LifePointe Church Sermon of the Week

Sunday Evening Service - Guest Speaker Dick Schroeder is part of the National Chi Alpha Leadership Team. Dick was director of Montana State University Chi Alpha for over 30 years. This evening Dick shares with us about the baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Guest Speaker Dick Schroeder is part of the National Chi Alpha Leadership Team. Dick was director of Montana State University Chi Alpha for over 30 years. This morning Dick shares with us about the power of the Holy Spirit.

Special Guest Steve Pavek from Chi Alpha University of Alaska Anchorage shares a impactful message on the power of God in our lives.

Continuing in the book of Colossians 3,we see that God is calling us to put on love. And, God desires His love to infiltrate every part of our lives. This is not a part-time gospel. His love should impact our family, marriage, our job, and our neighbors. It is a full-time gospel that demands our complete surrender.

Guest Speaker Steve Pavek and his wife Erin are Chi Alpha Missionaries to University of Alaska Anchorage. They have planted and pioneered a Chi Alpha movement in Alaska that has changed the social fabric of the state. This week Steve shares his heart on risking it all for Jesus.

God has never lost sight of who He's made you to be! Our identity is firmly rooted in Him. Often times, however, we take our eyes off of Jesus and put them onto ourselves or our situation. We then allow life to define who we are instead of Jesus. In Colossians 3, Paul encourages us to throw of the old you and put on the new.

God has destined us all for something far greater than we could ever imagine. One of the things that often keeps us from stepping into what God has is the fear of man. In Colossians 2, Paul reminds us that it is Jesus who in the ends judges us all, so we should live the with fear of God governing our hearts.

Anything of value costs us something following Jesus will surely costs us something. He offers His free gift of grace and we receive it and are empowered by it. But, we are called to lay down our lives and step out in obedience which will definitely cost us something in this life.

It is difficult to follow someone you do not know. And, for many of us we struggle to follow Jesus. There are many deficient views of Jesus circulating in our culture and if we are not careful we can start to believe Jesus is someone who He is not. So who is Jesus?

This week we begin a new series entitled "Ready in Christ". Over the next 9 weeks we will be studying through the book of Colossians. As a church, God has been and is preparing us for a great move. We have a simple prayer that says, "God, we're ready!".

Guest speaker Daniel Quinby is the Chi Alpha Director at the University of Northern Iowa. He, and his wife Emily, serve as missionaries to UNI with a desire to reach every student for Jesus and see God's power in action on campus. Daniel shares with us this morning on kingdom power.

In the place of worship we do battle against the enemy. Our weapons are thanksgiving, praise, and worship! By running hard after Jesus, we will be activated to take back what the enemy has stolen. Join us as we discover the power of our worship.

God has given each of us the ability to individually and uniquely worship Him. No one can worship God the way you can. We know that God created no two human beings the same. That means we have a unique voice and life to offer as worship to Him who created us.

Worship is that which captures our attention. That which holds our heart. And, it's important to understand how we worship and why, otherwise we find ourselves just going through the motions. This morning, we explore corporate worship. Why do we lift our hands? Why do we sing? Why do we lift our voices. God gives a unique and beautiful sound when we gather together to worship.

Worship is so important to the life of a believer and to the church. It's important to take time to understand God's call to us to be worshipers. God has created us as worshiping beings. We worship naturally. We worship that which we give attention to. Everyone worships something. And the reality we cannot have divided worship. We cannot have split attention. Our prayer is that God would truly have all our attention.

1 John 3:16 says, "This is how we know what love is: That Jesus would lay down His life for us, so we ought to lay down our lives for our friends." This is a gospel of radical love, radical obedience, and complete surrender. As we conclude our series "Blindspots" we take a Sunday and respond to this call of complete surrender.

Our words carry the potential to bring life or to destroy. With our words we can speak hope to hopelessness, healing to brokenness, and strength to the weary. But, we can also tear down, complain and criticize, and destroy with our words. Holy Spirit help us to tame our tongue it can be used to bring life!

