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You Were Never Meant to Follow Jesus Alone | LIFEchurch Sunday Message | Amy Johnson

If you have ever wondered where you fit in the church, this message is for you.
In Week 2 of Transformed, Pastor Amy teaches from Romans 12:3-8 and shows how humility, spiritual gifts, authenticity, and connected community all flow from knowing who God is.
This message explores what it means to think of yourself less without thinking less of yourself, why the body of Christ needs every part, and how God's kingdom values hidden faithfulness over status and approval. If you have felt disconnected, uncertain of your role, or tempted to keep your faith private, this teaching offers a practical next step.
Speaker: Amy Johnson
Series: Transformed
Week: 2
Date: July 5, 2026
Scripture referenced: Romans 12:3-8, 1 Corinthians 12:21-22, James 1:17
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Be Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind | LIFEchurch Sunday Message | Rich Greene

Romans 12 teaches that spiritual transformation begins with surrender. In this message, Pastor Rich walks through what it means to offer your life as a living sacrifice, refuse the pattern of the world, and let God renew your mind.
Rich also connects this passage to strongholds in our thinking and the practice of taking thoughts captive. If you are wrestling with anxiety, control, fear about the future, or recurring thought patterns that keep shaping your life, this message will help you move toward surrender and trust in Jesus.
 
Speaker: Rich Greene
Series: Transformed Week: 1
Date: June 28, 2026
Scripture referenced: Romans 12:1-2, 2 Corinthians 10
 
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When Lies Shape Your Identity, God Speaks a Truer Name | LIFEchurch Sunday Message | Chris Cary

Many of us have learned to live behind masks, agreements, and labels that were formed in pain. In this message, Pastor Chris shows how the enemy uses wounds to shape identity, how Jesus restores us without shame, and how the Father invites us to receive what is truer about us in Christ.
Speaker: Chris CaryMessage: Our True NameScripture: Romans 8:15-16, John 10:10, 2 Corinthians 3:16, John 21, Revelation 2:17, Ephesians 1
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Do your words reflect your relationship with Jesus? | LIFEchurch Sunday Message | Rich Greene

Do your words reflect your relationship with Jesus?
In Week 5 of Jesus + Nothing, Pastor Rich closes the series by teaching from Colossians 4 and reminding us that everything is spiritual, including the words we speak, text, post, pray, and use in difficult conversations.
This message explores four ways our words can point people to Jesus: pray with your words because they connect you to God, engage with your words because they build bridges to outsiders, encourage with your words because they strengthen others, and honor with your words because they deepen relationships.
Speaker: Rich Greene
Series: Jesus + Nothing, Week 5
Message: Words That Point People to Jesus
Date: June 14, 2026 Scripture referenced: Colossians 3:17, Colossians 4:2-18, Luke 6:45
 
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The Bible Verse We Want to Fast Forward Through | LIFEchurch Sunday Message | Rich Greene

What does it look like to honor Jesus in marriage, parenting, & work?
In Week 4 of Jesus + Nothing, Pastor Rich teaches from Colossians 3:18-4:1, a passage that can feel uncomfortable in our culture. Rather than fast forwarding through difficult Scripture, this message invites us to ask what faithful obedience looks like in the roles God has given us.
Rich walks through biblical submission, sacrificial love, parenting with a shepherd's heart, work as unto the Lord, and authority as stewardship under Christ. The message also makes an important pastoral distinction: Scripture is never permission for abuse, manipulation, or cruelty.
Speaker: Rich Greene
Series: Jesus + Nothing, Week 4
Message: Honor Jesus in Every Role
Date: June 7, 2026
Scripture referenced: Colossians 3:18-4:1
 
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What Is Your Heart Set On? | LIFEchurch Sunday Message | Rich Greene

