LIFEGATE DENVER SERMONS

Our perception of our Heavenly Father is affected by our experience of our earthly fathers. Even if our father is the best possible dad, it gives us an incomplete and incorrect view of God the Father. Guest speaker, Dave Jongeward, reminds us of the character of God and how we can more accurately relate to Him as Father.

Our transformation to be more like Jesus Christ is not instantaneous, it is a process. Lead Pastor Nirup Alphonse unpacks 2 Corinthians 3:18 and how the Holy Spirit transforms us one from one degree of glory to the next so that we resemble the image of God more and more.

God loves us enough that He doesn't just leave us the way He finds us. Instead, He puts the Holy Spirit inside of us to refine us. Pastor Nirup Alphonse unpacks how the Holy Spirit works in our lives as a burning fire.

Following Jesus does not make us exempt from pain and suffering in this life, but God is able to take our suffering and turn it into His glory. Guest speaker and founder of Hope Family Care Ministries, Jeff Rollins, shares his testimony of profound loss and how God has repurposed that pain for good.

Walking in obedience to Christ is a call to suffering. In this message Pastor Nirup teaches from 1 Peter on what it means to suffer as a Christian. The reality is that as Christians we experience suffering but if we focus our eyes on Jesus we also experience an incredible life of joy.

Crystal Miller shares how God works in us through our suffering.

In the midst of trial and suffering the only thing we can control is how we respond. In this powerful and deeply personal message our Campus Pastor Jim and his wife Alisha share their story of hope in the midst of suffering.

The Spirit and flesh are opposed to each other and are after two different things. In this message Pastor Nirup teaches how the Spirit is in us to lead us, and as we keep in step with Him we experience the fullness of His presence and power.

A life in the fullness of the Holy Spirit is a like marked by worship, gratitude and humility. In this message Pastor Nirup shares from the book of Ephesians on what the Holy Spirit does when He fills us with His presence and power.

Within every one of us are two natures struggling for mastery. The reality is the one we feed will be the one that dominates our lives. In this message we learn what it means to live in the fullness of the Holy Spirit by leaning into His direction and empowerment.

Before Jesus left the earth for heaven He promised His followers the gift of the Holy Spirit. In this message Pastor Nirup begins the series by teaching on the Person of the Holy Spirit and how we have been promised to be filled by Him.

Jesus walked out of the tomb so that you don't have to live in it. In this powerful Easter message, Pastor Nirup unpacks the story of the resurrection and how we are invited to live in the power of it.

Jesus walked a path of suffering that was meant for us. He did it willingly and because He did we don't have to. In this message, Pastor Nirup teaches from the Gospel of Mark and shows us how Jesus walked a difficult path so that we could be free.

We live in an age where we have more access to information than anytime in history. Yet our lives are not filled with anything but God's power. The power of God is experience in prayer. In this message Pastor Nirup teaches on the famous words of Jesus, "My house shall be a house of prayer."

There is a familiar story in the Bible where Jesus walks on water. However, its often in the familiar where we learn the unexpected. In this message, Pastor Nirup takes a familiar story and teaches how God sometimes sends us into places where our fear is exposed so He can bring us into healing.

Jesus walked this earth to rescue the lost and to destroy the works of the enemy. In this message, Pastor Nirup teaches from a familiar story in the Bible and shows the heart of Jesus to rescue and restore us to Him.

Jesus was clear that his objectives on this earth was twofold - to seek and save the lost and destroy the works of the devil. In this message, Pastor Nirup teaches from a text where Jesus heals a man who was oppressed by a demon. We learn how the enemy tries the same thing with us but we have victory in the name of Jesus.

Jesus begins the launch of His public ministry by being led into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. In this message, Pastor Nirup shows us how Jesus overcame the devil and his attacks and how we have the best defense to do the same.

In this special message, Pastor Mike Drury of Pine Hills Church in Indiana walks us through how we are called to worship in Spirit and in truth. Using key portions in scripture we learn how our identity for worship comes from our identity in Christ.

A greater experience of God requires a greater expectation from God. However, that expectation must require that we predetermine that we will see God show Himself powerful in our lives. In this final message of the series, Pastor Nirup teaches through Psalm 63 on 7 different postures of prayer and worship and how they fuel our expectation of God.

You are not where you once were and not where you want to be. We live in this space of expectations. How we fit that space matters. In this message Pastor Nirup uses Psalm 63 to teach us the space of our suffering is an opportunity to be filled with prayer and worship.

Year after year we see in others and in ourselves a desire for a greater experience of God yet we always seem to find ourselves disappointed. In this message, Pastor Nirup takes us through Psalm 63 and shows us how God gives us a greater experience of Him as we approach him in prayer and worship.

As we approach the new year it is important to look back at all that has happened this past year and see the hand of God in our lives. Take a few moments today and renew yourself in who God is and what He has done.

This Christmas God wants to remind us that when we remember His promise we can experience His Joy. Christmas is God delivering on His promise.

Joy is the result of being in the right posture and right position. In this message, Pastor Nirup teaches from the Gospel of Luke and shows us how joy comes from receiving God's mercy and remaining in His grace.