You can memorise Proverbs 3:5-6 and still feel stuck at the same crossroads, asking God for a map while your inner world stays loud, anxious, and bruised. We wrestle with a different idea of Christian guidance: God often deals with the one who walks the road before he points to the road itself. If you’ve been praying for direction about a decision, a calling, a relationship, or what comes next, this message invites you to look beneath the question and notice what’s happening in your heart. 

We share a raw story from clinical pastoral education that exposes how fear, depression, loneliness, and self-talk can hijack spiritual discernment. Along the way, we lay out four levels of conversation: chitchat, conversation, counseling, and holy ground. Holy ground is not a mood or a moment. It is an encounter with God that actually changes us, even when the setting looks ordinary. 

The turning point is simple but demanding: you cannot surrender what you refuse to acknowledge. Trusting God with all your heart includes the afraid part, the angry part, the questioning part, and the resistant part. Acknowledging him in all your ways means giving Jesus access to the patterns you live by, not just the parts you want to show. Crossroads becomes a powerful definition for spiritual formation: the place where your life and the cross intersect, and honesty makes room for transformation. 

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You can love God and still feel stuck at a crossroads, begging for a sign while your mind spins with fear, second-guessing, and pressure to “get it right.” We start with Proverbs 3:5–6 and admit how easily we latch onto the promise “He will direct your paths” while skipping the harder invitation that comes first: trust the Lord with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. That single reorder changes everything about Christian decision-making, spiritual growth, and discerning God’s will.

We also share a framework learned through clinical pastoral education that names four levels of conversation: chit-chat, everyday conversation, counseling, and what we call “holy ground” the place where we encounter God and leave changed. Guidance often fails to land because we stay surface-level with God, asking for directions without offering our real selves. When we finally bring the afraid part, the angry part, the ashamed part, and the exhausted part, we stop performing and start transforming.

The heart of this message is a vulnerable story from the night before CPE began: loneliness, depression, a wall of fear, and an hour of rage-prayer that ends with a still small voice saying, “Now you own your fears… you can give them to me.” We dig into the freeing truth that you cannot surrender what you refuse to acknowledge. Crossroads is not mainly about choosing a road; it’s the moment your life and the cross intersect, and you let Jesus deal with the person who will walk the path.

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Failure can feel like a verdict, but what if it is actually a turning point? We open with 2 Corinthians 3:18 and sit with Paul’s claim that real transformation happens as we behold the glory of the Lord and are changed by the Spirit. That single idea confronts a temptation many of us carry: trying to fix ourselves through sheer effort, better phrasing, or a tougher mindset. Those tools can help, but they are not the engine of Christian spiritual growth.

We talk honestly about calling, correction, and the painful gap between where we are and where we believe God is leading us. A calling can be real while maturity is still under construction. We reflect on how easy it is to confuse “not ready” with “not called,” and how an inner rebel can turn feedback into a fight. Along the way, we connect Jacob’s night of wrestling and his limp to our own stories: we move into the next day not finished, but different.

The conversation moves through detours that look temporary or disappointing but become formative: internships, unexpected appointments, new schools, long commutes, and the slow work of learning how to think, listen, and follow. We also name a hard truth for anyone chasing “spiritual maturity” as a finish line: pain does not automatically make you wise, age does not automatically make you holy, and experience does not automatically make you Christ-like. Only the Holy Spirit can form Christlikeness as we keep our eyes on Jesus.

If you are asking what comes next, or you are living in a season you did not plan, this is a reminder that the Shepherd is still speaking and still forming you. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs courage, and leave a review with the question you are wrestling with right now.

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A closed door can feel like God rejecting you, when it might be God protecting you and forming you. We start with Jacob stepping into a new morning with a limp and a new name, then connect it to Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 3:18: we are transformed as we behold the glory of the Lord, “from glory to glory,” by the Spirit. That lens changes how we read our own uncertainty. We may not know what happens next, but something is still happening in us while we keep walking forward. 

