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Does It Really Work? | Week 4 | Does Forgiveness Really Work? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Forgiveness isn't a FEELING “Forgiveness is granted (often a good while) before it is felt—not felt before it is granted. It is a promise to not exact the price of sin from the person who hurt you." "If you wait to feel it before you grant it, you’ll never grant it; you’ll be in an anger prison.” -Tim Keller Colossians 3:12-13 (CSB) For a Jesus follower, FORGIVENESS isn't OPTIONAL Forgiveness is HARD WORK because it is HEART WORK Matthew 18:21-35 (CSB) Forgiveness is not the same as RESTORATION Amos 3:3 (CSB) The PRICE of forgiveness is FREE and the PRODUCT of forgiveness is FREEDOM “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” -Tim Keller

Does It Really Work? | Week 3 | Does Prayer Really Work? | Pastor Tasha Myers | Life Center Tacoma Prayer moves mountains and prayer moves me PRAY: Praise. Repent. Ask. Yield. Prayer builds relationship Matthew 7:7-8 (CSB) Paradigm of prayer: request vs. relationship Prayer builds faith and prayer builds trust Mark 11:23-25 (CSB) Prayer doesn't change God, it changes me Matthew 6:5-15 (CSB) Prayer is a heart FOR HIM, not what I can get FROM HIM. “Prayer is a steady state of awareness of Father, Son and Spirit creating a constant seamless union with heart and mind with the almighty that shifts earthly perspective, plans and purposes as heaven becomes visible on earth.” - Louie Giglio

Does It Really Work? | Week 2 | Does The Church Still Work? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Matthew 16:18 (CSB) Matthew 28:18-20 (CSB) Our Mission: Bring life in Jesus to every life in our communities. The Church is HOPE for a HURTING world Two ways the Church "Doesn't Work"... When it becomes CONTENT we CONSUME but not a CALLING we LIVE James 1:22 (CSB) Two ways the Church "Doesn't Work"... When we improperly elevate our INDIVIDUALITY above our calling to CONNECTION and BIBLICAL COMMUNITY The Church is a collection of IMPERFECT people, RESCUED by a perfect God, CALLED to join His mission as He continues to GROW and TRANSFORM them. Acts 2:42-47 (CSB) The Church is a BRIDE we are BECOMING The Church is a BODY we BELONG to The Church STILL WORKS because Jesus is STILL AT WORK

Does It Really Work? | Week One | Does God's Love Really Work? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma John 3:16-17 (CSB) God's love for you is not GENERIC. God's love for you is SPECIFIC. God's love APPLIES to you and it must be APPLIED to you Ephesians 3:16-21 (CSB) God's love is CONSISTENT even when life ISN'T. Romans 5:8 (CSB)

Easter Sunday | What Are You Looking For? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma WHAT are you looking for? WHERE are you looking? Luke 23:55-24:12 (CSB) You'll never find LIFE among DEAD things “If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said. If he didn’t, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether you like his teaching, but whether he rose from the dead.” -Tim Keller Our NEED is real, but so is our SOLUTION. Our HOPE is ALIVE, because our GOD is ALIVE. 1 Corinthians 15:14, 19-20 (CSB) “But many people today assume that Christianity is one or more of these things – a religion, a moral system, a philosophy. In other words, they assume that Christianity is about advice. But it wasn’t and isn’t. Christianity is, simply, good news. It is the news that something has happened as a result of which the world is a different place.” -N.T. Wright

Good Friday | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Good Friday was for you. In the garden Jesus SURRENDERED for you Matthew 26:36-46 (CSB) At the whipping post, Jesus SUFFERED for you John 19:1-6; 15-16 (CSB) On the cross, Jesus DIED for you John 19:16b-19; 28-30 (CSB)

Palm Sunday 2025 | Let's Face It | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Zechariah 9:9, 16 (CSB) Jesus' love led Him to FACE our FAILURE, not FLEE from it Matthew 21:1-11 (CSB) He faced it with HUMILITY Mark 11:15-18 (CSB) He faced it with AUTHORITY Mark 14:12-19 (CSB) He faced it with CLARITY

Worship Is War | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma 2 Chronicles 20:1-4; 12; 15; 17-19; 21-22 (CSB) 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (CSB) Our WORSHIP is a WEAPON. Ephesians 6:10-12 (CSB) You're engaged in a BATTLE "An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give." -Timothy Keller The ENEMY HATES when the church worships in UNITY Worship DECLARES our VICTORIOUS God over every CIRCUMSTANCE Acts 16:25-26 (CSB)

Clear the Confusion | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Romans 1:16-17 (CSB) Colossians 2:6-15 (CSB) The Gospel isn't about moving me from BAD TO GOOD, It's about moving me from DEAD TO ALIVE. Right standing is not something we ACHIEVE, right standing is something we RECEIVE. Ephesians 2:8-9 (CSB) You SHOULD You CAN Jesus DID Romans 5:21 (CSB)

Heart to Heart | Week 5 | A Heartfelt Prayer | Pastor Tyler Schaefer | Life Center Tacoma Do you ever WONDER if you are going to MAKE it? On His WAY to DIE for you, Jesus STOPPED to PRAY for you 3 Prayers to Pray from the Heart: 1. God, be GLORIFIED through ME John 17:1-5 (CSB) ETERNAL living begins before ARRIVAL in HEAVEN The GLORY of God must become the top PRIORITY of your life 2. God, PROTECT my heart from TURNING away John 17:6-19 (CSB) Opposition, difficulty and temptation is INEVITABLE If God has BROUGHT you OUT of it, don't JUMP back in it 3. God, KEEP my heart in UNITY with yours John 17:20-23 (CSB) Biblical UNITY is everyone SUBMITTING to a single VOICE When our hearts ALIGN with God's, DIVISION FADES and PURPOSE RISES

