Lamar Family Ministries Center Sermons

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen Date of Delivery: August 12, 2018 Creating an OutflowJames 2:14-17 NAS 14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.As infants we only receive with no giving.· There is only inflow with no outflowEmotionally healthy young adults come from knowing their parents truly love them· This happens when parents unconditionally love the child and show that love○ At some point the child must begin to give back out of what they’ve received.When the child is not secure they have a massive need for intakeThis craving is an attempt to fill the void in themTheir life becomes “ME” centeredT

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen Date of Delivery: August 5, 2018 Recognizing God's GovernmentGod invites us to be His son or daughterAs sons and daughters, our Father tells us that we will inherit His kingdomAs any good business owner, our Father tells us the criteria for inheriting His business1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NAS 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. Galatians 5:19-22 NAS 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, drunken

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen Date of Delivery: July 29, 2018 Itching Ears

Speaker or Performer: Ben Selby & Caleb Petersen Date of Delivery: July 15, 2018 Changing CultureWhat is Culture?Culture is: Merriam-Webster Dictionary: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also : the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place or timeCulture: The actions, beliefs, values, and ways that have become common and normal to a certain group of people. It is a way of life.As Christians, we should be influencing the culture around us.When we learn to change the world from the place of who we are instead of what we do, then we turn cultural change from a job to a habit.Keys to Personal Culture ChangeChanging the world within you before/as you change the world around you.A strong, personal relationship with Jesus.Being a Powerful PersonA disciplined/consistent lifestyle and learning to enjoy it.A healthy belief system.Walking in grace.Changing the Culture Around YouYou must change the world within you befo

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen & LFMC Family Date of Delivery: July 1, 2018 Power SourceThere are many ways to produce powerDifferent ways things are powered:Various Fossil Fuels including: petroleum, coal natural gasSolar powerHydro powered (Picture)Nuclear PowerWind Turbine (Picture)Battery or capacitor (Picture)What is the best way to tell if something is not plugged in to a power sourceOr what happens when the battery is run down?Things won’t runWe use the term with a battery, “The battery is dead”Some can’t go anytime without needing rechargedSome can go for quite awhile because they’ve learned to recharge on their ownAll through the bible God gave ceremonies and events in the attempt to keep the knowledge of Him and what He’s done refreshed in His people’s hearts and minds.Most of the time His people turned them into religious ceremonial ritualsThey forgot the meaning behind each oneTheir vision was not refreshed an

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen Date of Delivery: June 24, 2018 Unrighteous JudgementWe all want a criminal to be caughtIf someone steals from us we want them caught and our stuff backWe want someone to eat of the fruit of their wrongdoing.If they didn't they would never learn.The justice part of us wants to make sure that justice is served.Two types of judgments we use:JudicialOpinion based or judging w/o biblical basisWe are told through the bible to evaluate or judge in order to make a determination whether something is right or wrong.Judgement goes wrong when we critically evaluate and want a punishment that is excessive with the crime.Matthew 7:1-2 AMP 1 DO NOT judge and criticize and condemn others, so that you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourselves. 2 For just as you judge and criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you [use to] deal out to others, it will be dealt out again to you. Judging from o

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen Date of Delivery: June 17, 2018 Faith ForwardWhat are your “YES” actions with God?2 Thessalonians 1:3 NKJV We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each otherVision drives usMotivational objectives in churches today:Build and pay off structuresBenevolent workTo please God (by being in church or doing something)At LFMC we have 2 main focuses:To connect you to the Father and eliminate anything that interferes with that connectionFulfill our part in God’s kingdom in the days we live inIsaiah 37:30-32 NAS 30 Then this shall be the sign for you: you will eat this year what grows of itself, in the second year what springs from the same, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 31 The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 32 For out of Jerusalem wi

Speaker or Performer: Ben Selby Date of Delivery: June 10, 2018 Changing the World with PurposeI. What is Purpose and Why is it Important?1. Purpose is your reason for existence. It is that which you were designed for.2. Two of the most common questions that the devil is going to come at you with are: “Who are you?” and “Why are you?”3. Purpose is the answer to your “Why are you?”. 4. People with purpose live with passion.5. People with purpose bring change to the world. 6. People with purpose push through hard times.II. Why, How, and What1. Our purpose should be our why. 2. A lot of people don’t consciously know WHY they are doing what they do. 3. Some have a why, but it is the wrong why.Play video from beginning until 3:54. It is soon after he is handed the new microphone. I will end it when he says “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPYeCltXpxw

