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12/27/09
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Refocus Times of transition can be valuable opportunities for God to speeak into our life. Join us as we talk about how God can utilize this time to refocus our life and prepare us for what next year will hold. |
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12/20/09
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Search For A King The Magi, Shepherds and King Herod all encountered the truth of baby Jesus being born, but responded in very different ways. Join us as we discover how they all searched for a King in their own ways and see which of them you relate to in your own life. |
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12/13/09
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Give More Hear how a normal business man listened to God and now spends his life helping those in need around the world. Pat Bradly from Crisis Aid International shares what his organization is doing and specifically how the Well Project Life Church is doing will impact the people of Ethiopia. |
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12/06/09
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Spend Less How can we give more to those we love and care about this Christmas? Could we accomplish this while also spending less financially? |
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11/29/09
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Worship Fully Join us as we explore the story of Christmas from the persepctive of those directly involved. What would it look like if we re-thought Christmas and removed the obligations and expectations? Can Christmas still change the world today like it did 2000 years ago? |
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Discipline Join us as we explore a topic that isn't talked about much in the world of parenting. Is it right to spank? How is discipline different then punishment? Does the Bible give any specifics on this? |
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11/15/09
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Water Baptism We take a break from the Parenthood series to explore water baptism. Is baptism a sort of initiation to the Christian life, or does it have a power and purpose that is often overlooked? |
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11/08/09
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Parental Love Sometimes it's tempting as parents to just try and get through another day. What do our kids really need from us? How do we show them that they matter and that God loves them? |
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11/01/09
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The Parent's Priority With so many competing priorities and philosphies on parenting, what should our number one goal be with our children?
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10/25/09
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Leave Boldly How do we live a life that outlasts our time here on earth? Is this something we even should worry about? |
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10/18/09
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Learn Humbly Humility is often misunderstood for weakness and insecurity. What does a humble person really look like? Why is humility required for God's power and presence in our lives? |
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10/11/09
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Love Completely Relationships are at the core of what matters most to us in life. However, relationships can often times be the source of much frustration and grief. Join us this week as we explore how to love completely |
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10/04/09
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Living Passionately It can be so easy to just try and get through another day. Before we know it life passes us by and we're left wondering what happened to it all. God created us for something much different. Discover what a life looks like that is lived passionately and with no regrets. It really is possible! |
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09/27/09
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Living The Dash We kick off One Month To Live with the challenge to examine our lives and determine if we're simply spending our time or investing our time. What can we learn from the life of Jesus about how to live life to the fullest? |
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09/20/09
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Together in Family The best analogy for the church is a spiritual family. However, we all come from different types of families, so how does the Bible describe a spiritual family? Do we even need to be a part of one?
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09/13/09
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Together in Service Many times serving others is viewed as a good option. What is God's view of service? In this continuation of the Symphony series, discover how serving alongside of others allows us to draw closer to God.
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09/06/09
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Together in Prayer Prayer is simply communicating with God. However, there is something more that happens when a group of people join together in prayer. Discover what this is and what keeps many of us from being comfortable in these environments.
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08/30/09
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Together in Worship Why do we spend time every week in worship? Why is the purpose of it? How do you worship? Explore the foundation for worship as we discuss this essential part of a life with Christ.
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08/16/09
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The Important Stuff What is Life Church all about? Find out the values and vision of Life Church in this message shared at the Preview Service for our new location in Plainfield.
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08/23/09
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Simplicity We all live busy lives. Often times we try and fit just one more thing in to our already full schedules. What if God wasn't telling us to do something new, or even to do something better, but He was telling us to do less? Explore this idea as we explore this idea of simplicity.
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08/16/09
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Fasting Sometimes small adjustments aren't enough to establish the rhythm God intends for our life. Discover the principle of fasting which has been practiced in the Bible and cultures around the world throughout history, but is rarely talked about in our culture today.
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08/09/09
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Worship Worship is much more then singing songs in a church service or Sunday morning. What does a life of worship look like? How does worship help us see God, our circumstances and the people around us differently?
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08/02/09
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Play Did Jesus ever talk about or model play in his life? Does God really care if or how we play? Discover these answers and more in this fun message.
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07/26/09
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Rest The idea of rest is a foreign concept in our culture today which accepts burnout, stress and exhaustion as just inevitable parts of life. What if God has another plan? Discover the biblical idea of "rest" and how God not only commanded us to take part in it, but He practiced it himself as well.
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07/19/09
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Work Do you ever feel like your work is out of control, or that you're in a job that is going no where? What is the difference between your vocation and occupation?
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07/12/09
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The Rhythm of Life Life often times seems crazy and out of control. Is it possible to find a rhythm to life where work, play, rest and worship can all have their place?
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07/05/09
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Obstacles To Hearing God's Voice Pastor Denis Roy from New Day Church speaks about the challenges we face in hearing God's voice. Why is waiting for God to speak so hard? How do insecurity and independence often get in the way of God's voice?
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06/28/09
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Your Life, God's Story How does your life fit in to God's story? While it often times seems like we have a supporting, non-critical role to play, the Bible shows us a God who wants to intersect our lives and invites us to play a key role in His story.
