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Praise God Part Two 2 Chronicles 20 The more I praise God, the more I will win. The more I praise God, the more I will win against the devil. When you praise God, you recall the truth! ABOUT US At Nashville Life Church, our vision is dedicated to following Jesus & building leaders. We are here to point every person to Jesus Christ. CONNECT Ready to connect? Click this link so we can stay in to...

What happens when we praise God? In this message, Praise God (Part One), Pastor Alvin Love explores what Scripture teaches about praise and why it is much more than a response to good moments. Walking through Psalm 91, Psalm 22, and several Hebrew words used throughout Scripture, we see that praise is a choice—and that our lives can look different when praise becomes part of how we respond to God...

What happens when we stop noticing everything God has already done? In this message, Don't Forget to Remember, Pastor CeCe teaches that our greatest problem is rarely that God hasn't done enough, it's that we've forgotten what he already has. Walking through Psalms 103, Deuteronomy 8, and the story of the three Hebrew boys in Daniel, she reminds us that "gratitude keeps you humble" and that it has...

Is it possible to pray every day and still miss what God is actually saying? This week, Pastor Alvin closes out our "Wait on the Lord" series with a message titled "Intimate with God." Drawing from 1 Corinthians 2:14 , 1 Corinthians 14:14 , and Romans 8:26 , he reminds us that Christianity is spiritual by nature, and real intimacy with God requires more than our natural understanding. There has to...

Is being near God the same as actually knowing Him? This week, Pastor Alvin closes out our 21 Days of Prayer series with a message titled "God In Us." Drawing from Romans 5:10 and Acts 2:17 , he reminds us that God's desire has always been communion with us, not just His presence beside us, but His Spirit inside us. Using the picture of a server tending to a table, Pastor Alvin shows how waiting o...

What does it actually look like to practice sacrificial worship? This week, Pastor Alvin dives into the heart of biblical worship: sacrifice. Drawing from Romans 12:1 and John 4:23 -24, he unpacks why worship was never meant to be convenient, and why God isn't asking for your leftovers. He's asking for everything. Using the picture of a bank deposit, Pastor Alvin reminds us that God gave us His al...

Is your relationship with God one-sided? This week, Pastor Alvin opens up James 4, Luke 19, and John 15 to challenge us with a simple question: are we truly matching the God who has already given us everything? Every good relationship needs mutual attraction, mutual interest, and mutual service, and God proved his devotion long before we ever turned toward him. Through the story of Abraham and Isa...

How do you know whether you're saving or spending your energy on the Lord? This week, we kick off 21 Days of Prayer and Pastor Alvin unpacks what it really means to wait on the Lord in his message titled "Spend It on the Lord." Drawing from Isaiah 40, Isaiah 55, and Proverbs 14, he reminds us that God's ways are often the opposite of our instincts. We think saving our energy grows our energy. Jesu...

What do you do when life isn't the way it should be? Guest speaker Pastor Charne Pretorius from 3C Church in South Africa joins us with a powerful word from 2 Samuel 21:1-14, the story of a woman who refused to let her sons' story end where it seemed to end. When a promise made generations earlier finally came due, she had a choice to make. And she chose to put her weight where it belonged. Pastor...

What does it really mean to be one with Christ? Building on last week's message on the new wineskin, Pastor Alvin unpacks Matthew 9:17 and shows why God can't pour new things into the old version of us. Through John 15, he introduces the Vinedresser and makes it clear that pruning isn't punishment. It's proof you're already bearing fruit. We're either in Christ or we're not. Bearing much fruit or...

God has new wine for you. But new wine can only be poured into a new wineskin. Pastor Alvin builds on last week's message, Become a New Wineskin, and takes us deeper into what that actually looks like. Drawing from Matthew 9:17 and Matthew 16:25, he unpacks why following Jesus was never meant to be an addition to our lives. It's a replacement. That means denying yourself daily. Dead to who you wer...

What if the thing holding you back isn't what God wants to give you, but what you're trying to hold it in? In this message, Become a New Wine Skin, Pastor Alvin teaches why coming as you are was never meant to mean staying as you are. Drawing from Matthew 9, Luke 17, and more, he walks us through Jesus' words about new wine and old wineskins, and why anything less than a tight grip won't cut it. G...

