Listen - Kingdom Life Church
238 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe desire to make God known to people in a way that the Spirit changes who they are and the world around them.
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The Fear of the Lord
March 10, 2024 21:00 - 52 MBIf Jesus is our model, why aren't we comfortably sleeping while the world is freaking out? This week on our fearless and free series, Joe Biddle speaks to us about the fear of the Lord by unpacking the story of Jesus calming the seas. He points out that our level of fear is directly related to our level of faith. We fear God because He is altogether different than anything we have experienced. We pray that as you listen to this sermon your fear of God would grow so that your fear of this wo...
Fearless and Free
February 18, 2024 22:00 - 75.9 MBWe have a choice in what altar we build This week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson continues our series Fearless & Free. He walks us through the life of Moses. A man who started his journey with a life built on fears and lies, and ends his life known as the man who talked with God face to face. We pray that as you listen to this sermon, the Holy Spirit would highlight to you some lies in your altars He'd like to tear down.
The Hope of Becoming Fearless and Free
February 11, 2024 22:00 - 45.2 MBThere is so much life when you give up control, but it's hard to give up control when you doubt God's goodness This week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson lays the groundwork for our upcoming sermon series Fearless and Free. He drives home the fact that we have a God who came to set us free. From the very begining, God's desire was intimacy and freedom. We pray that as you listen to this sermon, your heart would be awakened to the hope of living fearless and free.
A New Wineskin
January 28, 2024 22:00 - 54.7 MBTake note of the involvement of the Baker. This week, the sermon started out with a demonstration from Rachael about the process of making sourdough. Then, Nicholas shifted us to focus on wine and wineskin. We are hungry for a move of God at Kingdom Life, but when it comes, we want to be ready. We pray that as you listen to this sermon, you would ask the Lord if there is any old wineskin in you that He is asking you to shed for this next move of God.
Will We Tremble?
January 14, 2024 22:00 - 50.6 MBIf we are to be the habitation of God’s presence you can expect to encounter His holiness. Back to our Naturally Supernatural series! Nicholas Kerton-Johnson starts this sermon with a testimony from this last year and then begins to remind us that we are living stones, temples of the Holy Spirit of God. He finishes this sermon asking us if as we look towards this next year, will we be a people who trembles at the word of God? We pray that as you listen to this sermon, you would learn to cra...
Peace
December 10, 2023 22:00 - 30.8 MBPeace is the currency of heaven. In this Advent, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson unveils for us that Christ is our peace. He encourages us to consider peace as a game-changer; something physical that we can give away. We pray that as you listen to this you would be impacted by the eternal peace of Jesus Christ.
Prophecy Part 2
November 12, 2023 22:00 - 63.8 MBWe seek His voice for the delight of connection, but also for the delight of being used by Him. This week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson rounds out our teaching on prophecy. He teaches about the value of the prophetic, and how it sanctifies and purifies us. He emphasizes that we must believe in our hearts that He wants to speak to us. We pray that as you listen to this sermon, you would make space for the Lord to speak to you this week.
Intercession Part 2
October 22, 2023 21:00 - 52.1 MBThis week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson unpacks how we can intercede with the power and authority Christ has given us. He begins by walking through the supernatural nature of the Bible, and how Christ has said we will do even greater things than this. We pray that as you listen to this message, you would be able to pray with a new boldness.
Intercession and Israel
October 15, 2023 21:00 - 61 MBThis week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson challenges us to consider what is going on in Israel in the context of our Naturally Supernatural series. He encourages to ask the Lord to give us His heart for Israel. We pray that as you listen to this sermon, your spirit would be quickened to pray with confidence for Israel.
Living Life with the Spirit Session 4
October 01, 2023 21:00 - 70.9 MBFor our final session with Richard, he opens our eyes to the reward of living daily life with the Spirit. We pray that as you listen to this sermon, your heart would be ignited for intimacy with the Lord.
