Obedience - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org Helping people become Fully Alive in Christ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 02:04:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://liferoads.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-cross-100x100.jpg Obedience - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org 32 32 Following Jesus – Week 5 https://liferoads.org/sermons/following-jesus-week-5/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 02:03:36 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4977 This message challenges us to honestly evaluate the substance of our faith: Are we Jesus flavored or Jesus filled? Drawing from ⁠Matthew 7⁠, we look at three essential tests Jesus gives: the Fruit Test, the Obedience Test, and the Foundation Test. Popularity, appearances, and good intentions aren’t enough — what matters is a life rooted in knowing Jesus, doing God’s will, and building on the unshakable foundation of His Word. In a world filled with spiritual shortcuts and diluted faith, […]

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]]> This message challenges us to honestly evaluate the substance of our faith: Are we Jesus flavored or Jesus filled? Drawing from ⁠Matthew 7⁠, we look at three essential tests Jesus gives: the Fruit Test, the Obedience Test, and the Foundation Test. Popularity, appearances, and good intentions aren’t enough — what matters is a life rooted in knowing Jesus, doing God’s will, and building on the unshakable foundation of His Word. In a world filled with spiritual shortcuts and diluted faith, Jesus calls us to the narrow road that leads to life.

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]]> A Living Redeemer – Week 1 https://liferoads.org/sermons/a-living-redeemer-week-1/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 02:54:36 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4864 Introducing ⁠Ruth⁠. We look at the three main characters in this story and read excerpts of ⁠chapters 1 & 2⁠. This is a small story of redemption – in the larger book of God’s redemption. Where one would expect there to be prejudice, there is dignity and acceptance. We can see how reflecting God’s kindness and love has a bigger role than you would expect. Don’t let circumstances define you. Let God’s redemption define you. Be redeemed. Live redeemed. ⁠Psalm […]

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]]> Introducing ⁠Ruth⁠. We look at the three main characters in this story and read excerpts of ⁠chapters 1 & 2⁠. This is a small story of redemption – in the larger book of God’s redemption. Where one would expect there to be prejudice, there is dignity and acceptance. We can see how reflecting God’s kindness and love has a bigger role than you would expect.

Don’t let circumstances define you. Let God’s redemption define you. Be redeemed. Live redeemed.

⁠Psalm 136⁠ Psalm 23⁠ ⁠1 Peter 2:9-10⁠ ⁠1 Corinthians 11:1⁠ ⁠2 Corinthians 3:18⁠

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]]> Practical Faith, Pt. 4 https://liferoads.org/sermons/practical-faith-pt-4/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 19:42:33 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3980 Words matter, and God's Word always brings life ... but our words can either encourage or do great harm, according to Pastor Donnie.

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Proverbs 18:21

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]]> Oikos: Biblical Wisdom for Marriage & Home – Part 4 https://liferoads.org/sermons/oikos-biblical-wisdom-for-marriage-home-part-4/ Sun, 13 Mar 2022 21:06:28 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3855 Parenting is hard .... and rewarding. Ephesians gives us a great guidelines for both parents and children (obey, honor, respect, guide, encourage...). We are all adopted into God's family and through our adoption there is healing for wounds and mending where there is brokenness.

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Exodus 20:2

Colossians 3:20

Matthew 19:14

Ephesians 3:14-15

John 1:12

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]]> Humility from Heaven https://liferoads.org/sermons/humility-from-heaven/ Mon, 03 Jan 2022 03:09:51 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3801 The hymn Christ-Hymn of Philippians 2 is masterfully honoring the humanity and deity of Christ. Paul paints Jesus at the highest peak of
honor, placing his name above all creation; and shows this from the vantage point of the lowest points of humanity; emptied, humble and obedient.

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Romans 7:25

Romans 12:2

Deuteronomy 21:23

Luke 2:35

Exodus 3:14

Isaiah 45:22-25

2 Corinthians 4:6-7

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