Love City Church

IT'S COMPLICATED! Relationships aren’t always easy. In fact, they can be downright complicated sometimes. We will talk about how to deal with complicated relationships. We are gonna talk about your friends, in-laws, spouse and your family. Or, maybe you are single and ready to mingle, dating or engaged, in a complicated marriage or you are divorced. Whatever your relationships look like they all have challenges and can be terribly complicated. We will learn how to navigate them properly and keep them healthy. We will learn what God's intention for our relationships are and how we can see it play out in our lives.

Money. We all need and want it! It is one of the most talked about topics on the planet. There are websites, videos and seminars all focusing on MONEY! Money. Money. Money. It can cause incredible happiness and fun! But, sometimes money can cause lots of trouble in our lives. Well, what does God say about money? What does the Bible say?

Money. We all need and want it! It is one of the most talked about topics on the planet. There are websites, videos and seminars all focusing on MONEY! Money. Money. Money. It can cause incredible happiness and fun! But, sometimes money can cause lots of trouble in our lives. Well, what does God say about money? What does the Bible say?

Jesus came to earth to help find people who are far from him. The Bible calls them lost. These people are all of us. Every person in this room today is or was lost at some point. Lost people need a loving, Savior. They need to be saved. Through this story we learn a lot about God and even more about ourselves. We see a beautiful picture of who God really is and how much we need Him in our lives.

Jesus came to earth to help find people who are far from him. The Bible calls them lost. These people are all of us. Every person is or was lost at some point. Lost people need a loving, Saviour. They need to be saved. Through the story Jesus tells in Luke 15, we learn a lot about God and even more about ourselves. We see a beautiful picture of who God really is and how much we need Him in our lives.

We are the church. The church founded by Jesus, launched by the Holy Spirit and built by His disciples. Over the years, many people have experienced different forms of the church. Catholic church, house church, inter-denominational churches, lots of different expressions of the church. Today we want to talk about the CHURCH!

We live in a society that is craving community. We want to be needed and want to be able to rely on someone. But, creating a place of community doesn’t just happen. It takes some effort on all of our part. Together we can create a place that has real, authentic community that impacts the lives of people both Christian and non-Christian.

Everything you are going through in life is about your purpose. God has a great plan and purpose for your life. As we end our Joseph series we will finish by talking about how to recognize and fulfill that purpose.

There are a few things that we need to understand when we begin to step into our destiny. When promotion comes there should be some things that are worked into our hearts and minds.

God gave a dream to Joseph when He was 17 years old and He stepped into his destiny when he was 30 and saw it fulfilled when he was 44 years old. God spoke a prophetic word over Joseph’s life, but Joseph was tested before that prophetic word came to pass. Joseph was in a pit for no reason, sold into slavery and no reason, thrown into prison for no reason, and now he sits holding a dream from God a prophetic word from God and wondering if it will ever come to pass.

Great character supports great destiny. God develops His character within us through the things we go through. Romans 5:3–5 gives us a “formula” for developing perseverance and shows us that we can progress from “tribulation” to “hope.” It instructs us to “glory” (to rejoice) in our difficulties because of what they produce in our hearts. Tribulation produces perseverance, which produces character, which produces hope. When we suffer, our hope should not be that God will deliver us from our circumstances, but that God will walk with us through them. This week we want to talk about the challenge of perseverance when things hard things happen in our lives. God develops character in our lives when we go through trials. God works character into our lives when we go through trials so that we can fulfill our destiny. There are simple ways we can go through hard times and produce the character God wants for us.

Things started to pick up with Joseph. Things were going well! Then, out of nowhere something happened – the enemy started his plan to derail Joseph. The fulfillment of God’s dream for our life will require an awareness of the enemies scheme and a strategy of our own to conquer him! We can conquer the strategies of the devil!

When Joseph was serving as a slave in Potiphar’s house, he was probably tempted to “take shortcuts” or not totally apply himself to his work. But Joseph chose to honour God by being a good steward and doing things God’s way. Therefore, “The Lord was with him, and he was a successful man” (Genesis 39:23). God wants to prosper us—to “push us forward”—so that we may bless others and help them prosper. We prosper when the favour of God is upon us.

Joseph was a man who loved God, yet his life took some incredibly challenging and unfair turns. Through it all, Joseph served those around him, was led by God's spirit and continued to be a man of integrity. Joseph was 17 years old when he received the DREAM from God, but didn’t see its fulfillment until he was 44 years old. Between then there was a journey, many challenges, and hardships but this was necessary to get him to the palace.

Joseph was a man who loved God, yet his life took some incredibly challenging and unfair turns. Through it all, Joseph served those around him, was led by God's spirit and continued to be a man of integrity. Joseph was 17 years old when he received the DREAM from God, but didn’t see its fulfillment until many years later. Between the dream and the destiny there was a journey, many challenges, and hardships but this was necessary to get him to the palace.

In order for us to accomplish what God wants for us as a church and as individuals we must FIND FREEDOM in our lives. Jesus came to bring you freedom, so BE FREE! We will take the next two weeks and talk about how you and I can experience tremendous freedom and live the life God intended for us.

In order for us to accomplish what God wants for us as a church and as individuals we must FIND FREEDOM in our lives. Jesus came to bring you freedom, so BE FREE! We will take the next two weeks and talk about how you and I can experience tremendous freedom and live the life God intended for us.

In today's society the roles of men and women are being redefined. God designed men with a specific purpose and role on this earth. Paul ends his letter in 1 Corinthians by challenging men and identifies five ways to become the man God called you to be.

This week we move on to the WHAT of Christianity. After identifying the WHY, Paul moves onto the WHAT, but this WHAT, this MYSTERY is reserved for the mature believers. Therefore, this revelation of the Spirit isn't just for anyone, but rather for those who make that decision to serve Jesus fully. This disciple will receive three incredible revelations from the Spirit.

This week we hear from Bassey Udoh about her personal witness to the power of God in her life. It will encourage and inspire you.