Living Stones

This week, we'll dive deeper into the power of story telling, and how shame twists our perspective to turn us against God and others. We'll also talk about how shame's power lies in its subtle suggestion that we are not enough and that we are not valuable. We ask you to carefully consider the question: who is writing your story; God or Shame?

There is a story that God is always trying to tell us, but Satan also has his story. In week 1 of our series, we focus on the story that Satan tries to tell us. Satan's story always follows the same plot; It starts with sin (yours or someone else's), which leads to guilt (feeling bad for what you DID), and unless there is intervention - it inevitably leads to shame (feeling bad for who you are). B...

Join us as we hear a special message from one of our presbyters, Pastor Keith Tucci!

In week 4 of our series, we will focus on the final R that Jesus gifted His disciples in order to grow them - Responsibility! How does responsibility, when given the right way, at the right time, catalyze our growth? Find out in today's message.

In week 3 of our series, we focus on the power of relationships to grow our hearts, our emotions, our habits, and our gifts. What are the 3 relationships you must have to grow, and how do they actually make you grow? Is using people to grow us God's plan B? Or has it always been God's plan to use people to cause us to grow?

In week 2 of our series, we will focus on the 1st "R" that Jesus gave His disciples to help them grow - Revelations!

Join us for a message from Dr. Ray Self from Weak One 2022.

The New Years is a time when we focus on growth and personal development, but the reality is that most people give up their resolution in a few weeks. Why is growth so hard? In our current series, we will address why Growth is at the heart of the gospel and why it is the mission for Living Stones Church. We will also talk about how counting the cost is crucial to growing and why confusing learning...

We close off 2021 with a time of blessings, thanksgiving, testimonies and taking Communion together!

Join us for a Christmas Eve Service.

"26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, 27 to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David. 28 Gabriel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you!” Mary was a virgin, so how could she conceive? This is the way the natural world works. Bu...

Doubt comes in many shapes and forms. It doesn't matter how righteous or obedient you are, no one is spared from the attack of doubt. The question is not if, but when doubt will attack your faith in God and in His goodness. So how do we guard our hearts in the midst of doubt's onslaught? Let's take a look at the journey of Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth, as well as Mary the mother of Jesus. Let'...

Storms are times of spiritual darkness and doubt. Storms create a feeling of disorientation and confusion. These are times when we feel as through God is hiding His face from us! Should we interpret the storm as a sign of God’s displeasure or absence? Does the sun keep on its course even when the skies are gray and overcast? Does the sun still shine even when I cannot see it? Could not the same be...

How do we guard our hearts when we look all around us and see the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer and struggle? Here is the truth: Envy evaporates when we gain Eternal perspective through the presence of God. Text: Psalm 73

As we approach our seasonal Thanksgiving holiday, we are encouraged to pause and to offer thanks to the Lord for the many blessings He has given to us. In seasons of special blessing the need to guard our hearts would not seem to be as urgent. Hard times often encourage us to press in to seek the Lord. But when times are good, when the pain is a distant memory, when the lean season becomes a seaso...

Life is filled with seasons, and each season is different. Since each season often comes with its own temptation or demonic scheme, it necessitates its own strategy for guarding our hearts. The big temptation is to complain during these seasons of scarcity, but Paul admonishes us in Phil 4:12 - "I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty...

It is the great business of every believer to keep and guard the heart through every season of life. Your heart is the very core, the center, of your inner being. Even as a healthy physical heart is the core of one’s health and well-being, so the spiritual heart regulates the condition of our soul.

Last week we highlighted the truth that since the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2), we have been given great hope that God will continue to pour out the Holy Spirit upon His Church to empower her to fulfill the mission she has been given. But Pentecost was not a one-time, isolated event. We should pray for and expect great outpourings of the Holy Spirit until Christ r...

Our God is a God of power through His Holy Spirit. He has poured out His spirit in amazing measures in the past, so why wouldn't He move again? “Our view of revival shapes how we live. If revival is a pointless demonstration of religious fervor, we live to avoid it. If it is an emergency fix for the church, we sometimes seek it only when things get bad. But if revival moves history toward Jesus’ r...

Our God is a God who keeps His promises. As we look over the scriptures, we can see an abundance of great promises that have been kept, and will be kept by God. Today, in the midst of a tumultuous culture in America, we must know that it is not the newspaper headlines nor the billionaires who set the agenda for planet Earth. Instead, we must fix our eyes on the incredible promises of God and the g...

We are blessed to have Pastor Mike Frie join us this Sunday to share a message about partnering with God in the harvest! What does it mean to work alongside our Lord to love and serve others? Find out in today's message! “He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as...

Hope is built on Truth, and the great Truth of God brings us stability and strength! The great truth is this: God is large and in charge. In today's message we talk about the theology of hope that is found in the providence of God, both over the world and over our personal lives! "You alone are the Lord. You made the skies and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and the seas and...

When God made the world, He gave man a powerful commission: to take over for God's glory. Through the death and resurrection of Christ, we are RE-Commissioned to the same mission! Today's message clarifies what it means for true reformation of our world through the saving gospel of Jesus Christ and that we are to proclaim His Lordship in every area of life.

What is the mission and calling of God’s covenant people in history? Does the Church have a bright future in history? Are Christians really called to transform culture? The answer is a resounding yes! Our creator and Lord Jesus does not inhabit our world, but rather we inhabit His world! And this is our response: joyful submission to His leadership. "Everything in the heavens and on earth is...

How should we, as believers, live our lives in what is becoming an increasingly godless public square, where people are becoming hostile toward the worldview of the Bible? What is the mission and calling of God’s covenant people in history? Does the Church have a bright future in history? Are Christians really called to transform culture? In short, what is the mission of God and what part do we ha...