How do you make Jesus your priority when life is full of competing voices, habits, desires, and distractions?
Rich Greene continues the Jesus + Nothing series with a message from Colossians 3. Paul moves from belief to behavior: since we have been raised to new life with Christ, we set our hearts on things above, put to death what belongs to the old life, and put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness, and love.
This message will help you examine what your life is communicating. If someone looked at your calendar, finances, phone, family, friendships, and daily choices, would they see Jesus as your priority or something else?
Speaker: Rich GreeneSeries: Jesus + Nothing, Week 3Message: Jesus Is Your PriorityDate: May 31, 2026Scriptures referenced: Colossians 3:1-17; Proverbs 4:23
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When You Need More Than a Little Jesus | LIFEchurch Sunday Message | Rich Greene

How do you trust God when you are suffering and cannot make sense of what is happening?
Pastor Rich continues the Jesus + Nothing series with a message from Colossians 1-2 on the mystery of Christ in us, the hope of glory. Paul writes about suffering while he himself is in prison, reminding us that struggle is not evidence that God has forgotten us. In Christ, suffering can become a place where we experience His presence, depend on His strength, reject counterfeits, and focus again on what is real.
This message names the ways we often reach for substitutes when we are hurting: control, blame, escape, positive thinking, busyness, and trying harder. But Jesus is not a supplement to add to our lives. He is everything.
Speaker: Rich GreeneSeries: Jesus + Nothing, Week 2Message: Jesus Is Everything in the StruggleDate: May 24, 2026Scriptures referenced: John 15:13, Colossians 1:24-29, Colossians 2:1-17
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Is Jesus Your Foundation or Just Decoration? | LIFEchurch Sunday Message | Rich Greene

What do you really believe about Jesus?
In Colossians, Paul reminds the church that the gospel is Jesus plus nothing. Jesus is not simply one part of the Christian life. He is supreme over all creation, the one who rescued us, the one who defines our identity, and the one who holds all things together.
Pastor Rich teaches that we often treat faith like a buffet, choosing the parts we want while leaving surrender, patience, generosity, forgiveness, and obedience behind. But if Jesus is truly enough, then every area of life belongs to Him.
This message will help you ask whether Jesus is the foundation you are building on, or decoration you add to make life look better.
Speaker: Rich GreeneSeries: Jesus + Nothing, Week 1Message: Jesus Plus NothingDate: May 17, 2026Scriptures referenced: Colossians 1:3-6, Colossians 1:9-10, Colossians 1:13-23, Colossians 3:17
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When Faith Feels Like Walking in Circles | LIFEchurch Sunday Message | Rich Greene

What do you do when what you see is different from what God has said?
In this message, Rich continues the Strength and Courage series by looking at Joshua, Jericho, and the kind of faith that pleases God. Faith is not just believing God exists, and it is not treating God like a genie who gives us whatever we want. Faith is trusting God's promise, obeying His plan, and continuing to walk even when the walking does not seem to be working.
If you are facing a wall of anxiety, shame, bitterness, loneliness, pride, uncertainty, or discouragement, this message will help you bring that battle back to Jesus and remember that the battle belongs to Him.
Speaker: Rich GreeneSeries: Strength and CourageMessage: Faith That Keeps WalkingDate: May 10, 2026Scriptures referenced: Hebrews 11:1, Hebrews 11:6, Hebrews 11:30, Joshua 5:13-15, Joshua 6:1-16
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If the Holy Spirit Makes You Nervous, This Is for You | LIFEchurch Sunday Message | Wayne

The Holy Spirit is your friend, and He is not something to fear.
In this message, Wayne teaches about the Holy Spirit, baptism in the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and why many Christians feel nervous or confused about this topic. He explains that every Jesus follower has the Holy Spirit from the moment they give their life to Jesus, and that God invites believers to ask for more of His power by faith.
This message is for anyone who wants everything God has for them but still has questions about the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, spiritual gifts, or what it means to live an effective Christian life.
Speaker: WayneMessage: The Holy Spirit is Your FriendDate: May 3, 2026Scriptures referenced: John 3, Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4-8, 1 Corinthians 12:7, Acts 19:2, Luke 11:11-13
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