We talk about why “change your mindset, change your life” is true but incomplete. Better self-talk can help you face difficulty, failure, and growth, yet lasting spiritual transformation goes deeper than phrasing. Jesus works heart first. When life is in disarray, getting your heart back on center is often the first step toward clarity, courage, and a renewed willingness to engage your calling without being crushed by it. 

Then we tell a vulnerable story from seminary: being told “you’re not ready,” hearing it as “your calling isn’t real,” and slowly learning that calling and readiness are not the same thing. That moment leads through Chicago, a short ten-week pastoral season, and a new start at Candler School of Theology. Along the way we wrestle with a hard truth for Christian discipleship: experience does not automatically make us mature, but the Shepherd can use every season to form Christ’s likeness in us. 

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“Return… and I will be with you” sounds comforting until returning is risky, confusing, and costly. We open Genesis 31:3 and step into Jacob’s story at the exact moment obedience gets complicated: God gives a clear direction but not a clear outcome, and Jacob has to walk toward home while Esau approaches with 400 men. If you have ever asked, “Did I hear God right?” or “What am I supposed to do now?” you will feel seen.

We also share a personal crossroads from seminary, when an advisory group held the power to say “you cannot come back.” That kind of pressure exposes how easy it is to confuse our interpretation of a calling with the only faithful path forward. We talk about why phrases like “just trust God” can land hollow, and how spiritual maturity asks better questions: Am I holding on because God told me to, or because letting go feels like failure? Am I trying to leave because God is leading somewhere else, or because staying hurts?

Along the way we challenge a common myth about spiritual guidance: that following God always comes with perfect peace and perfectly aligned circumstances. Fear does not automatically mean stop. Difficulty does not automatically mean keep going. Circumstances give information, but the Shepherd gives orientation, and yesterday’s guidance never replaces today’s dependence. We end with Jacob alone, wrestling through the night, and a surprising reminder that wrestling with God can be part of faith, not a departure from it.

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“Just trust God” sounds strong until you’re the one staring at a door that just slammed shut. We talk about what happens when you genuinely believe God led you somewhere, but the path turns confusing, lonely, and expensive, emotionally and spiritually. I share a defining season from seminary where an advisory group has the power to end my plans, and how that moment exposes the real question many of us carry: not “Do I trust God?” but “What does trusting God look like right now?”

From there, we step into Genesis and follow Jacob as God tells him to return home with no explanation of the outcome. Jacob obeys, then hears that Esau is coming with 400 men. Fear surges, plans get made, prayers get honest, and Jacob reaches the point where community cannot go further for him. That tension helps us name something crucial about Christian guidance and discernment: circumstances and voices can bring information, but only the Shepherd can give orientation.

We also sit with Genesis 32 and the night Jacob wrestles for a blessing. Wrestling is not faithlessness; sometimes it is what faith looks like when the future is unclear. If you’re navigating a calling, ministry leadership, a career decision, a hard season in your family, or a moment where you feel left alone, this conversation offers language for prayer and a practical way forward. If it helps you, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s stuck, and leave a review with the question you’re wrestling with right now.

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You can memorize “Follow me” and still miss how radical it is. We tend to treat faith like a travel itinerary: show us the destination, spell out the risks, then we will decide. But Jesus reverses that logic. The Good Shepherd does not hand us the full route for our lives. He invites us into trust, and the invitation is strong enough to settle our “yes” before we know what the road holds. 

We unpack John 10:27 phrase by phrase, then focus on the part that is easiest to gloss over: “and they follow me.” Following can mean taking a real step into the unknown, but it can also mean staying put and learning, serving what is right in front of you, and letting discipleship do its slow work. We also name the “stranger voices” that compete for leadership in our hearts: fear, worry, exhaustion, shame after failure, old pain, and even the opinions of others. Some voices can inform us, but they cannot shepherd us. 

Then the lens widens from “me and Jesus” to “they follow me.” We are a flock, not a collection of lone sheep. That becomes tangible at the communion table, where bread and cup proclaim the Shepherd who gives his life, and the table itself declares belonging, welcome, and shared purpose. We come with one “yes,” and we leave ready to live the next one. 

