Life Church Buffalo

The New Year is full of possibilities that fuel potential for a better future. That's why we make resolutions . . . even though those resolutions usually fall by the wayside. Listen as Pastor Loren suggests something simple you can do to make the most of this year.

Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of God’s son, Jesus. But life has a way of causing us to forget the real reason for the season. Listen as Pastor Pete tells a creative story to illustrate the power of the incarnation and how God becoming flesh in the form of a baby impacts our life today. Look with fresh eyes at the familiar story of Jesus’ birth and take comfort in knowing that God is w...

Immanuel. God with us. Christmas reminds us of the impact of Christ’s birth and that God is with us in every season of life. In part two of this series, Pastor Beth talked about the storms of life that we all face. When we’re in a storm we often wonder where God is or what He is doing? We looked at a storm the Apostle Paul went through in Acts chapter 27 to learn some principles on what to do when...

You’re not alone. Christmas reminds us of the impact of Christ’s birth and that God is with us in every season of life. In part one, Pastor Pete provides a hopeful reminder that God is with us even in the valley seasons when life is hard. We may enjoy God on the mountaintop, but we get to know Him intimately in the valley.

Do you do "this?" This opens doors and solves problems. This inspires others to do this, too—it’s the good kind of contagious. When they tell our life stories, we want them to put this at the top. We are hardwired for this. This is who we are, and This Is What We Do. "This" is all about the joy of giving. In the final installment of this series, Pastor Pete explains three ways that Jesus followers...

Do you do "this?" This opens doors and solves problems. This inspires others to do this, too—it’s the good kind of contagious. When they tell our life stories, we want them to put this at the top. We are hardwired for this. This is who we are, and This Is What We Do. "This" is all about the joy of giving—it's a complete paradigm shift in talking about giving. In part two of this series, Pastor Pet...

Do you do "this?" This opens doors and solves problems. This inspires others to do this, too—it’s the good kind of contagious. When they tell our life stories, we want them to put this at the top. We are hardwired for this. This is who we are, and This Is What We Do. "This" is all about the joy of giving—it's a complete paradigm shift in talking about giving. Walking through this 3-week series, we...

Throughout this series we’ve been discovering there is a universal pattern that awakens us to finding love, purpose, and meaning in life when we find our way back to God. We’ve talked through the awakenings to longing, regret, help, and love. In this final installment, Pastor Pete unpacks the awakening to life and explains that in Christ, we find life that is really living! Find your place in the...

Throughout this series we’ve been discovering there is a universal pattern that awakens us to finding love, purpose, and meaning in life when we find our way back to God. We’ve talked through the awakenings to longing, regret and help, and in part four, Pastor Pete explains how when we find our way back to God, we will discover our true identity as a deeply loved, unconditionally accepted child of...

Our universal longing for love, purpose, and meaning in life can only be fulfilled inside a relationship with God. Unfortunately, too many of us try to find fulfillment for these longings apart from God and wind up disappointed and disillusioned. When we come to the realization that we are powerless to fulfill our longings on our own, we’ll discover there’s help and that help has a name. His name...

In part two of the series, Pastor Pete talks about how our attempts to find love, purpose, and meaning on our own lead to an endless cycle of longing and regret; but if we decide to return to God, we’ll awaken to the possibility that with Him we can start over again.

Our universal longing for love, purpose, and meaning in life can only be fulfilled inside a relationship with God. Regardless of where you are on your journey, you can find your way back to God and awaken to living a life that matters! This series will help us to see there is a universal pattern that awakens us to finding love, purpose, and meaning in life when we find our way back to God.

Like a mountain climber who firmly grips every ledge as they scale a mountain, we must all get a grip on the part that we play in seeing the upward vision that God has given to Life Church Buffalo become a reality. Listen as Pastor Pete wraps this series up by recasting the vision for where Life Church Buffalo is headed and shares a new vision statement and core values that will define how we go a...

Compared to everyone else, it’s easy to see what we don’t have, where we’re lacking, and how we don’t measure up. We protect ourselves from vulnerability by projecting a flimsy, false perfection to the world around us. But what do we miss when we choose to hide our true selves? In part 2 of our series ‘Get A Grip’, Pastor Pete talked through how to avoid The Comparison Trap by teaching the steps t...

So much to do, and so little time to do it...sound familiar? When you're overwhelmed, it's easy to feel defeated—but you don't have to be. This new series will help us settle things down, regain focus and get a grip on the things that matter most. Pastor Pete kicks it off with a message about taking time to find the right place to start, the right perspective, and the right priorities to avoid the...

Prayers aren’t empty words hurled at the sky. They’re conversations—in fact, they’re the most important conversations of our lives. This series focuses on Paul's prayers for the early church and the "so that" statements he used in his writing. This week, Pastor Pete concludes this series by focusing on a topic that unfortunately too often seems to elude the body of Christ…unity. Like Paul prayed i...

Prayers aren’t empty words hurled at the sky. They’re conversations—in fact, they’re the most important conversations of our lives. This series focuses on Paul's prayers for the early church and the "so that" statements he used in his writing. This week, Pastor Pete looked at Paul’s prayer to the Philippians and taught us that the key to knowing what’s best is knowing God.

Prayers aren’t empty words hurled at the sky. They’re conversations—in fact, they’re the most important conversations of our lives. Pastor Pete is back from vacation and continues this series focusing on Paul's prayers for the early church and the "so that" statements he used in his writing. This week, we learn from his prayer to the Ephesians to pray for power so that Christ may dwell in our hear...

There are times in our life that we go through a death. The death of a loved one, the death of a relationship, the death of a dream, the death of a future we thought we would have. When things get dark and you feel like you’re buried, Jesus is stands at our tomb and says “Lazarus, Come Out!” He calls your name. Jesus is STILL in the business of resurrecting things that appear as though they were d...

Prayers aren’t empty words hurled at the sky. They’re conversations—in fact, they’re the most important conversations of our lives. This four-week series focuses on Paul's prayers for the early church and the "so that" statements he used in his writing. This week, we learn with Pastor Loren, to share our faith so that we'll understand every good thing we have in Christ. Every follower of Jesus has...

The Bible says that we should never stop praying. How exactly do we that? How do grow in our ability to communicate with God, and how do we build that into our daily lives so that we become pray first, pray always followers of Jesus? Find out as Pastor Pete concludes this 2 week miniseries talking about the priority, the place, the plan, and the Persons of prayer.

Why did the disciples ask Jesus to teach them to pray when they had grown up memorizing prayers? Find out as Pastor Pete kicks off this new series by unpacking the template that Jesus gave us when he taught them what we refer to today as The Lord’s Prayer, and we adopt a new rally cry for our lives and our church, Pray First.

How do you respond when those who have hurt you are now at your mercy? As Joseph's story concludes, we find him in a position to take revenge against his brothers. Yet his example teaches that forgiveness isn't a sign of weakness; it's a sign of strength. Instead of looking back, Joseph chose to look up.

It's easy to turn to God when our circumstances are grim. It’s another thing to rely on Him when all our needs are met. The truth is wealth and prosperity erode faith far more than poverty and need. When Joseph is suddenly thrust into the spotlight and given more wealth and power than we can imagine, Pastor Pete reveals how Joseph is a perfect example of a man who lived every day believing God was...

After being thrown into a pit & sold into slavery by his brothers, Joseph winds up serving in a somewhat privileged position, at least for a slave, managing the affairs of Potiphar’s household, one of Pharaoh’s officials. As a reward for his faithfulness, Potiphar’s wife falsely accused him of rape and he was thrown into prison! When things go from bad to worse and most people would give up on God...