Pastor Steven G Lightfoot's Podcast
428 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSermons and homilies by Rev. Steven G. Lightfoot.
Pastor Steven is an ordained elder in the Global Methodist Church and serves as Senior Pastor to First Methodist Church Splendora and Shepherd Methodist Church in Southeast Texas.
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A Holy Foundation
February 19, 2017 05:00 - 17 minutes - 7.87 MBA good foundation is essential to support the structure built upon it. And the structure built upon a good foundation should be worthy of the foundation. Every craftsman involved in the construction must do their part or their part won't pass the inspector's thorough inspection. Building buildings or building lives... the principles apply. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
A Higher Standard
February 12, 2017 05:00 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBA lot of questions about the law in the news feeds recently. What exactly is the standard? In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus calls us to a higher standard, a higher righteousness than the righteousness of the Old Law. What exactly is that standard and how do we attain it? Good questions for which there are good answers. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Shine! (Salt and Light)
February 05, 2017 05:00 - 16 minutes - 7.58 MBNaCl. Sodium Chloride. Plain old salt. Why would Jesus tell us to be that? Light, too. He tells us to be light. Light and salt. Salt and light. Salty light? What's the deal? Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
A Homily for Pat
January 26, 2017 05:00 - 9 minutes - 4.61 MBPatricia Ann Hughes was born to Emma and Leo Ray on August 6, 1932 in Sabine Pass, Texas, where she lived with her husband Bill Hughes until he retired, and they moved to Palestine, Texas where they resided until 1999. She moved to Splendora, Texas and resided there with her daughter until Pat went to be with the Lord at 4:45 p.m. on January 24, 2017.Pat was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, her husband Bill Hughes, and her companion, John Schweitzer. She is survived by her child...
Look! Listen! Pay Attention!
January 15, 2017 05:00 - 16 minutes - 7.57 MBPastor Steven continues the Epiphany Series with a look at John 1:29-42. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Fall on Your Knees
January 01, 2017 05:00 - 17 minutes - 7.96 MBToday we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord, which is the revelation of the Christ to the world. "Arise, shine; for your light has come," proclaims Isaiah the prophet. The Gospel according to Matthew gives us the account of the Magi traveling from afar, following the star to see the newborn King, and falling on their knees when they find Him. When we seek Jesus, we are the Magi - rising from the darkness of ignorance into the light of discovery and understanding about who He is and who we are...
Light of the World
December 25, 2016 05:00 - 14 minutes - 6.63 MBJesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” Pastor Steven proclaims the coming of the light of Christ into the world at Countryside United Methodist Church, Christmas Day 2016. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Fear Not!
December 24, 2016 05:00 - 13 minutes - 6.24 MBPastor Steven's Christmas Eve message recorded at Countryside United Methodist Church. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
God with Us
December 18, 2016 05:00 - 16 minutes - 7.56 MBPaul begins his letter to the Romans just as many letters begin, with an introduction. Introductions are important. They tell the audience who is speaking, where they come from and why they have authority or credibility - they help us understand why we should listen in the first place.Matthew also gives us an introduction in his account of the birth of Jesus. His introduction explains and proclaims who this newborn babe is, this baby born to Mary and Joseph, and why we should pay attention to...
The Holy Way: Are You Prepared?
December 11, 2016 05:00 - 14 minutes - 6.52 MBIs this the Jesus you are expecting? Pastor Steven preaches on Matthew Chapter 11. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Prophecy, Promises and Preparation
December 04, 2016 05:00 - 19 minutes - 8.89 MBIsaiah's prophetic word tells us that "the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, just as the water covers the sea." The Apostle Paul tells us that Christ came to confirm God's promises given to the ancestors. And the Gospel according to Matthew tells us to "prepare the way for the Lord's coming." Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
The Coming Light
November 27, 2016 05:00 - 20 minutes - 9.47 MBAdvent is both a season of preparation for the celebration of the coming of the Christ Child to a broken world, and a season of preparation for the Second Advent, the second coming of Christ the King.Nobody knows the hour of Christ's return except God the Father. It is therefore prudent for us to be ever ready. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Magnolia Community Thanksgiving Service
November 22, 2016 05:00 - 17 minutes - 8.2 MBIf you missed the Magnolia Community Thanksgiving Service last night (Tuesday, November 22) hosted by Magnolia United Methodist Church, you missed a great time of worship. Here is Pastor Steven G. Lightfoot's Thanksgiving message: Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Written On Our Hearts
October 16, 2016 04:00 - 21 minutes - 9.72 MBThe prophet Jeremiah reminds us that, as believers, the Word of God is written on our hearts. This separates us, in a holy way, from the rest of humanity, who perceives God's law only from the perspective of conscience. In Psalm 119, we see that the Word is the source of understanding, wisdom and guidance, and Paul tells us that the Word is useful for sound teaching, reproof and correction.