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06/21/09
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High Octane Prayer What is the difference between just praying with good intentions and praying by the power of the Holy Spirit? Learn how to pray for someone in a practical, straightforward way that anyone can do.
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06/14/09
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The Holy Spirit In The Life Of Paul Paul was a man who had it all figured out. He was educated, smart and religious. We will explore Paul's encounter with Christ and how the Holy Spirit empowered his life.
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06/07/09
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The Holy Spirit In The Life Of Peter Peter was an ordinary, everyday worker who Jesus called to the adventure of a life time. How did this guy go from average to extraordinary? What enabled this guy who denied Jesus three times to accomplish great things for the Kingdom of God?
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05/31/09
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The Holy Spirit in Jesus' Life Jesus was fully human and lived a very ordinary life until he turned 30. What was it that began His ministry? What was the key to His life and the success that He achieved in fulfilling the purpose and mission for His life?
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05/24/09
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Spirit Filled The Holy Spirit may be one of the most controversial topics in the church today. Join us as we explore the person of the Holy Spirit and what it means to be Spirit filled. Is this really necessary for our life?
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05/17/09
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Grace part 2 For people that have walked with God for awhile, how does grace apply to them? Join us as we explore several traps mature Christians often fall in to in their walk with God and others.
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05/10/09
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Grace What does grace really mean? Is it just an idea in the Bible or does it really impact my life? Explore these questions and more as we unpack the topic of grace.
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05/03/09
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All I Want Is You We chase after a lot of things in life. However, all God wants is us. We explore the story of a son that chased after everything in life, and his father that only wanted a relationship with him.
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04/26/09
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When Love Comes To Town The love of God is the most powerful force on the earth to transform not only individuals but our communities. However, love is a word that's been so misused and lost lots of it's meaning. Discover the love of God in a fresh and challenging way!
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04/19/09
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I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Some people have it all... nearly unlimited resources, relationships, great place to live and the perfect job. We look at Solomon, a man who had it all, and how he continued to search as he hadn't found what he was really looking for.
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04/12/09
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In The Name Of Love What does Easter, Bono from U2 and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. all have in common? Discover this and what the cross is all about in this message from Easter.
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04/05/09
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Learning to Listen How does God speak to us today? Explore this question and why we often don't hear God when He is speaking to us!
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03/29/09
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Understanding Prophecy The word prophecy has a lot of different meanings to different people. Join guest speaker Brad Marcum from Every Nation Church as he removes the weirdness from this word, explores what Biblical prophecy is, and how it's as simple as a word of encouragement which anyone can do.
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03/22/09
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Adding Super To Your Natural How can we be a church that fully experiences all God has for us without falling victim to the errors the church has made in the past? Does God still speak to people and work through people like we see in the Bible? Can we do these things without becoming weird and still be outwardly focused?
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03/15/09
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Pure Religion Derek Loux from the Orphan's Justice Center joins us to talk about what religion is that God finds pure and acceptable. He also gives us a new perspective on who the orphans and widows are in our society.
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03/08/09
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Freedom in Forgiveness How do we deal with people who hurt or offend us? How do we find freedom from the emotions and feelings caused by past wounds others have given us? Discover the answer to these questions as you find the freedom forgiveness will offer.
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03/01/09
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Shame On Me When we fail the lie we're told is that we are a failure. This is what shame does, it takes our actions and behavior and says we are a bad person. This is not how God sees us. Discover the truth. Not sure this is an issue for you? Take this test (click here.)
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02/22/09
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Addicted to Blame It is easy for us to look at our life and blame others for how things have turned out. Sometimes we blame ourselves and sometimes we blame God. Discover God's solution to blame and break free of this trap! Not sure this is an issue for you? Take this test (click here.)
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02/15/09
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Addicted to Approval Where does your self worth come from? Is it based on what others think of you? Are you afraid of rejection or criticism? The need for approval is a common issue that holds many of us hostage. Not sure this is an issue for you? Take this test (click here.)
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02/08/09
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Always On Stage We all have things in our life from our past that we must deal with. Often times we push these things so deep and try to hide them not realizing how much they effect our life today. The need to perform and be accepted by others is one of those areas. Not sure this is an issue for you? Take this test (click here.)
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02/01/09
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Eternally Rich Sometimes when we think about our money and posessions it's hard to see past tomorrow. With bills, creditors and other things demanding our resources does it really matter how we use them? Is there more to it then what we see?
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01/25/09
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Why I'm Rich It's not an accident or coincidence that God has put you in a country, place and people that has allowed you to be rich. Why did God do that? What responsibilities do we have as rich people?
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01/18/09
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Who do you trust? God has made you rich. The temptation is to trust in our riches when we should be trusting in God. Discover how to keep the number one contender for your heart, your money, in it's proper place.
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01/11/09
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Good News, Bad News Do you see yourself as rich? How about all those passage in the Bible that talk about rich people, do they apply to you? Explore these questions and discover God's perspective on your life.
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01/04/09
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Six Questions for 2009 Tony explores six important questions that we should all be asking ourselves as disciples of Christ. These questions will give you proper perspective and focus as you start the new year.
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