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You can spend years thinking “follow Jesus” means constant movement, big decisions, and dramatic stories, then discover the real challenge is trust. We lean into John 10:27 where Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice… and they follow me,” and we slow down long enough to ask what that actually requires when you do not know the destination. 

We talk about why Jesus rarely gives a full map, and why demanding certainty can quietly flip the relationship so we become the judge of the call. Instead, discipleship grows out of familiarity with the Shepherd’s voice. We share how faith often becomes clearer in retrospect, and how the next step may be impossible to predict but still possible to obey. 

Then we name three practical forms of following: going when Jesus leads into a new assignment, learning and serving faithfully where you are, and stopping your allegiance to voices that try to lead you. Fear, exhaustion, failure, pain, and other people can speak, sometimes with real information, but they do not get to be the shepherd. We also explore the communal side of faith: Jesus gathers a flock, and communion becomes a living “yes” we say together before we return to ordinary life. 

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If the loudest voice in your life is exhaustion, anxiety, or the fear of getting it wrong, it’s easy to assume that voice is telling the truth about who you are. We push back on that assumption with one line of Scripture that refuses to let “noise” be the final authority: John 10:27, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” We talk about the roles many of us learned in our families, the strong one, the helper, the achiever, the peacemaker, the rebel, the comedian, and how those hats can quietly become masks that protect our hearts while also keeping us stuck.

We also wrestle with what it means for Jesus to know us completely and still move toward us. The word “and” changes everything: Jesus doesn’t only know us, he makes his home with us. Even when your mind races, your emotions react, and your body carries old stress, Christ is still present at the center. We share a personal story of burnout and self-doubt that sounded persuasive on the surface, then show how Jesus reframes the moment by naming what’s true at the core: a heart that still loves God.

From Psalm 46, “Be still and know that I am God,” we explore stillness as spiritual orientation, not denial. Fear, pain, and failure can give information, but they cannot shepherd you. The goal is congruence: heart, mind, soul, and strength increasingly moving in the same direction, so the compassion, courage, patience, truth, and generosity of Jesus become visible through your life. If this helped you, subscribe, share it with a friend who feels overwhelmed, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation.

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You can be doing everything “right” and still feel like you are bracing for impact. We start with a simple image that gets uncomfortably accurate fast: the hats we learn to wear in our families. The strong one, the helper, the achiever, the peacemaker, the rebel, the comic relief. Some of those roles hold real gifts, but they can also become masks we use to manage tension, avoid rejection, and keep the vulnerable parts of us out of reach.

From there, we name the cost. Living from self-protection creates nonstop internal noise: reading the room, second-guessing tone, chasing approval, fearing failure, hiding struggle, and trying to control what happens next. It is exhausting, and it can distort how we interpret our circumstances. We explore what John 10:27 means when Jesus says, “I know them,” and why being fully known can feel unsafe when access has often led to pain.

Then we lean into the “and.” Jesus does not only know us; he makes his home in us (John 14:23). That changes the whole map. Exhaustion, fear, and pain can give us information, but they cannot give us orientation. We share a story from a season of burnout in seminary where failure felt like proof of a broken calling, and how one truth from Jesus re-centered everything: the heart can still be aligned with God even when the rest of us is loud, tired, and confused. We close with a practical invitation toward stillness, congruence with Christ, and a way of love that is no longer just protective, but formed by the Shepherd at the center.

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The most unsettling words Jesus can say might be the most healing: “I know you.” Not the version you polish for people, not the version that performs, but the person behind the wall. We start with John 10:27 and a brutally honest story of burnout and doubt, when every voice in the head gets loud and even God feels far away. From there, we ask a question most of us avoid: are we actually capable of knowing ourselves, or are we mostly reading our lives through exhaustion, rejection, failure, and fear?

We talk about identity formation and the “masks” we learn early, the roles that look like strengths but often began as protection. Independence can be a response to not feeling safe. Helping can become a way to feel needed. Even Christian behavior can turn into a “Jesus mask,” where we look faithful while quietly wondering what would happen if anyone saw what we hide. That tension creates a life of selective being known, and eventually we forget what we are protecting at all.

