Lanterns Church

This is week two of the series Elijah. Sometimes we say we want to see God move but we hesitate when He asks us to trust Him in uncomfortable, risky, or unfamiliar ways. The story of Elijah shows us that when God’s people are willing to live radically for Him, they get to witness a Radical God in action. In 1 Kings 17 and 18, we see two powerful moments where God proves who He is—first to one woma...

This is week one of our series Elijah. In the midst of chaos and evil of the world, our great God is easily able to work in and through a person to impact an environment. In a time when there was 19 consecutive evil leaders over a kingdom, God works in and through prophet Elijah in powerful ways. Are you making yourself available for God to work in and through you? Are you truly living a life that...

This week we conclude our series Travel Light. We are getting ready to travel into the new year and each morning brings a new day, a day where God has sufficient mercy, abundant grace and life giving hope for anyone that seeks Him out. How do you start each day? Are you traveling into the next day carrying to much weight from the past or carrying to much weight from worry of the far future? God ha...

This was our Christmas service in the Travel Light series. We unpack the truth of the ultimate gift for the world, Jesus our Lord and Savior. We had a family service with all ages gathered around as we shared the story of the birth of a baby boy divinely laid out in order to offer salvation to the world. how are you responding to this real historical truth? We read over scriptures Luke 2:1-20, Joh...

This is week two of the series Travel Light. Do you feel your heart is prepared going into this season? In the winter so much of our time can get lost into preparing for events instead of fighting to focus on preparing our hearts for the season at hand. Bad things are not the only distraction from great plans, good plans can even distract people from the great plans God has for us. How much time a...

This is week one of the series Travel Light. We can find ourselves in traditions and habits of the world that leave us so tired. Instead we can seek wisdom and rest from God? This week we talk about the weight of chasing after too much stuff. The truth is, it's better to have less of what doesn't matter and more of what does. We unpack this as we read over scriptures Matthew 11:28-30, Ec...

This is week eight of our series Armor Of God. It is clear God designed us to live life we others, we are not meant to be alone. As we conclude studying the book of Ephesians we are guided to communicate with one another, to encourage one another, to love one another. Having love involved in all situations is vital for our days here on earth, especially in the face of spiritual warfare. Godly love...

This is week seven of our Series Armor of God. Today we unpack the importance of using the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. The inspired, infallible, inerrant, complete, authoritative, sufficient, effective, divine word of God is also used to determine our relationship with God, What people do with God's word can reveal a person's relation with God. With that said, what are...

This is week six of our series Armor of God. Have you ever had a title before you had a mindset to match it? Through Salvation God has a mindset for us all to filter the thoughts we have through our lives here on earth. We can be attacked with so many negative thoughts throughout our days, therefore it is very important we lean on the armor God that He has for each of us. With that in mind, what t...

This is week five of our series Armor Of God. Whether we realize it or not we tend to put our faith in things, when you are honest with yourself what would you say you put your faith in? Do you put your faith in the one true God? Through scripture we see we are offered a spiritual armor for all of the spiritual warfare we face in our days. Today we unpack the importance of the shield of faith. We...

This is week four of our series Armor Of God. Do you have peace in all areas of your life? There is peace for us through situations and that peace is offered to us from God. First He has made peace available for us between Him and ourselves, He also offers us to have peace between each other in the church, there is even peace offered to us that can surpass all understanding. This starts with us fo...

This is week three of our series Armor of God. If you were thrown into the frontlines of a battle, and given the choice to wear highly protective armor protecting vital organs like your heart, wouldn't you? God has a breastplate to protect our heart through Spiritual warfare and it is made of righteousness. This is not something we earn but something we are gifted. Even so, in life we try to...

This is week two of our series Armor Of God. There is a truth that we can all understand, false statements oppose the truth. Where do you seek to find truth? In a world that confuses and distorts the truth we are shown the importance by God to seek out His real truth. By seeking out and carrying the truth into our days it prepares us for all situations. Is the enemy undermining certain truths in y...

This is week one of our series Armor Of God. We set up the series with the clear fact that God says there is a war going on that our eyes can't even see. Since the beginning of mankind Adam and Eve was tempted by satan in the garden, also Jesus was fasting in the wilderness and then was tempted by the Devil, we too can be spiritually attacked. Do you lean on God and put on His armor, not just...

As we conclude our series "Dark To Light" we also celebrate our 3rd year of services. We discuss how we easily learn from watching and imitating. With that in mind, who or what are you imitating throughout your days. Do you find yourself imitating Jesus through searching out His examples and teachings? Or do you find yourself imitating things you have experienced in this world separated...

This is week seven of our series Dark to light. We unpack the importance of Looking to God's plan for our Households. We lean into the purpose to respect and love the people we live with. If we allow God to govern our household's we will see more heavenly things in our homes. If we have this in our homes we can then carry it out from our homes into the world. wouldn't you like to se...

This is week six of our series Dark To Light. Like a tree's roots and health matter for its growth, We as people need to care about these questions... Where are our lives planted? what are we rooted in? Are we growing in what matters most? Are we truly united with God's Church? The Creator of all things has a loving plan to strengthen us in Faith, Hope, and Love. This plan involves Chris...

This is week five of our series Dark To Light. Today we unpack the mysterious plan of God revealed to His followers. Do you think you have a problem being confident when not knowing everything? We discuss the truth that we don't need to know everything to believe in something. We can confidently and boldly believe in God and find courage knowing He does know all things. This should encourage...

This is week four of our series Dark To Light. This is a vital part of Christ’s mission that Paul explains in this section of scripture today, and three very important words we can summarize this great work: SEPARATION, RECONCILIATION, AND UNIFICATION. Without Jesus there is separation between us and the one true God, but with Jesus Christ we are reconciled and united to God and to one another as...

This is week three of our series Dark To Light. There are positions people receive on a sports team, a position for a person to receive at work, and a position people receive in our relationships... But most importantly, there is a position to receive from God when it comes to our spiritual health. We have ha God that can take a person from a graveyard to a glorious throne room. There is a grace t...

This is week two of our series Dark To Light. What is your prayer life like? Do you Pray with thanksgiving, with confidence, hope, and with the acknowledgement of power in prayer? Do you pray for others? Today we look at apostle Paul writing to the church in Ephesus, God's word makes it clear to us that we need to lean into praying for one another and understand how we could be praying for on...

This is week 1 of our series Dark To Light. We look at the letter God used apostle Paul to write to Ephesus. This letter is themed with God's plan for salvation, unity purpose and identity. Today we discover our true identity by studying who God says we are. How would you answer if someone came up to you and asked, "Who are you?" God teaches us in His word about our true identity an...

Today we unpack the beginning of Genesis chapter 11, what is known as The Tower of Babel. What do you think happens when human ambition forgets divine purpose? We open God’s Word to a moment in history when humanity spoke one language, shared one culture, and moved as one people. United in voice and vision—yet completely out of step with God’s will. We discuss what happens when we try to build thi...

This is week 5 as we conclude our series Deep Water. We continue to look at the account of Noah in Genesis, we see how two sons respect Noah while the youngest son is disrespectful. Do you respect people when they are falling from their decisions? Have you been disrespected while struggling? In a fallen world we unpack how love covers a multitude of sins, but to truly love it takes us joining in o...

This is week 4 of our series Deep Water. Today we unpack the promise God made to Noah After the flood receded and they were back on land. Noah immediately prioritizes God and His plan through worship and sacrifice. Do you prioritize God and His plan over the things in our world? One way to find encouragement to live out God's will more is reminding ourselves of the promises our trustworthy Go...