Lifetree Community Church

Have you ever felt you needed to do something, but there was no juice to do it? We can talk until we’re blue in the face about how there’s manna for that, but some days it feels like there isn’t. God gives you what we need to accomplish what is in front of you, but there are some days when there is no manna for that. It's not because God has failed or forgotten, but instead it's because Go...

Manna is a constant reminder that God is always faithful even when we aren’t. God does not send manna because you deserve it, but because He loves you. He knows who we are and what we’ve done and gives us manna anyway.

This week at Lifetree, we had the privilege of hearing the transformative stories from some of the men at Adult & Teen Challenge New Jersey, an organization that helps individuals struggling with addiction find recovery and walk in freedom and God's purpose for their lives. If you would like to learn more about this life-changing program, you can visit their website at https://tcnewjersey....

Last week, we explored the truth that God has manna for us whenever we recognize a need. There's manna for that. But, as wonderful and miraculous as manna is, there’s a problem with it - it has a terrible shelf life. Manna is literally only good for one day before it becomes rotten. It is not rotten because what God provided is no longer good; it is rotten because God has new manna for you. Wh...

We all have needs that are depleted daily and need to be replenished, and the reality of depleting resources creates pressure to provide. This week, Pastor Dan shared one simple statement that can honestly, genuinely relieve the pressure or provision off you. Whatever you have a genuine need for, There’s Manna For That.

This week, we kicked off a new series called Manna. Manna is the food God provided to the Israelites while they were in the desert. While they most likely didn't expect to receive food that was so simple and practical, God knew what they needed better than they did. Just like the Israelites, we think we know what we need, but He actually knows what we need! God’s provision may not be what we e...

There’s so much to the story of Jesus's death and resurrection, and yesterday we focused on just one part - specifically on what the people were shouting while Jesus was on the Cross: “You saved others but You can’t even save Yourself.” They just left out one word. Let’s fix it for them: “You CHOSE to save others, but You CHOSE not to even save Yourself.”Jesus made a choice. He did not have to...

We've looked at ways God asked others to do some Holy Nonsense over the past few weeks. As we celebrated Palm Sunday this week, we looked at one more example of Holy Nonsense. This time it wasn’t something God was asking of us, but rather something God Himself did.

If you've been in church for a while, you probably know the story of Joshua leading the Israelites into battle against Jericho, and how after marching around the city seven times the walls came tumbling down. Have you ever stopped to think about nonsensical those battle instructions were? Even though it sounded like nonsense, they obeyed God’s battle instructions 100% and inherited the promise...

GOD may prompt you to do Holy Nonsense in the places you know the best, so you can know Him as you’ve never known Him before. It'll require that you make a choice. Is your life meant to be spent for what you want it to be? Or will you leave that behind and follow Him wherever He leads you? God is coming for your boat, and when He does He just may prompt you to do some holy nonsense in the plac...

Last week we introduced the concept of Holy Nonsense. There are times when God will prompt us to do something that seems like nonsense to us. Holy Nonsense is God’s preferred method for acting in powerful ways in this world because it is so obvious that it’s ridiculous that it can only be God. This week, going to turn our attention to another story of Holy Nonsense - and this time we will find tha...

Often we are confronted by problems that are greater than our capacity to solve, and God has the solution for us. What He asks you to do may sound like nonsense, and it will work. Because it has nothing to do with the nonsense, and everything to do with trusting Him.

As we wrap up this series, we look at the final step in God’s process of bringing the dead back to life - breath. Without oxygen, the cells in our bodies can’t survive and the entire body shuts down within minutes. More than anything else, the human body relies on oxygen for survival. When God created man, He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person....

There are relationships that we may have given up on that God hasn’t. We talked last week that the first step in that process is alignment. This week we learned the second step of God’s reviving work is to connect new muscles. Bones can’t stay together or move without muscles. Muscles are what keeps us connected in relationships. The heart of God has always been to be in a relationship with us - t...

Since February marks Valentine's Day, we are going to take a look at our relationships. When the key relationships in our lives are healthy & strong we are likely to be doing well, but when there is relational distress, it touches every part of our lives. There are relationships you have given up on, that God hasn’t. God is not done with some of the relationships you feel have no chance of bei...

With all God has given us, how could we ever lose? Not only does God tell you what time it is, tell you what the goal is, give you His armor, and give you the enemy’s playbook, He has one more gift to help make sure we win. There is one last reality that is the game changer of all game changers. God enables you to share His divine nature, His God qualities, so that you can win no matter what this...

Every time the enemy attacks and we overcome it, either by holding to faith, by declaring truth, by standing still in peace, by doing what we know is right, by recalling the word of God, or by expressing gratitude for our now, not yet fully salvation - every time we do that we grow stronger. The enemy is real, our God is bigger, and if we stay alert, not only will we have what it takes to resist t...

Last week we explored what it means to win at life. This week as we read Romans 13:11 -12, we looked at what it really means to, in real life today, put away the dark deeds and put on the shining armor of right living.

Our world is desperate to win, and they are chasing everything that promises to lead them to victory. Our faith is not just about us and our winning. We are in this together and the measure of success is that as many as possible hear and receive the gracious salvation of Jesus Christ. We are not in competition with those around us for victory; we can all be on the same team. The heart of God is th...

Each year at our first service we pause to ask this critical question: what season are we in now? This week, Pastor Dan shared what we sense God revealing 2023 will hold for us.

This week marks the start of our Christmas series of messages - A Thrill of Hope! There is a certain quality in the air that changes as Christmas approaches with one tradition in particular that helps cultivate that feeling - Christmas movies. In order to get the most out of these movies, we have to submit to what poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge called, the “Willing Suspension of Disbelief”. This yea...

For the past few weeks we’ve been exploring our need for the power of God’s Spirit in order to successfully navigate this life. This week, we come to the final scenario where God promises to give us strength and it doesn’t seem so impressive - Walking. Walking is ordinary. It is basic. It doesn’t feel special.  Yet that is the exact message of the prophet - the small things are the most impor...

If you were asked if at some point in the past week you felt tired because of work, most likely you'd agree. Especially since the pandemic, it feels like we are working more, our capacity is less, and we are more and more tired. This week, Pastor Dan explored the idea of endurance and how our hope is found in the promises of God and the One with unlimited power promises that He will give that to y...

As we continue our series Strong in Spirit, Pastor Dan shared from Isaiah 40 where God promises to give us all new strength. Isaiah provides three circumstances where that strength comes into play in our lives: Soaring, Running, and Walking. In this week's message, we focused on Soaring referring to those times we find ourselves in life-defining moments, those times when what we do will alter our...

Have you ever gone through a time where you thought you had strength only to realize you totally ran out?