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Need, Compassion, & Motivation to Serve

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:34:00 +0000

from Pastor Lane Misinterpreting Need When a Christian recognizes need in the world, it should be a reminder to give thanks for all God’s blessings. But if personal gratitude is the only heart response to need in the world, then it simply becomes...

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Running on Empty

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:45:00 +0000

from Pastor Lane LifePoint is hosting a pictorial gallery throughout the month of July to heighten awareness of need and encourage our people through Summer Serve, a month long emphasis on serving through multiple Servant Projects. You can read more...

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Summer Serve 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +0000

from Pastor Lane “Summer Serve” is LifePoint’s church-wide emphasis on serving in Jesus’ name through the month of July. We are always working to equip and encourage all LifePointers to serve others in Jesus’ name! Serving is not a new idea for...

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Thanks for Serving Pregnancy Care Center, LifePoint!

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:38:00 +0000

from Pastor Lane Thursday evening, May 29, about 40 LifePointers invaded the soon-to-be new Pregnancy Care Center facility on Primrose in Springfield and went to work. The response was incredible and the Center staff was overwhelmed. So many people...

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Land Debt & Development Offering

noreply@blogger.com (lifepoint) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:38:00 +0000

from Pastor Lane The Lord continues to move in a mighty way among the people called LifePoint! He has enabled us to purchase 17 acres of land for future site development, and that future continues to get closer and closer. This property will be a...

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Principles to Guide Grace-Motivated Giving

noreply@blogger.com (lifepoint) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:16:00 +0000

from Pastor Lane Giving to the Lord is a great blessing in the life of a Christ-follower. Scripture teaches and reminds of the measureless blessing of God to those who are faithful in giving their money to the Lord’s work. I want to share nine...

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Money & Identity: Moving Beyond Obligation to Grace

noreply@blogger.com (lifepoint) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:53:00 +0000

from Pastor Lane Money…it makes people do funny, stupid, and unbelievable things…not unlike this video of the Flying Lizards illustrates. Why do we hold such a strong desire for money? I love the answer that James MacDonald gives: “Because we...

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The Christ-follower as Disciple & Missioner: Part IV

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:41:00 +0000

by Pastor Lane Last Sunday I recommended a book to help if you needed an aide to begin to understand the importance of disciplines in your life or how to begin this disciplined life…or maybe just an encouragement to begin again in a disciplined...

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The Christ-follower as Disciple & Missioner: Part III

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:39:00 +0000

by Pastor Lane Transformation impacts life through biblical thinking. Not a pattern of thinking that reflects the wisdom of man, but one that has learned the wisdom of God. Sin corrupts our mind by evil knowledge, thoughts, patterns of thinking and...

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The Christ-follower as Disciple & Missioner: Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:35:00 +0000

by Pastor Lane As a disciple, we are transformed by God’s grace through self-denial, sacrificed and suffering to grow in authenticity of Christ-likeness. Transformation impacts life through authentic living. Established in Christ’s righteousness,...

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The Christ-follower As Disciple & Missioner: Part I

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:33:00 +0000

by Pastor Lane The Great Commission calls Christ-followers to make disciples (Matt. 28.18–20). God’s grace empowers a life to fully experience the gospel of Jesus Christ every day and extend that grace to others. This is the ethos of the...

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The Christ-follower as Worshipper & Servant

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:43:00 +0000

The Great Commandment (Matt. 22.36–40) calls every Christ-follower to be a lover of God and a lover of others. The gospel of Jesus Christ empowers a life to fully experience God’s grace every day and extend that grace to others. This is the...

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Worry—Just a Few More Thoughts

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:24:00 +0000

In Luke 12.22–34, Jesus teaches about worry in life—not to have it. Interestingly, there is no allowance for worry in Jesus’ words. He does not condemn a person for being tempted to worry but says in no uncertain terms, “Do not worry.”...

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Don't Be a Hypocrite

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:52:00 +0000

by Marc Backes Thanksgiving is always a good time to be around family. Most everyone will return home sometime during the four-day weekend. And one of the things I think about is how being around family always allows me to unwind, unplug, and just...

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Thank You from Pastor Lane

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:27:00 +0000

Christin and I thank you for your generosity and gracious words of encouragement to us. What a blessing to serve the Lord among LifePoint! Your words of encouragement, your gifts of generosity and your support of love are great blessings to us not...

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Thank You from Pastor Dennis

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:25:00 +0000

Sue and I thank you so much for your generous pastor’s appreciation gift and cards of encouragement. You are so good to us. We are extremely thankful to serve in such a loving church. We have been overwhelmed by your thoughtfulness and generosity...

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Picture This—God

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:09:00 +0000

The elders have recently begun a study together and one of the issues we are considering relates to the second commandment:You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth...

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The Skinny on RSS

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:05:00 +0000

If you've been around LifePoint the last few weeks, you know that we've been switching up our E.notes format so we can offer our weekly announcements by both e-mail and RSS. Until about a year ago, I hadn't the slightest clue about RSS, but once I...

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For the Men

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:33:00 +0000

I had the great privilege of eating lunch with my dad last week. I don’t use the term “privilege” loosely. I consider my father the greatest man in my life. He has influenced me in ways I will not fully grasp this side of heaven. So in this blog I...

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Sunday Shirt—Sunday Shorts

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:05:00 +0000

by Marc Backes I can't tell you how many times in my life, especially in the last ten years, I've had the conversation with someone about what attire they should wear to church on Sundays. I have always held to the firm conviction that it doesn't...

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God Works in Mysterious Ways

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:26:00 +0000

I love stories…especially when they are like the one I heard this week. LifePoint has been preparing for our fall land offering over the last three weeks. A couple of times a year LifePoint sets aside a week to receive a special offering to pay...

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Area Church Planters Meet at LifePoint

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:02:00 +0000

by Marc Backes Last Tuesday was a great day at LifePoint. Twenty some folks gathered, some as far away as Oklahoma, to pray, worship, encourage, and discuss church planting. Jonathan McIntosh, from the Journey in St. Louis, spoke to us today about...

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Living Sacrifice

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:54:00 +0000

Last week I talked specifically about how we view music in the context of corporate worship. This week I will examine worship in broader terms. We must expand our concept of worship beyond the finite domain of a particular place, time or method....

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Music: Our Golden Calf?

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:08:00 +0000

Lately, I’ve been burdened by my need as a worship pastor to have an extremely deep understanding of gospel-centered theology. Early in my ministry my mind was focused on the practical aspects of being a worship minister. As long as I had a decent...

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Community Part III: To One Another

noreply@blogger.com (Sarah Jo) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:48:00 +0000

And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us (1 John 3.23). Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing (1 Thes 5.11). But encourage...

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