Life Church - Roma

Conflict is part of life, but what happens when you choose to follow the King? 👑 Pastor Shane shares an honest truth at Life Church: running with Jesus does not make life easier. It often brings more conflict, not less. Drawing from the story of Judas in John 13, he walks through three conflicts every follower of the King will face. Conflict with others. Conflict with ourselves. And the hardest o...

👑 What happens when a king who started so well ends up listening to all the wrong people? In A Royal Tragedy , Pastor Shane walks through the rise and fall of Joash, the boy who became king of Judah at just seven years old. Mentored by his uncle, the priest, Joash led a nation into prosperity. But when that trusted voice was gone, everything unravelled with shocking speed. 💔 This message gets to...

🌱 What does a truly fruitful life look like? Guest speaker Pastor Dan Neilsen brings a stirring word to Life Church Roma, sharing a vision of revival spreading across regional Australia and calling us into a season of new growth, new life and lasting fruit. Centred on the picture of the vine and the branches, Pastor Dan shares five practical keys to becoming fruitful like Jesus: putting down deep...

How to Kill Your Giants 🗡️ Giants come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes it's a problem that feels impossible to overcome. Sometimes it's the weight of doing everything right but still feeling stuck. Whatever your giant looks like, there's a blueprint for defeating it. In Micah's first preaching message, he takes us into the story of David and Goliath, not as a childhood favourite...

🔥 What makes a Pentecostal church distinct — and why does it matter? In this Pentecost Sunday message, Pastor Shane unpacks the ancient roots of Pentecost, tracing it all the way back to Mount Sinai, through the Upper Room, and into the lives of believers today. From the three baptisms outlined in Scripture to the moment everything changed for Peter in Acts 2, this message asks a bold question: h...

What if the greatest leaders in the Bible all had one secret in common? 🏕️ In this message, Pastor Shane takes us to Exodus 33 and reveals the practice that set Moses and Joshua apart from everyone else. While Moses spoke with God face to face, young Joshua lingered in the tent of meeting, soaking in God's presence long after others had left. This wasn't a side note in their story. It was...

What does it take to break free from chaos and find lasting peace? 🌿 Pastor Shane takes us back to the time of the judges, when God's people kept falling into a cycle of idolatry, oppression, and rescue 🔄 Sound familiar? Enter Deborah ⚔️ a mother, prophet, judge, and one of Israel's most respected leaders. Through her story, we discover three powerful principles: ✨ Empowering leadership...

Ever felt completely out of place? Like you're stuck in a season that doesn't match who you're called to be? Kenny opens up 1 Samuel 24 and walks us through one of the rawest moments in David's life, hiding in a cave, on the run from Saul for years, with a real chance to end it all. But instead of taking matters into his own hands, David chose something harder: trust. Three truths...

❤️‍🔥 What does it really mean to have a heart after God? In part two of this series, Pastor Shane digs into the life of David to uncover the marks of someone whose heart is fully fixed on God. Looking past the Sunday school version of the shepherd boy with a slingshot, we discover a warrior, a worshipper, and a flawed human being who kept coming back to the One he loved. 🛡️ Pastor Shane walks us...

Easter is the best day. Full stop. 🙌 This Easter, Youth Pastor Riley from King's Church on the Gold Coast brings a message about what it actually means that Jesus rose again, not just as history, but as resurrection power available to you right now. Because He lives, you're saved and accepted. Restored and redeemed. And recommissioned for a purpose bigger than you think. Come on. 🔥 Roman...

Most of us just get on with it, show up, serve, give, invite a mate without stopping to think about whether any of it is making a difference. This one is a celebration. Clips from people whose lives look completely different because of a country town church that kept showing up. A teenager who's now pastoring her own church. A couple heading to Thailand as missionaries. Fifty-two kids across s...

When God's Word Becomes Your Identity Preached by Pastor Jomar | Life Church Roma Is God's Word something you know, or something you live ? 🙏 In this powerful message, Pastor Jomar takes us into James 1:22–25 and unpacks what it truly means to let Scripture shape who we are. Drawing on his years of Bible college training and pastoral experience, he challenges us to move beyond being heare...

Here's something that doesn't get talked about enough. Being saved and actually going somewhere with it are two very different things. Because if righteousness is just handed to you at salvation, why does Paul tell Timothy to pursue it? That's not a small question. This week Shane works through the difference between being justified and actually living it out. Sanctification, spiritual...

