Lakewood Vineyard Sermon Podcast
Lakewood Vineyard Church
The Lakewood Vineyard Sermon Podcast features weekly messages from Lakewood Vineyard Church in Lakewood, Colorado. Each episode offers biblical teaching, spiritual encouragement, and practical insights designed to help listeners grow in faith and live out the love of Jesus in their daily lives. Whether catching up on Sunday’s message or exploring what our church is like, join us each week as we seek to follow Jesus together.
Episodes
Addicted to Comfort, Called to Endure
Most of us want a faith that makes life easier. But what if the life you were actually invited into looks more like training for a race than settling into a recliner? In this message from 2 Timothy 2, Paul, facing his own execution, writes to a young friend about what real faith costs, using three pictures everyone in his world understood: a soldier, an athlete, and a farmer. Along the way you’ll hear about a woman who won the Boston Marathon without running it, a half marathon attempted on two miles of training, and a summer spent pulling bindweed out of a scorched lawn. The point is simple and hard: there are no shortcuts to a life that bears fruit. Growth comes from showing up day after day, and you don’t have to do it alone. Underneath the call to endure is something steadier than our own effort. Grace comes first, and even when we are faithless, God remains faithful.
Fear Was Never the Plan
Some fear shows up so early in life that it starts to feel like part of who you are. In this message, Paige tells how she checked herself into a hospital at fifteen and shares that she learned fear was never meant to run her life. Drawing on a short line Paul wrote from prison to his friend Timothy, she looks at the three things God gives in its place: power that doesn’t come from our own striving, love that shows up in how we treat each other, and self-control that knows when to speak boldly and when to speak softly. Along the way, Paige talks honestly about chasing approval, walking away from faith, hearing a quiet invitation to come home, and moving to Colorado alone with only her dog and her horse. Whether you’ve followed Jesus for years or you’re simply tired of living anxious, this is a story about peace that shows up when you least expect it and the people who help you hold onto it. Stay for the three questions at the end. They’re worth sitting with this week.
How to Leave a Legacy
What do you want to leave behind? This video explores Paul’s last letter, written from prison to a young friend. Paul reminds us that faith and values are passed down through generations, starting with a grandmother, then a mother, and now him. It’s all about the legacy we build and share. You’ll hear about real mentorship, the impact of showing up for others, and how influence often comes from what we do, not just what we say. Pastor Christian also talks about turning a difficult family history into something positive for the future.
11th Anniversay / Baptism Sunday
Every jersey we put on says something about where our loyalty lives. This message starts with a story about Tim Tebow, a young quarterback who wore his faith as boldly as his team colors, and it uses that story to ask a harder question: what do we actually give our allegiance to? Working through Romans 5 and 6, the message explores what happens in the waters of baptism: an old life buried, a new one raised, and why that declaration responds to grace rather than earns it. It's for anyone who feels like their old patterns still have the final word, and for anyone who has never really considered what dying and rising with Christ actually means.
Practicing The Way | Together At Dinner, Alone Anyway
You can be sitting across the table from someone you love and still feel completely alone. This message looks at why loneliness and isolation have become the default setting for so many of us, even when we're surrounded by people. Starting in Genesis, Keelan traces how humans were built for connection from the very beginning, and how a culture built around grabbing your attention, and now your attachment, has quietly reordered what we actually want. It's not a rant about phones. It's an honest look at why real community feels so hard to find and even harder to practice, and what it might look like to actually change that. Whether you've never opened a Bible or you've been in church your whole life, this one asks a question worth sitting with: are you actually known, or just around people?
Practicing The Way | Fear, Duty, or Gratitude?
Most of us are running our lives on autopilot, and never stop to ask why we do what we do. Pastor Christian digs into the hidden motivation behind our habits and spiritual practices, whether it's fear of disappointing God, a sense of duty, trying to earn approval, or something else entirely. Working through Romans 12 and Paul's call to offer our lives in response to God's mercy, the message lays out four different reasons people try to change their lives, and why only one of them actually lasts. Along the way, there's an honest story about a ruined Valentine's Day, a confession about wanting the results without doing the work, and a simple picture of a sailboat that reframes what spiritual growth actually requires. It's an invitation to examine your own motivation, whether you've never set foot in a church or you've been practicing your faith for years.