Living Life with the Spirit Session 3
September 30, 2023 23:00 - 74 MBIn our second session of the day, Richard teaches us about the reality of praying for healing. He walks through stories of how Jesus healed those He encountered and shares stories from his own life in order to build our faith.
Living Life with the Spirit Session 2
September 30, 2023 15:00 - 40.1 MBIn our second session of the day, Richard teaches us about the practicalities of giving a prophetic word. He then walks us through an exercise to prophecy over each other
Living Life with the Spirit Session 1
September 30, 2023 14:00 - 76.7 MBRichard starts off our Living Life with the Spirit Conference by sharing his testimony, and unpacking what it means to hear from God.
The Name of Jesus
September 24, 2023 21:00 - 47.9 MBWe are the bride. It's time to start living in the power of the name of our bride groom. Continuing our Naturally Supernatural sermon series, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson unpacks the power of the Name of Jesus. He highlights the fact that it's not just a belief in Jesus that is necessary, but the belief that He wants to delegate the power of His name to us. We pray that as you listen to this sermon your heart would come alive to the fact that He has trusted us with the power of His name.
Obedience
September 17, 2023 21:00 - 43.6 MBJesus was not begrudgingly obeying the Father. He joyfully did what the Father was doing because He loved Him. We cannot walk in the Spirit if we are not committed to being obedient. This week, Nicholas Kerton-johnson opens our eyes to why Jesus lived His life obedient to the Father. If we see obedience as something that draws us into more of the Father than it becomes a Joy. We pray that as you listen to this sermon, His spirit would transform you and ignite your heart for obedience.
To Let Go
August 27, 2023 21:00 - 45.1 MBHumility is not an optional "extra" it is exactly what Jesus has called us to This week, Nicholas Kerton-johnson wraps up our series on humility. He implores us that as we move on to our next series, to remember that humility is the soil where the fruit of the Spirit grow. We pray that as you listen to this sermon, you would remember the strength and relief that the way of humility brings.
The Reward of Humility
August 20, 2023 21:00 - 48 MBThere’s two options for rewards: reward from God and reward from man. In being righteous, giving, praying, and fasting, we can go two ways here. One is deadly. This week, Tyler Dresbach speaks to us about the reward of humility. What does it mean to allow ourselves to be hidden in Christ? What if our reward was the love of God and not the love of man? We pray that as you listen to this sermon there would be grace on your life to embrace humility.
The Way of the Humility vs. The Way of the World
August 13, 2023 21:00 - 63.8 MBHe’s calling us to walk a road that will include a cross in order to be free from pain eternally. As we wrap up our humility series, Cathy Kerton-Johnson asks us to compare kingdom values to worldly values. She walks us through the human need for comfort and significance and how those needs undermine the ability to live out kingdom values. We cannot have kingdom values without dying to self. We pray that as you listen to this message you would run into the arms of the Father to discover whe...
The Humility of Forgiveness
July 30, 2023 21:00 - 54 MBHe is gracious, but His standard is clear. Forgive Continuing our humility series, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson unpacks why humility requires us to walk in forgiveness. Forgiveness is transactional. We forgive and we are forgiven. We pray that as you listen to this message, there would be grace in your heart to release the power of forgiveness in your own life.
The Joy of Humility, Again
July 23, 2023 21:00 - 46.4 MBThe greatest way that He could exalt us is giving us more of Himself. On his birthday, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson dives back into our humility series. He reminds us why we are pressing into humility, to get more of Jesus. We pray that as you listen to this message, you would get a greater revelation of the worthiness of Christ.
Walking in the Love of the Father
July 16, 2023 21:00 - 61.5 MBThis week, we take a break from our humility series to hear from Jonathon Forte, one of our missionaries and long-time friend. He shares from his heart and experiences what it means to minister out of the love of the father. We pray that as you listen to this sermon you are filled with the love of God and that you are inspired to follow His voice the next time He prompts you.
