Elevate Life Church

Pastor Tina continues this series talking to us about how we live a life of rhythm and change For everything in life there is a season. God appointed seasons for this time and sees seasons from eternity, from the beginning to the end. We can't move through time like God does. God works on His Kairos time, not the Chronos time we see. Knowing your season really matters. What season does God have you in? Do you allow circumstances to define your season? Seasons don't last forever they always have a beginning and an end. You have to ask yourself: What does God want us to experience in this season?

Pastor Sergio continues this series talking to us about why the throne of ourselves will never be fulfilling. As long as we're on the throne of our own heart and not the throne of God, we'll never get fulfillment! You have to give your heart to God in order to have a heart for God. Disobedience opens up the door to lack. We can't let excuses keep us from doing what God tells us to do. When we have a Biblical fear of God, we're submitting to His mission. We don't get to chance God's Word because of our past experiences.

Pastor Sergio wraps up this series the importance of why we cannot hear the Word of God if we don't listen to the Word of God. If we don't listen, even what little understanding we have will be taken away from us. The window of repentance doesn't stay open for too long! When God looks at us, we're either from the house of Jesus or the house of Adam. When we fight our flesh, we fight the house of Adam and the choices he made. Jesus's solution for us being lukewarm is for us to 'buy His gold', which is going to cost us. Sacrifice will get out of lukewarmness!

Pastor Sergio continues this series talking to us about The Virus Of Lukewarmness. Jesus is trying to separate us from what is right and what is wrong. If we're hot or cold, He can reach us, but when we're lukewarm He says we're unreachable. Jesus spoke in parables because even if He didn't, lukewarm people still wouldn't get it. There's a level with God we cannot reach when we're lukewarm! We have to become more than just church goers.

Pastor Sergio begins his new series talking about the 5 G's of being a disciple of Jesus. In order to live out the promises God has for us we cannot remain on the same path that distracted us from Him. We can come as we are to Jesus, but we can't STAY as we were. We have to understand the power that repentance brings us in our relationship with Him! What did God save us from? We cannot be casual about our Christianity. We can't get to know God if all we do is come to church. A disciple looks to learn! We should be reaching people and making disciples with the Gospel and be a lighthouse to others!

Pastor Tina talks with us about how we cannot have spiritual growth without surrendering ourselves to the Holy Spirit. We have to surrender all our anxiety, anger and circumstances, no matter how traumatic. Change is fruitful from the Holy Spirit! Jesus knew His disciples didn't understand this. We have to give up self sufficiency and humble ourselves and rely on God. The opposite of surrendering is striving, God is asking us to give up this focus on ourselves. God wants us to have things and desires, but doesn't want them to have us. Your surrender is a posture towards God! God has planned our our life, why do we resist this? We cannot become detoured by our own desires.

Pastor Sergio wraps up his series giving us 10 reason why we should pray in other tongues. We have to pray in other tongues because God wants us to, it builds us up in our Spirit, it helps us pray God's perfect will, it helps us pray when we don't know what to pray, it disciplines the mind and soul, it brings rest and refreshment, it gives us direct communication with God, it helps us worship in the Spirit, it strengthens us against spiritual attacks and helps us give thanks well. God wants us to receive these gifts he offers us! Our spirit and flesh are always at war, we have to allow our spirit to take over so our mind and soul don't dominate.

Pastor Sergio continues talking to us about leading a life led by the Holy Spirit. We show evidence we're filled by the Holy Spirit when we pray in tongues and have faith to receive all the good things God has promised us. Have you received this yet? There are 4 manifestations of the gift of speaking in tongues; signs to the believer, tongues for interpretation, tongues for intercession and tongues for personal prayer. We build our Holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit!