LWCF Teachings

Jesus gave his disciples the greatest commission of all-time: to go and make disciples. Throughout Jesus' ministry he modeled how we were to do this with the original 12 disciples. We learn through His life that we can achieve this commission by knowing Jesus, following Jesus, and allowing Him to transform our lives as a testimony to others.

With life getting back to normal after the high of Easter Sunday, Pastor David challenges believers with the question of "what now?" So often we allow Jesus to become another item on a checklist of things we need to do, but Jesus teaches his disciples to make Him the priority of their lives by letting everyone know about the risen Savior, and we are to follow their example.

All of the disciples, except John, deserted Jesus at the cross. They misunderstood and doubted Jesus, but Thomas is singled out in the gospels because he put his doubt into words. We are encouraged through Thomas's story to trust God and know that Jesus saved us with his torture, death and Resurrection. Blessed are those who believe though they do not see.

Happy Easter, He is risen indeed! Because of what Jesus did for us on the cross our sins are forgiven and we can live with purpose. Our fulfillment no long comes from the temporary pleasures of the world. Don't miss out on the joy the comes from trusting in Jesus!

On this Palm Sunday Pastor Shane dives into the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. The King didn't come in the way people expected a king to come, but instead came in on a borrowed donkey. This day leading into Holy Week is a good reflection on the humble kinghood of Jesus leading to the series of events that would have him killed later that week.

Pastor Shane continues the series on "Crucible" with a message about sacrifice. David, during a crucible moment could have chosen to accept Araunah's free offer for the land to offer a sacrifice but instead he sacrificially pays for the land. "I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing." Sacrifice, not entitlement, is a virtue in the Kingdom o...

Every decision we make has consequences, good or bad. In today's message Pastor David talks about the redemption that came after King David's disappointing actions regarding Bathsheba and Uriah. God was able to redeem the mess that David had made, and He can redeem our story too.

Today in the story of David and Bathsheba, Pastor Shane points out that good people are capable of doing some really bad things. He also shares the destructive pattern of giving into our desires as well as the promise of God to always provide an exit ramp.

Pastor Shane continues in our series focusing on the choices that change our life forever with continued application from the life of David. David faced difficult decisions in his life despite the anointing God had placed on him. Despite the dreadful situation David found himself in when he was threatened to be stoned, he chose to be confident in the Lord rather than choosing to live a life of des...

After the slay of Goliath, King Saul became intimidated by David and set out to kill him. David had the opportunity to kill his opponent on several occasions but he chose to leave the vengeance to the Lord. Through this story of David, Pastor Shane reminds us to place our faith in the Lord and allow his will to prevail.

As we continue to dive deeper into our core values as a church and as individuals, Pastor Shane focuses on the importance of teaching biblical truths in a practical manner. According to 2 Timothy, the word of God has many useful purposes, one of which being to equip its hearers. As believers it is important that we fix our eyes on the practical truths written in scripture so we can be prepared and...

Pastor Shane continues the series talking about our core values and as a church and as individuals with the topic of authenticity. A life committed to authenticity must be Gospel-centered, model humility and be sincere. Vulnerability and authenticity provide the fertile soil for God to work in and through us.

Pastor Shane kicks off a new series focusing on our core values as individuals and as a church. Today's focus is on hospitality; what it looks like in the world we live in today and how we can demonstrate it as followers of Christ.

Pastor Shane kicks off the new year with a very encouraging message on using the time we have been given wisely. Be encouraged with this gentle reminder of how we can have a healthy relation with our time involving God, family, and work.

Pastor Shane shares an encouraging and challenging reminder on this Christmas morning: God is love. Love is a verb, and God showed us His love by sending us Jesus in a miraculous way. How do we show love to the people in our lives?

Pastor Shane shares the story of Mary and Joseph being told they would be parents to baby Jesus. During the shock and confusion of how this could happen, Mary still chose to say, "I am your servant". God's interruption brought Jesus to us, and we should not fear the disturbances God has planned for our lives.

Pastor David continues the wait for Christmas by looking into two important characters in the Christmas story that don't get very much recognition. The stories of Simeon and Anna are examples of waiting in expectation and never loosing faith in what God has spoken. Even though there were long seasons of waiting and the world around them was in desperation, they never doubted that the Messiah...

What are you waiting for this Christmas season? As we take a look into Luke chapter 1, we see the start of the Christmas story that takes place after 400 years of silence. After this time of waiting, the silence was broken and the Christmas story begins with the promise of new life.

Lance shares a challenging reminder of our need to be thankful in all things.

Pastor David wraps up our series, #Blessed, with an encouraging message on being grateful at all times. Through a story in the Bible about several severely ill men we are reminded of the blessings that come when we recognize the work of God in our lives. We are indeed #blessed.

Pastor David shares a good reminder that those of us who know Christ are secure in Him and nothing can pluck us away. As followers of Jesus, we are eternally secure in our salvation and our eternal life that we will live with Him.

Pastor Shane continues our series looking closer at a few of the many blessings we have as children of God. As His children, we are justified through the blood of Jesus Christ. We are blessed because we are forgiven.

As children of God we have been chosen to be part of the family of God. We are blessed to be called his children and should never forget and take for granted the eternal separation he has saved us from.

Pastor David kicks off a new series focusing on the blessings we inherit as believers in Christ. God is love - agape love, and because of how he loves us we are called to love others.

Pastor David continues our Greater Than series focusing on the call believers have to live our lives with purpose, focusing on Jesus and finishing our race well. God has set a path before each of us and it is important that we remain focused on the purpose God has for our lives rather than being weighed down by the things of this world.