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Tune in for weekly messages and content from Elevate City Church. For too long the church has been known for what they’re against. We want to make it explicitly clear who we are for. We are for Jesus. For his glory. For his ways. For his gospel. For his Kingdom. Jesus is who we want to shine the spot light on. Jesus is the story we want to tell. Jesus is the banner we want to raise. At Elevate City, the primary topic of conversation is Jesus: Jesus’ story, Jesus’ character. Jesus’ ways. Jesu ...
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Church, if you are in Christ, you’ve been adopted into the family of God, and given a new identity, and that identity comes with a purpose, a mission for your life to know Jesus and make Him known. But there’s a problem, it’s that there is a real enemy and real forces that are opposed to that mission, doing everything that they can to wage war on o…
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What does true Biblical submission look like? In one of the most controversial passages in scriptures -- Ephesians 5:21-6:9, We find the most comforting claims of who we are in Christ. We discover how submission and headship in marriage and in the Church is a great gift for God's children. Because of this great gift, we can approach scriptures like…
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Do you know your Destiny, your Disobedience, your Direction, and your Daily Decisions? Your greatest destiny in life is to be an imitator of God. To be children of light imitating our Heavenly Father. A roadmap into understanding what it truly means to walk as Children of the Light is found in Ephesians 5:1-21. We'd love for you to subscribe to our…
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Everyone wants authenticity. People search for it, culture encourages it, and the world is desperate for it. So what does true authenticity look like? What is our truest, true self? Is it just discovering our truest feelings? Or could authentic true identity exist outside of yourself? Pastor Joey McLaughlin teaches through Ephesians 4 of what a bib…
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You have been given a grace by God. What is the grace you need to Walk OUT -- 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore it says,“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” 9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lo…
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What could your life look like if only you knew how much God truly loves you. When you understand how loved you truly are, and how core that is to your identity: it has the power to change how you live what you do and ultimately everything about you. In Ephesians 3, Paul is on His knees pleading with God for Ephesus, and for you, praying that we wo…
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One of the biggest plot twist throughout all of life and the scriptures in this -- you are adopted into the family of God. Paul in his letter to Ephesus, found in Ephesians 3:1-13, has a new declaration for the family of God... Attention family… there’s been a secret kept hidden since the beginning of time. You are a part of the biggest scandal in …
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Church is not a place you attend, it’s a people you belong to. Pastor Joey McLaughlin gives the blueprint of this message: 1. You don’t belong and you feel it. 2. Identity and belonging are inseparable. 3. So you try to belong but to the wrong thing. 4. You can truly belong but only by the blood. 5. You do belong but not to yourself. You belong to …
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Who you Were is far worse than you think. Who you Are is far better than you think. Who you are Becoming is beyond what you can imagine. In this message Pastor Joey McLaughlin clearly preaches the gospel, and who you are in Christ as found in Ephesians 2:1-10. In Ephesians 2:10-10 we find: - Who you were: You were DEAD - Who you are: You are ALIVE …
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The beginning, middle, and end of the Christian life is about knowing God. Knowing Jesus as savior is a beautiful beginning to your walk with God and you could spend the rest of your life growing in your knowledge of Him as Savior, but at the same time, there is so much more of God to know. You’re invited to know Him as Friend, and Guide, and Fathe…
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Do you know your identity IN CHRIST? You are chosen and you are loved and you are blameless and you are adopted, redeemed, forgiven, lavished. You've got an inheritance. You are the praise of God's glory. Two words that Paul uses to tie all of those words together. Two words that change everything for the Ephesians, in two words that can change eve…
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Why is it that every year we are sold on this opportunity for it to be a new year and a new us to only find that it's a new year, but the same us. It's the same broken habits, the same broken systems, the same internal monologue, the same crushing insecurities, the same suffocating questions. Who am I? Who do you think you are? Who do you really th…
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"Joy is a decision to agree with God about the total story of my life. Joy is found when I remember the whole story." - Joey Mclaughlin This Christmas at Elevate City we celebrated the arrival of JOY in the birth of Jesus. Undoubtedly, joy and Christmas are synonymous. How much joy do you feel in your spirit? How much joy are you living in? How muc…
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“The Arrival of Peace” This word “Peace” has become the theme of Christmas for people all around the world — it’s the word that gets plastered on billboards and put in greeting cards, it’s found on Christmas trees and its hanging over chimneys, it’s the word that no matter your religious background or beliefs is most associated with this season. Fo…