We were are all created to burn for something! The question is, however, are we burning for the right things? Are we burning for the things God desires us to have a passion for? The problem arises when things, that are less than God's best for our lives, capture our attention and focus. Our prayer must be, "God cause us to burn for You!"

Religion is deceptive in that it can fool us into cleaning up the exterior but never allowing any greater change to happen inside. The good news that Jesus came to bring and declare is good news for our heart, and our heart is the source of all issues of brokenness in our life. Join us as we unpack Matthew 15:10-20 and submit the matters of the heart to our Redeemer, Jesus.

Two of the main ways that God deals with our blindspots in through the conviction of the Holy Spirit and through being in community with one another. It's in community with others that often times our true colors are revealed and our rough edges are rubbed off. But how we deal with one another makes all the difference.

Repentance has been misunderstood and, in many ways, misrepresented in our western culture. We can understand that to turn to God for salvation requires repentance, but what role does repentance have in the life of an everyday believer?This week Pastor Drew will help us see our blindspots that hinder us from having a humble heart of repentance.

We all have blind spots. Things in our lives that we either over look or are unaware of. Things that, if gone undealt with, will plague us and hold us back from from being an influence in this life. Join us in this series as we unpack various blind spots and ask God to make us new!

As the final message of our Full Gospel series, Pastor Drew shares his heart for everyone to be activated to take this gospel to the ends of the earth. If we truly believe this gospel it would be unkind to not share it with a world dying to hear good news. A gospel that lacks power is no gospel at all!

There is peace in Jesus Christ for our restless minds. Our minds that never stop running. But, for the anguish, anxiety, depression, oppression, addictions etc. there is good news to you. Jesus purchased peace for us on the cross and the truth of Who God is and what Jesus accomplished is always the foundation for peace.

Jesus paid a high price for our lives. He made a way for us to be made whole and complete. That means our whole self- body, soul, and spirit. There are many of us walking around with deep emotional wounds that haven't been dealt with or healed. Jesus desires to heal those wounds!

Jesus is our salvation from sin. Jesus is our salvation from future judgement. Jesus is our salvation from the enemy. Sickness and disease are a work of the enemy and Jesus has victory over the enemy, sickness, and sin! Pastor Drew encourages with the word that Jesus is your perfect Healer.

Jesus was a continuation of who God was to Israel in the Old Testament. God was and is Israel's healer. He first revealed Himself to Israel and then to the rest of the world His intentions of restoring and redeeming that which was lost.

In God's presence He reveals to us who He is in a greater way. Our only response can really be that our expectancy of what He can and is willing to do would be greatly increased.

God wants relationship with humanity and ever since The Fall God has been revealing Himself to us. He introduced Himself to Moses as Yahweh and since that time has expounded on that name. This week we examine what God means when He is referred to as Yahweh Rapha the God who heals.

Pastor Drew MeyerIn this new series "Full Gospel", we will see that the gospel is not just for the cleansing of our sins but also for the healing of our whole self. In Isaiah 53, the prophet Isaiah prophecies about the coming savior 500 years before He comes. We see with such clarity the purpose of His coming is to redeem, restore, and renew.

Pastor Tony MeyerThis week we wrap up our series on Pastor Drew's book "Discovering the Power of Prayer". We come full circle with the truth that everyone can have a secret place of prayer with God. In Matthew 6:5-6, Jesus lays out what we need to do to find that place of intimacy with God.

Finding consistency, focus, and vigor in our prayer lives can be difficult. We seem to battle against our flesh more than we'd care to admit. But, the place that God is calling each of to is a place of strength, peace, and restoration.

In this series we've explored the many aspects personal prayer. This week, however, we discover the power of corporate prayer. In Acts 4 we read about the early church's persecution and their response to it. The respond by turning to their friends and raising up one voice towards heaven. Corporate prayer is a unifying agent that God to uses to collectively encourage and change a people's hearts.

We're all contending with God for something. It's one of the many benefits of walking with Him. But, what if the breakthrough looks different than we thought it would? Do we have the faith to see the breakthrough when it comes? 1 Kings 18:41-44 is the story of Elijah praying for rain to end the drought. We're challenged by his faith, even though it doesn't look the way he thought it would.