Practicing The Way | The Cost of Actually Changing
Everyone is being shaped by something, whether they notice it or not. The shows you watch, the feeds you scroll, the people you keep close - all of it is quietly forming who you're becoming. Christian asks a simple but uncomfortable question: if you kept living exactly as you are right now, who would you be in five years? Drawing from the story of Jesus calling his first disciples on the shore of Galilee, it explores the difference between admiring someone from a distance and actually following them, walking the same road, letting their life shape yours. Real change isn't about trying harder or performing for approval. It's a slower, sometimes uncomfortable process of being remade from the inside out, and it rarely happens by accident.
Marriage in Light of Eternity
Every relationship can become something it was never meant to be. In this message, Josh and Johanna open up about the season when their marriage almost didn't survive, when admiration quietly turned into idolatry and connection turned into distance. They trace how looking to each other for what only God can provide left them drifting apart, and what it took to find their way back. Along the way, they share simple, practical rhythms for reconnecting with God and with each other, along with an honest look at what grace really means and why it isn't the same as giving in. Whether you're married, dating, healing from a breakup, or just wondering why relationships feel so hard, this conversation speaks to something universal: the ache of wanting a person to be more than they can ever be.
Gods Calling On Your Life
What if the thing you're waiting for God to call you to is already happening right in front of you? In this message, Ollie shares an unfiltered look at wrestling with purpose, from a chaotic teenage house party gone wrong to a surprising prophetic word about doing the dishes. Drawing from Matthew 28, he unpacks what Jesus actually meant when he told his followers to go and make disciples, and why that command was never reserved for the gifted, the trained, or the confident. Through honest stories about neighbors, barbers, and everyday conversations, Ollie message reframes what it looks like to live out your faith without needing a stage, a title, or special credentials.
In The Lighting Business
Ever wonder why almost everyone is told to start reading the Bible at the same spot? There's a reason, and it says more about how the Bible was written than most people realize. Aaron walks through four questions worth asking about any part of the Bible: who wrote it, who it was written for, where the reader is coming from, and why they're reading it at all, and uses them to unpack what kind of book the Bible actually is. Along the way, there's a fresh look at a familiar phrase, "you are the light of the world," tracing it back to an Old Testament image of a lamp and a light that changes what that calling actually asks of a person. Aaron closes with a story about an antique Bible, found by chance, that ties the whole idea together in a way that's hard to shake.
The Night Religion Wasn't Enough
He came to Jesus after dark, and he wasn't broken, desperate, or falling apart. Nicodemus was educated, respected, and religiously successful, the kind of man everyone assumed had it figured out. Yet Jesus looked at him and said he needed to start over completely. This message walks through one of the most famous conversations in the Bible, the late night meeting behind John 3:16, and asks why Jesus would tell a man with a perfect resume that he must be born again. Along the way it uncovers the wordplay hiding in the original languages, where wind, breath, and spirit are all one word, and traces a thread back to an ancient vision of dry bones coming to life. If you've ever tried to hold everything together through effort, knowledge, or sheer control, this conversation is aimed at you. It turns out the invitation to new life was never just for people at rock bottom.
Reel Faith | Mercy Bows, Evil Breaks
In 1914, millions of young men marched into the trenches expecting glory and found a slaughterhouse instead. Out of that same darkness, two men drew opposite conclusions. The painter Otto Dix saw proof that beauty was a lie, and J.R.R. Tolkien saw hints of something truer breaking through the ruin. Kyle walks us through Lord of the Rings to sit with a question worth asking: is the hunger for power, to be right, to bend the world to our will, the thing that makes us great, or the thing that unmakes us? Nietzsche called mercy weakness. Tolkien built an entire world to say the opposite. Through Frodo, Aragorn, and even Gollum, we see why the people most certain they could use power for good are the ones it corrupts first, and why laying it down is the only way evil ever truly falls. If you have ever wondered whether kindness is strength or surrender, this one might change how you see both.
