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Life Church Chico
Welcome to the weekly podcast of Life Church Chico. We are a church of progress, not perfection. Our purpose is to connect people to Jesus. To learn more, visit our website at https://www.lifechurchchico.org. Thanks for listening.
Episodes
331 episodes
Sunday Service: The Christmas Journey (Anticipation from Within) - Pastor Bob Leahey
Christmas anticipation goes beyond excitement for gifts - it reflects the supernatural stirring God places in our hearts when He's preparing us for His purposes. Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, and the shepherds each experienced this divine anticipati...
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Sunday Service: The Christmas Journey (Anticipation from Afar) - Pastor Jeff Young
The Bible contains over 300 specific prophecies about the Messiah written centuries before Jesus was born. When examining just eight of these prophecies, the statistical probability of one person fulfilling them all is 1 in 100 quadrillion. The...
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Sunday Service: Youth Sunday - Advent (Hope, Peace, Joy, Love)
This Youth Sunday sermon focused on the beginning of Advent, with youth leaders sharing about the four themes of Advent: hope, peace, joy, and love. Fiona introduced Advent as a 1600-year-old Christian tradition that teaches us to slow down and...
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Sunday Service: Lakes are Monuments, Rivers are Movements - Pastor Jeff Young
The prophet Ezekiel received a powerful vision of a valley filled with dry bones that came to life when God breathed His Spirit into them. This vision came during Israel's darkest hour after Jerusalem's destruction, when the people felt spiritu...
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Sunday Service: Audacious Faith (Bold, Daring, Adventurous) - Pastor Jeff Young
Audacious faith goes beyond quiet belief to bold, daring trust in God's promises even when circumstances suggest otherwise. Like biblical heroes such as Abraham, Noah, and Moses, believers today are called to step beyond what makes sense and em...
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Sunday Service: Love Thy Neighbor (As Yourself?) - Pastor Chris Reyes
The Great Commandment to love your neighbor as yourself assumes you already love yourself well. Many struggle with self-love because they've accepted false substitutes like possessiveness, dependency, or self-neglect instead of true biblical lo...
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Sunday Service: Love Thy Neighbor (The Call) - Pastor Jeff Young
In a world growing increasingly dark and divided, followers of Jesus are called to love others even when culture grows colder. Despite America's wealth and education, statistics reveal deep brokenness: rising suicide rates, widespread lonelines...
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Sunday Service: Love Thy Neighbor (Loving Your Enemies) - Pastor Jeff Young
Jesus calls us to love our enemies, one of the most challenging commands in Scripture. This isn't about warm feelings, but about seeking the highest good for those who hurt us. When we harbor hatred and bitterness, we become enslaved to our ene...
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Sunday Service: Love Thy Neighbor (Loving the Unlikeable) - Pastor Chris Reyes
Jesus teaches us that love is not a feeling but a choice to meet someone's need regardless of whether they deserve it. Through the parable of the Good Samaritan, we learn that agape love is volitional action that seeks another person's good wit...
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Sunday Service: Love Thy Neighbor (The Greatest Commandment) - Pastor Bob Leahey
Jesus identified the greatest commandment as loving God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, followed by loving your neighbor as yourself. This isn't just about feelings but total devotion that transforms how we make decisions, spend ...
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Sunday Service: A Church Engaged (Generous Generations) - Pastor Jeff Young
Generosity is a fundamental aspect of an engaged church, reflecting our spiritual priorities and heart's devotion. The early church demonstrated radical generosity where believers shared everything they had, resulting in no needy people among t...
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Sunday Service: A Church Engaged (Intentional Influence) - Pastor Jeff Young
Jesus called His followers the salt of the earth and light of the world, emphasizing their value and purpose. As salt, believers preserve spiritual health and purify their surroundings by standing firm against corruption. As light, they illumin...
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Sunday Service: A Church Engaged (Serving Selflessly) - Pastor Jeff Young
Church is not a spectator sport but a community where we are called to serve together, building God's kingdom as Nehemiah and the Israelites rebuilt Jerusalem's walls. Scripture consistently emphasizes serving others as fundamental to our faith...
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Sunday Service: A Church Engaged (Assembly Required) - Pastor Jeff Young
Christianity was never meant to be a solo journey - we belong to each other as members of God's family. Connected community provides support, encouragement, and love when we need it most. Each believer has been carefully placed in the body of C...
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Sunday Service: A Church Engaged - Pastor Jeff Young
In Ephesians 2, Paul reminds us that we were once spiritually dead in our sins, but God's rich mercy and love gave us new life through Christ. Salvation is not earned through good works but is a free gift received through faith. As believers, w...
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Sunday Service: Love, The Most Excellent Way - Pastor Lana Leahey
In First Corinthians, Paul teaches that without love, even the most impressive spiritual gifts amount to nothing. While the Corinthians were operating in powerful spiritual abilities, they missed the foundation of everything - love. God's defin...
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Sunday Service: Teacher, Servant, Leader - Pastor Manny Mejia
God has equipped each believer with specific gifts for ministry, not just church professionals. These gifts range from pastoring and teaching to helping, administration, and many others. Despite our doubts or insecurities, God gives these gifts...
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Sunday Service: Apostles, Prophets, Miracles & Healings - Pastor Chris Reyes
Pastor Chris returns from a two-month sabbatical in Russia where he witnessed the maturity and faithfulness of Russian Christians despite difficult circumstances. His sermon focuses on spiritual maturity and how the church functions as one body...
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Sunday Service: Equipped with Purpose - Brian Wills
Spiritual gifts are special abilities given by the Holy Spirit to every believer for specific purposes. These gifts fall into three main categories: ministry gifts (like apostles and teachers), manifestation gifts (like healing and prophecy), a...
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Sunday Service: The Promise of the Father (Holy Spirit Baptism) - Pastor Jeff Young
The baptism of the Holy Spirit is distinct from salvation—while salvation is the Spirit working within you, the baptism is the Spirit working through you, empowering you for ministry and witness. Throughout Scripture, God's presence is consiste...
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Sunday Service: One Body, Many Parts - Pastor Bob Leahey
In the body of Christ, every member has a unique and vital role to play. Paul uses the human body as an analogy to show how diverse parts work together as one whole, united by one Spirit despite our differences. God intentionally creates divers...
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Sunday Service: The Promise of the Father (Welcoming the Presence) - Pastor Jeff Young
The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a distinct experience from salvation, bringing supernatural power (dunamis) to believers for ministry and witness. While we receive the Holy Spirit at salvation, the baptism is a separate empowerment promised b...
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Sunday Service: The Promise of the Father (Back to the Beginning) - Pastor Jeff Young
In this sermon, Pastor Jeff Young explores the concept of the baptism of the Holy Spirit as part of God's original plan for humanity. He traces the Holy Spirit's role from Genesis through Revelation, explaining how sin separated humans from God...
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Sunday Service: The Promise of the Father (What He Does) - Pastor Bob Leahey
The Holy Spirit is a person with whom we can relate, not just a power to be controlled. He convicts the world of sin (primarily unbelief), righteousness, and judgment—always with love and gentleness, never condemnation. For believers, the Spiri...
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Sunday Service: Youth Sunday - Senior Takeover
Youth Sunday at Life Church, featuring graduating seniors sharing their testimonies, favorite Bible verses, and future plans. Each student spoke about how their faith journey through youth group has shaped them and prepared them for their next ...
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