LCBC Church Messages

Most of us don’t opt out of the greater things God has for us because we’re unwilling. We opt out because we’ve added up everything we’re not — and decided we didn’t make the cut.

What keeps most people from the greater things God has for them isn’t the hard season they’re in. It’s the decision they make in the middle of one — and most of us make it without ever noticing.

This weekend we celebrate 40 years of LCBC — looking back at the defining moments that shaped us, and ahead to what God could do next. We talk about the one thing we refuse to change after four decades: a relentless focus on reaching just one more.

Is the way you criticize slowly wearing down your relationships? Jesus never said not to correct anyone. He showed us there's a right way and a wrong way to do it. Discover how to help people change in a way that builds them up, and see others the way God sees you.

Deception rarely announces itself. It shows up as a half truth, a story retold to make us look better, or something we've never brought up and never plan to. It doesn't end a relationship in a day — it just quietly makes healing impossible. Here's three ways it slips in, and what it takes to bring it back into the light.

Being offended is inevitable—but living offended is a choice. Hold onto it long enough and it eventually hardens into something that poisons the relationships we care about most. We're looking at how that happens, and how to set ourselves free from it before it costs us someone we love.

Not every relationship ends in a fight. Some just quietly drift — and one day you look up and wonder how you got here. This is the alarm worth paying attention to. And it's not too late to go first.  

The temptation you swore off. The shame that keeps circling back. The voice at 2am that says you'll never change. Trying harder is a losing battle. Prayer is the key to victory — and it's simpler than you think.

The greatest weapon against Satan isn't your willpower, your discipline, or your best effort — it's something Jesus already used to shut him down every time. Pick it up, and you stop just surviving the enemy's attacks and start pushing him back.

Fear keeps hitting you in the same spots, and you can't figure out why. There's a reason it keeps winning — and there's a way to stand that you were never meant to do alone.

You've been white-knuckling every outcome you can't control — the results, the responses, the things you can't fix. You think if you just grip tighter, you'll finally feel peace. You won't. And once you see where peace actually comes from, you'll stop reaching for the wheel.

There's a voice in your head telling you you're not enough, not forgiven, not going to change — and you've been listening to it like it's yours. It's not. And once you learn where it's actually coming from, you'll never hear it the same way again.

Why can't I beat this temptation? Why does anxiety keep coming out of nowhere? Why does it feel like something is constantly pulling my marriage, my family, and my peace apart? You have an enemy working behind the scene to destroy your life, but God hasn't left us defenseless.

Every character in Thunderbolts * is running from something — pain, regret, emptiness. Watch to discover what happens when they stop running alone, and what it means for the weight you've been carrying too.

Everyone told Sarah Rector her land was worthless — but she knew there was something beneath the surface no one else could see. Find out what her story means for the value you've been waiting for someone else to notice.

In The Fantastic Four: First Steps , a cosmic threat demands the impossible — and then watches as everyone turns on each other. Watch to find out why the person you're most frustrated with might not be the real enemy at all.

When Benjamin Mee loses his wife, he does what most of us would do — he runs. Watch to find out what happens when he finally stops, and what 20 seconds of courage could change for you too. 

What if everything you were told about heaven is wrong? Here's what the Bible actually says it will be like — and why it's bigger, closer, and more real than you ever imagined.

One day every person will stand before God and answer two questions. Here's what they are, what's at stake, and why you don't have to be afraid.

The Bible says the return of Jesus will be sudden and unexpected. Here's what that means for how you live today — and why it should give you hope, not fear.

When Jesus returns, the first thing he addresses isn't the world — it's his church. Here's what he's actually looking for, and why it has everything to do with your heart.

The end times aren't a future event — according to the Bible, they already started. Here's what that actually means, and why it changes everything about how you live right now.

Your confidence is only as strong as what you've built it on — and most of us have been building on the wrong thing without realizing it. Let's discover where real, unshakeable confidence actually comes from and why it's the one thing life can't take from you.

Most of us are building our worth on things that were never meant to hold it — performance, approval, achievement — and when those things shift, so does everything else. Let's unpack why that happens and what it looks like to finally stop living like your worth is on trial.