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Welcome to the Sermon Blog of Life Church (formerly New Testament Baptist Church). Feel free to listen to or download sermons from our Sunday morning services. Then click on the comments to dialogue about the messages so we can learn from each other throughout the week. You may also click on the envelope after each post to send the link to a friend.
*** We have recently become Grace Church and will no longer be posting new sermons on this blog. You can find all newer sermons by going directly to www.thatsgrace.org and search for messages by the Norton location. However, we will continue to maintain this site and all are still encouraged to comment. ***

Dec 24, 2022

Finding Love At Christmas / Advent / Week 4

There's so much to love at Christmas time! The food, the gifts, and the time with family and friends. But the love that we celebrate at Christmas goes way deeper than the love for these things! In this sermon, Pastor Steven Lucas shares how God's love for you is evident in the Christmas story and how this love is available to you, even if you've done nothing to deserve it. 

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

Dec 18, 2022

Finding Joy At Christmas / Advent / Week 3

Happy, content, merry, joyful! These are the kinds of feelings that we're supposed to experience around the Holidays. And while there are many things around this time of year that bring us joy, for many of us, we still find joy to be elusive. In this sermon, Pastor Steven Lucas shares what the Bible says about having joy and how even in the most difficult times, you can live a life full of joy. 

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas
Text: Luke 2:8-20

Dec 11, 2022

Finding Peace At Christmas / Advent / Week 2

Who doesn't want to have more peace? But no matter what we try, isn't there always something happening in our worlds that seems to rob us of that peace? What we really need is a peace that stays with us even when things in our lives seem to be breaking apart. So how do you find THAT kind of peace? In this sermon, Pastor Steven talks about where this kind of peace comes from and how you can experience more of it in your life. 

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas
Text: Luke 1:26-38

Dec 4, 2022

Finding Hope At Christmas / Advent / Week 1

At a time when hope is supposed to be abundant, many are left with feelings of hopelessness during the Christmas season. While hope is something that every one of us needs, it can often be hard to find. So how can you find hope when nothing in your life seems to be changing or getting better? In this sermon, Pastor Steven Lucas shares what the Bible says about finding hope and how you can anchor yourself to hope this Christmas.  

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

Nov 27, 2022

Four Ways To Be More Generous / Legacy / Week 4

How do we become a more generous person? We all want to think of ourselves as being generous people, but sometimes we feel like we don't have the money or the time to be really generous. But it doesn't take a lot of money or time to be generous. Maybe what we really face is that we're just distracted. In this sermon, Pastor Steven Lucas talks about the secret ingredient to generosity and gives 4 simple ways you can work to become a more generous person to those around you. 

Speaker: Steven Lucas
Text: Luke 10:30-37

Nov 20, 2022

How To Keep Money From Owning You / Legacy / Week 3

Do you own your own money or does your money own you? Isn't that such a difficult question to answer because we know we need money for things like food, clothes, education, but also much of how we view success, our self worth, and where we find our security is wrapped up in our money too! And sometimes our pursuit of more causes us to make unhealthy choices and distracts us from living the life God intended. In this sermon, Ken Knott shares how you can identify if you have an unhealthy view of money and what steps you can take to own your money before it owns you. 

Guest Speaker: Ken Knott
Text: Luke 12:13-21 

Nov 13, 2022

3 Steps To Building A Meaningful Legacy / Legacy / Week 2

What's your measure of success? When it comes to leaving a legacy, people have all different ideas of what a successful life looks like. Maybe it's leaving financial margin for our children, a building named after us, or raising a family to carry on our last name. In this sermon, Pastor Steven Lucas shares what the Bible has to say about leaving a meaningful legacy. 

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

Nov 6, 2022

Building An Eternal Legacy / Legacy / Week 1

Every one of us gets the opportunity to build a legacy with our life, but not every legacy will be remembered as good or for making a positive difference. If we want to leave a legacy that outlives us, we must be intentional about it. In this sermon, Pastor Steven Lucas shares how you have the ability to leave a legacy that impacts eternity and how creating that legacy begins with the decisions you make today. 

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas

Oct 30, 2022

Fighting Through Depression / Haunted / Week 5

There's definitely times where we all feel low, where sadness is normal, but for many people that feeling has become the norm. Maybe you've tried different things to get out of this season, but you're still struggling, wondering where God is, and why you are going through this. In this sermon, we talk about how the Bible can give you some encouragement in your depression, why praying more or having more faith is not an instant fix, and what things you can tangibly do to help as you work through this season. 

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas
Text: Job 6, 38, 42

Oct 23, 2022

Calm Your Anxious Mind / Haunted / Week 4

Worry and anxiety haunts so many of us. It can make us live in a constant state of fear, make us feel like we're only a shell of a person, and have a big impact on our physical and spiritual health as well. In this sermon, Ken Knott talks about how we can break out of this cycle of worry and anxiety and how you can find more peace and calm in your life. 

Guest Speaker: Ken Knott of Grace Church Avon
Text: Luke 12: 22-34

Oct 16, 2022

Slowing Down A Hurried Life / Haunted / Week 3

Do you ever feel like your life is so busy that you can barely keep up? Or you have a constant feeling of needing to hurry even though you're not late for anything. You, like many others, may be living at an unhealthy and unsustainable pace! When we live this way, our anxiety and stress increase, and our joy decreases. In this sermon, Pastor Steven Lucas talks about how hurry impacts us and how slowing down can not only improve your mental and emotional health, but also your spiritual health. 

Speaker: Pastor Steven Lucas
Text: Luke 10:30-37 & Mark 5:22-42

Oct 9, 2022

Overcoming The Need To Be Perfect / Haunted / Week 2

I can't measure up! Have I done enough to prove my worth? People can't see that I don't have it all together! These are some of the lies and negative thoughts that haunt our minds on a daily basis. But no matter how much you try to have it all together, pushing control and perfection leaves you feeling exhausted, depleted, and like God couldn't love you. In this sermon, Robb Hollifield shares from the Bible how you can get a handle on these negative thoughts, stop the feelings of guilt and disappointment, and find rest knowing you don't have to be perfect. 

Guest Speaker: Robb Hollifield