BLOGhttp://joeldyke.com/blog/en-US2010-07-30T13:16:04ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)-http://joeldyke.com/blog/2010/7/18/what-a-powerful-service-today-at-life-church-wm-as-we.html[Your Name Here]2010-07-19T02:52:33ZWhat a powerful service today at Life Church WM as we continued our "I Could Use a Miracle" series with part 2. Today we talked about the paralytic who was let down through a hole in the roof by 4 of his friends. Here are a couple of points from the message:

1. Sometimes the church crowd can get in the way of people coming to Jesus. Ouch! (Vs. 4 - They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd)

2. Faith a not a noun. Faith is a verb. (vs.5 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”)

3. Who fixed the roof? We closed the message today asking a question that hardly ever gets asked when we think about this miracle. Who stayed behind to fix the roof? 

It takes special people to have the love, the dream, the commitment and the cooperation to knock holes in the roof. But we also need people with selfless love and quiet determination who will fix the roof as well.

To drive this final point home, I stripped off my nice Sunday shirt to reveal one of our Serve Team t-shirts hiding underneath. We issued a challenge for people to join our Serve Team and commit to helping us fix some roofs in the community. Today was fun!

]]>Water to Winehttp://joeldyke.com/blog/2010/7/11/water-to-wine.html[Your Name Here]2010-07-12T00:29:26ZToday was an exciting day at Life Church as we kicked off our brand new series - "I COULD USE A MIRACLE". We kicked it off talking about Jesus' very first miracle - the turning of water into wine at a wedding in Cana. I am feeling the preach on this series! Here are a couple of nuggets from today's message:

1. Church is to be a celebration not an event. (We sit in service thinking about the chicken that we will consume after church and we should be thinking about the change God wants to do in us during church. Change before chicken!)

2. If you know God well enough and you need Him bad enough, He will show up early.

3. God took something common and ordinary and did something uncommon and extrordinary. (You and I are just water pots but if we will get full, God will change our natural water into something supernatural!) 

Check out the message at our website on the media page - www.lifechurchwm.com

 

]]>Perry Noble This Sunday!http://joeldyke.com/blog/2010/7/2/perry-noble-this-sunday.html[Your Name Here]2010-07-02T21:03:11Z

YOU DO NOT WANT to miss church this Sunday and that is a promise! Perry Noble will finish us up strong in our One Prayer series with a powerful message. I have heard it and trust me when I say, "It is strong!" Join us this Sunday at 10:00 am for a great worship experience and this incredible message. We promise to have you out in time to still get home and fire up the grill for the 4th of July. Since the day is set aside to celebrate freedom, give God the first part of the day to celebrate His goodness and freedom in our life! See you Sunday!

]]>Life Church VBShttp://joeldyke.com/blog/2010/6/25/life-church-vbs.html[Your Name Here]2010-06-25T21:56:41Z

VBS this coming Monday through Friday at Life Church west monroe! Each evening from 6:00 to 8:30 pm! Bring your children. It's going to be off the chain!

]]>One Prayer 2010http://joeldyke.com/blog/2010/6/11/one-prayer-2010.html[Your Name Here]2010-06-11T22:57:09ZWe begin One Prayer 2010 this Sunday morning with Chris Hodges, Pastor of Church of the Highlands in Birmingham AL. This series has been a highlight the past couple of summers during June. Join us this Sunday at 10:00 am!

 

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]]>Life Church - February 28, 2010http://joeldyke.com/blog/2010/2/28/life-church-february-28-2010.html[Your Name Here]2010-03-01T03:34:42ZToday was a great day at Life Church. The house was packed with some really special guests as we dedicated some precious little babies and children to the Lord. We were also blessed by Life Church friend and missionary/church planter Greg Evans who shared about what God is doing in south Africa. I shared a message on doing ministry to the 'next generation". Be sure and check it out on our Life Church website media page. Here are a few pictures from today.

]]>Miracle Offering Update This Sunday - Feb. 7thhttp://joeldyke.com/blog/2010/2/3/miracle-offering-update-this-sunday-feb-7th.html[Your Name Here]2010-02-03T13:47:31ZWe are very excited about the results of our 1st Miracle Offering on January 31 to begin the journey towards building our new 18,000 sq.ft. Next Generation building. Be sure and be at Life Church this Sunday Feb. 7th as we announce to the church the results of the miracle offering.

Be sure and see the previous Blog update for pictures and more information about our Next Generation building!

]]>LET'S BUILD - MIRACLE OFFERING - JAN. 31http://joeldyke.com/blog/2010/1/19/lets-build-miracle-offering-jan-31.html[Your Name Here]2010-01-20T04:11:13Z

The “Next Generation” Ministry Building is the physical structure where our students and children will be reached each week at Life Church. Looking past the physical structure that will stand just behind our main auditorium, we also see lives that will be changed, families that will be healed, marriages that will be restored and young people that will change the course of history. As hard as we will work to finish construction, we will work even harder to see more souls saved for the kingdom and our young people trained to lead us into the future. 

View from Life Church Drive -

Check out this video about our upcoming Miracle Offering to be received on January 31 during our 10:00 am Service! To view the video click HERE.

]]>Miracle Offering Sunday: January 31http://joeldyke.com/blog/2010/1/18/miracle-offering-sunday-january-31.html[Your Name Here]2010-01-18T21:36:14Z 

Click on the picture above to see a video about "Miracle Offering" Sunday.

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