Genesis - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org Helping people become Fully Alive in Christ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 03:43:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://liferoads.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-cross-100x100.jpg Genesis - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org 32 32 Waiting Room – Hope https://liferoads.org/sermons/waiting-room-hope/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 03:36:32 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=5063 How do we be patient in our waiting periods? How do we recognize that it is not a waste of time? The fall broke our relationship with God, others, creation, and ourselves. However, in the same verses of Genesis that describe the fall, God presents the protoevangelium; the first good news of the redeemer. Jesus is that redeemer. He brought Himself down to a position such that Satan could strike His heel, yet in the same act, Jesus crushed Satan […]

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]]> How do we be patient in our waiting periods? How do we recognize that it is not a waste of time? The fall broke our relationship with God, others, creation, and ourselves. However, in the same verses of Genesis that describe the fall, God presents the protoevangelium; the first good news of the redeemer. Jesus is that redeemer. He brought Himself down to a position such that Satan could strike His heel, yet in the same act, Jesus crushed Satan (John 12:28-31). This was God’s plan before the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:19-20) (Rev 13:8). And God’s plan requires waiting. During this time God is doing great things in us and around us. We have hope in this, and we must be patient (James 5:7-11). For, we who wait shall have renewed strength and will not be exhausted. We shall mount with wings like eagles and we will run without weary (Isaiah 40:30-31).

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]]> Walk Wisely – Week 5 https://liferoads.org/sermons/walk-wisely-week-5/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 02:27:51 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4921 The way we think about work is broken. We often see it as a necessary evil, but scripture presents a different way to think about it (⁠Colossians 3:23-24⁠). Though it is imperfect, there is goodness in work, and we should be wise about how we think about and how we engage in work (⁠Proverb 12:11⁠)(⁠Proverb 22:29⁠). God created us to work (⁠Genesis 2:15⁠), but it has been corrupted in the fall. We can still find meaning and joy in working […]

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]]> The way we think about work is broken. We often see it as a necessary evil, but scripture presents a different way to think about it (⁠Colossians 3:23-24⁠). Though it is imperfect, there is goodness in work, and we should be wise about how we think about and how we engage in work (⁠Proverb 12:11⁠)(⁠Proverb 22:29⁠). God created us to work (⁠Genesis 2:15⁠), but it has been corrupted in the fall. We can still find meaning and joy in working diligently (⁠Proverb 13:4⁠). Offer our labor to the Lord (⁠Colossians 3:23-24⁠). One of the important parts of that is to honor the rhythm of work and rest (⁠Proverb 23:4⁠)(⁠Proverb 15:19⁠).

Recognize that Jesus spent most of His adult life as a craftsman. In our times of labor, it may help to think of Christ joyously serving and honoring in his vocation of carpentry. (⁠Psalm 90:17⁠)

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]]> God Meant It for Good, Pt. 4 https://liferoads.org/sermons/god-meant-it-for-good-pt-4/ Sun, 03 Dec 2023 20:38:24 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4475 Forgiving wrongs done to us, shedding that weight of unforgiveness, can transform our lives, says Pastor Donnie Johnson in this final part of his 4-week study of the life of Joseph. But how?

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]]> ⁠Genesis 42:1-17⁠

⁠Genesis 42:18-28⁠

⁠Genesis 44:1-13⁠

⁠Genesis 44:30-34⁠

⁠Genesis 45:1-12⁠

⁠Genesis 50:15-21⁠

⁠Ephesians 4:32

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]]> God Meant It for Good, Pt. 3 https://liferoads.org/sermons/god-meant-it-for-good-pt-3/ Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:30:30 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4473 We should remember two things whenever we're going through difficulties in life: First: God is good. Second: God has a plan. Nowhere are those truths more obvious than in the Bible story of Joseph. Today Pastor Donnie shows Joseph's meteoric ascension from a prison cell to the Pharoah's court in a single day.

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]]> ⁠Genesis 40:1-23⁠

⁠Psalm 27:13-14 ⁠

⁠Isaiah 40:28-31⁠

⁠Genesis 41:9-46⁠

⁠Genesis 41:50-52

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]]> God Meant It For Good, Pt. 2 https://liferoads.org/sermons/god-meant-it-for-good-pt-2/ Sun, 19 Nov 2023 20:31:05 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4470 Do you tend to run toward or away from God when suffering comes into your life? Pastor Donnie looks at how God was with Joseph during his many trials and suffering as a slave in Egypt, and though Joseph couldn't have known the specifics of how God would bring good out of terrible circumstances, He did ... and God always will bring good out of suffering for His children.

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]]> God Meant It for Good, Pt. 1 https://liferoads.org/sermons/god-meant-it-for-good-pt-1/ Sun, 12 Nov 2023 20:44:46 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4464 "God Meant it For Good." These words come from the powerful story of Joseph recorded in the Book of Genesis, the focus of our new Sunday series. Pastor Donnie introduces Joseph and begins to address some of life's biggest questions like "Where is God when we are suffering?"

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]]> Genesis 37:1-11

Genesis 37:12-28

Genesis 37:29-36

Genesis 39:1-4

Romans 8:28

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]]> Christmas Presence – Part 1 https://liferoads.org/sermons/christmas-presence-part-1/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 02:31:00 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3764 One of the most powerful pieces of the Christmas story is the phrase "God with us." This is an amazing thought! Though humanity first hid from God's presence He continues to draw nearer and nearer to his people. The story of God coming to be with us is powerful. Living in God's presence is where we find true fulfillment and joy.

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]]> Matthew 1:21-23
Psalm 16:11
Genesis 2:15-17
Genesis 3:1-24
Romans 8:19-22
Revelation 21:1-4

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]]> Wrestling with God https://liferoads.org/sermons/wrestling-with-god/ Tue, 17 Aug 2021 01:29:47 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3678 Genesis 32 Hosea 12:2-6 Psalms 8 Taking a deep canonical reading of the story of Jacob wrestling with God, reveals some very intense concepts. Concepts of identity and reality that encourage us, as believers, today.

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]]> Genesis 32

Hosea 12:2-6

Psalms 8

Taking a deep canonical reading of the story of Jacob wrestling with God, reveals some very intense concepts. Concepts of identity and reality that encourage us, as believers, today.

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]]> Fearless – Pt. 6 https://liferoads.org/sermons/fearless-pt-6/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 01:10:14 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3095 Galatians 3:29Hebrews 11:1-6Hebrews 11:8-10Genesis 12:1-4 It takes faith to follow God’s call. Hebrews 11:11-12Genesis 15:1-6 It takes faith to follow God’s call and hold on to your convictions. Hebrews 11:13-19 It takes faith to follow God’s call and hold on to your convictions in spite of the circumstances.

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]]> Galatians 3:29
Hebrews 11:1-6
Hebrews 11:8-10
Genesis 12:1-4

It takes faith to follow God’s call.

Hebrews 11:11-12
Genesis 15:1-6

It takes faith to follow God’s call and hold on to your convictions.

Hebrews 11:13-19

It takes faith to follow God’s call and hold on to your convictions in spite of the circumstances.

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]]> Let There Be Light – Pt. 1 https://liferoads.org/sermons/let-there-be-light-pt-1/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 02:50:40 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=2901 When the days are short, and it is the darkest time of the year, we do something interesting: we light everything up! God also brought light into the darkness in creation. He brought light forth simply by His word. The word of God is powerful, and the scale of His creation is immense. But He still wants to be involved in the smallest details in each of our lives. He wants to be able to exercise His creating power in our lives.

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Psalms 33:6

2 Corinthians 4:5-6

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