An Offensive Gospel
July 09, 2023 22:00 - 46.2 MBWe follow a gospel that is deeply offensive. It offends because it is holy. Nicholas Kerton-Johnson continues our series on humility acknowledging the offensive nature of the gospel. He tells the story of how the pharisees were so offended by Jesus’s actions they wanted to kill. Furthermore, Jesus said “blessed is he who is not offended by me.” We pray that as you listen to this sermon, the Holy Spirit fills you with boldness for His message.
Offense
June 25, 2023 21:00 - 46.7 MBBut if we want to go into our father's presence, if we want to be part of his kingdom, then we actually have to abide by the laws and the rules and the ways of that kingdom. This week, Pastor Nicholas Kerton-Johnson speaks to us about offense. Getting rid of offense in our hearts makes the pathway to the presence of the Lord clear. We pray that as you listen to this, God gives you grace to release offense you’ve been holding on to.
Servanthood
June 18, 2023 21:55 - 41.3 MBWill you be the servant of your brothers and sisters? This week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson talks about humility in servanthood. As a church, we want to press into the whole of the kingdom of God, not just the parts that are easy, and fun for us. He tells the story of how Peter being humbled paved the way for Pentecost. If we say yes to being humbled by the Father we will see more of the Kingdom come.
False Teachers
June 11, 2023 21:00 - 32.3 MBIt s so easy for us, for our sin in our sin to surround ourselves with people who tell us exactly what we want to hear, especially when it has to do with affirming the sin that we're living in. This week, Joe Biddle teaches on how to be humble and weary of false teachers. He admonished us to press into the Holy Spirits’s discernment, and ground ourselves in the truth of the Gospel so that we are not swayed by the tickling of our ears. We pray that as you listen to this sermon you would be ...
The Humility of Salt and Light
May 28, 2023 21:00 - 65.1 MBThis week, one of our elders, Henrik Soderstrom, shares with us the nature of being like Christ as Salt and Light in this world. He starts by magnifying the nature of Jesus and then moves on towards Jesus’s command to be salt and light and this world. We pray that as you listen to this sermon you feel the freedom to bring out the honor in those around you.
All That Keeps Us From Being Humble
May 21, 2023 21:00 - 33.9 MBThis week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson outlines how Jesus demonstrated humility by giving up everything to come and lay down his life for us. He calls us to examine our hearts and ask ourselves what has been keeping us from submitting our pride to Christ. We pray that as you listen to this sermon there would be a grace in your heart to ask for the humility of Christ.
Religious Pride
May 14, 2023 21:00 - 57.9 MBReally, really what humility comes down to is our willingness to say Jesus, you really are worth everything. Continuing our humility series, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson goes after religious pride and fake humility. Real humility is the disappearance of self in the vision that God is all. To illustrate this he dives into the story of David offending his wife with his worship. What if we honored God regardless of who we would offend? We pray that as you listen to this sermon, the vision of who Go...
Killing Pride and the Flesh
April 30, 2023 21:00 - 57.6 MBPride must die in us or nothing of heaven will live in us, it must die, you know, and death. Continuing our series on pride, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson talks about putting death to our pride and flesh. He begins by telling a story about how pride showed up in his own life recently, and how that affected the presence of God around him. Then, he talks about the freedom available to us on the other side of surrender.
Humility
April 23, 2023 21:00 - 47.6 MBThe absolute beauty of our humility is that with everything that we lay down, we will become more aware of him. This is the first week of our new series on humility. Nicholas Kerton-Johnson outlines what the Lord has been speaking to him about humility, and why we are diving into a new series. He pray that as you listen to this sermon you would be emboldened to ask the Lord for humility.