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen & LFMC Family Date of Delivery: June 3, 2018 What is Intimacy With Jesus?Intimate (Dictionary)associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.characterized by or involving warm friendship or a personally close:very private; closely personal:an association, knowledge, understanding, etc. arising from close personal connection.a close unioninmost; deep within.of, relating to, or characteristic of the inmost or essential nature; intrinsic:of, relating to, or existing in the inmost depths of the mindAntonyms for intimateCold cool disliking away far imprecise inaccurate formal incompatibleThere is an aspect to our Christian walk of closeness to Jesus that is needed to maintain spiritual life.The two different views are 1. Having a close relationship with God or 2. Having a christian outside but no life insideWe need constant connection to remain aliveJohn 15:5 NAS I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apa

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen Date of Delivery: May 27, 2018 Honoring Lives Laid DownJohn 15:13 NAS Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.1 John 3:16-17 NKJV 16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? What does it mean to lay down your life for someone?The average American lifespan is 78 years 8 months944 months 28,740 days or 689,762 hoursOur lives consist of a specific amount of hours or minutesOnce we use that time on something it’s gone, never to be gotten backSo we trade our time for what we use that time onLooking at it this way, we give our lives to whatever takes the time of our life.Matthew 16:25 NAS For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.Many of you have c

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen Date of Delivery: May 20, 2018 Characteristics of a Religious SpiritI am using the term religion to refer to a man-made effort to get to God and then serve Him.It is very easy to mistake being religious for having a relationship with God.Religion looks like true relationship from the outsideIt makes sense to the natural way of thinking.It is comfortable to those who for whatever reason does not like drawing close to GodIn the bible, when man’s heart cools down and he still wants to have the appearance of godliness, he turns to religions ways and rules.Many times this isn’t done on purpose, it’s slid in to.This is why the lukewarm in Revelations is pointed outReligion is based off of the idea that God has been offended by our sin and needs a payment for that.Jesus was that paymentThe truth is that we sold ourselves to the devil and Jesus bought us backFrom “brown clouds” come rainIn our area the rain is religionReligious

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen, Ben Selby, & Anthony Jones Date of Delivery: May 13, 2018 Honor Your ParentsDeuteronomy 5:16 NAS Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the Lord your God gives you.Ephesians 6:2 NAS HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. Honor (Dictionary) regard with great respectHonor (Greek) timao (tim-ah'-o); to prize, fix a valuation upon, to revereThe bible addresses areas that could be, in our fallen world, errant.They are areas of possible weakness do to our gender, age, experiences, etc.Examples are: Women-gossip, youth-pride, men-lust, mistreatment-forgiveGod instructs us in these areas to keep us from opening doors to the enemyParents will probably make mistakes in raising children due to a number of reasonsSome of the mistakes can ca

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen, Daryl Boucher, & Scott Bailey Date of Delivery: April 29, 2018 Promotion Comes from the LordWe see in spirit our promise LandWe believe we're destined for amazing thingsThe advancement of King Saul without him being prepared is the perfect illustration of when we get in a hurry and what kingship before we're prepared in servanthood.I asked God why He didn't just show me what He wants and I'll do it.Anyone used for the sake of the Lord, whether in ministry or in a secular calling will need preparation before they can successfully fulfill their calling.Bible heroes that went through a process: Noah, Joseph, David, Paul, the disciplesOne thing that you can be sure of is that God is able to place you when and where He wants you!Isaiah 46:11 NAS Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man of My purpose from a far country. Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, surely I will do it. (BBE the thing designe

Speaker or Performer: Daryl Boucher Scripture Passage(s): Mark 5 Date of Delivery: April 22, 2018

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen Date of Delivery: April 15, 2018 Dethroning Principalities“I’m building the wall”Graham Cooke - The church is on a collision course with Kingdom right now, and it's not about how can we fit the Kingdom into what we are doing. Forget that! Because God is not going to lower Himself to fit in to what you are doing. What He is going to do is He is going to expand our understanding of the Kingdom and then stretch everything that we do as a community so that we fit everything that heaven wants to do here on earth. (from The Church Has Left The Building)Purpose your gift towards the kingdomWhatever you are called to do make sure the primary reason for you doing it is the kingdomSome are called to governmentSome are called to make moneySome are called to serve inside of the church, etc.Make sure to put His kingdom firstGod will not anoint what is not for HimAnd “all these things” will not be added to you.Get kingdom q

Speaker or Performer: Daryl Boucher Scripture Passage(s): Joshua 1-6 Date of Delivery: April 8, 2018

Speaker or Performer: Bob Petersen Date of Delivery: April 1, 2018 The Life You ChooseWhat was the main purpose of what Jesus did for us?So that we can have our sins forgiven when we need it?With this we need to be forgiven every time we fail.Jesus rejoined us to our Heavenly Father2 Corinthians 5:17-19 NAS 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.God reconciled us to Him at our Father and then instructs us through His Word to keep us safe and help us grow.Jesus died ONCE for ALL sinsRomans 6:8-11 NAS 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never t