Scripture - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org Helping people become Fully Alive in Christ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:46:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://liferoads.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-cross-100x100.jpg Scripture - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org 32 32 Abide – Week 2 https://liferoads.org/sermons/abide-week-2/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 04:41:53 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=5108 Daily engagement with Scripture is a core practice of abiding in Christ. We should be able to see the Bible not as an obligation or academic exercise, but as a living, life-giving means of growing in our relationship with Jesus. As God’s Word dwells richly in us, we are shaped, taught, and directed in our everyday faith.

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]]> Daily engagement with Scripture is a core practice of abiding in Christ. We should be able to see the Bible not as an obligation or academic exercise, but as a living, life-giving means of growing in our relationship with Jesus. As God’s Word dwells richly in us, we are shaped, taught, and directed in our everyday faith.

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]]> Following Jesus – Week 9 https://liferoads.org/sermons/following-jesus-week-9/ Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:07:00 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4999 Jesus described how people receive the word of God like soil receiving a seed. Our hearts respond to Christ’s message by being — hard, shallow, crowded, or receptive. The Parable of the Sower is a well-known story found in ⁠Matthew 13:1-23⁠ that is asking us how we hear God’s word. Do we have a tinge of resistance, or are we distracted? What does it look like to be receptive to the message of God’s kingdom? The seed sprouts in good […]

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]]> Jesus described how people receive the word of God like soil receiving a seed. Our hearts respond to Christ’s message by being — hard, shallow, crowded, or receptive. The Parable of the Sower is a well-known story found in ⁠Matthew 13:1-23⁠ that is asking us how we hear God’s word. Do we have a tinge of resistance, or are we distracted? What does it look like to be receptive to the message of God’s kingdom? The seed sprouts in good soil and grows and multiplies into abundant fruit in our lives.

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]]> Stirred Up – Week 2 https://liferoads.org/sermons/stirred-up-week-2/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:00:00 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4847 This week in ⁠2 Peter 1:16-21⁠, Donnie talks about the power of scripture. The Bible isn’t just any book. Peter explained how they have written from first-hand experience of Jesus. The message is the light of God; it is God’s guide to your life. One has to ask themselves, What is the authority in your life? I will put my trust in the revelation of our creator. Isaiah 55:8-92 Timothy 3:16-17Hebrews 4:16

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]]> This week in ⁠2 Peter 1:16-21⁠, Donnie talks about the power of scripture. The Bible isn’t just any book. Peter explained how they have written from first-hand experience of Jesus. The message is the light of God; it is God’s guide to your life. One has to ask themselves, What is the authority in your life? I will put my trust in the revelation of our creator.

Isaiah 55:8-9
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Hebrews 4:16

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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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]]> Practicing the Presence of God – Part 2 https://liferoads.org/sermons/practicing-the-presence-of-god-part-2/ Sun, 16 Jan 2022 23:24:18 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3811 How do we live life in God's presence? We need to know that God speaks, and we need God's Word more than food. God's Word is precious. Actively put yourself in Jesus' path by reading His Holy Word.

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Hebrews 4:12

2 Timothy 3:16-17

John 1:1

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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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]]> To The Ends Of The Earth – Part 8 https://liferoads.org/sermons/to-the-ends-of-the-earth-part-8/ Sun, 27 Jun 2021 18:37:00 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3635 Acts 8:26-28Acts 8:29-31Acts 8:32-35Isaiah 53:1-12Romans 8:18-25Acts 8:36-40Acts 8:6-25

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Acts 8:29-31
Acts 8:32-35
Isaiah 53:1-12
Romans 8:18-25
Acts 8:36-40
Acts 8:6-25

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]]> Rise Up – Part 2 https://liferoads.org/sermons/rise-up-part-2/ Sun, 11 Apr 2021 17:51:00 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3604 Luke 24:13-35Luke 24:1-9

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Luke 24:1-9

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]]> Resilient Faith – Part 2 https://liferoads.org/sermons/resilient-faith-part-2/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 20:31:56 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3522 2 Timothy 3:14-17James 1:22-25Colossians 3:16 liferoads.org/soapliferoads.org/bibleblueletterbible.orgbiblegateway.com

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James 1:22-25
Colossians 3:16

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]]> How to Grow – Pt. 3 https://liferoads.org/sermons/let-us/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 05:25:39 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=2961 The author of Hebrews gives us four things to do as Christians. Let us draw near to God, hold fast, stir up love and meet together encouraging each other.

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]]> The author of Hebrews gives us four things to do as Christians. Let us draw near to God, hold fast, stir up love and meet together encouraging each other.

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