Reel Faith | Your Walls Became Your Prison
The walls we build to protect ourselves have a way of becoming the walls that hold us captive. This message uses the story of The Shawshank Redemption to look at what happens when hope starts to feel dangerous, when waiting on a breakthrough wears you down, and when self-protection quietly turns into a prison of its own. Through the contrast between a man who clings to hope and a man who has given up on it, we ask why honesty about our own brokenness is so often the thing that finally sets us free. Drawing from Romans 5, Hebrews 6, and the promise that hope can hold us steady through any storm, this is a message for anyone carrying disappointment in a marriage, a career, a family, or a season that has not gone the way they planned.
Reel Faith | You Have to Be Found First
Everyone pictures the rescuer as the one who has it all together, but the truth is harder and better than that. This message draws on years spent on a backcountry search and rescue team to reframe what Jesus meant when he said he came to seek and save the lost. It follows a real midnight search for a four-year-old boy who wandered off at a lake, then turns that night into a plain question about how people actually get lost. Not all at once, but one small decision at a time, usually without ever realizing it. From there, it looks at the church as a rescue team with two jobs: going out to find the missing, and staying to carry the ones already hurting quietly in the same room. Then comes the turn that changes everything. Before you can carry anyone, you have to admit you were carried first.
Reel Faith | You're Not Disqualified In God's Eyes
Most of us carry a quiet list of reasons we think we're too far gone. A failure we can't undo. A season we're ashamed of. Something done to us that we never asked for. Moses had all of that. He grew up in a palace, killed a man, and spent forty years hiding in the desert, convinced his story was finished. Then a bush caught fire, and God called him anyway. Pastor Christian walks through Moses' life in Acts 7 and Exodus and lands on the one line that changes everything: "I will be with you." That promise isn't a measure of how much potential you have. It's a declaration about who God is. Whatever your version of Egypt or the desert looks like, the very thing you've used to count yourself out might be the thing God redeems. If you've ever felt disqualified, unusable, or written off, this one is worth sitting with. Listen to the end and ask whether the story you stopped telling about yourself is the one God is still writing.
Reel Faith | The Opposite of Control Is Trust
Control feels like safety. More often, it's a cage. What happens when life stops following your script: a job change you didn't choose, a diagnosis you didn't expect, a kid who grew up faster than you were ready for. Using the panic of a father watching his daughter get married in Father of the Bride, Janna asks a simple question. What are you really holding onto when you grip your plans so tightly? The answer lands somewhere surprising. The opposite of control isn't chaos. It's trust. Drawing from Proverbs and the hard-won honesty of Ecclesiastes, Janna makes the case that trying to force life into place on your own is exhausting, and that it was never the assignment in the first place. There's freedom in taking the next faithful step instead of carrying the whole map. And there's something steadying in realizing you were never meant to do any of it alone.
Reel Faith | Why Won't Anxiety Go Away?
You've tried to pray it away, think it away, distract it away, and somehow it only gets louder. If that's been your experience with anxiety, this message is for you. Drawing on the movie Inside Out 2, the moment Jesus sweat blood in the garden, and real research on how the anxious brain actually works, this message challenges a belief many of us quietly carry: that feeling anxious means we're failing, spiritually or otherwise. The truth is closer to the opposite. Anxiety showing up isn't the problem. The problem is when it grabs the steering wheel. There's a difference between feeling fear and being ruled by it, and that difference can be learned, practiced, and rewired over time. Whether you've had panic attacks at 2 a.m. or you just feel the weight of growing up, you'll find language here for what you've been carrying and a way forward that doesn't ask you to stop being human.
Reel Faith | Eight Names. How Many Do You Know?