The Word is not Chained
October 09, 2016 04:00 - 18 minutes - 8.67 MBWhen we suffer hardship for the sake of the Gospel, even to the point of being chained like a criminal, the Word of God is not, cannot be, chained.The promise is this: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself. (2 Ti 2:11–13). Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Power, Love and Discipline
October 02, 2016 04:00 - 18 minutes - 8.68 MBWe have been given authority over both the natural and the supernatural realms. Not only that, we have been given a spirit of power, love and discipline to stand up in righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. With all of the power of the Trinity for us, who can possibly come against us. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Streetwise
September 18, 2016 04:00 - 17 minutes - 8.11 MBAs is often God's timing, my message, written prior to the recent bombings in NYC and NJ, and the mall attacks in MN, became all the more relevant as we awoke Sunday morning to the news while we got ready for church. As in the days of the prophet Jeremiah, our world is spiritually bankrupt. The people are worshipping the false gods of self-centeredness and secular humanist culture. Violence in the name of a false god and his false prophet is unbridled. The world is in need of the same healing...
Lost Sheep, Lost Coins, Lost People
September 11, 2016 04:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBOn this 15th Anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on America, Pastor Steven explores three basic questions in the context of Luke 15: What is the nature of God? What is the nature of humankind? What is the nature of the relationship between God and humankind, and between human beings, one to another? Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
All to Jesus I Surrender: The Cost of Discipleship in a Post-Christian World
September 04, 2016 04:00 - 19 minutes - 9.21 MBWhat is the cost of discipleship in today's culture? What does it take to really follow Jesus these days? Pastor Steven takes a closer look at what Jesus has to say in the Gospel according to Luke 14:25-33 and several other passages on the subject. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Never Abandoned
August 28, 2016 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.3 MBLuke 16 teaches us that we can either seek the favor of man or the favor of God. Seeking the favor of man is temporal. Seeking the favor of God has eternal impact. Matthew 6 teaches us that we cannot serve two masters. We can choose to serve God or we can choose to serve mammon, we cannot serve both. When we choose God and His righteousness, we have His assurance that He will never abandon us. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
A Homily For Arthur
August 15, 2016 04:00 - 11 minutes - 5.3 MBArthur Raymond Johnson went home to be with our Lord on July 20, 2016 after a prolonged illness. A native Houstonian, Arthur was born December 10, 1952 to Bettie Louise and Robert Sidney Johnson, who precede him in death along with his daughter, Donise. Arthur is survived by his wife, Kathy, and his sister Sidney Hill, her husband, Joe and their daughter, Amanda; his children, Justin and Jeff Johnson; grandchildren, Layne, Gabby, Joe and Maddie. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a...
Good Church, Bad Church
August 07, 2016 04:00 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBGood Church, Bad Church. In our Christian walk, we've all probably experienced plenty of both. The thing is, the one common denominator in all of those experiences, good and bad, is...well...us.Jesus experienced both good and bad in the temples and synagogues he visited. And he turned over a few tables when the experience was less than he had hoped. His desire was that his house should be a house of prayer. How do we get there - that house of prayer? It takes faith. The kind of faith of our a...
PAID
July 24, 2016 04:00 - 20 minutes - 9.38 MBWhen you were dead because of the things you had done wrong and because you were outside the law, God made you alive with Christ and forgave all the things you had done wrong. He destroyed the record of the debt we owed, with its requirements that worked against us. He canceled it by nailing it to the cross.Your debt is PAID and all of its legal ramifications are wiped clean. Pastor Steven preaches on Colossians 2:6-14 Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Blameless, provided that...
