Lighthouse Baptist Church

Stewardship Month

Pastor De Leon — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:01:15 +0000

January 2012 is Stewardship Month at Lighthouse! Join us as we focus on what the Bible teaches about our time, talents and treasure — Sunday mornings at 10:15 am.

Music Matters Sermons Posted!

Pastor De Leon — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:19:07 +0000

All the Sessions of our Music Seminar are now online. Click Sermons to listen right now!

Music Matters Seminar

Pastor De Leon — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:33:53 +0000

Does Music Matter? The Bible teaches us who God is, and in doing so reveals what He will and will not accept as worship. When considering our music choices in worship, God-honoring music–both text and musical sounds–should not be conformed to the world, but transformed to the image of Jesus Christ.

Join us for a special 4-Session seminar presented by guest speaker, Brian Holloway. This seminar is designed to equip you with the Biblical tools needed to make wise music choices. This seminar will be both informative and spiritually inspiring.

Music Matters: Sunday, May 15 at 10:15 & Noon and Monday & Tuesday, May 16-17 at 7 p.m.

Contact the Church Office for more information: 740-826-7148

Foundation for Revival

Pastor De Leon — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:01:33 +0000

Our Spring Revival Meetings are scheduled for the last week in March, but it is not too early to begin preparing our hearts and to begin praying for a genuine work of God. Join Pastor De Leon Sunday Afternoons at 12 p.m. for a look at Bible truths that provide an essential foundation for revival.

Christ or Comfort?

Pastor De Leon — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:11:53 +0000

In Matthew 16:24 we read that Jesus told His disciples, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”

The moment a person receives Christ by faith, they begin a journey of discipleship. The road can filled with trials but believers can rejoice knowing their God is orchestrating every event, every hardship, every struggle for His glory and their good (Rom. 8:28).

Everyday believers are faced with the choice to live for God or to live for self. Christ desires that we believe His Word and trust Him, even though doing so means making sacrifices and living without the “comfort” of being in control (which, of course, we never truly are).

I am reminded of the decision that Johanan, along with the small remnant left in Israel, had to make (Jer. 42-43). Babylon had invaded Jerusalem and taken most of its inhabitants captive. Only a few people were left in the land and they approached the prophet Jeremiah to ask him what God would have them do.

God’s Word was clear and direct: “If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you. . . Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand” (Jer. 32:10a, 11). The Lord also gave the people a warning: they were not to go down to Egypt. If they did so, God would no longer protect them; they could be certain the Babylonians would destroy them.

Unfortunately, the people chose to reject God’s Word and went down to Egypt anyway. They decided it was better to run from certain hardship and possible famine (remember that the city had been destroyed) to Egypt where they believed they would be safe from further invasion. In essence, they chose to live by sight and not by faith in what God had promised them.

Too often, we make the same wrong decision. Rather than trusting God, even in difficult circumstances, we run to places of comfort and safety—and right out of the will of God!

May the Lord help us walk by faith today.