The Word of Life Podcast

Advent is all about the coming of Christ Jesus. So why are we talking about the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem? Isn’t that a Palm Sunday story? From Christmas to Good Friday, Jesus shows His LOVE for us. Jesus is the Savior we need, even if we didn’t expect a Savior who died for us. And Jesus is coming back again for us too. God sent His one and only Son to be the Savior of the world because He LOV...

What's the difference between happiness and JOY? And how can God look at us and say that He is pleased with us? Has God really looked at me and said He is pleased with me, I'm not even pleased with me most of the time, so how could God be pleased? The source of God's joy and our joy is Jesus our Savior. He is our JOY!  Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on December 1...

God chooses an ordinary girl in a small town to give birth to the Son of God. God looks at her and gives GRACE. Grace- undeserved, unearned favor. And the angel's message proclaims the Lord is with her. And that's good news for us too, not only did God give grace to Mary, but He gives grace to us too!  Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on December 4, 2022, Pastor Ja...

Today is the first Sunday in Advent, a day we HOPE for the future with eyes on the past. Preparing for Christmas by remembering past Christmases, old decorations, traditions, and songs. God prepares people for the birth of His One and only Son by sending John the prophet to prepare the way. Advent is the season the church looks back at Jesus coming and looks forward to Him coming again.  Reco...

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

Did you hear what _____ did? They fell to temptation and they sinned and we do too. Forgivenesses isn’t a free pass to sin. Let’s keep doing good for other people, restoring them, supporting them, loving others in the name of Jesus, but don’t brag about it. Our only humble brag is in Jesus Christ and what He has done for us.  Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on Nov...

Do you ever feel not good enough? Not good enough for God, not good enough to be forgiven? Christ sets us free from that "good enough" stuff. It's never Christ +  that gives us salvation. We are set free from slavery to sin by faith in Christ. Only Christ.  Warning: This message talks about some graphic stuff regarding circumcision. Did Paul actually say he hopes they cut their members o...

Why do we want to do it on our own? Why do we think we can make someone love us if we do the right thing? Why do we think we can make God love us by being "good enough"? God knows us, and he still loves us. Today we confess our own plans and hear God's love for us.  Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on October 30, 2022, Pastor Jason Lang preaching.

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota, on October 23, 2022, Pastor Nick Olson preaching.

I love being right, like all the time, but what makes us right in God's eyes? Were you made right with God by doing good stuff? Were you justified (just as if I'd never sinned) by the works of the Law? No. Jesus has taken sin's curse upon Himself on the cross so we can be justified. We are declared righteous through faith in Jesus Christ. So why do some of us think of the Law? The righteous live b...

In Galatians 2 we get to hear a little of the Apostle Paul's life and we even get to hear about an argument that Paul has with Peter. Peter was wrong. Peter sinned. I love that God doesn't hesitate to share people's failures to show God's forgiveness. We hear without a doubt, doing good stuff doesn't earn us justification. The Law's job is to kill us, so God can make us alive in Christ Jesus and d...

Good morning Word of Life, we are kicking off a new series today, Christ in Us. As we hear God speak in Galatians, we will hear that this letter is for us too. Galatians is all about God's message of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus gives Himself for the forgiveness of our sins. And Pastor J has a little surprise for us as we walk thru Galatians. Recorded live at Word of Lif...

What do people say about you? Do people know the real you? Jesus had the same issue, people said all sorts of crazy stuff about Him too. Today we hear what Peter says about Jesus (and Jesus says Peter's faith came straight from God). Jesus is the Christ, the Savior and that's what the Church is all about.   Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on September 25, 2022, Pas...

Who is your friend? What makes a friend a friend? What are friends for? We get to hear a story about some friends who bring a friend in need to Jesus. Friends bring friends to Jesus. We are the church. We get to be those friends who bring friends to Jesus. That's us being the church.  Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on September 18, 2022, Pastor Jason Lang preachin...

We are the Church! It's September and we are starting a new series, We are the Church. We are spending a few weeks talking about Jesus and what it looks like to be the church. Jesus meets a couple guys who follow him and they tell a couple people to come and see Jesus. Jesus sees you too, and He loves you. So come on in, grab a name tag and come and see Jesus.  Recorded live at Word of Life C...

Have you ever tried to do the right thing and it all went wrong? Maybe you thought you were doing what's right, but it turned out very wrong. King David thought he was doing the right thing, so did his friend Huzzah, but they didn't ask God, they just did what they thought was right. And it turned wrong. God is holy and He takes His holiness very seriously. We worship a holy God.  Recorded li...

Today our friends Troy Tysdal and Tim Mathiesen are worshiping with us and filming for the Church of the Lutheran Brethren. Troy is sharing about going against the flow in a broken world.  Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on August 28, 2022, Pastor Troy Tysdal  preaching.

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on August 21, 2022, Pastor Nick Olson preaching.

What are you afraid of? Not like spiders or dogs or undercooked chicken, what are you really afraid of? What do you do when you're afraid? Today we hear about Gideon who trusted God to save, even when he was afraid. God saves us too, even when we're afraid.  Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on August 14, 2022, Pastor Jason Lang preaching.

Do you ever grumble & complain? Who do you complain about? Often our complaining is really directed at God, "I want _____, I don't want _____! It's not fair!" What did God do when His people complain against him? God fed them bread from heaven. What does God do for us when we complain? God feeds us the Bread of Life.   Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on August...

Do you ever feel like you’re not good enough? Ever get tired of your struggle with sin? This week we are kicking off Day Camp by taking a Run with Jesus pressing on toward the prize God is waiting to give us. Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on July 31, 2022, Pastor Jason Lang preaching.

Today is our last Sunday in our Hope series. We are discussing Living Hope. We have a living hope because we have a living Savior. Have you looked at your life and struggled with the question, "why is life so hard?" or have you felt like God is testing you? God is giving you genuine faith in our genuine Savior, Jesus Christ. Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on July 24, 2...

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on July 17, 2022, Pastor Nick preaching.   Powered by Restream https://restream.io/

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on July 10, 2022, Pastor Nick preaching.

Recorded live at Word of Life Church in Le Sueur, Minnesota on July 3, 2022, Pastor Nick preaching.