July 17, 2016 04:00 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBPastor Steven preaches Colossians 1. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
A Homily For Larry
July 13, 2016 04:00 - 12 minutes - 5.79 MBOur friend and brother in Christ, Walter Larry Carruthers, 73, went home to be with Jesus on July 7, 2016. He was the husband of Ruth Beebout Carruthers. They shared 54 years of marriage together.Born in Chariton, Iowa, he was the son of Quentin and Theo Carruthers. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1960. He has been retired and living in the Houston area since 2008.He is survived by wife Ruth Beebout Carruthers, 3 daughters and their families: Laura Carruthers Cheung, Lawrence, Sie...
Worthy of Our Calling
July 10, 2016 04:00 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MBIn the aftermath of the tragic events in Dallas, Pastor Steven reflects on his visit to the recovering city and reminds us that the way forward is by standing up with our congregations and being the church in our communities. We must be worthy of our calling, made so by the transforming power of Jesus. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Sow in the Spirit
July 03, 2016 04:00 - 19 minutes - 9.08 MBPastor Steven preaches on Galatians 6 Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Called To Freedom
June 26, 2016 04:00 - 30 minutes - 14 MBIt's Sunday at Countryside UMC and we are discussing two things mom always said should never be discussed in polite company - religion and politics. Yep, we're going there...As people of God, the Bible says, we are called to freedom. What does that mean, exactly? What is our responsibility in that? Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Why Are You Here, Elijah?
June 19, 2016 04:00 - 22 minutes - 10.6 MBWhat can we learn from Elijah? When our circumstances are overwhelming, where can we turn for strength? Pastor Steven takes a closer look at what the prophet Elijah has to teach us in 1 Kings 18 and 19.
I No Longer Live, But Christ Lives In Me
June 12, 2016 04:00 - 23 minutes - 10.7 MBPastor Steven's message this week is about addiction. More specifically how we are ALL of us addicted to the human condition and how no one's addiction is worse than or better than anyone else's. We all need a spiritual recovery program and only Jesus can provide it. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
I'm Not The Man I Used To Be
June 05, 2016 04:00 - 16 minutes - 7.41 MBWhen Paul preached to the churches in Judea, his reputation as a "former persecutor of Christians who now preaches the faith" went before him. This transformation glorified God, and those that heard his preaching glorified God because of it. Like Paul, we believers have undergone a transformation, and our testimony and witness glorify God and cause those who hear it to glorify God in response. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Then Sings My Soul...
May 22, 2016 04:00 - 14 minutes - 6.59 MBThe relationship we have, as believers, with the Holy Trinity should cause us to pause and reflect on the majesty and divinity of God and the dignity of humankind. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Rushing Wind and Tongues of Fire
May 15, 2016 04:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBWhat kinds of things do you think about while you’re waiting? What thoughts run through your mind when you are on the other side of a life-changing event or series of events and you are waiting for the fallout or the windfall, the consequences or the reward, and the anticipated timing of the next step? If you’re human, then you probably start to second guess the decisions that got you there; the choices you made along the way; the successes and the failures. You ask yourself questions – What ...
Ascension: Nowhere To Go But Up
May 08, 2016 04:00 - 15 minutes - 7.31 MBPastor Steven preaches on the Ascension of Jesus and the ascent of motherhood. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
The New Jerusalem
May 01, 2016 04:00 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBWe all have mundane, tedious days when we wonder if we are making any headway at all. But even the mundane "everydays" have purpose in God's plan, and even the un-glamorous roads lead to the holy city. Pastor Steven preaches on Revelation 21 and 22. Special thanks to International Missionary Brittany McReynolds for her article "Un-glamorous Roads," which was the inspiration for this sermon. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Green Pastures and Still Waters
April 17, 2016 04:00 - 18 minutes - 8.57 MBOur Lord Jesus occupies a unique position in that He is both the Shepherd and the Lamb. Pastor Steven preaches Psalm 23 and Revelation 7. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Do You Love Me?