Easter - Live Like It's True
April 09, 2023 21:00 - 37.3 MBWe are one with the Lord. The promise for us is the joy of knowing that we are forgiven. This week we take a pause from our Worship series to celebrate the resurrection. Nicholas Kerton-Johnson starts with Johns account of the resurrection. In this passage, Jesus is highlighting the fact that He made a way for us to enter in and become children of God. We pray that as you listen to this sermon you would come alive with the joy of knowing that He has made you new.
Worship as Perfume
March 26, 2023 21:00 - 56.4 MBThe closer we get to Jesus, the more we see our own deprived state, and the more we are relentlessly in love with Jesus. This week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson walks us through Luke 7 and John 12. We always have more of ourselves to give, and more of Jesus to love. There is both a cost and a reward to worshipping Jesus and He is worth it! We pray that as you listen to this sermon you will remember how much you have been forgiven and how much He is worthy of your love.
Sacrifice
March 12, 2023 21:00 - 39.4 MB*Listening Note: Audio issues were resolved quickly. Everything about sacrifice is modeling Jesus This week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson highlights the worth of Christ. He is worthy of our sacrifice of praise. To be a living sacrifice is truly the way to worship Him. We pray that as you listen to this sermon, there would be an increase in the ease of worship as you come alive to His worth.
Secret Worship Pt. 1
February 26, 2023 22:00 - 44.8 MBTrue worship is surrender. After exploring corporate worship, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson unpacks what it means to worship the Lord in secret. First, he outlines how Jesus himself stepped away from the crowds to worship the Father alone. Then, he talks through what his own secret worship looks like and challenges us to press into the secret place for more of the Lord.
Corporate Worship Pt. 2
February 19, 2023 22:00 - 63.9 MBWhat do I expect to happen when I sing? This week, worship pastor Tyler Dresbach walks us through the power of corporate worship. He touches on times in the bible when the people of God joined together in some. He mentions how members of our body have used worship to reflect what they Lord has done in their life. We pray that as you listen to this sermon the Lord ignites in your heart a passion for worshiping as the body of Christ.
Liturgy in Life
January 29, 2023 22:00 - 61.3 MBWhat place does pattern and ritual have today? This week in our worship series, Cathy Kerton-Johnson walks us through the value in the liturgy that the church has used for millennia. Without realizing it, we can build our lives on feelings and things that can crumble. When we use the word of God as the scaffolding of our lives then it becomes more than just words on a page, but a fountain that wells up inside of you in times of need.
Worship at the Cross
January 22, 2023 22:00 - 50.7 MBThe whole point of theology and being grounded is that our affections would be stirred to know him and to love him. After a desperate plea for more volunteers for slides, Tyler Dresbach unpacks how the cross is the basis for all encounter. God has revealed himself to us, and the response to that revelation is worship. We pray that as you listen to this sermon, you would be awakened to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.
True Worship
January 15, 2023 22:00 - 56.5 MBWhat better reward is there than Him? This week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson unpacks what it true worship is. We cannot fake it with God! He is asking us to bring our whole hearts to Him in worship, and in return He gives us Himself. We pray that as you listen to this sermon there would be a freedom released in your life to let Him in even deeper.
Intro to Worship Series
January 08, 2023 22:00 - 58.7 MBEvery human worships what we find worthy of worship. To kick off our worship series, Tyler Dresbach walks us through why worshiping the Lord is so easy. Worship flows from delight. We pray that as you listen to this sermon praise will flow from your spirit because the truth of who God is, is just that good.
Love
December 18, 2022 22:00 - 27.3 MBWe're all loved and called to a purpose and that purpose involves loving others which requires sacrifice. For this week of Advent, Luke Smith dives into the relationship between love and sacrifice. The greatest gift ever given was the sacrifice of Jesus. Luke explains that when we respond to the love of God with sacrifice we unlock change in the atmosphere. We finish this service interceding for our loved ones that do not currently know Christ. We pray that as you listen to this sermon you ...