Most of us could name a celebrity, a politician, or a favorite athlete without hesitating. But the eight people who live closest to us? That's a different story. This message gets at why we've become so good at abstract, generalized love while completely overlooking the real people next door. From a 3,000-year-old command in Leviticus to the story of the Good Samaritan to a surprisingly honest conversation with a city mayor, the case for literal neighboring has been consistent throughout history. The question Jesus kept pushing back to was never "do you love humanity?" It was "who is your neighbor?" and more pointedly, "what are you doing about it?" This is a practical, honest look at why the garage door became the enemy of community, what it actually means to love the person next door, and why learning one name this week might be the most significant thing you do.
Reel Faith | Going Back to Move Forward
Most of us are carrying a younger version of ourselves who is still running the show. A kid who learned somewhere along the way that big feelings weren't safe, that certain needs were weakness, that the real you had to be managed and hidden. So we built armor. We called it maturity, responsibility, moving on. But the wound never went anywhere, and we kept building our whole lives on top of it. This message opens a new series that looks for deeper truth in the stories we already love, starting with the film The Kid. It asks a question that's harder than it sounds: when did you stop being a kid, and what would it take to go back? Drawing on the idea that emotional health and spiritual growth can't be separated, it points toward a kind of healing that doesn't erase your past but redeems it. There's an honest, hopeful invitation here for anyone tired of holding it all together.
Our Values: Dunamis and Anxiety cannot coexist.
Most people know what it feels like to carry anxiety into a room and never put it down. But what if the real problem isn't your circumstances? What if you've been trying to manage them on your own? This sermon digs into the Greek word dunamis, the resurrection power that raised Christ from the dead and now lives in every believer. It's not self-confidence. It's not a mindset shift. It's a power that works best when your own strength runs out. If you've quietly stopped expecting God to move, if fear has been running the show more than faith, this one is for you.
Our Values: What Makes Love Real?
Most of us were taught to chase love instead of receive it. Pastor Christian works through why the modern definition of love (subjective, consumeristic, defined by feelings) leaves people anxious, lonely, and afraid. Pulling from 2 Timothy 1:7 and 1 John 4, he makes the case that real love has to come from a source outside ourselves. God is love, and His love does not respond to loveliness; it creates it. Pastor Christian breaks down the difference between agape and the other Greek words for love, why perfect love casts out fear, why so many people struggle to feel loved even when they are, and what it actually looks like to practice love instead of waiting to feel it. There is honest talk about church hurt, the lies we believe about being unlovable, and the small daily practices that change how we show up for the people around us. Listen to the end. The last few minutes might reframe how you think about love entirely.
Our Values: What Truth Are You Passing Down?
Every family passes something down, whether they mean to or not. The question is what. In this Mother's Day message, the conversation turns to the kind of inheritance that doesn't show up in an estate sale: the truth, wisdom, and steady inner life we hand to the next generation through the way we live, speak, and respond. Anchored in 2 Timothy 1:7 and a walk through the Proverbs, this sermon explores what it means to have a sound mind in a world that runs on fear, anxiety, and noise. It asks honest questions: Where has fear become your interpreter? What lie have you repeated so often it feels true? What correction have you been resisting that might actually be a mercy?
God's House, Your Responsibility
Most of us walk through life treating it like it's ours to do with as we please. But what if everything you have, your time, your money, your relationships, your abilities, was never really yours to begin with? Aaron takes the Parable of the Talents and flips it on its head, using the relatable lens of house-sitting to show what it actually means to be a good steward. There are three kinds of people in this story: the one who ignores the owner's wishes entirely, the one who follows the rules to the letter but misses the point, and the one who understands the heart behind the rules and acts on it. The difference between them isn't effort or talent. It's understanding who the house belongs to and what the owner actually cares about. If you've ever wondered what God really expects from you, this one is worth your time. Watch to the end, the connection between the Ten Commandments and two simple ideas might surprise you.
Hot Mess: A Life Lesson from Four Teenagers
Most of us are living on autopilot, putting one foot in front of the other, moving fast, and missing what's right in front of us. On this baptism Sunday, four young people stepping into the water reminded us what it actually looks like to slow down, pay attention, and live a life that's genuinely compelling to the people around you. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 2 and Philippians 2, this message is about the mission we all share, not as a church program, but as people filled with power, love, and truth who have something real to give away.
