Liquid Church

Have you ever experienced a lost or broken dream? Maybe last year your goals got pushed aside or put on pause. However, you have a fresh opportunity now to grab hold of your God-given purpose. God still sees greatness in you and wants to help you Dream Again! In this message from Part 1 of Liquid Church’s “Dream Again” series, Pastor Tim Lucas shares 5 specific qualities of God-given dreams based...

2020 has been one broken year: From a global pandemic, to racial unrest, economic turmoil, remote learning, unemployment, election drama… the list goes on! The Christmas season may make you feel like your life is too broken for God to use you for His purposes. If that’s you, then you’ll be encouraged to know that God actually PREFERS to use broken people. When we’re broken, God gets the glory… and...

If you’re trying to reconcile a broken relationship, but not sure where to start, you should know that forgiveness and reconciliation are two different sides of the same coin. See, forgiveness is a one-player game between you and God. But, before you can have reconciliation in a relationship with someone you’ve hurt or who has hurt you, forgiveness must be present. Reconciliation means restoring o...

When you think of forgiveness, does a particular person or situation come to mind? You may be wondering… How can you forgive someone when it’s so hard? Does forgiveness mean reconciling your relationship with the offender? Oftentimes, the holiday season has a way of highlighting the problems and pain we feel. So, in order to actually experience the true joy of Christmas, we need to learn what bibl...

When someone hurts or offends you, how do you handle it? Do you hold a grudge or learn to overcome offenses? Take this example from the classic tale A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The main character Ebenezer Scrooge is an old miser who experienced a string of hurts in his life. Scrooge’s chains to his past led to him becoming a bitter, lonely old man. Like Scrooge, we all have things we bec...

In this message from Liquid Church, Pastor Tim Lucas shares the church’s vision for 2021. The big news? Liquid Church’s COVID-19 Christmas Offering will help cancel the unpaid medical debt of hundreds of people living below the poverty line in every county in New Jersey where Liquid Church has a campus. Why do this? Because Jesus canceled our debt to sin. Pastor Tim shares from Leviticus 25 all ab...

Not sure where to start when it comes to growing your faith? In this message from Part 5 of Liquid Church’s series through The Chosen , Pastor Nithin Thompson walks us through how Simon Peter went from a life of shallow faith to become one of the 12 disciples. The Chosen is a powerful multi-season TV show. Through the show and in Luke 5:3-11, we see Simon Peter was impulsive, impatient, angry, and...

The multi-season show The Chosen portrays Matthew the tax collector as a social outcast. See, Matthew was isolated in Jewish culture because tax collectors were known as sinners who overtaxed the Jewish people for their own profit. Today as we face a worldwide pandemic, physical isolation is something we have all become familiar with. In this message from Part 4 of Liquid Church’s The Chosen serie...

Have you ever heard the term “born again”? While this term may mean many things to many people in our culture, Jesus reveals to us what it truly means to be born again in the Scriptures. The multi-season show The Chosen depicts John 3:1-17, showing Jesus meeting with Nicodemus, a devout Jewish religious leader known as a Pharisee. Nicodemus met Jesus at night and had his world turned upside down....

When you believe in Jesus Christ for salvation, you are no longer possessed by your past, defined by your brokenness, or labeled by your mistakes... Jesus chooses to RESCUE, RESTORE and REDEEM you! That’s exactly what Jesus did in the life of Mary Magdalene, who’s testimony we see throughout the Gospels in the New Testament. Mary Magdalene was a female believer and follower of Christ, whom Jesus h...

You may recognize the Sunday school tune “Jesus loves the little children.” Throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus elevated the status of children & believed they had unlimited spiritual capacity. Do you trust Jesus with the simple faith of a child? The problem is, we often tend to develop doubts as adults! Childlike faith is actually very clearly portrayed in Episode 3 of the multi-season show...

Do you find it hard to love people you disagree with? In a polarizing election year, we all have people we love who drive us crazy with their strong political beliefs or unpopular opinions.  In Part 2 of this series, Pastor Tim Lucas teaches us 4 Practical Ways to Love People You Disagree With. We need to choose to love our political opponents in a divisive political culture - because no sing...

