Lifegate Church Podcast

The journey inward is often the most misunderstood stage of our spiritual journey with Jesus. It’s the stage with the greatest potential to trip us up, but it’s also the stage with the best opportunities to help us experience the abundant life Jesus came to offer.

The first stages of our journey with Jesus are as foundational as childhood and adolescent years are for human development. But how do we know if traveled these critical early stages, or skipped them, or missed them?

Everyone is on a spiritual journey whether we identify as spiritual or not. Every day, our inner life is being shaped and influenced - and we’re often not happy with where we’re headed. As we launch this 8-week series, we’ll discover Jesus’ invitation to a better spiritual journey and how to begin walking with Him.

We become great when we live like our Servant King. 

We are all encouraged to serve, but what is our motive. In this message you will see how humility, empathy and Compassion can lead us as we serve.

"We may say we follow Jesus, but are we displaying that to the world in our day to day lives? Let’s talk about an essential aspect of the Christian life – an aspect that when properly lived out in our day-to-day, will change the world around us."

We are going to discover today - what the spiritual gifts are, how you can discover yours and how you can use them by becoming a part of the body of Christ.

We often think money is just a matter of resources or rewards, but Jesus teaches that money is a matter of the heart. It’s important to understand our current relationship with money and take steps to move from greed to generosity.

The salvation God offers us through faith in Jesus is more than just true, it’s good. However, so many don’t see the goodness imbedded in the good news. Let’s learn how to live lives that display the beauty of the gospel to a watching world.

We all want connection but maybe we’ve been going after it the wrong way. While we like to live on our screens, it turns out Jesus often does his best work around a table. Let’s learn how to real connection happens through proximity with others.

We’re not good at accurately evaluating others’ motives, much less our own. And yet, Scripture seems to put a big emphasis on the motives of our heart. Let’s learn how to get a good look at our motives and cultivate a more wholehearted devotion to Jesus.

Jesus proclaimed in His first sermon the Good News that He came to set the captives free. This is the story of how Jesus set me free from the captivity I was in as a believer. No matter your situation, no matter what circumstances you may be experiencing right now. He Can heal and set you free as well.  

What we believe about God will influence our lives more than any single thing. The problem is most people believe in a God who isn't God at all. This is one man's story of discovering God's invitation to know Him for who He really is.  

Have you ever pretended to have faith in God so that people would like you? Pastor Connie Bissen shares how different seasons of life and trials helped grow her faith and transform her.

What you believe with heart under what you say with your mouth influences everything in your life. In this message, Pastor Sarah McPherson dives into her journey of finding the true love of God that she had been in search for her whole life.

Throughout its history, the church hasn’t always embraced miracles. And at other times, it has welcomed miracles, but the miracles didn’t matter because the church was a mess. If we look back at the church at its birth, we can find key insights for how to become a church where miracles happen and they matter.

When talking about the supernatural, we can’t just talk about God, but we also have to acknowledge that there are other spiritual forces at work in our world. But the good news is that those in Jesus can walk in authority and victory in the midst of a spiritual battle.

Healing prayer often comes with all kinds of emotional and spiritual baggage. The mystery of how and when God heals has caused both hope and despair for so many. Let’s dive into the mystery to better understand God’s heart for healing.

Many approach the idea of miracles with an all or nothing attitude – either everything is a miracle, or nothing is. In this message, we’ll unpack what a miracle is, what a miracle isn’t, and why they sometimes happen.

There are plenty of life hacks out there to make us better and stronger. But when it comes to accessing spiritual strength, Scripture offers an often-overlooked life hack.

We know this- when it comes to our nuclear families, but we often don't think about it in the same way when it comes to the family of God. Did you know, if you're in Jesus, if He is Lord and Savior of your life, you are a part of a bigger family? One that is global, & more eternal than the family sitting right next to you. It is a family, connected by the Holy Spirit, that's designed to help us go...

 The core element of Christian belief isn’t a spiritual revelation given by one man, group or culture. But, it’s a historical event that carried world-changing and life-altering spiritual significance.

Although God mysteriously reveals Himself in many ways in Scripture, His clearest revelation if through Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. 

 This message will help us understand how believing “The Father as Creator” shapes our thoughts and actions related to some of the most hotly debated issues of our day.

So much of how we think and live begins with what we believe. In this series, we’ll deep dive into our beliefs and go back in time to see how they align with the earliest Christians.