Hot Mess: One Act. Generations Changed.
What does it actually mean to do justice? Not just talk about it, but live it out in a way that changes communities and breaks cycles of poverty for good. We look at the biblical vision of justice and generosity from the early church all the way to a man in Nairobi, Kenya, whose entire family escaped generational poverty because one person in Canada chose to act. The connection between what God has freely given us and what we're invited to give others is closer than you might think, and the cost of one generous act might be smaller than you imagine, while the impact stretches further than you'll ever see.This week's message contains videos from Compassion International and The Bible Project. You can also watch those videos on their channels here:Bible Project - Justice: https://bibleproject.com/videos/justice/Bible Project - Compassion: https://bibleproject.com/videos/character-of-god-compassion/David's Story: https://youtu.be/z8EIupusUXI?si=qGogrSYMfCRQctfb
Hot Mess: Not a Flawless Church. A Truthful One.
In this first message of our new series "Hot Mess," Pastor Christian digs into Acts 6 to show how the early church faced real conflict, overlooked people, and organizational breakdown, and instead of falling apart, they leaned into shared leadership, radical care, and the Holy Spirit to come out stronger. Whether you've been burned by church, walked away from faith, or you're just trying to figure out how to show up for the people around you, this message is for you. The mess didn't disqualify them. And it won't disqualify you either.
Easter 2026
On the road to Emmaus, two heartbroken disciples walked away in defeat, not realizing the risen Jesus was walking right beside them. This Easter, we explore what happens when Jesus doesn't appear the way we expect, how our "preferred version" of Jesus can blind us to what he's actually doing, and how true hope is restored when we let him reinterpret our story. Luke 24 | Easter Sunday 2026
Lent & Lament: What Do You Need to Let Go Of?
This Palm Sunday message in our Lent & Lament series explores John 12, where Mary pours out costly perfume at Jesus’ feet and the crowds shout “Hosanna” as He enters Jerusalem. Mike Caulley invites us to consider the anchoring question, “What do you need to let go of?" Our need for control, safety nets, expectations of how God should move, and even our timelines. Through Mary’s extravagant surrender and the crowd’s conflicted responses, we’re called to release what we cling to and receive Jesus’ gentle disruption, stepping into deeper trust, worship, and intimacy with Him.
Lent & Lament: Trusting Jesus in the Delay
In this message from our Lent and Lament series, we walk through John 11 and the story of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary to explore how Jesus meets us in grief, delay, and unanswered prayer. Even when it feels like God is late, the gospel shows that Jesus is present, compassionate, and still fully in control. Pastor Christian invites us to bring our honest pain before the Lord, trust His timing, and let the community of faith help unbind what death, loss, and sorrow have wrapped around us.
Lent & Lament: Lamenting Through Pain, Not Around It
Lent invites us into the uncomfortable honesty of lament, where we bring our grief, disappointment, and confusion directly to God rather than pretending everything is fine. We explore how Scripture shows lament as God’s path through pain, whether we’re walking through wilderness seasons, feeling exiled from what felt secure, or facing suffering that makes no sense at all. We are called to name our sorrow before God, cling to his character when emotions tell a different story, and discover that in Christ our “jars of clay” are held by a faithful, present, and healing God who meets us right in the middle of our weakness.
Lent & Lament: Lamenting Our World, Trusting Our God
We face the reality that we all encounter deep pain, personal loss, injustice, and the brokenness of our world. Scripture invites us to bring it all honestly to God in lament, rather than pretending we are okay. Drawing from Psalms, Job, the story of Israel, and the cross of Jesus, we explore how a God who suffered on the Cross can hold our hardest questions and still lead us into a stubborn, defiant trust that He is good and at work even when nothing makes sense.
