The Word of Life Podcast

Have you ever felt hopeless? Stuck in a bad job or you can't find a job and you feel like you'll never get hired; a relationship that is so bad you don't think it can be saved; credit card debt that just piles up you feel like you'll never be able to pay it off. Have you ever felt hopeless? Paul gets stuck in a terrible storm at sea and it seems hopeless, but God speaks words of hope in the middle...

Today we are celebrating our Heavenly Father. We get to listen in as Jesus tells a story about our Heavenly Father that reveals His overwhelming grace and mercy toward his children. Have you ever felt like you have sinned too much for God to take you home? Have you ever felt like you're a better person than the guy across the room? This story reveals our Heavenly Father's love for all of His rebel...

Have you ever felt like you were drowning in life? Have the sins of the past led you to a place where all you can do is cry out to God for mercy? That's when we wait for God Waiting for something we have been hoping for can seem like it takes forever. But waiting with Hope in God and His promises means we know He will do what He says. Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on...

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on June 5, 2022, Pastor Nick Olson preaching.

Have you ever invited a friend to church and they responded with, "No way, I could never come to your church, God would probably hit me with lightning!" We want everyone to know that everyone is welcome. You are welcome. Jesus demonstrates this for his best friends by telling us that infants and children are our faith examples. We get to believe like little children. Everyone who believes in Jesus...

Have you ever felt unforgivable? Like the thing you've said or done is so awful that no one would forgive you? Or, have you ever felt like you are better than the person next to you? Like maybe the person who has sinned doesn't deserve to be forgiven? Either way, Jesus has a story to tell us that reveals how He wants to treat sinners, and that's good news for all of us. We are all sinners. We all...

Do you ever feel like you're not enough? Not good enough, not strong enough, not attractive enough, not smart enough? The list goes on and on. Or have you questioned you worth? God has an answer for those questions. You Are Valued. Jesus have it all, everything he had to redeem us. When we are tempted to assign our own value, our Creator God tells us what we are worth.   Recorded live at Word...

Do you ever feel like nobody loves you? Do you ever think, "I don't care." Or have you felt like your friends don't care. Or maybe you realize you don't love yourself?  You are loved. You are loved by God. God isn't waiting for you to love him or clean up your life, God loves you. We get to hear what love looks like today. Hint:  love looks like Jesus!   Recorded live at Word of Lif...

Today we get to hear how God has been working in the lives of 3 teens as they have studied God's Word. Calvin, Sophia and Charity are sharing their essays and Bible verses that God has used to impact their faith journey. God is working in and through people and it's a huge privilege for us to get to listen.  Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on May 1, 2022

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on April 24th, 2022, Pastor Nick Olson preaching.

Happy Easter! Today we are going to look into the tomb where our Savior Jesus was buried, but He's not there. Jesus was raised from the dead, Jesus is Alive Again! Jesus is alive He's not in the tomb, He's not there! Jesus is alive and He is our Hope. God loves us too much to leave us struggling with sin, so He sent Jesus to die for our sins so we can be forgiven and look forward to the day we see...

What's so "good" about Good Friday? God loves us so much He sent His One and only Son to be our Savior. Tonight we celebrate Good Friday by remembering our Savior's suffering and death for us. In this most somber service of the year we take time to mourn and confess our sin. As our response to hearing the message from Luke we will take time to nail our sins to the cross. If you're joining our onli...

Kids waving palm branches and singing, people celebrating Jesus and crying out to God to save us now! But Jesus knows the people and exactly what's about to happen. Today as we celebrate Palm Sunday, we rejoice just like the crowds of people celebrating Jesus riding on a donkey into Jerusalem. But under all the joy, Jesus knows what's going to happen. Jesus knows, and Jesus knows us too.   Re...

I hate asking for help. Probably because if I'm asking for help, that means I need help. But I like helping other people. Today we get to see how God calls two guys to help spread the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ. And the guy he calls for help, well let's just say he is not who I would ask for help. God helps broken people like you and then we get to "help" spread the good news. God...

Ever feel like life isn't going like you planned? The life you're living isn't what you thought it would be, so you take a turn. This week Word of Life is celebrating the Grand Opening of the New Prague Campus and Pastor J gives us an Easter preview. Two guys go for a walk with Jesus when things aren't going as planned and we learn about who Jesus is and and who we are too. Do you want to go for a...

Do you ever feel like God won't forgive you? Its there someone you think will NEVER believe in Jesus? We get to hear the life changing message of Jesus' encounter with a guy who the whole church never thought would believe in Jesus. Jesus forgives Saul, changes his life and changes his name. And God is still transforming lives today, who is God sending you to share Jesus with?   Recorded live...

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on March 13, 2022, Pastor Nick preaching.

As we prepare for the New Prague Campus Grand Opening, we are encouraged by God's miracle of communication. God pours out His Holy Spirit and performs a miracle of speaking and hearing as Jesus followers tell everyone about the great and mighty works of God. We are here to tell the world what God has done.  Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on March 6, 2022, Pastor J...

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on February 27th, 2022, Pastor Ryan Nilsen preaching.

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on February 20th, 2022, Pastor Nick Olson preaching.

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on February 13th, 2022, Pastor Nick Olson preaching.

Are you ever tempted to just do whatever you want - even when you know it's wrong? We are all tempted to live our own way instead of God's way. We are tempted every day. Did you know Jesus was tempted too? What did Jesus do when He was tempted? It's so easy when life gets hard for us to forget we are God's children and he loves us. God love us even when we are tempted to go our own way. But God's...

Today is Vision Sunday at Word of Life. A day we look back on 2021 and remember the amazing stuff God has done. We also look forward to 2022 and all that God will do in and through us. It reminds me of the time Jesus forgives a guy who couldn't help himself. A paralyzed guy's friends bring him to Jesus - and Jesus sees their faith. Those are the kind of friends we need. Friends who bring us to Jes...

Before Jesus' public ministry kicked off, he got baptized by John the Baptizer. And what a day that was, Jesus getting baptized, the Holy Spirit descending in the form of a dove and God the Father speaking from heaven, "That's My Son!" And God says to us today, "to all who received Him, who believe in His name, He gave the right to become children of God."  Recorded live at Word of Life Churc...

"Made you look!" always makes me feel like an idiot. In the early years of Jesus' ministry John the Baptizer (cool nickname) wasn't concerned with people following him, no, John was pointing his best friends to follow Jesus. Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Not just hiding our sin and shame, Jesus actually takes our sin away and God declares us forgiven.   Record...