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Everyone is Welcome

January 22, 2014 by Brad Murphy

This sermon is part 2 of 4 in the Foc|US: Vision for Life

Everyone is Welcome.

God has given us a vision to build a community of faith, who follow Jesus and tend to the mission of God.

The first declaration of this vision is Light the Way. In this week’s message Pastor Brad, encourages each of us to light the way by making sure that everyone is welcome.

God’s Word and His Spirit have the power to transform any life, we expect this to happen for the most hopeless in our community. We will bring all people to Him: any age, any race, any gender, and any amount of brokenness. No matter the hurt, mistakes, or sin in the past, it is never too late for God to make you new.
Study it! Isaiah 61 & Luke 4:16-22; Luke 5:27-32 & Mark 2:13-17; Luke 7:31-50 & Matthew 11:16-19; Luke 15:11-32

Listen to Light the Way | Everyone is Welcome
January 19, 2014 | Pastor Brad Murphy
Luke 5:27-39

Foc|US: Vision for Life

Without direction, which way will you go? Without a plan, how do you know what to do?

In this 10-week series, you will learn the Mission, Vision, and Values of Eagle LifeChurch and how this plan will give purpose to each of our lives.

God has a plan for His Church and it includes you. Join us on the journey!

Infuse | Gentleness

October 21, 2013 by Brad Murphy

This sermon is part 8 of 9 in the Infuse | Galatians 5:22-24

We are compelled by God’s LOVE and the FREEDOM offered in Jesus to infuse our relationships with the mind of Christ. As the Spirit of God directs our life, we take on the CHARACTER of the Spirit. This Fall we will ask God to INFUSE in us the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control of Christ through the Holy Spirit!

Listen to Infuse GENTLENESS
October 20, 2013 | Pastor Brad Murphy
Galatians 5:22-24, Philippians 4:2-7, Matthew 18:15-35

Join-Up in Gentleness

Monty Roberts learned that the way to train a horse was through violence and dominance. As a boy he watched his dad tame many wild horses. But as Monty grew up he wondered if there wasn’t a better way. After years of observing horses in the wild, Monty developed a gentle method of taming called Join Up®. His process leads a horse to become a Willing Partner with its rider instead of fearful subject of their rider. Through his gentle and loving method many horse lovers have come to enjoy riding their Willing Partner better than any horse tamed another way.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
– Proverbs 15:1

Throughout the Bible God reveals through His humility and gentleness the lesson that Monty learned isn’t just true of horses, but of people too. Saint Paul instructs the church to “Let your gentleness be known to all. The Lord is near.”

Through this lesson, Join-Up in Gentleness, we learn to allow the Spirit of God to infuse the character of Christ’s gentleness into our daily lives. Gentleness is an outer garment that believers wear in every relationship. It isn’t meant to be an inner garment that only those who are closest to us experience, it should be the first thing people experience when they meet us.

Let your Gentleness be known to all. The Lord is near.
– Colossians 3:12

Infuse | Patience

September 30, 2013 by Brad Murphy

This sermon is part 5 of 9 in the Infuse | Galatians 5:22-24

We are compelled by God’s LOVE and the FREEDOM offered in Jesus to infuse our relationships with the mind of Christ. As the Spirit of God directs our life, we take on the CHARACTER of the Spirit. This Fall we will ask God to INFUSE in us the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control of Christ through the Holy Spirit!

Listen to Infuse PATIENCE
September 29, 2013 | Kiel Alloway, Intern
Galatians 5:22-24, Genesis 37-50 (Summarized)

Waiting Patiently for the Fulfillment of the Promise

This week our Ministry Intern from Northwest University Southern Idaho, tackles the topic of patience. Kiel knows this fruit well, because of the personal journey to seeing God’s call fulfilled in his life. Hear his compelling story, and relate it to yours, through the story of the life of Joseph. Through this encouraging message you will learn how the Holy Spirit will help you to Wait Patiently for the Fulfillment of the Promise.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
– Hebrews 10:36 (ESV)

The Promise Given (Promise)
Waiting for the Promise (Patience)
The Promise Fulfilled (Praise)

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
– Romans 5:3-5 (ESV)

Infuse | Joy

September 8, 2013 by Brad Murphy

This sermon is part 2 of 9 in the Infuse | Galatians 5:22-24

We are compelled by God’s LOVE and the FREEDOM offered in Jesus to infuse our relationships with the mind of Christ. As the Spirit of God directs our life, we take on the CHARACTER of the Spirit. This Fall we will ask God to INFUSE in us the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control of Christ through the Holy Spirit!

Listen to Infuse JOY
September 8, 2013 | Brad Murphy
Galatians 5:22-24, Luke 10:17-24

Restore Joy!

The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
-J.D. Salinger

Are quotes like this an excuse to be grumpy Christ followers. I think so.

“I don’t have to be happy right now, but I have the joy of God.” Really?

Aren’t joyful people happy? Isn’t that why you say they are joyful?

You can be one of those people.

Pastor Brad searched the New Testament and found that happy, joy, and blessedness are used interchangeably. The Joy God gives, by His Spirit, will help you be a happy person. Listen to this encouraging message to discover how to Restore Joy, the Real McCoy.