Pastor Steven G Lightfoot's Podcast

What kinds of things do you think about while you’re waiting? What thoughts run through your mind when you are on the other side of a life-changing event or series of events and you are waiting for the fallout or the windfall, the consequences or the reward, and the anticipated timing of the next step? If you’re human, then you probably start to second guess the decisions that got you there; the choices you made along the way; the successes and the failures. You ask yourself questions – What could I have done differently? What could I have done better? What if I had done this or done that or not done this or that? This message, recorded on Pentecost Sunday at Countryside UMC, explores the excruciating anticipation of waiting, and the miraculous relief of a Rushing Wind and Tongues of Fire.

Pastor Steven preaches on the Ascension of Jesus and the ascent of motherhood.

We all have mundane, tedious days when we wonder if we are making any headway at all. But even the mundane "everydays" have purpose in God's plan, and even the un-glamorous roads lead to the holy city. Pastor Steven preaches on Revelation 21 and 22. Special thanks to International Missionary Brittany McReynolds for her article "Un-glamorous Roads," which was the inspiration for this sermon.

Our Lord Jesus occupies a unique position in that He is both the Shepherd and the Lamb. Pastor Steven preaches Psalm 23 and Revelation 7.

Pastor Steven explores the 21st Chapter of John's Gospel.

The two disciples on the road to Emmaus were lamenting the death of their Master. Their walk to Emmaus began with despair, confusion, grief and hopelessness. But then they had an encounter with the Risen Lord, who explained to them the Christ woven throughout all the scriptures from Moses through the prophets. Our personal journeys begin in that way until we encounter Jesus. We all are without hope until we know Christ. We all have struggles as we walk through life. What is your road to Emmaus?

"O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” Pastor Steven preaches Resurrection Sunday at Countryside United Methodist Church in Splendora, Texas.

9 Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9-11)

We spend a lot of time in this life building up resumes. Before Christ enters our lives many things seem important to us. But after we know Christ, those things become like so much rubbish. Everything we once held dear, we count it all as loss. Pastor Steven discusses Philippians 3.

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." Pastor Steven preaches a message of new life and new beginnings found in Paul's second letter to the Corinthians.

Pastor Steven discusses 2 Samuel - the story of King David's terrible transgressions and his journey to redemption through a broken and contrite heart.

This week we take a look within and examine our hearts. Are we worshiping Him in spirit and in truth? Pastor Steven explores the 13th Chapter of Luke.

We are all in exile in Babylon until we accept our Deliverer. Trusting in God, confessing our sins and repenting is the first step on the road back to Jerusalem.

As promised, the Ash Wednesday service was AMAZING. Thank you Matt and Michelle Gabaldon for bringing us into the heart of worship with your beautiful music. And thank you Splendora Countryside UMC for allowing the Holy Spirit to move you into the presence of the Trinity.

An encounter with the glory of the living Christ is indeed a mountaintop experience. Many of us experience those Christ-moments in the worship setting at church on Sunday. Those experiences can be so powerfully moving that we never want them to stop; we want to stay right there on the mountaintop and bask in the glory of our Lord. But, we cannot stay on the mountaintop. We are called to carry the reflection of Christ's glory back down the mountain into the deep, dark valley so that Christ's light can illuminate the upward path for others.

"I am here to 'Proclaim the Year of the Lord’s Favor!'" That's what Jesus told the hometown crowd in the synagogue in Nazareth. What did He mean by that? How did the hometown crowd receive his message? Why does it matter 2,000+ years later? Pastor Steven discusses Luke 4:14-21.

The Miracle at the Wedding in Cana was not the public revelation to the world that we typically think it to be. No, the turning of the water into wine was only witnessed by a few, Mary, the six brand new disciples, and the servants who dipped the wine out of the large stone pots. Of those few that witnessed it, it was the disciples for whom the miracle was meant. Seeing it, they believed, and believing they followed and changed the world.

The Baptism of Our Lord is more than a landmark event in the life of the Church and in history. With the words of the Father to His Son, Jesus, "You are my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." the affirmation and the approval of our heavenly Father is imparted to every believer, by the power of the Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ.

Pastor Steven delivers a powerful and personal New Year's message about the personal epiphany available to each of us through the mercy and grace of Jesus Christ. Delivered at Countryside United Methodist Church on Epiphany Sunday, January 3, 2016.

Jesus was about his Father's business at an early age, in fact, scripture says he had an awareness of God's plan and purpose for his life at age twelve. "That's great," you might be thinking, "but what about those of us who are way beyond age twelve who STILL don't know what our purpose in life might be?" Pastor Steven explores this question with a look at the Gospel according to Luke 2:41-52