Life Community Church

Life Community Church

On this page you can hear weekend messages from our Life Community Church teaching team, as well as life transforming stories. Life Community Church is a place for family, a place for relationships, and a place where those who call themselves followers of Jesus can belong. Join us in Columbia Illinois, or learn more about us by visiting us at lifeillinois.org.

  1. 2d ago

    Sunday | Be The Church | Pastor Jamey | Week 2

    Jesus says “anyone can follow me” and that is the best news in the world. But He also tells us what following really looks like: deny yourself, take up your cross daily, and follow me (Luke 9:23). We go straight at the version of Christianity that treats Jesus like a blank check and replaces it with the daily surrender He actually asks for. Anyone means anyone, no matter your past, but there is not a second tier of discipleship where we keep control and still call it faith. We break down the difference between denying yourself and taking up your cross. Denial is surrendering your will and letting Jesus lead. The cross is accepting the cost that comes with that surrender, even when it hits comfort, reputation, relationships, or opportunity. We talk about why altar moments matter, but why discipleship has to keep showing up on Monday, not just in a room on Sunday. We also dig into how the word of God shapes purity, how identity in Christ outlasts every title we carry, and why grace never means making peace with the sin Jesus died to free us from. Then we land on a calling the church cannot dodge: reconciliation. Using 2 Corinthians 2 and Romans 12, we talk about forgiveness that is honest, comfort that helps restoration, and what it means to be a safe landing place for repentant people. Reconciled people reconcile, and Jesus says our love is how the world recognizes His disciples. If you want a clearer, sturdier, more biblical picture of Christian discipleship, press play, then share this with a friend, subscribe, and leave a review. What is one area where you know Jesus is asking for “all of it”? Thanks for listening!  Follow us on Facebook or YouTube.

  2. Sep 21

    Sunday | Be The Church | Pastor Jamey | Week 1

    Church can become a place we attend and critique, or it can become the people we are when Monday hits. We sit down with a challenging message from Life Community Church that pushes past comfortable routines and asks a sharper question: does your life actually look like someone who follows Jesus? We talk about “being the church” as a daily mission, not a Sunday schedule. That means shifting from “come and see” to “go and tell,” letting our faith show up in real relationships, and telling our story before we hand someone an invite. We get practical about consistency, credibility, and why a lifestyle of Christian discipleship should make the people around us curious. Then we zoom out to disciple making and multiplication, using the pattern of Paul, Timothy, and “trustworthy people” as a blueprint for how the church grows across generations. We also name a threat that can quietly poison community and stunt spiritual growth: pride. Pride can look like confidence, offense, criticism, or even spirituality, but it always makes faith about me. We explore humility through the lens of correction and discipline, and we anchor it all in Ephesians 2, where grace, identity, and God’s workmanship reshape how we serve. If you’ve ever felt stuck in consumer Christianity, burned out from serving, or resistant to being corrected, this conversation is for you. Subscribe for more, share this with a friend who cares about real faith in real life, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What is one way you want to “be the church” this week? Thanks for listening!  Follow us on Facebook or YouTube.

  3. Sep 13

    Sunday | Guest Speaker | Micah Mac | Final Words | September 13

    One unexpected voicemail turns into a permanent memory and it forces a question most of us would rather skip: if you only had one set of final words, would they match the way you lived? We start with a story that feels almost cinematic, a summer night, a bagpipe playing “Amazing Grace,” and a call that becomes a goodbye. From there, we sit with how fragile life really is and why legacy is built in ordinary choices long before a hospital room or funeral. Then we open Joshua 24 and follow Joshua’s final words as he gathers everyone, not to celebrate his success, but to retell the faithfulness of God. We talk about what it means to gather your family around the story of God instead of building your own empire, and we get practical with habits that actually stick: a daily Bible reading plan through Psalms, Proverbs, and the Gospels, plus the simple discipline of making church a priority so your home stays anchored. We also go straight at the hard stuff: generational sin, patterns that repeat, and what it looks like to “throw it away” and choose a new direction through the grace of Jesus. The episode builds to Joshua’s line that still confronts every household today, “as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord,” and it ends with the words of Christ on the cross and an invitation to receive forgiveness and amazing grace. If this message hits home, subscribe for more, share it with someone who needs hope, and leave a review so more people can find it. What would you want your final words to say about your life? Thanks for listening!  Follow us on Facebook or YouTube.

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On this page you can hear weekend messages from our Life Community Church teaching team, as well as life transforming stories. Life Community Church is a place for family, a place for relationships, and a place where those who call themselves followers of Jesus can belong. Join us in Columbia Illinois, or learn more about us by visiting us at lifeillinois.org.

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