Sunday Sermon with Pastor Georgia Hill - LCR Detroit

"It doesn't matter that you have ancestors that were on the auction block for $100. None of that matters because you were bought with a priceless price." THE MESSAGE What does it truly mean to "rise and shine and give God the glory"? In part four of the Mind, Body, and Soul series, Pastor Georgia Hill breaks down 1 Corinthians 6 to reveal that because we were bought with an...

"You remember Peter is walking on the water and the Bible says that when he took his eyes off of Jesus Christ, that's when he fell in... and let me remind you that was not just placid still water... Peter was walking on a storm... Have you ever needed to walk in a storm? I tell you how you can walk in a storm, you just have to keep your eyes on Jesus." THE MESSAGE Just like a vehicle...

"God uses the father to anchor the family." THE MESSAGE On this special Father’s Day celebration, LifeChurch Riverside welcomes guest minister Pastor Semmeal Thomas from City Covenant Church in Brightmoor. Pastor Semmeal delivers an urgent, timely message confronting the intentional cultural assault on true masculinity and fatherhood. Shifting the definition away from worldly metrics of...

If you truly believe and receive that God has forgiven you, you won't need to struggle to forgive yourself. THE MESSAGE In Week 2 of our "MIND, Body, and Soul" series, Pastor Georgia Hill delivers a powerful spiritual and psychological roadmap for a complete "Mental Reset." Leveraging the scientific reality of neuroplasticity—the brain's God-given ability to physically...

"No matter how crooked things go, you will not orient yourself to the crookedness... you will still maintain your true north." THE MESSAGE: In the launch of our new sermon series, "MIND, Body, and Soul," Pastor Georgia Hill targets the daily battle raging inside our minds. Our brains were biologically engineered by God to thrive on a fuel of pure joy, yet the world constantly tries to pull us out...

"When you can't get people to worship, it's not because we have a worship problem. It's because we have a memory problem." THE MESSAGE Concluding Mental Health Awareness Month, guest minister Rev. Dr. Velva Burley Flowers brings a powerful, worship-infused message from Revelation 19 titled "The Sound of Heaven." In this passage, the heavenly atmosphere shifts dramat...

"Baptizo in Greek means to immerse. It means to submerge... it is a submersion into the presence and the power of the holy spirit." THE MESSAGE On Pentecost Sunday, we celebrate the explosive birthday of the Christian Church and the fulfillment of Jesus’ ultimate promise to His followers. Waiting in one accord in the Upper Room, the 120 disciples were met with a sudden rushing wind and t...

"Midnight is the darkest part of the night but it is also the first moment of a new day... it might be dark but it's a new day." THE MESSAGE At some point in our lives, we will all encounter a "night that happens in broad daylight"—seasons of sickness, anxiety, or deep trial where our normal navigational tools are completely wiped out. Drawing from the harrowing 2010 rescue...

"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up... but all the time I'se been a-climbing on." THE MESSAGE On this Mother’s Day, Pastor Georgia Hill reflects on the "wise counsel" that flows from lived experience and a deep relationship with God. In a culture obsessed with "microwave wisdom" and instant expe...

"Discernment is the ability to grasp and comprehend what is obscure... you’re able to go deeper, and you're not tricked by what you see." THE MESSAGE In Part 3 of our "@ Work" series, Pastor Georgia Hill moves the conversation from the workplace to the most intimate areas of our lives: our homes and our schools. Using 1 John 4 as a guide, we are challenged to "test the spirits"—recognizing that no...

"You need to understand that before you open your mouth at work... you are stepping into enemy territory. You are the opposing camp, representing the kingdom of light confronting the kingdom of darkness." THE MESSAGE In Part 2 of our "@ Work" series, Pastor Georgia Hill exposes the "religion of money" that dominates our modern workplace—a system of accumulation and acquisition that often views peo...

"There is an unseen treasure beneath your exterior. But in order to get to what the Holy Spirit has inside of you, it's going to take the machinery of Jesus Christ, the work of the word of God and the Holy Spirit to bring it up out of you." THE MESSAGE In the opening of our new "@ Work" series, Pastor Georgia Hill explores the hidden, transformative power of the Holy Spirit. Using the historical b...

"When the window of life closes to a slit and the light of God is reduced to a dot on the floor... you will have to decide for yourself what you really believe about God and His promises." THE MESSAGE Life is often lived in one of three states: entering a storm, sitting in the midst of one, or exiting it. Guest speaker Rev. Al Harrison joins us to explore the life of Job, a man whose fai...

"Why do you look for the living among the dead?" It was the question posed to the women at the empty tomb, and it remains the challenge for every believer today. THE MESSAGE Resurrection is more than a historical event; it is a personal reality that demands a shift in our "complicated memories." Too often, we forget the promises of God in the heat of a trial, choosing instead to search for life in...

"Hosanna means 'Save now.' It is a cry for God to open up a space for us—to create air where we feel choked and to open doors where none existed before." THE MESSAGE On Palm Sunday, we celebrate the King’s arrival, yet we often struggle with a "loyalty problem." Pastor Georgia Hill explores the tension between our outward praise and our internal doubts, challenging us t...

"Honest confession is the only door to true restoration. When we ask God to 'create in me a clean heart,' we are asking Him to do a work in the secret places no one else sees. Restoration isn't just for us; it turns our lives outward, so that we can lead others back to the One who washed us clean." THE MESSAGE God is the God of the second, third, and fourth chance. In week fi...

"Jesus came into the synagogue and began to read from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah: 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor... to proclaim release to the captives...' That word 'release' is the same Greek word that is translated as 'forgiveness.' He has proclaimed forgiveness to the captives. He hasn't just claimed that you will forgive, bu...

In a culture that equates our worth with our output, the act of stopping is a radical declaration of faith. Rest is more than a luxury; it is a holy resistance against the grind, a total surrender to God’s sufficiency, and the only path to true recovery for our weary souls. Join Pastor Georgia Hill as we explore why "Today" is the appointed time to enter into God's rest. A WORD FROM...

"...God is calling us to a place of deeper reflection as we enter this Lenten season. The word 'repent' has often been used as a weapon, a word of condemnation, but in the heart of the Gospel, it is a word of invitation. It is the Greek word metanoia , which means to change one’s mind, to turn around, to see things differently." (Pastor Georgia Hill) " Repent " is the s...

Lent is not a season of punishment; it is a season of invitation. As we begin our forty-day journey, Pastor Georgia Hill explores what it means to truly "Return" to the heart of God. Before we can repent, rest, or witness, we must first hear the whisper of the Father calling us back from the places where we have wandered. Today marks the beginning of a realignment—a turning back to the S...