Reflecting on Women’s Retreat 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I had never been to a women’s retreat before coming to Lighthouse. And even though I didn’t know who Marlean Felix personally, I had heard so many good things about her that it made me excited to meet her and learn under her teaching. The topic of this year’s retreat was “Walking through the Psalms”. […]

Christmas Advent: Family Devotionals

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hi Lighthouse Church Family! If you are wondering about possible resources to work through this Advent season, here are two helpful and comprehensive studies for you and your family to use in the month of December to reflect and celebrate the birth of Jesus! (1) Good News of Great Joy. This is a resource put together by […]

A Season for Giving (Part 1): The Joy of Generosity

Gospel grace leads to a joy in generosity I. The Gospel gives us the __ for generosity Remember that giving is normal, expected Christianity. Let giving be a spiritual barometer. If you want to grow in generosity, grow in your walk with God. II. The Gospel gives us a __ of generosity that fuels our […]

Unstoppable (Acts 5-6)

Three threats to gospel mission: I. Threat of hypocrisy II. Threat of persecution III. Threat of distraction

Grades as Idolatry

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An idol, as we’ve talked about often here at Lighthouse, is anything that we worship instead of God. Idolatry is misplaced worship. Tim Keller writes that an idol is “anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give what only God can […]

Often Hidden, Always Faithful (Ruth 4:13-22)

We can have peace through the sufferings of life because we know that though God is often hidden, he is always faithful. I. We must remember that though God is often hidden, he is always faithful God often uses the ordinary to do the extraordinary God’s plan is always better II. We can’t let the […]

Portraits of Worship in the Church (Acts 4:32-5:11)

Key Idea: God cares about how we worship in the church. Two portraits of the church that instruct our worship: I. Portrait 1: We worship in unity and in mission (4:32-37) II. Portrait 2: We worship by honest financial giving (5:1-11)

Grace on the Path of Neediness

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Who was it that sang the words, “People. People who need people. Are the luckiest people in the world”? I didn’t make that up, did I? Well, in any case, I am a person, who needs another person. Whether I like it or not. I’ve always been someone who LOVED being needed. But someone who […]