Where do Christians fit in during a time when our nation is so politically divided? It’s no secret the United States is deeply divided politically, rationally and economically. As Christians, we can prepare our hearts for the election by putting our faith in Jesus first in a culture dominated by toxic politics. In this 2-part series, Pastor Tim Lucas teaches us from Mark 12 in the New Testament of...

How do you make a big decision? Most of us might weigh the pros and cons… make a list and see which side checks all the boxes. But as a Christian, how do you know if you’re making a decision that leads you in God’s will for your life? In this message from Liquid Church, Pastor Tim Lucas teaches us the importance of developing discernment as a spiritual practice. Whether you are deciding to sell or...

When it comes to your relationship with God, we all sit in one of three chairs. Is your faith committed, compromised or conflicted? That's how you can tell which chair you’ve chosen. Depending on where you sit, you are either growing in your faith, compromising with the values of the culture, or in conflict with God. Which chair will you choose? In this message from Liquid Church, Pastor Nithin Th...

We all need a regular oil change to keep our car engines running - likewise, we all need a regular spiritual reboot to keep our spiritual lives healthy. Throughout the Bible, oil symbolizes God’s Holy Spirit. In this message from Liquid Church, Pastor Tim Lucas teaches on the importance of being Anointed in the Holy Spirit and share’s God’s 5-Ingredient Recipe for Living an Anointed Life . Through...

Is your spiritual oil tank full? Or are you in need of an oil change? In this message from Liquid Church, Pastor Tim Lucas teaches on the importance of oil to illuminate our spiritual lives. In Matthew 25:1-13, The Parable of the Ten Virgins or Bridesmaids, we learn how the Church can prepare for Christ’s triumphant return. In this Bible story, wise bridesmaids filled their lamps with oil to signi...

In this message from Liquid Church, Youth Pastor Jonathan Wilson helps us gain a new perspective on the explosive power living within Generation Z. We live in such a complex time, most adults instinctively want to protect the next generation from its dangers. But, we need to shift our perspective and realize that God has placed an explosive power in Gen Z that has the ability to impact our world f...

In this message from Liquid Church, Pastor Nithin Thompson guides us as we dive deeper into why justice should matter to God’s Church. As part of Liquid Church’s annual At The Movies series, we learn from the movie Just Mercy , which is based on the incredible true story of Walter McMillian, a young man sentenced to die on death row for a murder he did not commit. Throughout Just Mercy , McMillian...

In the murder-mystery comedy movie Knives Out, master detective Benoit Blanc investigates the death of the Thrombey family patriarch after a family gathering gone wrong. Throughout this dramatic mystery movie we see the Thrombey family truly put the “fun” in dysfunction: Before his death, patriarch Harlan Thrombey indulged and enabled his family, fueling a competition for their inheritance. In par...

Have you ever competed in a race? In the movie Ford Vs. Ferrari we learn about the true story of visionary car designer Carroll Shelby (played by Matt Damon) and driver Ken Miles (played by Christian Bale) who come together to build a revolutionary race car for the Ford Motor Company in 1966. Their goal: Win the 24 hours of Le Mans, the most famous endurance car race in the world. In part 2 of Liq...

How did Hamilton become so successful - and what does this hit musical and movie have to do with God and the Gospel? Behind the hip-hop music and the history of Alexander Hamilton’s life is a deep spiritual story that begins with an act of GRACE, exemplifies the power of FORGIVENESS, and ultimately, paints a portrait of REDEMPTION for our sins and shortcomings. In part 1 of Liquid Church’s annual...

In this standalone message from Liquid Church, Pastor Tim Lucas shares Liquid’s Game Plan for Regathering after a prolonged closure of the church’s physical locations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to a calendar of events taking place throughout August and September, Pastor Tim also shares Liquid’s Safety Protocols For Regathering. At Liquid, we believe one of the best ways to “love you...

Let’s get out of our comfort zone and prayer the Dangerous Prayer “God, Break My Heart”....You have no idea what hangs in the balance of your decision to embrace the burden God has placed in your heart!

When we ask God to make us bold, WATCH OUT! God will open up opportunities to not only pray bold, but to live bold! Take a step of faith, and walk in boldness!