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There are four things that every human heart longs for hope, love, peace and joy. At Advent, we celebrate the arrival of those things, those things breaking into humanity. In this sermon Pastor Joey preaches about the arrival of love and what I want for you to know is that behind all of your intellectual arguments and under your extremely tough ext…
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This is more than an ending of the year. Advent is a time of Hope. This hope is a hope where we stand between Jesus birth and his coming back again. We stand on the foundation of hope. What you hope for actually shows what you live for. It shapes what you live for now. Hope shapes your perspective on the world. It shapes how you see your past and t…
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What if the first thing God commanded us to do in Creation, the last thing Jesus commanded on the mountain, is the first thing He asks us when he returns? What if we took the great commission not as the great suggestion? For 10 weeks our Church has unraveled our vision of "X- Multiply"; in this panel discussion you will hear from our Pastors more o…
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In this message Pastor Joey Mclaughlin takes a deep dive into the vision of generously giving whatever it takes to see Jesus' Great Commission realized and to live into a story way bigger than ourselves because we know Jesus is infinitely worth it. There’s almost no excuse for you to not love, be passionate about, and sacrificially give to the Chur…
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What comes into your mind when you think about Church? Maybe you think a building, with a steeple and a cross. Maybe a large auditorium with lights, a speaker and a band. Classic adage, not a building. Maybe you think scandals. Or Christian celebrity. Maybe you think hurt. Or politics. In this message, Pastor Joey McLaughlin prays we’ll find oursel…
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There is a leadership crisis in the Church at large. Pastors and leaders have left ministry at an alarming rate over the last decade. We believe much of that is due to a lack of effective leadership development. At Elevate City we want to equip future leaders with the spiritual rhythms, theological training, leadership skills and practical ministry…
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In a world that is obsessed with the self, kids are painted in our culture often times as an inconvenience that can be taken care of. We pay to let someone else raise them, we distance them, and don’t let them distract us from our goals and then wonder why there’s a generation that’s starving for attention. But Jesus speaks with this bold proclamat…
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Mankind is glory hungry. In this message Pastor Joey McLaughlin talks about the nations, the world, and getting the gospel around the globe. Mankind is seeking to build a name for ourselves, we are coming for God’s throne and are willing to trample over anything that stands in our way.Our hunger for glory -- to be known, powerful and recognized -- …
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God’s will isn’t about getting Him on our agenda, but getting us on His agenda. And His agenda is serving the “the least of these”.His agenda is investing in the lost, forgotten, forsaken, and marginalized.With our time, yes.With our relationship, yes.WIth our talents, yes.And with our money, yes!A commitment to serve the Poor, the Prisoner and the…
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We cannot be obedient to the great commission in our generation without baptism front and center. The early church saw God add to their number day by day those being saved (Acts 2:47). We long to see our commitment to prayer, disciple making and bold gospel conversations result in lost people coming to faith in Jesus every single day. There are 365…
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What is the Gospel? Why does it matter? And how can you be changed by it? Don't miss this powerful message from Pastor Joey on The good news of The Gospel. We believe the bold proclamation of the Gospel still has power to save (Romans 1:16). We believe a necessary part of fulfilling the great commission is sharing the gospel (Matthew 24:14). We bel…
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What if the vision for your life was to be a person of prayer? Before God does a great work, He always sets His people praying. And in this great work that we believe God has called us to, we have to become a people of prayer. The power and longevity of our movement will be determined by the intensity and frequency of our prayers. Luke 10:1-9After …
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It’s Vision Sunday. We are imagining the future, believing for the impossible, hearing the dream, looking out towards where we are headed.Where we are headed is: Igniting a multiplying Great Commission Movement to change the world. Vision is what could be or should be in light of what currently is. We know people who have vision, an entrepreneur, a…
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Have you ever wondered why you should or need to go to church? Sometimes we need other people in our lives to tell us to stop sleepwalking and to wake up. Because if we’re honest, it can be easy to find ourselves lulled to sleep in this thing called life. It’s easy to get caught up in the currents of culture and get stuck in the streams of striving…
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Listen, life tends to lull us to sleep, we get stuck on auto pilot, caught in the current, we become spiritually lethargic. And I’m guilty of it too. In the busyness and inertia of life we start sleepwalking. We fall asleep on what matters most. We fall asleep on faith, fall asleep on eternity, fall asleep on God. We loose the fire. At Elevate City…
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We need to awaken to the life that God has created us for. It can become so easy to find ourselves falling into cultural, conventional, and comfortable religion, but Jesus is inviting us to awaken to new life. Are you bored with your faith? Then God is too. Tune in to this message today from Pastor Joey to hear about what it looks like to awaken to…