Then we name the wall for what it is: bricks laid down through wounds, trauma, abandonment, betrayal, and shame. We explore the pain relief loop, how busyness, achievement, relationships, addiction, or compulsions can numb what hurts, and how shame quickly turns coping into deeper hiding. The turning point is learning that Jesus knows what happened to you and also knows who you are, and those are not the same. If you are longing for Christian healing, freedom from shame, and a more honest identity in Christ, this is a place to breathe.

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There’s a moment most of us know too well: you hear yourself say something sharp, you overreact, you shut down, and later you wonder, Why did I do that? We start with Jesus’ words from John 10:27, “My sheep hear my voice,” and ask a hard question: what happens when we’re not close enough to recognize the Shepherd, and not honest enough to recognize ourselves?

We talk about the “know yourself” advice our culture loves, then push deeper into why self-knowledge gets distorted by pain. Over time, we learn to present the version of us that wins approval and avoids criticism. We call it personality, strength, or maturity, but it can become a mask. In church, that can turn into what we call the “Jesus mask” where we look faithful while hiding fear, doubt, shame, and old wounds. The result is a life where we’re “selectively known” by others and eventually hard to fully know even to ourselves.

From there we trace how the inner wall gets built brick by brick: rejection, betrayal, failure, abandonment, and sometimes severe trauma that teaches us being seen is not safe. We name the coping that follows, the shame that grows around it, and the exhausting cycle of hiding. Then we sit with the words that feel both threatening and relieving: Jesus says, “I know you.” He sees behind the wall, understands why every brick is there, and knows the difference between what happened to you and who you are.

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Your head can be loud even when the phone is off and the room is quiet. We start with John 10:27, “My sheep hear my voice,” then get honest about what it feels like to be the sheep, trying to sort out which voice is Jesus and which voice is fear, shame, anxiety, or plain old exhaustion.

We share a real story from seminary where a clear calling gets tested by workload, ministry pressure, distraction, and heartbreak. Along the way we name a pattern that explains so much spiritual confusion: deceitful voices often speak half truths to get your full attention. The facts may be real (you’re tired, you’re behind, this is hard), but the conclusion (you must have heard God wrong) can be the trap.

The turning point comes at a breaking moment on a staircase, when God’s voice shows up not as criticism but as love: “You’re doing this because you love me.” That single sentence reframes everything, quiets the inner committee, and turns the question from “Should I quit?” into “What gets done first?” We also talk about stillness, prayer, Psalms, and practical boundaries that help you grow familiar with the Shepherd’s voice over time.

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Your life can be silent on the outside and still deafening on the inside. We start with Jesus’ words from John 10, “My sheep hear my voice,” then tell the honest truth: when anxiety spikes, bills hit, relationships sting, and your own thoughts won’t stop, it’s hard to know which voice is actually Jesus and which voice just sounds convincing. 

We unpack how competing voices work, why they often contradict each other, and how fear can disguise itself as guidance. Along the way, we share a story from seminary that hits close to home: workload, exhaustion, pressure to perform, heartbreak, and a growing temptation to quit that sounded like “freedom.” One line becomes a lens for real-life Christian discernment: deceitful voices speak half truths to get your full attention. 

The turning point comes not through a quick fix, but through stillness, honesty, and a gentle voice of love that cuts through the noise. Psalm 46:10 moves from a familiar verse to a survival practice, and we learn to separate a closed door from a difficult path. If you’re searching for how to hear God’s voice, build a consistent prayer life, and find peace in uncertainty, this conversation will help you name what’s happening in your head and choose what you listen to next. 

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Lost doesn’t always look like failure. Sometimes it looks like normal life, one reasonable choice at a time, until you realise you’ve been walking in circles and you can’t tell north from south. We start with John 10:27, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me,” and ask a hard question: if everyone is following a voice, whose voice is shaping your next decision? 

