Pastor Steven G Lightfoot's Podcast

Patricia Ann Hughes was born to Emma and Leo Ray on August 6, 1932 in Sabine Pass, Texas, where she lived with her husband Bill Hughes until he retired, and they moved to Palestine, Texas where they resided until 1999. She moved to Splendora, Texas and resided there with her daughter until Pat went to be with the Lord at 4:45 p.m. on January 24, 2017.Pat was preceded in death by her parents and si...

This Sunday at Countryside we look at the true source of a nation's greatness. It doesn't come from a president, it doesn't come from a government. No, it comes from "we the people" unified in purpose and spirit. Still, if we are to be truly great, we have to be unified in the right things - things of righteousness; things of God. Let us know you heard the message. Send us...

Pastor Steven continues the Epiphany Series with a look at John 1:29-42. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

Recorded at Countryside United Methodist Church on the occasion of the Baptism of the Lord Sunday commemoration. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

Today we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord, which is the revelation of the Christ to the world. "Arise, shine; for your light has come," proclaims Isaiah the prophet. The Gospel according to Matthew gives us the account of the Magi traveling from afar, following the star to see the newborn King, and falling on their knees when they find Him. When we seek Jesus, we are the Magi - rising...

Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” Pastor Steven proclaims the coming of the light of Christ into the world at Countryside United Methodist Church, Christmas Day 2016. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

Pastor Steven's Christmas Eve message recorded at Countryside United Methodist Church. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

Paul begins his letter to the Romans just as many letters begin, with an introduction. Introductions are important. They tell the audience who is speaking, where they come from and why they have authority or credibility - they help us understand why we should listen in the first place. Matthew also gives us an introduction in his account of the birth of Jesus. His introduction explains and proclai...

Is this the Jesus you are expecting? Pastor Steven preaches on Matthew Chapter 11. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

Isaiah's prophetic word tells us that "the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, just as the water covers the sea." The Apostle Paul tells us that Christ came to confirm God's promises given to the ancestors. And the Gospel according to Matthew tells us to "prepare the way for the Lord's coming." Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

Advent is both a season of preparation for the celebration of the coming of the Christ Child to a broken world, and a season of preparation for the Second Advent, the second coming of Christ the King. Nobody knows the hour of Christ's return except God the Father. It is therefore prudent for us to be ever ready. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

If you missed the Magnolia Community Thanksgiving Service last night (Tuesday, November 22) hosted by Magnolia United Methodist Church, you missed a great time of worship. Here is Pastor Steven G. Lightfoot's Thanksgiving message: Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

What have I to be thankful for? Depending on our circumstances, the tone in which we ask ourselves that question may vary. Our circumstances tend to dictate our tone... until we understand just exactly what it is for which we should be truly thankful. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

Are we marching toward freedom or are we marching toward captivity? Luke's gospel says we are in for a rocky road. Isaiah's prophesy says that we are due a new heaven and a new earth soon. Interestingly enough, both are true. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

The people were discouraged because they could not envision their rebuilt temple having anywhere near the glory of the original. But God had plans to make the rebuilt temple more glorious, more majestic more wonderful then the people could ever hope for or imagine. It's not hard to see the message of their experience applied to our current circumstances. Let us know you heard the message. Sen...

Me? A Pharisee? After reading Luke 18, the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, if we are honest, we'd have to admit that most of us have one foot in the Pharisee camp and one foot in the humble Tax Collector camp. We all have Pharisee tendencies, especially when it comes to how we do church. The thing is, churches and church goers who operate out of the Pharisee camp tend not to ha...

The prophet Jeremiah reminds us that, as believers, the Word of God is written on our hearts. This separates us, in a holy way, from the rest of humanity, who perceives God's law only from the perspective of conscience. In Psalm 119, we see that the Word is the source of understanding, wisdom and guidance, and Paul tells us that the Word is useful for sound teaching, reproof and correction. L...

When we suffer hardship for the sake of the Gospel, even to the point of being chained like a criminal, the Word of God is not, cannot be, chained. The promise is this: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself. (2 Ti 2:11–13). Let us kno...

We have been given authority over both the natural and the supernatural realms. Not only that, we have been given a spirit of power, love and discipline to stand up in righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. With all of the power of the Trinity for us, who can possibly come against us. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

In his letters to Timothy, Paul gives us some good, practical theology that we can apply in our lives as we fight the good fight of faith. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

As is often God's timing, my message, written prior to the recent bombings in NYC and NJ, and the mall attacks in MN, became all the more relevant as we awoke Sunday morning to the news while we got ready for church. As in the days of the prophet Jeremiah, our world is spiritually bankrupt. The people are worshipping the false gods of self-centeredness and secular humanist culture. Violence i...

On this 15th Anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on America, Pastor Steven explores three basic questions in the context of Luke 15: What is the nature of God? What is the nature of humankind? What is the nature of the relationship between God and humankind, and between human beings, one to another? Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

What is the cost of discipleship in today's culture? What does it take to really follow Jesus these days? Pastor Steven takes a closer look at what Jesus has to say in the Gospel according to Luke 14:25-33 and several other passages on the subject. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!

Luke 16 teaches us that we can either seek the favor of man or the favor of God. Seeking the favor of man is temporal. Seeking the favor of God has eternal impact. Matthew 6 teaches us that we cannot serve two masters. We can choose to serve God or we can choose to serve mammon, we cannot serve both. When we choose God and His righteousness, we have His assurance that He will never abandon us. Let...

The world has been shaken before. The writer of Hebrews tells us that the world will be shaken again, and not just the world but heaven too. But while all of creation is shaken, those covered by the blood of the covenant will remain - we won't be shaken! Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!