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Life Mission Church

by Life Mission Church

Religion & Spirituality

Season 37

February 23, 2025 - CHRIST THE TRUE AND BETTER

Hebrews: The True and Better - Hebrews 1.1-4 Jobey McGinty The whole purpose of the book of Hebrews is to reveal the glory of God through the person and work of Jesus Christ, our great High Priest. As we behold the glory of the radiance of the Son, we, too, will be transformed from one degree of glory to the next, until the day that we are with Him forever and ever. We begin this new sermon series with anticipation...that God will do a transforming work in each of us.

Season 36

February 16, 2025 - CHURCH: WHEN IDEALIZING BECOMES IDOLIZING

Every Day with Jesus - Acts 2.42-47, Ephesians 4.11-16, Matthew 28.18-20 Jobey McGinty God’s design for the local church is to gather His people regularly for daily life in Christ, to be built up, healed, equipped, and matured so that we can go out and spread the aroma of Christ and make disciples of all nations. Until that desired end and goal, we have the challenges of sin, failures, pride, pain, death, laziness, stubbornness, and a litany of other roadblocks. While the church is not perfect, nor is it easy, Jesus models how we are to enter into that messy, difficult, imperfectness, to bring healing and help. And so we submit and ask the Spirit to work through us to do the same, here and now, in our local churches.

Season 33

February 9, 2025 - RIGHT, WRONG, GOOD, AND BETTER WAY TO PRAY

Every Day with Jesus - Matthew 6.5-13 Jobey McGinty While any prayer truly from the heart is a good prayer, accepted and loved by God, there are also “wrong” and “better” ways to pray. Jesus gives us “do’s” and “don’ts” when it comes to praying. The Psalms also serve as a kind of prayer handbook. When we pray the Psalms, we pray from our own hearts to be sure, but we are also joining with our spiritual ancestors in Israel, church history, and using the very language that God Himself gave us and taught us so that we can best enjoy communion with Him. God’s Word is like a javelin, and your heart is the target. Praying the Psalms enlarges the target for God’s Word and God’s desires to permeate your heart.

February 2, 2025 - HOW TO SWIM IN THE DEPTH OF HIS RICHES

Every Day with Jesus - Ephesians 3.14-21 Jobey McGinty No “one way” relationship can survive, much less thrive. With Christ, if we are only “breathing in” our own thoughts, worries, or desires, we will always be one-sided, because we will only then be “breathing out” our thoughts, fears, and worries. A two-way relationship with Christ requires prayer, and while any genuine prayer is good, when we learn to respond to His Word in prayer our hearts become more aligned with Him, and like fuel (our prayers) being added to the fire (God’s Word), our prayers and back and forth relationship become explosive.

January 26, 2025 - THE WORD OF GOD: THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL

Every Day with Jesus - John 3.1-7 Tyler Willis Just as physical exercise strengthens our bodies, spending time in the Word strengthens our souls and helps us grow in our faith. The more we make a habit of being in the Word, joyfully anticipating the ways that God will work in our hearts through His Word, we will see the Holy open our eyes and transform us from the inside out. And we know that the new heart God gives us, through the Spirit, is imperishable...not susceptible to sin's decay or death...and we rejoice!

January 19, 2025 - FINDING WISDOM IN A NOISY WORLD

Every Day with Jesus - Proverbs 1.20-23 Jobey McGinty We live in an incredibly noisy world. Noisier than any other time in human history, and that is by design...some of our Enemy's greatest weapons are distraction and busyness. As Corrrie ten Boom put it, "If the devil can’t make you sin, he’ll make you busy." So how do we counter these weapons? The answer is to start simple and small...to just start building with the tools given to us by our Father: prayer, the Word, and Gospel Community. Around these things we build a trellis designed not to look impressive but simply to support the growth of a living, vibrant vine of relationship with Jesus. This won't happen by accident, though. It takes hard work and training, and a commitment to loving and following He who first loved us!

January 12, 2025 - DAILY HABITS AND LITURGY

Every Day with Jesus - Romans 12:1-2 Jobey McGinty Paul lets us know that if we are not being transformed by the renewal of our mind, we will be conformed to the world. In our society, this is more challenging than ever, with mobile technology purpose-built for distraction and consuming our attention. It's easy to feel like we just don't have time, but in reality, we have plenty of time...we just are choosing to spend it in undirected ways. This is what conformation looks like, over time. But the good news is that we are not passive victims in this process. Through the wisdom given to us through God's word and Spirit, and in supportive Gospel Community, we can begin to implement helpful limitations and daily liturgies which support the transformation we wish to see!

January 5, 2025 - A LIFESTYLE OF ABIDING

Every Day with Jesus - 2 Peter 1.3-15 Jobey McGinty In Peter’s last recorded letter, he emphasizes his passion and conviction to always be reminding believers of the Gospel. It is, in some ways, a pastoral “mission statement” for all leaders to constantly be reminding those in their lives of the important Gospel truths that keep us walking with Jesus daily. We, as believers, can easily become near sighted, losing sight of the bigger, eternal picture. But, as John Owen reminds us, "So much as we see the love of God, so much shall we delight in Him, and no more." And to know God, we must know His Word. We must pray. And we must join in these things with His people.

Season 32

December 22, 2024 - THE INVISIBLE BECOMES VISIBLE

Advent: I Will Draw Near to - John 1 Jobey McGinty The “Word of God” is both with God and is God. It is distinct, yet not an “it,” but a “He.” John tells us that Jesus is the Word of God, but before being revealed as “Jesus,” He was the invisible Word of God. God wanted to be known fully and intimately. Why is He the “Word” of God and not the hand, arm, or mouth? Our words come from us and are intertwined with us, revealing who we are. Other body parts don’t define or reveal our true selves; words do. Christ, as the Word of God, is the lamp to our feet, given so we don’t have to guess who God is. He was given to you to know the one true and living God, and to give you true life.

December 15, 2024 - CHRIST, THE TRUE AND BETTER

Advent: I Will Draw Near to You - Malachi 4.4-6 Jobey McGinty At the close of the Old Testament, God leaves His people in suspense for 400 years before the arrival of John the Baptist and Jesus. During this period, significant events unfolded, such as the Maccabean Revolt led by Judas Maccabaeus against the Seleucids. And when the curtain opens on the New Testament, we again find Judea under occupation...this time by the Romans. And the Jews are desperate for a Judas Maccabaeus type of Messiah to come along and give the Romans the boot. And when Jesus entered Jerusalem they thought the time had finally come...but they were quickly disappointed by a Messiah who encouraged them, instead, to love and serve their enemies. He had come for a far greater purpose: to conquer a far bigger regime than the Romans. Just like the Jews, we often have our own expectations and desires for what Jesus "should" be...and it mostly boils down to a Santa Claus messiah who will right our personal frustrations and cater to our needs. But He has far greater plans for you and I! He is greater than Judas Maccabaeus...better than Adam, Elija, David, and all others before Him...and He is better than you and I. He stands righteous, in our place, before the Father above, presenting us washed in His blood and acceptable in His sight!

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