A Heart That Has Clarity | Pastor Eric Boles | Life Center Tacoma Clarity of the Spirit John 16:13 (CSB) Clarity of our Peace John 16:33 (CSB)

Heart to Heart | Week 3 | Are You In? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Connection with Jesus brings LIFE and evidence of that life is FRUIT John 15:1-8 (CSB) John 14:20 (CSB) Is my LIFE in JESUS? Is Jesus' LIFE in ME? DEPENDING on Jesus DRAWING upon Jesus DEVELOPING through Jesus

Heart to Heart | Week 2 | Hope for Troubled Hearts | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Jesus offers HOPE for every troubled HEART John 14:1 (CSB) "What is the problem for a troubled heart? This: the circumstances that threaten us seem bigger and stronger than our resources to cope." - Sinclair Ferguson A PLACE PREPARED John 14:1-7 (CSB) His PRESENCE PROMISED John 14:15-21; 26 (CSB) His PEACE PROVIDED John 14:27 (CSB)

Heart to Heart | Week 1 | Dirty Towels, Clean Feet | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Jesus wants to CULTIVATE His HEART inside of us John 13:1-17 (CSB) Philippians 2:5-9 (CSB) Am I WILLING? Are they WORTHY? The blessing doesn't come from the KNOWING but with the DOING. Jesus doesn't just give us the PATTERN; He also gives us the POWER John 13:34-35 (CSB)

The Generous Life | Week 3 | God's Generosity Mission | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center Tacoma Paul Tripp Quote Luke 14:27-30, 33 (CSB) Matthew 19:21-22 (CSB) More than your MONEY More than OBEDIENCE Mark 14:3-9 (CSB) More than you can AFFORD Paul Tripp Quote

The Generous Life | Week 2 | God Math | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Math is NATURAL God math is SUPERNATURAL 2 Corinthians 9:6-12 (CSB) "In the Old Testament, tithing was a floor, not a ceiling. If we have received more of God's grace in the New Testament, should we be giving less?" -Tim Keller Tithing TRAINS our HEARTS to TRUST Deuteronomy 8:11-18 (CSB) An open HAND starts with an open HEART Proverbs 3:9 (CSB) "Tithing should not be treated as a tax levied by God, but as an opportunity to align our hearts with His generosity." -Dallas Willard 90% with God's BLESSING is always better than 100% in my own WISDOM Malachi 3:10 (CSB) Tithing is not an issue of SALVATION, but it is an indicator of SURRENDER

The Generous Life | Week 1 | What's Your Money Mindset? | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma How you SEE money will influence how you STEWARD money. Luke 14:28-30 (CSB) What is my money MINDSET? What is my money MANAGEMENT? What is my money MINDSET? God is the OWNER, I am the STEWARD Psalm 24:1 (CSB) Matthew 25:14-30 (CSB) Money is a good TOOL but a horrible MASTER Proverbs 22:7 (CSB) Matthew 6:24 (CSB) Longterm HEALTH is more important than instant GRATIFICATION Proverbs 13:22 (CSB) Haggai 1:5-6 (CSB) What is my money MANAGEMENT? 1 Corinthians 4:2 (CSB) BIBLICALLY budget Proverbs 27:23 (CSB) SPEND less than you MAKE Leviticus 19:9-10 (CSB) Attack DEBT Proverbs 22:7 (CSB) Romans 13:8 (CSB) SAVE Proverbs 21:20 (CSB) HONOR and TRUST God through it all Proverbs 3:5-6, 9 (CSB)

Better Than I Imagined | Week 4 | Called Out | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Am I FOLLOWING Him? Following Jesus is far more than CHURCH ATTENDANCE and CASUAL COMMITMENT Matthew 4:17-22 (CSB) We TRUST We TURN We TELL When Jesus CALLS you out, You're CALLED to CALL out to others

Hebrews 10:19-22 (CSB) UNDERSTANDING and APPLYING what Jesus has accomplished for you paves the way for transformational prayer life The security of BEING NEAR begins with DRAWING NEAR “You cannot banish me for this world is my father’s house.” “But I will slay you,” said the Emperor. “No, you can not,” said the noble champion of the faith, “for my life is hid with Christ in God.” “I will take away your treasures.” “No, but you can not for my treasure is in heaven and my heart is there.” “But I will drive you away from man and you shall have no friend left.” “No, you can not, for I have a friend in heaven from whom you can not separate me. I defy you, for there is nothing you can do to hurt me.” -John Chrysostom When you SHIFT what you THINK about prayer it will SHAPE what you DO with prayer 5 Shifts In How You Think About Prayer: GIFT not GUILT PRESENCE not PRESSURE CONNECTION not CONDEMNATION ALIVE not ABSTRACT MYSTERY not MISERY

Better Than I Imagined | Week 2 | "1, 2, 3, Eyes On Me" Focus For Your Faith | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center Tacoma Hebrews 12:1-2; 11-13 (CSB) Life with Jesus is better than I imagined - when we keep our focus 1 Kings 18:43-46; 19:1-8 (CSB) Jesus invites us to THRIVE, not just SURVIVE 1 Kings 19:9-13 (CSB) Storms AROUND YOU don't have to create storms WITHIN YOU Psalms 46:1-3 (CSB) Luke 5:15-16 (CSB) God is often found in the STATIC not the FRANTIC Help for your focus: -Start small -Be consistent -Eliminate distractions -Choose the right tools -Come with expectation