April 10, 2016 04:00 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBPastor Steven explores the 21st Chapter of John's Gospel. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
What is Your Road to Emmaus?
April 03, 2016 04:00 - 19 minutes - 8.9 MBThe two disciples on the road to Emmaus were lamenting the death of their Master. Their walk to Emmaus began with despair, confusion, grief and hopelessness. But then they had an encounter with the Risen Lord, who explained to them the Christ woven throughout all the scriptures from Moses through the prophets.Our personal journeys begin in that way until we encounter Jesus. We all are without hope until we know Christ. We all have struggles as we walk through life. What is your road to Emmaus...
Where, O Death, Is Your Sting?
March 27, 2016 04:00 - 13 minutes - 6.15 MB"O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” Pastor Steven preaches Resurrection Sunday at Countryside United Methodist Church in Splendora, Texas. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Name Above All Names
March 20, 2016 04:00 - 20 minutes - 9.28 MB9 Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,11 and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(Philippians 2:9-11) Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Count It All As Loss
March 13, 2016 05:00 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MBWe spend a lot of time in this life building up resumes. Before Christ enters our lives many things seem important to us. But after we know Christ, those things become like so much rubbish. Everything we once held dear, we count it all as loss. Pastor Steven discusses Philippians 3. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
A New Creation
March 06, 2016 05:00 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MB"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." Pastor Steven preaches a message of new life and new beginnings found in Paul's second letter to the Corinthians. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
A Broken and Contrite Heart
February 28, 2016 05:00 - 19 minutes - 8.85 MBPastor Steven discusses 2 Samuel - the story of King David's terrible transgressions and his journey to redemption through a broken and contrite heart. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
February 21, 2016 05:00 - 17 minutes - 8.12 MBThis week we take a look within and examine our hearts. Are we worshiping Him in spirit and in truth? Pastor Steven explores the 13th Chapter of Luke. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Trust and Confess: Walking Out of Babylon
February 14, 2016 05:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBWe are all in exile in Babylon until we accept our Deliverer. Trusting in God, confessing our sins and repenting is the first step on the road back to Jerusalem. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Create In Me a Clean Heart, O God
February 10, 2016 05:00 - 16 minutes - 7.67 MBAs promised, the Ash Wednesday service was AMAZING. Thank you Matt and Michelle Gabaldon for bringing us into the heart of worship with your beautiful music. And thank you Splendora Countryside UMC for allowing the Holy Spirit to move you into the presence of the Trinity. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
You Can't Stay on the Mountaintop
February 07, 2016 05:00 - 16 minutes - 7.6 MBAn encounter with the glory of the living Christ is indeed a mountaintop experience. Many of us experience those Christ-moments in the worship setting at church on Sunday. Those experiences can be so powerfully moving that we never want them to stop; we want to stay right there on the mountaintop and bask in the glory of our Lord. But, we cannot stay on the mountaintop. We are called to carry the reflection of Christ's glory back down the mountain into the deep, dark valley so that Christ's l...
Proclaim the Year of the Lord's Favor
January 24, 2016 05:00 - 20 minutes - 9.23 MB"I am here to 'Proclaim the Year of the Lord’s Favor!'" That's what Jesus told the hometown crowd in the synagogue in Nazareth. What did He mean by that? How did the hometown crowd receive his message? Why does it matter 2,000+ years later? Pastor Steven discusses Luke 4:14-21. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
Water, Wine and Weddings
January 17, 2016 05:00 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBThe Miracle at the Wedding in Cana was not the public revelation to the world that we typically think it to be. No, the turning of the water into wine was only witnessed by a few, Mary, the six brand new disciples, and the servants who dipped the wine out of the large stone pots. Of those few that witnessed it, it was the disciples for whom the miracle was meant. Seeing it, they believed, and believing they followed and changed the world. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!
This is My Beloved Son
January 10, 2016 05:00 - 13 minutes - 6.22 MBThe Baptism of Our Lord is more than a landmark event in the life of the Church and in history. With the words of the Father to His Son, Jesus, "You are my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." the affirmation and the approval of our heavenly Father is imparted to every believer, by the power of the Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ. Let us know you heard the message. Send us a text!