What if grace is far bigger than you've ever imagined? Pastor Shane takes us deeper into the often misunderstood relationship between grace, faith, and works — and why the early church never saw them as separate things at all. Drawing from the Book of James, the Sermon on the Mount, and the powerful story of the woman caught in adultery, Pastor Shane challenges us to move beyond seeing grace a...

If we are saved by grace, does what we do still matter? 🤔 In this message, Pastor Shane unpacks a biblical tension that Christians have wrestled with for centuries — grace and law, faith and works, salvation and fruit. Looking at the lives of King Saul and King David, we see two men who both received grace… but whose lives ended very differently. Why? Because everything we do has repercussions —...

Love isn’t always soft. Sometimes it wears a crown of thorns. 👑 In this sermon, Kenny takes us to the moment Jesus was mocked and crowned with thorns, revealing a love that is not self-centred, but sacrificial and purposeful. ✝️ What if real love isn’t about how it makes us feel, but about what it’s willing to give? What if the standard of love isn’t defined by culture, but by Christ? Through Mat...

What legacy are we really building? 👑 In this message, Pastor Shane unpacks where Israel’s kings began and what went wrong when God’s people decided they wanted to be “like everyone else.” Through the lives of Saul, David and Samuel, we’re challenged to think like royalty — chosen, set apart and focused on the King. This sermon moves from history to heart, asking a powerful question:What are we s...

Choices of Kings challenges us to rethink how we live when we truly understand who God says we are. 👑 In this sermon, Pastor Shane explores what it means to be a royal priesthood and how a transformed mindset leads to transformed choices. Drawing from Scripture, history, and practical faith, we’re reminded that kings don’t live for personal preference but for the benefit of others and for eternal...

🎙️ The Power of the Good Samaritan In this message, Pastor Dan Gill unpacks one of Jesus’ most confronting and practical parables. What does it really mean to love your neighbour, and who is your neighbour anyway? 🤔 Through the story of the Good Samaritan, we’re challenged to move beyond comfort, convenience, and minimum effort, and instead live with compassion, courage, and sacrificial love. Thi...

🎙️ So Send I You Wayne D What does it look like to say “yes” to God when the call feels costly, uncertain, or overdue? 🌍🔥 In this powerful and deeply personal message, Wayne D shares stories from decades of missionary life in the Philippines, moments of fear and faith, miracles of healing, and the quiet but confronting question Jesus still asks today: Why have you been standing here all day? Thi...

🎙️ Start with Less of Me As a new year begins, our natural instinct is to aim higher, be seen more, and do more. But what if the better starting point is actually less of us ? In this message, Kenny unpacks the powerful words of John the Baptist: “He must become greater; I must become less.” This sermon challenges us to rethink success, pride, decision-making, and outcomes, inviting us to shift th...

In this message, Matt Starrs shares a powerful but often misunderstood truth about our faith: righteousness is not something we earn, it’s something we receive 🙌 Using a surprising moment from the Garden of Gethsemane, Matt explores how easy it is to let others, or even ourselves, strip away our confidence in who we are in Christ. Through the stories of Paul, Peter, and the woman caught in adulte...

In this Christmas message, Pastor Shane unpacks the powerful words that mark the very beginning of the Christmas story: “Fear not.” From the angels appearing to ordinary shepherds to the deeper fears we all carry today, this sermon explores why God chose the unlikely, the unworthy, and the overlooked to hear the greatest news of all. If you’ve ever felt inadequate, unloved, or not “good enough”, t...

What if real change doesn’t require a massive overhaul, but one small, intentional shift? In this message, Pastor Col uses the picture of a guitar needing a tiny adjustment to unlock its full sound, reminding us that spiritual growth often works the same way. 🎸 Through Jesus’ parable of the sower, we’re challenged to look honestly at the condition of our hearts 🌱. One of Pastor Col's highlig...

Are you curious about the title “Don’t Be the One or Be a Buffalo” ? 🦬 Take a listen as Pastor Shane talks about why he chose it and how it speaks straight into the way we live out our faith together. This message digs into 1 Peter 5 and the picture of the enemy prowling like a roaring lion, reminding us why isolation leaves us vulnerable and why strength is found in community. Pastor Shane share...