The Word of Life Podcast

Merry Christmas! You decorated the house, the Christmas tree is lit up and the ornaments are on. You made the cookies. You wrapped the presents. Maybe you even cooked the Christmas dinner. Who did you do it for? You did it all for the people you love. On Christmas Eve we celebrate the birth of the Son of God, our Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus was born FOR YOU. Yes, God did it all for you because you...

What do you want for Christmas? Seriously, if God told you you could ask for anything for Christmas, what would you ask for? We wouldn't ask for anything we could buy for Christmas. God tells us to ask for God sized gifts. God told a king that he could ask for anything, but he wouldn't ask. We get to hear what God wants to give people for Christmas. Hint, it's Jesus. Recorded live at W...

How early is too early to decorate your home for Christmas? Some people want to get their Christmas lights up in November. Some years Pastor J doesn't get his Christmas tree up until Christmas Eve. As we look forward to Christmas we look forward to the day Jesus will bring us to a new home. Jesus is preparing the New Heaven and New Earth and the celebration is going to be bigger that Christmas...

What do you want for dinner when you get home? I love to cook for my family, so when they come home I ask what they want to eat. God is preparing a feast for His children when they come home, and it's all free. Have you ever seen that Reel, "Every vacation is all-inclusive if you invite your dad"? The new heaven and new earth has free food for everyone because Jesus paid it all up fr...

I love it when my family gets to come home for Christmas! Sometimes we have to go to some great lengths to get people home to celebrate together, but being together is the best gift we could ever hope for. As we look forward to Christmas this advent we are remembering that God sent His one and only Son to leave home so He could bring us home. Yes, Jesus left His home in heaven, freely giving Himse...

Why is it so easy to ask God for what we need, but it's sometimes hard to thank God for answered prayers? Today we are running back to Jesus to thank Him for His good gifts. Grab your Gratitude Journals and lets learn from the past and look to God in gratitude. Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on Sunday, November 23, 2025, Pastor Jason Lang preaching.

What keeps you from experiencing Godly Gratitude? Today we are going to Thank God out LOUD! We learn that being a follower of Jesus leads us to a life of gratitude. We thank God when in times of joy and sorrow. Get your Gratitude Journal and get your voices ready to thank God. Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on Sunday, November 16, 2025, Pastor Jason Lang preaching.

Name 5 things you are thankful for, write them down in your Gratitude Journal. Thank God! Now, tell someone. Yes, often we thank God for His good gifts but we don't tell anyone. This week we are going to share what God has been doing in our lives and thank God for all His wondrous works. Pastor J will be challenging us to share our Gratitude Journal with our friends so we can thank God togethe...

Gratitude redirects our attention from focusing on ourselves to thanking God. We are going to focus on thanking God for the next 4 weeks and see how God changes our hearts and minds in the process. Today Pastor Nick will challenge us to start a Gratitude Journal. Are you ready for a challenge that will change the way we think? Are you ready to practice gratitude that will change your family? We th...

Do you ever want to do the right thing but then end up doing the wrong thing? Following Jesus is a life of wanting to do what God wants only to realize, "I can't believe I sinned again!" Why do we do that? I believe in Jesus as my Savior, why do I keep sinning? Martin Luther called this living life as a Sinner and Saint at the same time. Today we are taking a close look at what it&#3...

Look, it's harvest time. Where we live in Minnesota, it's impossible to not look at the fields and see its harvest time. My friend Brad says' it's his favorite time of year and his happy place is riding in the combine harvesting fields. I think Jesus likes harvest time too, but His harvest is so much more than corn and beans. Jesus is inviting us into the harvest. Recorded live at...

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on Sunday, October 12, 2025, Pastor Jason Lang preaching. Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ (Bensound Royality Free background music)

“You have neighbors and I have neighbors, but are you friends? Friends live life together — and the truth is, we need friends. Kids seem to make friends so quickly, just go to a playground and you’ll see it happen in minutes. But as adults, it’s harder. Who are your friends? And what do you think Jesus’ friends were like? Do you think they were perfect because He is perfect? Think again. Jesus was...

Hey Everyone, Thank you for your patience. We had some technical problems and we lost about 5 minutes of the message. God gets all the glory! Who is your neighbor? Let's start with, do you know your neighbor's names. After Jesus tells a guy the most important things in life are to love God and love our neighbors, he has a great question. "Who's my neighbor?" In other words, w...

Jesus said the most important thing we can do is love God with everything we've got. And the second most important thing we can do is love our neighbor. Ok, but what does "loving my neighbor" look like in every day life? God told us the answer over 3,400 years ago and you know what, it still fits. How would you like your neighbor to treat you? Recorded live at Word of Life Church in...

God loves people, all the people, even the people who don't know He loves them. We don't always feel loved when we are going through hard times. We hear what God says to His people through the prophet Jeremiah when they are living through hard times. Turns out it's good news for us today too. When the city is having a hard time, pray. We are gonna pray for our cities this week! Recorde...

How do we love our city? What does it mean to be the church in our cities? Le Sueur, Henderson, New Prague and yes that includes farms and homes around our cities. But if we are gonna ask, how we love our city, maybe we should ask, "Do we LOVE our city?" Because I know one thing, God LOVES our city. Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on Sunday, September 7, 2025...

What's the best dinner party you've ever been invited to? How did you greet your host? What did you say to the person sitting with you? How did it feel? Today we get a glimpse into the future to the best wedding feast ever! And you're invited, every believer in Jesus Christ will be there! God will be there! Jesus will be there! And we will worship the Lord with great songs and shouts!...

This week as we continue our series “Let’s Eat” we are joining Jesus and the disciples for breakfast on the beach. That sounds amazing. Can you imagine having breakfast with Jesus on the beach after working all night? What would that feel like? What do you think you would talk about? As the guys are trying to figure out what their lives will be like after Jesus is raised from the dead, they encoun...

Five thousand people. Five loaves. Two fish. One unforgettable lesson. In Mark 6, Jesus doesn’t just fill stomachs — He goes after hearts. This week, we talk about the God who interrupts our plans, tests our faith, and invites us into His miracles. Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on Sunday, August 17, 2025, Andrew Rosen preaching. Powered by Restream https://restream.i...

Last week, we celebrated THE LAST MEAL WE'LL EVER NEED -- Jesus, the Bread of Life. This week we go back to the beginning, to THE FIRST BITE that changed everything. In Genesis 3, a simple act of eating becomes a doorway to sin, shame, and separation from God. But even in humanity's fall, God's grace was already at work. Join us as we explore the story of the first meal -- and the Savi...

We are a church that prays. We pray for each other. We pray for our community. When was the last time you prayed over someone? Jesus is our Good Shepherd, when we pray we are asking the Good Shepherd to lead us and feed us. We are walking with the Good Shepherd to protects us and gives us rest. Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on Sunday, July 27, 2025, Pastor Jason Lang...

We all have needs. We need love. We need a home. We need food and water. We need God. Prayer is depending on God who gives us everything we need. We pray asking God to give us what He knows we need and trusting Him to supply all of our needs. Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on Sunday, July 20, 2025, Pastor Jason Lang preaching. Powered by Restream https://restream.io/(...

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on Sunday, July 13, 2025, Pastor Nick Olson preaching.

Where do you go when you're in trouble? When you have messed up, when you sinned and you know it, who do you go to? Our natural tendency is to hide our sin or pretend it never happened. When we sin, we hide from God. Today we are going talk about praying for forgiveness. When we are caught in sin, we ask God for forgiveness and He does! God promises to forgive us because Jesus has already paid...