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Do you know the great God of Awakening? In this powerful message, Pastor Joey encourages us to see the greatness and glory of our God and how when we wake up to His greatness we will experience awakening. Isaiah 6:1-8 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the tem…
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We need awakening because people get sleepy. It’s part of the story. Sin, the enemy, the world, time…lulls us to sleep. We get complacent. We doze off. Become exhausted. Get distracted. Culture has a way of sedating us, using anesthesia on us. This happens all throughout the biblical narrative, Adam & Eve, People in the days of Noah, the entire Old…
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What do you Pray when you find yourself in prison? Do you pray when you find yourself in prison? You may not find yourself in literal prison today but situationally, mentally, emotionally are you locked up? Imprisoned by anxiety, bound by depression, confined by comparison, arrested in addiction, incarcerated by insecurity. Maybe you feel like your…
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Would you like to grow in your rhythm and practice of prayer? Would you like to experience power and breakthrough in your prayers? Well if so, tune into this message from Pastor Mike Reinsel on one of the Apostle Paul's prayers that teaches us how to grow as people of prayer. Ephesians 3:14-21 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15…
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We’ve all heard the phrase: practice what you preach. Today, we want to advocate for you to practice what you pray. We don’t just want to pray prayers with our lips, we want to pray prayers with our lives. We want our walk to back up our talk. Because the reality is that if we’re truly gonna build a house of prayer, we’ve got to be a people who pra…
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Why is Jesus delaying his return? This very real, felt question isn’t limited to first-century believers. Just look at the world around you. Evil is rampant. There’s violence and mass shootings and terror. There’s brokenness and pain and suffering. The innocent are oppressed while the wicked prosper. High rise moguls get rich while the assaulted ar…
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In 2 Peter chapter 1, we see Peter give a reminder for the early church and for you and me that in this Christian life, those that want to stand resilient, must learn to step out of comfort the of shallow Christianity, ditch the life jacket, and dive into the endless pursuit of knowing the God of the universe. Because resilient disciples know that …
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Tune in to this powerful message from Pastor Thomas on how to suffer well as a christian in today's culture. 1 Peter 4:12-19 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and …
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After listening to this message you will leave thinking different. Not just thinking different from other people, thinking different from your family, or your friends. You will leave this message asking yourself do I really think like Jesus? How similar is my thought life to Jesus’ thought life? Do I ever think about the things Jesus was thinking a…
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Tune in to this message to learn how to suffer well and impact the world instead of being impacted by the world. Resilient Christians see earthly suffering as an opportunity to store up heavenly blessing. Sermon on 1 Peter 1 Peter 3:8-22 8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 9 Do not…
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Do you want to know how to have relationships that are life-giving and long-lasting? The reality is that Jesus knows how relationships are supposed to work, and His ways are the best ways for us. Don't miss this powerful message from Pastor Joey on Resilient Relationships. If you want a relationship that is resilient you need a so that eternal pers…
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God’s glory is worth it. Living in obedience to the will of God, is worth it. Living as outcasts in the midst of a world that stands against our convictions, is worth it. Submitting to leaders that we don’t like or agree with, is worth it. Living counter-cultural lives, even if it costs us our reputation is worth it. And that’s where we find oursel…
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Tune in to this powerful message from Pastor Joey McLaughlin on how a Christian's identity determines their activity in this world. 1 Peter 2:1So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 1 Peter 2:2-32 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you…
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1 Peter 1:13-25 13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 si…
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1 Peter 1:1-12 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. 3 Bl…
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Matthew 9:35-38 35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his discipl…
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42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and dis…
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Matthew 6:5-13 5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Fath…
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In this series we've been looking at the Questions Jesus Asked in scripture. 339 questions Jesus asked, and this Sunday we look a question so important, he asked Peter three times, and we believe it's a question He is gonna ask you one day too. John 21:15-19 15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you…
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In this series we've been looking at the Questions Jesus Asked in scripture. 339 questions Jesus asked, but this Sunday we look at the first recorded question Jesus asked. In Luke 2, when he asked "Why were you looking for me, did you not know I would be in my father's house?" Luke 2:41-52 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast o…
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