Travis and Dawn RosingerThis morning we had the opportunity to hear an inspiring message on who to model your marriage after. A marriage grounded in selfless living and forgiveness is a marriage that will thrive.

Pastor Drew MeyerHow do you respond to desperate situations? Do they harden your heart towards God or draw you to Him? In Mark 2:1-12, we look at the paralytic man who is so desperate for Jesus that he has his friends do something that was unheard of. Desperation calls us into greater faith and relationship with God.

Pastor Tony Meyer Have you ever found yourself in a dire situation? A situation so desperate the God is the only answer? This week we continue in our series Discovering the Power of Prayer. We explore Luke 18:1-8 with the desire for God to stir up a desperate faith that spurs us on to persist in the place of prayer.

Often times we either pray very small prayers or give up on contending for things in our life because we don't realize the authority we have in Christ. This week we dive into Matthew 14:22-33 when Jesus instructs Peter to get out of the boat and walk the stormy seas with Him. Because of Jesus, we are enabled to walk in the miraculous everyday of our lives.

Pastor Drew MeyerContinuing in the series Discovering the Power of Prayer. We will uncover the power of calling on the name of the Lord. In 2 Samual 22 we get glimpse into King David's relationship with God. How he called on the Lord and He rescued him.

In this message, Pastor Drew lays out "The Essential Truth" to our existence. This truth lays the ground work for truly powerful prayer. In Luke 10 we see a vivid story of two sisters through whom Jesus communicates this essential truth for our lives. This is a timely word for our generation that is easily distracted and anxious about many things.

Join us as we consider the story of Nehemiah and his bold faith to see the tragedy in Jerusalem as a call to action. What if we saw situations differently? What if we chose to be people that had more fear of inaction than fear of action? This is the second message in our series entitled Discovering the Power of Prayer.

We kickoff this New Year and new season of focused prayer with a message called God is Calling You. Real relationship is rooted in prayer. Often times we miss out on the power of prayer because we don't respond to the consistent call of God on our lives to really know Him.

Join us as we wrap up this series called Come and See through Psalm 13. Pastor Kyle combines Scripture and testimonies to demonstrate how God is calling us to come and see the power of prayer.

Within the Christmas story, God gives us lots of reasons and clear invitations to come and see Him for who He is. Through the miraculous, we have many opportunities to recognize Him as the Son of God. But the reality, many don't recognize Him as the Son of God. Come with us as we explore the birth of Jesus from Joseph's perspective in Matthew 1.

Jesus' birth and life were surrounded with the miraculous, but yet many still failed to recognize his significance. Join us as we explore the much anticipated arrival of the Christ child and how we can posture our hearts to recognize His work in our life.

We kickoff this Christmas series of messages by looking at the miracles surrounding Mary. Mary received miraculous favor from God. Through Luke 1 we consider the favor of God that is now given to us through Jesus.

Jesus gives us a promise of His Presence in Matthew 28:20. He says, "I am with you always, to the end of the age." This is a promise that grounds us in what is true during seasons of trials or difficulties. Join us as we explore this idea through the legacy of King Solomon.

The Holy Spirit dwelling in the life and body of the believer should be the convincing truth that demonstrates that God wants to dwell with us. It is a mandate on our life to tune in and live with an awareness of His Presence in our life through the person of the Holy Spirit. Join us as Pastor Kyle Trosen brings this truth to life through the lens of the New Covenant.

As we continue this series about this central theme of God's redemptive story we come to King David's legacy of establishing God's presence as highest priority in his life. David has found over his lifetime that as he established God as the highest priority, God established him in the center of his will.

Join us as we hear from guest Brad Lewis. Brad has led a thriving college ministry of hundreds of students on the campus of North Dakota State University for the last 25 years. This morning Brad shares about a promise found in James 4:8, that if we draw near to God, He will draw near to us. He explores that promise through the life of Joshua.