What if the thing you've been waiting for is something God already gave you? In this message, Pastor Alvin walks through John 5, Ephesians 3, Romans 10, and Hebrews 4 to show us that power and responsibility go hand in hand. Jesus didn't touch the man at the pool. He gave him a word, and that word stirred up enough faith to heal a 38 year condition in an instant. We don't have to wait on God for w...

For this special Father's Day episode, our Founding Pastor and Father of our House, Pastor Love spoke on "A Father's Hope"! In a refreshing perspective of fatherhood, Pastor love shared his testimony and wisdom about fatherhood through the lens of God's word. Take a listen and absorb some of the wisdom Pastor Love is sharing through this message.   ABOUT US At Nashville Life Church, our vision is...

In this message, Pastor Alvin unpacks the Parable of the Talents and makes one thing clear: what God has given you isn't just for you. His power is His property, and He's entrusted it to us with a real expectation. Not a suggestion. An expectation. And how we steward what He's placed in us has eternal consequences. Drawing from Matthew 25, John 7, and more, Pastor Alvin challenges us to stop waiti...

In this message, Pastor Alvin takes us through Acts 1, Mark 9, 1 Corinthians 2, and Ephesians 3 to show us what it really means to carry God's power. Not just to know about it, but to actually walk in it. The same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives inside of you. And God's not asking you to sit back and watch what he can do. He's inviting you to be proof that he's still moving. If you've...

Pastor Alvin returns this week for an amazing sermon on the purpose of Pentecost… POWER! Once we are saved, the POWER of God is made available to us through the Holy Spirit. But understanding this POWER requires us to know the difference between God's permissive will and Gods perfect will. It also demands that we know it is the will of God that the church has power, and not in theory but in realit...

This week our guest speaker, Shannon Smith, returns for another timely message titled "I Need the Whole Package," where she speaks about unpacking the birth of the Church and what it means to be baptized in the Holy Spirit, not as an add-on to your faith, but as something God always intended for every believer. Just like Peter, who loved Jesus deeply but still couldn't do what God called him to do...

In this sermon, guest Pastor Pablo Martinez teaches on the keys to the kingdom, righteousness and surrender. Righteousness is the key to the door of peace while surrender is the key to the door of freedom. Pastor Pablo reminded us that real peace isn't something we manufacture from the outside in. It starts with being right with God. He also gets honest about the difference between being healed an...

"Just keep on praying, the Lord is nigh. Just keep on praying, He'll hear your cry. The Lord has promised and His  word is true. Just keep on praying, He'll answer you."   Our Founding Pastor, Pastor CeCe, sang as she encouraged not just mothers, but everyone to pray no matter what. Drawing from Matthew 15, Philippians 4, and more, Pastor CeCe walks us through seven marks of a praying mother and r...

In the second part of our Guest Speaker Series, Pastor Denise Ray (Church on the Rock Ministries) joins us to share an essential message: "Digging Deeper." While we may love God, many of us find ourselves striving to increase our faith and clarify our purpose. Pastor Denise teaches that reaching that next level requires us to "break up" the soil of our hearts. Using the imagery of Luke 6:48 and th...

We are excited to have Pastor Steve  Blair with us from Church of the Highlands in our Guest Speaker series teaching on the title, "From Oaks to Ashes". Drawing from Isaiah 61, Pastor Steve reminds us that God doesn't start with broken systems. He starts with broken hearts. Sin robs us. But God restores, and through three divine exchanges, he offers a Crown of Beauty for Ashes, the Oil of Joy for...

In this message titled Don’t Underestimate the Process, Pastor Alvin reminds us that following Jesus isn’t just about where we’re going, it’s about how we get there. Through passages like John 10:4-5 and 1 Corinthians 3:10 -15, we see that both God and the enemy may point to similar outcomes, but the difference is always in the process. God’s way leads through obedience, humility, and trust. The e...

In the first installment of the series on eternity, Pastor Alvin walks through the story of the rich man and Lazarus to challenge how we view success, comfort, and eternity. Through this passage, Jesus confronts us with a sobering truth. What we experience now is not the full picture. Life on earth is temporary, but eternity is not. This message challenges us to examine our hearts, stay hungry for...