Welcome to the weekly podcast from Lifegate Church led by Pastor Micah Eldridge. Lifegate is a multi-campus church that exists to invite people everywhere to discover, live and give life in Jesus!
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We’ve arrived at the final stage of the spiritual formation journey, which is the end goal of the Christian life. Surprisingly, we’ll discover following Jesus is less about us getting into Heaven and more about getting the things of Heaven into us!Di Micah Eldridge
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When in our stages of growth as followers of Christ we find ourselves hitting a wall that threatens to destroy our faith, our future, our very lives, God is there. The wall doesn’t represent the end but, is instead our invitation through and into a deeper life of surrender, love, impact and intimate friendship with God!…
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We’re all going to hit a Wall at some point in our spiritual journey – a time when our will collides with God’s will. Let’s learn the warnings from Scripture about how we’ll be tempted to respond at the Wall, so we can get through those times and experience what God has for us on the other side.Di Micah Eldridge
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As we walk through our spiritual journey, we’ll naturally be looking for directions along the way. But God provides for us something better than turn-by-turn navigation, He comes along side of us as our Guide. Learning to hear the Guide’s voice is essential to navigating the journey.Di Micah Eldridge
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We're slowing down to talk about something that is important and valuable at every stage – Spiritual Practices. Spiritual practices exist to help us bear fruit / flourish with Christ. Not to prove we are good Christians.Di Cole Denne
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The journey inward is often the most misunderstood stage of our spiritual journey with Jesus. It’s the stage with the greatest potential to trip us up, but it’s also the stage with the best opportunities to help us experience the abundant life Jesus came to offer.Di Micah Eldridge
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The first stages of our journey with Jesus are as foundational as childhood and adolescent years are for human development. But how do we know if traveled these critical early stages, or skipped them, or missed them?Di Micah Eldridge
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Everyone is on a spiritual journey whether we identify as spiritual or not. Every day, our inner life is being shaped and influenced - and we’re often not happy with where we’re headed. As we launch this 8-week series, we’ll discover Jesus’ invitation to a better spiritual journey and how to begin walking with Him.…
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We become great when we live like our Servant King.Di Tim Hall
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We are all encouraged to serve, but what is our motive. In this message you will see how humility, empathy and Compassion can lead us as we serve.Di Robert Wilson
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"We may say we follow Jesus, but are we displaying that to the world in our day to day lives? Let’s talk about an essential aspect of the Christian life – an aspect that when properly lived out in our day-to-day, will change the world around us."Di Nate Plugge
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We are going to discover today - what the spiritual gifts are, how you can discover yours and how you can use them by becoming a part of the body of Christ.Di Jake Adams
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We often think money is just a matter of resources or rewards, but Jesus teaches that money is a matter of the heart. It’s important to understand our current relationship with money and take steps to move from greed to generosity.Di Micah Eldridge
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The salvation God offers us through faith in Jesus is more than just true, it’s good. However, so many don’t see the goodness imbedded in the good news. Let’s learn how to live lives that display the beauty of the gospel to a watching world.Di Micah Eldridge
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We all want connection but maybe we’ve been going after it the wrong way. While we like to live on our screens, it turns out Jesus often does his best work around a table. Let’s learn how to real connection happens through proximity with others.Di Micah Eldridge
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We’re not good at accurately evaluating others’ motives, much less our own. And yet, Scripture seems to put a big emphasis on the motives of our heart. Let’s learn how to get a good look at our motives and cultivate a more wholehearted devotion to Jesus.Di Micah Eldridge
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In a time of elections and leveraging our right, Jesus is stepping into our world as King. He is not afraid to ask for everything from His followers. The question is are we willing to pledge allegiance to a King that asks for nothing short of everything.Di Mike Hintz
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Jesus proclaimed in His first sermon the Good News that He came to set the captives free. This is the story of how Jesus set me free from the captivity I was in as a believer. No matter your situation, no matter what circumstances you may be experiencing right now. He Can heal and set you free as well.…
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What we believe about God will influence our lives more than any single thing. The problem is most people believe in a God who isn't God at all. This is one man's story of discovering God's invitation to know Him for who He really is.Di Les Beauchamp
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Have you ever pretended to have faith in God so that people would like you? Pastor Connie Bissen shares how different seasons of life and trials helped grow her faith and transform her.Di Connie Bissen
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What you believe with heart under what you say with your mouth influences everything in your life. In this message, Pastor Sarah McPherson dives into her journey of finding the true love of God that she had been in search for her whole life.Di Sarah McPherson
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Throughout its history, the church hasn’t always embraced miracles. And at other times, it has welcomed miracles, but the miracles didn’t matter because the church was a mess. If we look back at the church at its birth, we can find key insights for how to become a church where miracles happen and they matter.…
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When talking about the supernatural, we can’t just talk about God, but we also have to acknowledge that there are other spiritual forces at work in our world. But the good news is that those in Jesus can walk in authority and victory in the midst of a spiritual battle.Di Les Beauchamp
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Healing prayer often comes with all kinds of emotional and spiritual baggage. The mystery of how and when God heals has caused both hope and despair for so many. Let’s dive into the mystery to better understand God’s heart for healing.Di Micah Eldridge