We unpack the “woods of life” as a way to name seasons of anxiety, depression, addiction, anger, financial stress, and spiritual confusion. When you’re in the woods, fear gets loud, shame starts narrating your story, and even your own understanding can become a competing voice. We connect that to Proverbs 3:5 and to the reality that many influences sound reasonable, which is why discernment matters. We share a practical filter we use before giving our attention to a book, show, advice, or trend: do I want this voice guiding the person I’m becoming? 

Then we tell a true, vivid story from seminary burnout that changed how we think about faith. Watching sheep trapped by a fence and surrounded by woods, we see a shepherd appear, call them by name, and lead them through a narrow hidden path they could never have found alone. The woods don’t vanish, but everything changes when the shepherd comes into view. That becomes the core takeaway for Christian faith and spiritual guidance: the goal isn’t to never get lost again, it’s to trust the Shepherd who already knows every trail through the valley. 

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Lost doesn’t always look like a crisis. Sometimes it looks like “I’m fine” on the outside while you’re quietly circling the same fears, the same regrets, the same patterns on the inside. We open with John 10:27 and a blunt question: if Jesus says His sheep hear His voice and follow, why do we still feel spiritually lost, emotionally exhausted, or unsure about the next step? 

We dig into how people actually lose their way. It is usually gradual, built from small compromises, distractions, and voices that sound sensible in the moment. Fear has a voice. Comfort has a voice. Success, failure, bitterness, culture, your past, and even your own understanding all compete to shape your decisions. The real issue underneath decision making is often a trust problem: which voice do you rely on enough to follow faithfully, and is it forming the person you want to become? 

One of the most memorable moments comes from a seminary season marked by depression and doubt, when a quiet walk leads to a clearing full of sheep that seem trapped by thick woods. Then a shepherd appears through a narrow hidden opening, calls the sheep by name, and they walk out single file. Nothing about the woods magically disappears, but everything changes when the shepherd comes into view. We connect that picture to Proverbs 3:5-6 and Psalm 23: God does not promise we will never enter valleys, but He does promise we will not walk them alone. 

If you feel stuck in grief, shame, addiction, loneliness, or confusion, press play and take one honest step with us: name the voice you have been trusting and ask God to help you trust His voice more. Subscribe for more, share this with someone who feels lost, and leave a review so others can find it.

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The hardest part of a big decision is not the lack of options, it is the flood of voices. Fear talks. Comfort talks. Old failures talk. Culture talks. Even our own understanding can sound convincing when we are tired, anxious, or desperate to control the outcome. 

We start by asking you to remember a crossroads moment that changed your life and to look closely at how you made that choice. Was it quick or slow? Logical or relational? Driven by risk or the need for certainty? Then we follow the trail of influence behind every major decision: parents, friends, mentors, a sentence someone spoke years ago, a painful season, and sometimes a verse of Scripture that will not leave you alone. Along the way, we admit a surprising reality: the loudest voice shaping you may be the one inside your own head. 

From there, we dig into Proverbs 3:5-6 and discover the order we often miss. God does not begin with “Here’s the path.” He begins with “Trust.” The promise of direction comes after relationship. We explore the difference between a map and a guide, why God’s presence can matter more than certainty, and how John 17:3 defines eternal life as knowing the Father and the Son. The takeaway is practical and personal: the biggest decision under every decision is which voice you trust enough to follow. 

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Some choices don’t just change your schedule, they change your story. When you think back to your biggest crossroads, what actually pushed you over the edge into a decision: logic, fear, counsel, a sentence someone once said, your own inner voice, or a quiet nudge you could not ignore?

We walk through how different kinds of decision makers operate, why pros and cons can still leave you stuck, and how “voices” compete for authority in your mind every day. Along the way, we share a personal turning point that exposed something deeper than strategy: every major choice eventually reveals what we trust most. That insight reframes the way we talk about guidance, certainty, and faith, especially when the future feels like a half-finished puzzle.

