Life Chapel Toledo

Nearly one in five people report waking up unable to move, often sensing a dark presence in the room, and many more lie awake with racing thoughts and spiritual guilt. In this Blurry Things message, Pastor Grant Perry asks a question most of us have never thought to ask: what place does sleep have in our life with God? From Psalm 127 and Psalm 4:8 to Psalm 77 and Romans 12:1, Grant shows that slee...

When a beautiful brick “cathedral” near Franklin, Tennessee turned out to belong to Remnant Fellowship, Pastor Grant Perry opened a harder question than most of us want to ask: what actually makes something a cult, and could we be drawn into high-control religion ourselves? Drawing on sociologists like Janja Lalich and Michael Langone, this message defines a cult as a high-control group that erode...

In this message from Breaking the Curse of the Fairytale Family, Pastor Sharon Perry looks at Snow White as a picture of being asleep on your family, your church, and your nation. From Ephesians 5:10–18 she calls us to wake up, walk wisely, and be filled with the Spirit. The awakening agent is not sensationalism but a lifestyle of prayer and fasting. She walks through seven reasons we fast: for he...

In this message from Breaking the Curse of the Fairytale Family, we look at parenting through the story of Hansel and Gretel: a candy house that looks sweet but leads toward death. Not everything our kids desire is something we should provide. From James 1:14-15 to Deuteronomy 6, this sermon calls parents, grandparents, and guardians to stop following children's appetites and start training them,...

We're continuing our journey through God's design for relationships, and this week we're tackling a fairy tale that has quietly shaped the way many of us think about marriage: Prince Charming. From AI companions to the expectation that our spouse should "just know" what we need, our culture invites us to treat love as an experience machine built around our desires. But Scripture points us somewher...

We are kicking off a brand new series, "Breaking the Curse of the Fairytale Family," with a message that confronts the childhood wounds many of us still carry. In "When Your Past Freezes Your Future," we explore 2 Samuel 4:4 and 2 Samuel 9:3-7 through the stories of Elsa from Frozen and Mephibosheth from Scripture to discover how fear, isolation, and trauma can harden the soil of our souls. The go...

We’re in the middle of our Healing & Deliverance series, and today’s message is “Deliverance Through Discipleship.” Drawing from Matthew 12:43-45, Pastor Grant Perry paints the picture of a swept, ordered house that stands empty: something has been removed, but nothing has taken its place. Colossians 1:13-14 reminds us that deliverance is bigger than a dramatic moment: it is a change of domini...

We're in the middle of our Healing & Deliverance series, and today's message is "The Sifting." Drawing from Luke 22:31-32, where Jesus tells Peter that Satan has demanded to sift him like wheat, we explore the complicated, layered part of inner healing that sounds simple until you have to live it. The shaking in our lives isn't punishment; it's preparation, revealing what we're truly attached...

Join us as we continue our Healing & Deliverance series with the message "Promised, Revealed, Accomplished, Released." From the prophecies of Isaiah and Malachi to the synagogue in Nazareth, from the Cross and empty tomb to the upper room at Pentecost, this sermon traces how healing and deliverance were never side ministries of Jesus. They were signs that the Messiah had come and that His King...

This Takeover Sunday, Pastor Ethan Chumchal walks through one of the Bible's most gripping family stories: the reconciliation of Joseph and his brothers. From a coffee-shop grudge to a prison cell in Egypt, he shows how unforgiveness arrests our future, how partial forgiveness still leaves us in pain, and why apologizing may be the hardest and most healing thing we do. If you have ever been stuck...

Join us for Freedom Ministry, the next message in our Freedom Series. Pastor Sharon walks through Matthew 8:14-16 and Matthew 9:35-38, showing how Jesus moved with compassion among the broken: healing sickness, casting out oppression, and inviting people into the freedom, wholeness, and abundant life He came to give. If you are longing for freedom in your mind, body, or spirit, this message is an...

Join us for Freedom in Finances, a message from our Freedom Series that confronts the subtle spiritual power of Mammon and the freedom Jesus offers in its place. Drawing from Matthew 6:24 and Proverbs 10:22, this sermon walks through the story of working, empty, closed, and open hands to show where our trust is really placed. If you have ever felt the pressure to earn more, save more, or simply ho...