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Many approach the idea of miracles with an all or nothing attitude – either everything is a miracle, or nothing is. In this message, we’ll unpack what a miracle is, what a miracle isn’t, and why they sometimes happen.Di Micah Eldridge
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There are plenty of life hacks out there to make us better and stronger. But when it comes to accessing spiritual strength, Scripture offers an often-overlooked life hack.Di Micah Eldridge
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We know this- when it comes to our nuclear families, but we often don't think about it in the same way when it comes to the family of God. Did you know, if you're in Jesus, if He is Lord and Savior of your life, you are a part of a bigger family? One that is global, & more eternal than the family sitting right next to you. It is a family, connected…
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The core element of Christian belief isn’t a spiritual revelation given by one man, group or culture. But, it’s a historical event that carried world-changing and life-altering spiritual significance.Di Micah Eldridge
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Although God mysteriously reveals Himself in many ways in Scripture, His clearest revelation if through Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord.Di Les Beauchamp
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This message will help us understand how believing “The Father as Creator” shapes our thoughts and actions related to some of the most hotly debated issues of our day.Di Micah Eldridge
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So much of how we think and live begins with what we believe. In this series, we’ll deep dive into our beliefs and go back in time to see how they align with the earliest Christians.Di Micah Eldridge
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We all have grave clothes and the only way out of them is by receiving the forgiveness that God offers.Di Micah Eldridge
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In this forgiveness series we are learning that our future will be determined by our capacity to forgive and in this talk, we will discover that our capacity to forgive will be determined by our willingness to receive the forgiveness of God. Are we willing? Here’s how you can be.Di Les Beauchamp
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Forgiveness is more than learned behavior or good social etiquette. True forgiveness requires a supernatural exchange between us and God, which then gives us the capacity to forgive others from our heart.Di Micah Eldridge
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History is clear that without forgiveness there is no future – for nations, for relationships, or for personal wholeness. We’ll begin this series addressing the false forms of forgiveness that we often embrace, which leave us paralyzed in the pain of our past. And, we’ll point to a better way forward that promises a brighter tomorrow.…
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The genius of living invitationally, as Jesus did, is that it’s not forced or fake. It’s actually pretty familiar. And as we follow him, we’ll discover that the familiar becomes our field.Di Micah Eldridge
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In a world that’s divided and increasingly isolated, it’s time we recover Jesus’ very ordinary method for sharing good news with others.Di Micah Eldridge
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In our world followers of Jesus are often seen as extreme, judgmental and hypocritical. That description couldn’t be further from the abundant Life Jesus produces in a person who knows and follows Him. In this series called Invitational Living we start with an opportunity to become positively and contagiously questionable expressions of Jesus and t…
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Evangelism seems to have a bad rap these days, but the best way forward isn’t abandoning the Great Commission. Maybe if we recovered the beauty of the good news, it wouldn’t be so hard to hear.Di Micah Eldridge
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To be a wholehearted people, it will require us to prioritize the Spirit-filled and Spirit-led life. Let’s discover what that is and how to live it.Di Micah Eldridge
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As we kick off our vision for 2024, we’ll learn about the often-overlooked reason Jesus gives us for fasting.Di Micah Eldridge
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Joy is a gift from God but can be hard to keep. Life has a way of robbing the awe and delight that Jesus came to bring. Let’s learn how to recover what’s been stolen, so we can journey with Jesus in joy.Di Micah Eldridge
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Will there ever be peace on earth? This is a question whose answer people all over the world long to know. Christmas is all about peace but what kind of peace? A peace that ends war? The advent of Jesus, His anticipated arrival has brought peace to earth, will bring final peace to earth and is bringing peace that was promised by the angels to those…
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No one likes to wait. But turns out, God has a long history of working in the waiting. Let’s discover how, when we put our focus on Jesus, wait turns to hope.Di Micah Eldridge
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Through the diagnosis, financial situation, marriage stress, career challenges, all the storms we face I believe God wants to encourage your heart today and equip you with truth to help you be steady through the storm you’re in.Di Jake Adams
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The tithe is often seen as irrelevant, obsolete or a heavy obligation. However, the tithe is intended to be a willing act of joy-filled worship that aligns us with God’s principles of the harvest.Di Micah Eldridge
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10 out of 10 people would say that they want a better relationship with money. Whether it’s just that they want more of it, or that they want to think about it less, or they want to better use it as a tool. Jesus speaks a lot about money, but his real message is that it’s not about money – it’s about the condition of our hearts. Enter the tithe, th…
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Sowing and reaping are natural laws that plays out in every area of our lives. There are 3 Principles of the Harvest involving sowing and reaping we can put to work that will align us with God’s desire to provide and bless.Di Micah Eldridge
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We often know where to turn when the world, our flesh or the devil is standing in our way. We turn to God. But how do we respond when it seems God is in the way?Di Micah Eldridge
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Is it really possible to be free from daily and sometimes crippling anxiety in a world of so much trouble and turmoil. In a word: yes, if we are willing to start thinking about what we think about. Get ready, freedom can be yours today!Di Les Beauchamp
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