares from the book of Ephesians on what the Holy Spirit does when He fills us with His presence and power.</p>

<p>Within every one of us are two natures struggling for mastery. The reality is the one we feed will be the one that dominates our lives. In this message we learn what it means to live in the fullness of the Holy Spirit by leaning into His direction and empowerment.</p>

<p>Before Jesus left the earth for heaven He promised His followers the gift of the Holy Spirit. In this message Pastor Nirup begins the series by teaching on the Person of the Holy Spirit and how we have been promised to be filled by Him.</p>

<p>Jesus walked out of the tomb so that you don't have to live in it. In this powerful Easter message, Pastor Nirup unpacks the story of the resurrection and how we are invited to live in the power of it.</p>

<p>Jesus walked a path of suffering that was meant for us. He did it willingly and because He did we don't have to. In this message, Pastor Nirup teaches from the Gospel of Mark and shows us how Jesus walked a difficult path so that we could be free.</p>

<p>We live in an age where we have more access to information than anytime in history. Yet our lives are not filled with anything but God's power. The power of God is experience in prayer. In this message Pastor Nirup teaches on the famous words of Jesus, "My house shall be a house of prayer."</p>

<p>There is a familiar story in the Bible where Jesus walks on water. However, its often in the familiar where we learn the unexpected. In this message, Pastor Nirup takes a familiar story and teaches how God sometimes sends us into places where our fear is exposed so He can bring us into healing.</p>

<p>Jesus walked this earth to rescue the lost and to destroy the works of the enemy. In this message, Pastor Nirup teaches from a familiar story in the Bible and shows the heart of Jesus to rescue and restore us to Him.</p>

<p>Jesus was clear that his objectives on this earth was twofold - to seek and save the lost and destroy the works of the devil. In this message, Pastor Nirup teaches from a text where Jesus heals a man who was oppressed by a demon. We learn how the enemy tries the same thing with us but we have victory in the name of Jesus.</p>

<p>Jesus begins the launch of His public ministry by being led into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. In this message, Pastor Nirup shows us how Jesus overcame the devil and his attacks and how we have the best defense to do the same.</p>

<p>In this special message, Pastor Mike Drury of Pine Hills Church in Indiana walks us through how we are called to worship in Spirit and in truth. Using key portions in scripture we learn how our identity for worship comes from our identity in Christ.</p>