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Spiritual growth never happens by accident—it requires deliberate, everyday choices. The message outlined five simple practices that draw us nearer to Christ so we can love like He loved, live like…
Following Jesus is a life-long journey that meets real resistance. Our spiritual enemy wants to pull us back to old patterns, yet Jesus points us to a narrow path that leads to life. The speaker…
Gold, the gift fit for royalty, points to Jesus as the King of kings. Yet His kingship arrived in the most unexpected way—born in poverty, befriending outcasts, dying a criminal’s death, and rising…
Every follower of Jesus is already equipped for a God-given assignment. Like Saul and David, we are 1) called to a purpose, 2) gifted by the Spirit to fulfill it, and 3) recognizable to others when…
Christianity is a battleground, not a playground, and Jesus is the victorious Warrior-King who leads the fight. As a new year begins, the speaker calls every believer—men and women—to recognize the…
God reveals Himself as a warrior and places that same fighting spirit within His people. Craig Groeschel calls every believer—men and women alike—to rise up in this new decade and stop letting the…
Week two of “The Warrior” focuses on Gideon—the hesitant, insecure warrior—and confronts the inner coward that keeps God’s people from engaging the battles before them. Three truths shape the…
God calls every believer—man or woman—a “mighty warrior,” yet most of us feel anything but courageous. Using Gideon’s story, Pastor Craig exposed the gap between how we look on the outside and the…
This session tackles the warrior’s hidden weakness—lust—and calls every group member to fight for purity. Craig Groeschel urges men and women to split into same-gender circles so honesty can…
The message calls every believer—male and female—to fight the very real spiritual war around pornography. Pastor Craig identifies us as warriors with a kingdom to advance, someone to protect, and a…
The message explores the “father wound”—the deep hurt many carry from absent, passive, or hurtful parents—and God’s desire to heal it. Pastor Craig contrasts two father-son stories: David and…
This final session turns from battlefield exploits to the battleground of the heart. Craig names the hidden “father (or mother) wound,” contrasts two father-son stories, and calls every warrior to…
Craig Groeschel opened the new “Dangerous Prayers” series by exposing how safe, predictable prayers rob us of the adventure God intends. Center-stage was the prayer of the early apostles in Acts…
Behind the Message – “Dangerous Prayers” Opening Moments The team bursts in laughing about “the most dangerous ‘Behind the Message’ we’ve ever done.” Immediate celebration follows: baptisms “upon…
Craig Groeschel contrasts the bland, self-centered prayers many of us pray with the daring petitions that stretch our faith. Centering on the boy Samuel’s words, “Speak, Lord, your servant is…
The message invites believers to exchange safe, comfort-seeking prayers for a single, perilous petition: “God, break my heart.” Using Jeremiah—the “weeping prophet”—as a lens, the preacher shows how…
Craig Groeschel speaks into the global coronavirus moment and reminds the church that followers of Jesus choose a different lens. Because we are “not of this world,” we refuse to live in fear, hoard…
In this online gathering, Pastor Craig offers worship and a short meditation on Psalm 34:1-6 to anchor anxious hearts during the COVID-19 crisis. We are urged to praise God “at all times,” bring…
COVID-19 is highly contagious, but Pastor Craig argues an even faster-moving force exists: whatever is in our hearts. Every person is a carrier—of fear or of faith, of panic or of hope. Drawing from…
Even though Life.Church buildings are closed, every campus and partner ministry is actively serving their communities. In this video call update, pastors and partners share how they’re meeting…
This devotional invites me to exchange a self-centered outlook for the attitude of Christ—humble, unified, and focused on others. Grounded in Philippians 2, I commit to seven simple acts over the…
Life has been up-ended—jobs lost, shelves empty, retirement accounts shrinking, tension everywhere. Craig Groeschel takes us to the Psalms to show that trust isn’t a vague sentiment; it’s rooted in…
Life.Church checked in with Kelly Sites, a nursing supervisor for Samaritan’s Purse, to hear how the ministry’s mobile field hospital is caring for COVID-19 patients in northern Italy. Kelly…
War on Worry – Trust for Today (Online mid-week worship gathering – Life.Church) Worship & Main Prayer Themes Opened and closed together with the Lord’s Prayer, focusing on the line: “Give us today…
Paul wrote from a Roman prison, yet urged the church to “rejoice in the Lord always” and “be anxious for nothing.” Pastor Craig draws on that same passage for a season filled with COVID-19 headlines…
During this Holy-Week mid-week service, Pastor Craig Groeschel, his wife Amy, and worship leader Luke “Mr. Music” Guevarra guide the church family through worship and the Lord’s Supper. Craig…
Easter celebrates Jesus’ risen power, yet many feel powerless in a season of pandemic, loss, and uncertainty. Drawing from Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane, the message confronts our craving for control…
In this devotional I’m challenged to surrender my need for control and embrace continual intimacy with Jesus. Like Mary (and King David), I choose the essential “one thing”: sitting at His feet,…
Pain feels pointless when we cannot see a reason, yet God never wastes it. Using Jesus’ warning to Peter and Paul’s promise in Romans 8, the message shows that what looks like an attack can become…
You were not created to drift through life trying to feel important; you were designed to accomplish God’s own work in your generation. Drawing from Acts 13:36, Pastor Craig showed how David “served…
