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When you are trying to do what’s right, and nobody else seems to be, when it feels like the bad guys are winning, when those who do what is wrong come out on top, when you are tempted to take the easy way out - David is saying to each one of us GOD SEES YOU.  He sees every time you choose to do right even when it would have been easier to do wrong, even when no one may have noticed, even when...

Psalms 1:3-8 says,"O Lord, I have so many enemies; so many are against me. So many are saying, "God will never rescue him!" Interlude But You, O Lord, are a shield around me; You are my glory, the one who holds my head high. I cried out to the Lord, and He answered me from his holy mountain. Interlude I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the Lord was watching over me. I am not afraid...

"Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry." - James 1:19

If you live to simply please yourself - if you will only allow those who affirm what you want to speak into your life - if you have no room for truth that challenges your self-serving interests - then you are destined for the ocean floor. But how do we avoid that? Realistically, how do we know if we are only listening to what we want to hear, or if we are hearing the truth?

If you will dare to hope, you will find it to be a trustworthy anchor for you over these next few months - no matter what storms come. With King David we can declare this boldly, Psalm 27:13 “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.”

The storm of anger can and has shipwrecked the faith of far too many. What makes anger so dangerous is not that we feel it, it’s what we do with it.

This week at Lifetree, we had the pleasure of meeting Tara Matthews! Tara is a Missionary Associate who will be serving in Costa Rica with ChildHope! We are so looking forward to hearing her share her story as well as her heart about missions and calling for youth students. https://www.facebook.com/taramatthewsma/

This week at Lifetree, we examined another threat to our faith and how we can guard against it or rebuild if it's already done its damage - our past. The weight of our past can shipwreck our faith, but the failures and brokenness of our past are the very things God redeems and uses to show love to a world drowning in guilt and fear. Your past does not rob you of the future He has for you.

Have you had those days where you know you’d write the story differently? Those days where you want to tell God how things should turn out? When we walk through pain and suffering that WE THINK is unnecessary, it can cause us to distrust God - and our boat starts to sink a little. Through Naaman’s story, we learn when we feel like we know better than God, He knows exactly what He’s doing - and He’...

Missing the point of faith, or even encountering someone who has missed it, can shipwreck our faith. The point is not to believe the right things above all else. Instead, the point is to Love Well. Watch last night's message to learn more about what it means to love others well!

If you've found your faith shipwrecked or feel like you're headed that way or if you believe there is a rich treasure of faith somewhere out there but haven't experienced it yet or if you're skeptical that there's anything real out there, we're taking some time during this series to really talk about it. Each week we are going to explore one simple step we can take to rebuild a faith that is not g...

Happy Easter, Lifetree Family! It was so good to see so many of you last night at our Saturday Night Lifetree service and this morning at our Sunrise Service! Last night, we talked about the greatest display of love our world has ever seen - a love that no Netflix show or romance movie could ever compare to.

Life is full of defining moments in our lives. Some of those could be ordinary and others could be extraordinary. The visitation of God is not some casual moment. It is always full of purpose and opportunity. He comes to help us understand the way to Peace. It is our opportunity for salvation.

"Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? “And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beauti...

Idols always over promise and under deliver; they are always more costly than we imagine. The Idol of Power promises Authority and demands we believe we don't need anyone else. But, if we refuse to worship power, to chase after it, and if we instead trust the God of All Power then He will give us the power we need to do what is ours to do.

And when you turn to the right or the left, you ears will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the way, walk in it. - Isaiah 30:21

The Idol of Understanding promises answers. It promises that when you know enough then you'll be satisfied, that if we could only figure out how it all works then we'd be so much better. The battle for our hearts is tested daily as we encounter situations and circumstances that challenge our understanding. Will you trust the God of all wisdom, or will you demand an answer? "Trust in the Lord with...

When we worship the Idol of Approval, we have to continually keep up with the demands for acceptance. The Idol of Approval makes us a slave to the opinions of others. But there's hope because we have the true source of approval.

Sometimes it can feel like God is asking too much of us. What we can learn from Noah is this: when God prompts us to do something, no matter how impossible or unbelievable of overwhelming it is, He WILL help us.

The unchanging God promises us that we can change. It doesn't matter who you are or how unlikely you are to change, God will present you with the opportunities to change just like He did with Rahab. If you will put your hope in God's promise of change, one day you are going to look back and say, "I'm not who I was. God has changed me."

Whoever God has proven Himself to be in the past is who we can trust Him to be today and forever.  "Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands. They will perish, but you remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment and discard them. But you are always the same; you will live forever. The children of your peop...

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Prepare the way. Clear the road. Fill valleys. Level mountains. Straighten curves. Smooth rough places.

Missionaries Rocco DiTrolio and his wife Daiana shared about the work God is doing in Argentina as we continued our series on All People and the importance of sending people.

Today, we are starting a new series that finishes the year's theme of Good News. Great Joy. All People.