Lent & Lament: What Is It? Finding God’s Manna in the Wilderness
In this 2nd message from our “Lent and Lament” series, we explore what it means to live life in the wilderness. Those seasons when God feels distant, our hearts feel dry, and faith is tested. Drawing parallels between Israel’s journey through the desert, Jesus’ 40 days of temptation, and our own stories, we wrestle honestly with doubt, disappointment, and the feeling of being spiritually “hungry,” while also discovering how God meets us with daily manna: unexpected provision, presence, and hope.
Lent & Lament: Name the Pain, Keep the Hope
How long do we have to wait for things to change? In this first message of our “Lent and Lament” series, we explore what it means to be honest about pain, disappointment, and unanswered prayers, all without losing hold of hope. Drawing on Psalm 13, Romans 8, and Revelation, we examine the pattern of biblical lament (complaint, cry, consolation) and how naming our grief can deepen our faith rather than destroy it. If you are walking through a hard season, we invite you to bring your real questions and real pain into the presence of a God who sees, hears, and has not forgotten you.
Spirituality of Intentionality: Work without Toil
Work doesn’t have to crush you, define you, or feel like a necessary evil. In this message from our “Spirituality of Intentionality” series, we explore how Scripture reframes work as a partnership with God rather than as pointless toil. We examine the false stories we believe about our jobs, the difference between a job and a vocation, and how to live as “faithful, not famous” in the workplace. You’ll also hear practical habits for consecrating your day, working from belovedness rather than for worth, practicing presence at work, blessing your workplace, and embracing Sabbath as a form of resistance to hustle culture.
Spirituality of Intentionality: Loving People Who Don’t Think Like You
In Week 6 of our “Spirituality of Intentionality” series, we explore what it means to love people who don’t think, believe, or live as we do, and how differentiation and grace help us do that without losing ourselves. Drawing from Scripture and real-life stories, we look at how to stay connected in the middle of tension, how to hold our convictions while remaining relationally present, and how the Holy Spirit uses ordinary conversations and small acts of vulnerability to shape us into people of deeper unity and love.
Spirituality of Intentionality: Real Renewal Is an Exchange, Not a Refill
Discover why biblical renewal is far more than a spiritual “top-off” in this message from our Spirituality of Intentionality series. Looking at Isaiah 40, we explore how true renewal isn’t God simply refreshing our depleted strength, but an intentional exchange. We exchange our weakness for His power, our sin for His righteousness, our fleeting efforts for His enduring word. Stop chasing self-help “refills” and instead step into the great exchange that enables you to walk, run, and soar without growing weary.
Spirituality of Intentionality: Practicing Sabbath Rest
Feeling constantly tired, anxious, and behind, even when you slow your schedule down? We explore God’s invitation to Sabbath as a weekly act of freedom, resistance, and faith. The Sermon is rooted in Exodus, Deuteronomy, the teaching of Jesus, and Hebrews 4. Pastor Christian talks about how to break from hustle, productivity-as-identity, and modern “pharaohs” and step into a sustainable, joy-filled rhythm of work and rest where we remember that God is God and we are not.
Spirituality of Intentionality: Pray with Intention
Praying with Intention moves us from last‑minute 911 pleas to a daily rhythm that anchors life in God’s presence rather than anxiety. We draw from Jesus’ teaching in Luke 11 and the idea of a “rule of life.” The message shows how simple, repeatable practices like silence, praying the Psalms, and using a P.R.A.Y. framework (praise, repent, ask, yield) can form a kind of spiritual trellis to grow and bear fruit even in a chaotic world. Intentional prayer is not just for the spiritually elite but for ordinary people who want to become people of peace, live in step with God’s kingdom, and open themselves to the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in everyday life.
Spirituality of Intentionality: Distracted by Doing, Called to Remain
We explore how easy it is to be “distracted by doing” for God while missing the invitation to simply remain with Jesus. Drawing from the story of Mary and Martha, John 15’s call to abide and bear fruit, and the honest struggle of walking through a “dark night of the soul,” Josh wrestles with questions of rest, action, pruning, and spiritual discomfort and invites us to see intentionality not as controlling outcomes, but as cooperating with the Holy Spirit in both stillness and obedience, even when feelings, certainty, and obvious results are stripped away.
