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Kicking off the “Different” life-group series, the session centers on how God uses trials to expose what kind of faith we actually have. Looking at Peter—once a disciple who avoided hardship but…
Life Church “Lead the Way” Gathering Notes Opening Moments • Host reminds the church that “we believe in leading the way in generosity, both in our finances and our time.” • Today’s purpose: stories…
God’s highest call for His people is holiness, not happiness. Studying 1 Peter 1:13-17, we confront our tendency to blend in with culture and pursue comfort at the expense of obedience. Real…
Peter writes to persecuted believers reminding them, “This world is not your home.” Building on that theme, Pastor Craig Groeschel shows how followers of Jesus are called to live by a higher…
Freedom Through the Word: A Veteran’s Healing Journey Testimonies Afghanistan Veteran (2008, 2011, 2012 deployments) • Setting / life context Deployed three times to Afghanistan. Returned from the…
Peter stresses that Christians are “called” far more often than most of us realize. Pastor Craig unpacks that idea, showing that God’s call begins with our identity and overflows into what we do…
Following Jesus sets us apart: God establishes our identity before He calls us to action. In this third “Different” life-group session, we look at 1 Peter and wrestle with three practical questions…
Following Jesus sets us apart from the world—and that difference attracts resistance. Peter’s first-century letter, written to believers being brutalized by Emperor Nero, calls Christians to expect…
Peter reminds believers that following Jesus will bring opposition, yet that very pressure forges a stronger, bolder faith. Craig contrasts two life cycles—the comfort-seeking loop that weakens…
Jesus said the Father is actively searching for “true worshipers.” We all worship something, yet good enthusiasm is often poured out on unworthy objects while God receives mere lip-service. Pastor…
Our words flow from our hearts, so learning to curb complaining is a spiritual issue, not just a verbal one. Using Paul’s imprisonment in Rome as a model, the lesson challenges us to (1) name what…
Words carry the power of life and death, and nothing exposes the condition of our hearts faster than what comes out of our mouths. Complaining is a prime example: when our eyes drift from God’s…
Our words always flow out of our hearts, so when we criticize we reveal something wounded or proud inside us. Craig called the group to trade a critical spirit for a healing one: instead of…
Criticism can slip out of our mouths so easily that we hardly notice, yet a single cutting remark can scar a soul and destroy intimacy. Pastor Craig Groeschel challenges us to recognize the…
God did not design men for passive, dulled-down living; He calls us into a “wild life” of courageous, radical obedience. Starting in Genesis 2, John Eldredge traces three core longings placed in…
This Life Group video confronts the everyday sin of lying. The speaker exposes how easily deception slips into our conversations, traces its origin to Satan—the father of lies—and points us to…
Lying feels small, even humorous, yet God says it is nauseating to Him. Pastor Craig shows that every lie aligns us with Satan—the “father of lies”—and pushes us away from the freedom Jesus offers.…
Gossip feels delicious—Proverbs calls it a “dainty little morsel”—yet it damages everyone who touches it. In this session of “My Big Fat Mouth,” Sam Roberts unpacks why we’re drawn to gossip, whom…
Gossip feels harmless—little “dainty morsels” that everyone wants to taste—yet it damages every relationship it touches. Pastor Sam Roberts shows from Proverbs and the words of Jesus that our mouths…
God delights in taking what looks ordinary—a simple stick—and turning it into something extraordinary when it is surrendered to Him. Through Moses’ rod, Pastor Jentezen Franklin showed that God can…
Hope, in the biblical sense, is a “confident expectation.” That confidence is never found in our talents, appearance, personality, or any other external or internal asset—it rests solely in Jesus…
We often live as though we lack, yet the gospel declares the opposite: in Christ we already possess overflowing abundance. Jesus came to give life “to the full,” and Paul prays that believers would…
Your life runs on whatever you plug into. Just as a phone is useless without a charger, our potential depends on the strength of our power source. God offers limitless power, but we often face our…
Creation began “very good,” yet in Christ our ending will be even better. Knowing that our eternal home eclipses our present struggles empowers us to persevere—and even thrive—through the…
Feeling “more coming at you than you can handle” is universal. Looking at the story of the ten lepers in Luke 17, Pastor Tim Doremus showed that relief doesn’t start with lighter circumstances but…
Pastor Craig opened a three-week series on spiritual warfare by exposing Satan as “the deceiver who attacks your mind with lies.” Drawing from Genesis 3 and Jesus’ temptations, he showed that the…
We are in a real but unseen battle: Satan hates God and targets everything God loves. This message focuses on the devil as “the accuser” who bombards believers with guilt and shame. From Zechariah 3…
Spiritual warfare is real and constant; what we see with our eyes is not all there is. Satan’s mission is to steal, kill, and destroy, and one of his sharpest weapons is pride. In this message…
Life.Church highlights how worship and personal devotion draw people closer to Christ. The segment traces the birth of the new song “Even Now,” born out of a season of family struggle and raw faith,…
Levi Lusko opens the two-week “Blood & Thunder” series by explaining that every move of God needs both heaven’s power (thunder) and earth’s costly participation (blood). Using Mary’s anointing of…