Joy
December 11, 2022 22:00 - 54.1 MBBlessed are those who are not offended by Me Continuing our Advent series, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson talks about the Joy that Jesus wants to bestow on us amidst trials. He challenges us to let go of what we assume the kingdom must look like and be led by Jesus into what He is doing. We finish these sermon praying as a family for those of us who were experiencing anxiety at the thought of going home for the holidays, and those who needed a fresh touch from Jesus. We pray that as you listen to ...
Advent - Hope
November 27, 2022 22:00 - 43.5 MBWe simply want to know Jesus more. In the first week of Advent, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson talks to us about how Jesus desires to be known and to satisfy us. We pray that as you listen to this sermon Jesus would become Emmanuel to you.
Acts 19
November 13, 2022 22:00 - 54.7 MBA man filled with the spirit is a danger to hell. In this sermon on Acts 19, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson talks about what it means to want a new wineskin. He challenges us to remember that the book of Acts is for all of us. He urges us to become people who not only believe in Jesus, but also believe in the power of the kingdom of God. We pray that as you listen to this sermon your heart would be open to the power to God.
Acts 16
October 30, 2022 21:00 - 45.5 MBLet us be naturally supernatural. What would it be like if we were expectant? To live expecting God to speak and to move? These are the questions Nicholas Kerton-Johnson asks as he looks at the stories of the life of the apostles in Acts. We pray that as you listen to this sermon you would become comfortable with living in response to the Spirit everyday.
The Gospel that Disrupts Part 1
October 23, 2022 21:00 - 55.8 MBThe Gospel will never by stopped by man. The Gospel should be a disruptor of the world around us. This week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson dives into Acts 12+14 to talk about the gospel that disrupts. Nicholas challenges us to think about what it means to follow a Lord that met opposition while he was on Earth. We pray that as you listen to this sermon there would be a yes in your heart to follow the Lord wherever he leads.
Paul's Conversion
October 09, 2022 21:00 - 53.3 MBIf I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. Continuing our Acts series, Joe Biddle outlines Paul’s Conversion. He takes a look at the landscape of the current Christian culture and compares it to Paul’s conversion. throughout this sermon, Joe teaches us that genuine fruit of the spirit can only come through an encounter with the person and lordship of Jesus, not from our good works or moral compass. We pray that as y...
Acts - Adam Narciso
October 02, 2022 21:00 - 42.2 MBEvangelism is not something you do for God. It is something you do with God. This week, our friend Adam Narciso joins us to share God’s heart for evangelism. Adam uses Acts chapter 8 to outline the gameplan God uses in evangelism. He later shares some examples of his own life of how this has played out practically. We pray that as you listen to this message your heart would be lit again with the Lords passion for those that are far from Him.
Sacrifice and sorcery
September 25, 2022 21:00 - 50.5 MBSometimes the deepest work of the spirit requires no words from us. He will just work and transform us. This week, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson continues out Acts series with a look into Acts 7-8. He compares Stephen’s sacrifice with Simon the sorcerer asking to buy the power of the Holy Spirit. He prompts us to ask ourselves “where have we resisted God because of pride?” If the filling of the Holy Spirit is free, what excuse do we have to not be filled by Him?
Power of God vs man's plans
September 18, 2022 21:00 - 47.1 MBDo we want control or to be in a place where the Spirit does what he wants to? Continuing our Acts series, Nicholas Kerton-Johnson dives in to Acts 5. Nicholas challenges our church to examine our hearts and ask ourselves “Do we actually want revival? Am I good with the things that God might do?” God will do things that rub us the wrong way. What will our response be? Will we continue to cry out for revival whole heartedly?
What I have I give to you
September 11, 2022 21:00 - 46.8 MBSilver and gold I do not have, but what I have I give to you…. This week we continue our Acts series by diving into Peters interaction with the begger at the temple in Acts 3. Nicholas KJ unpacks what it means to have faith and that “everything is possible to the one who believes.” We pray that as you listen to this sermon your heart would resolve to not be a part of a faithless generation.