Spirituality of Intentionality: Spirit‑Led, Not Culture‑Led
This message unpacks what it means to live spirit‑led instead of passively shaped by the surrounding culture, especially at the start of a new year. Through practical teaching on habits, community, and the Holy Spirit, we invite you into intentional spiritual formation rather than quick-fix self-improvement. Choose practices that slowly, steadily form you into the likeness of Jesus.
Incredible Christmas: Love That Fulfills Every Promise – Emmanuel With Us
In this Week 4 message of our Incredible Christmas series, we explore Advent Love through the story of Abraham, the covenant promises of God, and the genealogy of Jesus that anchors Christmas in real history. Drawing on Matthew’s account and the name “Emmanuel – God with us,” we examine how Jesus fulfills a one-sided promise, proving that God both knows us fully and loves us completely, even in the messiest seasons of life.
Incredible Christmas: Peace That Defies Circumstances - Emmanuel in the Dark
This week, we trace how the Prince of Peace meets us in real chaos, grief, and doubt, offering a presence that holds us when nothing feels peaceful. Through Isaiah’s promises, the Advent story in Matthew and Luke, and the honest weight of recent loss, Pastor Christian invites us to see Emmanuel, God with us, as the sign of peace rather than the absence of problems. As we receive this peace that does not depend on our circumstances, we are also called to become peacemakers who carry Christ’s embodied, credible peace into a hurting and skeptical world.
Incredible Christmas: Hope That Anchors - First Light of Advent
As we step into the first week of Advent, Pastor Christian invites you to rediscover the deep, unshakable hope that comes from being rooted in faith. He explores how hope sustains us in uncertainty, gives courage in the dark, and points us toward the coming Light. Whether you’re feeling weary, waiting, or simply seeking a fresh start, be encouraged and hear practical ways to live with hope this Advent season.
Generous God: Cultivating Gratitude in Everyday Life
Pastor Christian explores the heart of Thanksgiving and practicing gratitude beyond the holiday season. We invite you to reflect on the small, specific blessings in life, to engage in intentional moments of thankfulness with family, and to embrace generosity as a way of living.
Generous God: Living in the Miracle Zone
Guest Speaker Curtis Jones from Convoy of Hope shares how compassion interrupts our plans, how we're called to own problems bigger than ourselves, and how the gap between our resources and the task at hand is where God works miracles.
Generous God: Tithing Is About Transformation, Not Transaction
Guest Speaker Aaron Ball Preaches on Malachi 3 and the Call to Generosity, Clarifying Common Misconceptions About Tithing and Its Connection to Blessing, Stewardship, and God's Character.
Generous God: How God Multiplies What You Surrender
Week 2 of the Sermon Series. Pastor Christian Summers discusses trusting God with whatever you have, even when it feels small, so He can multiply it for your good.
Generous God: Start at the Beginning
Pastor Christian Summers introduces a new sermon series on Generosity and Gratitude. He compares the gifts Cain and Abel presented to God, illustrating how their actions can guide us today and inspire us to embrace a spirit of generosity.
We are Lakewood Vineyard: We are a People of Truth & Sound Mind
Pastor Christian Summers speaks on the importance of Truth and Authenticity.
We are Lakewood Vineyard: We are a Loving Community
Christian Summers uses the writings of John to demonstrate our calling to Love on the community.During the Sermon, he Challenges us to do these exactly as written this week:Name + Need + Prayer (daily): One name, one need. Pray: “Father, root me in Your love. Holy Spirit, empower me.” Do one action (text, ride, meal, $25 gift card, childcare, invite). (1 John 3:16–18)Two-Minute Ministry Time (twice): Ask, “Can I pray a 20-second prayer?” “Come, Holy Spirit.” Bless. (1 John 3:23–24; 4:7–12)Say What You See (once): Ask the Spirit for one encouraging scripture/picture for someone. Share humbly. Ask, “Is that encouraging?” (1 John 4:12)