Join us for Freedom of the Soul, the next message in our Freedom Series, as we explore how God designed the human soul for primary attachment to Him and what happens when our hearts attach to people, possessions, pain, or approval instead. With scriptures including Matthew 6:21, James 1:8, Psalm 23, and Romans 12:2, along with insights from the book Blueprint of the Self, we will look at the wound...

We talk about time like it’s money — we spend it, save it, waste it, lose it. But almost no one stops to ask what our time is actually for. In this message, we explore what real freedom looks like: not just freedom from restriction, but freedom for the purpose God made you for. Drawing from Ephesians 5, we’ll unpack the surprising connection Paul makes between light and time, expose three “false f...

As our nation marks 250 years of independence, it is right to thank God for the freedoms we enjoy. Yet political liberty, precious as it is, can never free a soul held captive by fear, shame, sin, or despair. In this message from Life Chapel's Freedom series, we look back at the costly sacrifice of the Declaration's signers, the truth that our rights come from our Creator, and the greater freedom...

In the final message of our "Kingdom of Priests" series, we explore what it means to expand the Eden: the call to carry God's authority into the contested spaces of our world. Drawing from the ancient Marcher Lords, the river visions of Ezekiel and Revelation, and Jesus' promise of living water in John 7, we discover that God's kingdom does not advance by force but by life overcoming death. Join u...

This Father's Day message, Pastor Grant continues the Kingdom of Priests series with a word on guardianship. Drawing from Genesis 2:15, 2 Samuel 23:11-12, and the words of Jesus, he shows that the call to "guard" was never only about warfare. It begins with recognition, starts within the heart, and often looks like a man standing alone in a field of lentils while everyone else runs. Watch, listen,...

Most days feel like pushing a rock up the same hill. Wake up, work, eat, sleep, repeat. Even Christians who believe in heaven, resurrection, and the renewal of all things still have to answer emails, pack lunches, and mow the lawn. So why do any of the small, ordinary things matter? In week 2 of our series Kingdom of Priests, we look at the first vocation God ever gave humanity: to work and keep t...

What does it mean to be a priest in God's kingdom? Today we begin a new series, "Kingdom of Priests," exploring the high calling God places on His people to stand in the gap between heaven and earth. Starting in Genesis and moving through Exodus, Hebrews, and 1 Peter, we'll see how God designed humanity as bridge-builders, and how Jesus became the ultimate mediator who brings God to humanity and h...

What if the greatest barrier between you and God isn't your past, your failures, or your doubts — but a veil? In this powerful conclusion to our How God Speaks series, we explore one of Scripture's most profound truths: God doesn't hide things from us, He hides them for us. From the torn curtain of the temple to Paul's words in 2 Corinthians 3, discover how the Cross removed every barrier standing...

Have you ever gone looking for answers — only to realize you were asking the wrong question entirely? In this message, we explore what it truly means to hear God's voice through Scripture. The Bible isn't a flat book of quick answers; it's a living library — rich with story, poetry, law, prophecy, and letters — all telling one unified story of God reclaiming creation through Jesus. And the more we...

Have you ever sensed that there is something more beneath the surface of your ordinary life? That somewhere beneath the bills, the routines, and the small talk, something deeper is waiting to be revealed? We are wired for that feeling — and it's part of why signs and wonders are so compelling. But Scripture calls us to something more than being impressed by the supernatural. In this message, Heari...

Have you ever been so distracted that someone was standing right next to you — and you still didn't hear them? In this message, Pastor explores a deeply personal and profoundly spiritual question: What if that's exactly what we look like to God? Drawing from the stories of young Samuel learning to recognize God's call and the prophet Elijah hearing a whisper in a cave, this sermon unpacks what it...

Have you ever felt stuck in old patterns—fear, anxiety, insecurity—even after giving your life to Christ? In Rewiring Your Brain—God's Way, we unpack Romans 12:2 and explore how childhood wounds, orphan mindsets, and broken thought loops keep us bound—and how the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and appropriated truth are the keys to breaking free. God doesn't call us to manage dysfunction. He calls...

We live in a culture that constantly tells us to "follow your heart," "trust your gut," and "live your truth." But what if the very thing you're being told to trust is the least reliable guide you have? In this week's message, Why You Can't Believe Yourself, Pastor continues the Brain Change series by taking an honest look at what Scripture says about the human heart, the soul, and why both need s...