Then we slow down with Proverbs 3:5-6 and the life changing emphasis inside it. God doesn’t start by handing us directions. He starts by inviting us to trust him, because the greatest gift is not a map but a guide who walks with us. If you’re wrestling with a relationship decision, career change, financial pressure, a step of obedience, or just the anxiety of not knowing what’s next, this conversation will help you name the voices, quiet the noise, and take the next step with a trustworthy Shepherd.

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Burnout has a way of feeling holy when you’ve called it “responsibility” for long enough. We open Matthew 11:28-30 and get painfully honest about the hidden loads we drag around every day: fear, shame, anxiety, bitterness, resentment, grief, people-pleasing, and the constant need to prove ourselves. Then we put one simple question on the table that can change a week fast: “Did Jesus ask me to carry this?” When the answer is no, we learn how to lay it down, and how to lay it down again when it crawls back onto our shoulders.

From there, we go deeper than the promise of rest. Jesus doesn’t stop at “I will give you rest” for your tired body and mind. He says, “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,” and we explore why that order matters: relationship before responsibility, belonging before participation, rest before work. The surprising turn is that Jesus isn’t handing us another exhausting to-do list. He’s inviting us into a different way of living where the “yoke” is carrying His heart, shaped by compassion, mercy, and love.

We also wrestle with the big question: how can Jesus say His burden is light when His life includes the cross? The answer we discover is that love changes what a burden feels like, and love gives faces to needs. A story from Malawi makes it real: a well stops being a project on a list and becomes mothers, children, and changed lives. If you want Christian discipleship that feels like freedom rather than pressure, press play, then subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more weary people can find real rest.

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Exhausted doesn’t always mean sleepy. Sometimes it means you’re carrying fear, shame, anxiety, resentment, or the constant need to prove yourself and you’ve been hauling it so long it feels normal. We sit with Jesus’ words in Matthew 11:28–30 and ask one uncomfortable, freeing question: did Jesus actually ask me to carry this? When the answer is no, we talk about what it looks like to lay it down, pick it up again, and lay it down again until a new pattern forms. 

Then we go to the part we usually rush past: “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me.” We explore why Jesus starts with relationship before responsibility, why rest comes before learning, and why he isn’t piling a fresh list of religious tasks onto your back. The conversation turns to the real “burden of Christ” and why it can be both a burden and light at the same time. 

The turning point is the heart of Jesus: compassion that moves outward, mercy that restores relationship, and love that gives faces to burdens we used to treat like abstract problems. When love becomes the motive, sacrifice doesn’t vanish but it changes shape, and joy starts showing up where obligation used to rule. If you’ve been longing for soul rest, this is a path you can actually practice this week. 

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Your life can look perfectly fine while your soul feels like it is dragging something heavy behind it. We open Matthew 11:28–30 and sit with Jesus’ invitation to the weary, the anxious, the ashamed, and the burned out: “Come to me… and I will give you rest.” What hit us hardest is the order Jesus uses. He does not begin with a demand to try harder, prove more, or become more disciplined. He begins with mercy, and he offers rest before anything else.

We talk honestly about the invisible burdens people carry every day: anxiety that never quiets down, depression that hangs like fog, addictions, grief, loneliness, resentment, regret, fear of tomorrow, childhood wounds, and the crushing need for approval. We also name how these burdens hide behind respectable labels. Anxiety can feel like “being responsible.” Perfectionism can pose as excellence. Codependency can pretend to be love. Shame can claim you deserve to carry the weight forever. Over time, what started as an unwanted guest can become an identity.

Then we get practical. One simple question changes the moment a burden lands on your shoulders: “Did Jesus ask me to carry this?” We explain why rest can feel risky, why we keep picking burdens back up because they are familiar, and how open hands become the start of faith. You will also hear a concrete weekly practice using a card to identify what is weighing you down and choose again and again to lay it down in prayer.

If you know the feeling of being overloaded, this is a roadmap toward Christian rest, spiritual freedom, and a lighter way to live. Subscribe, share this with a friend who is tired, and leave a review, then tell us what burden you are ready to lay down.

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Some exhaustion isn’t about a busy calendar. It’s about what you’re carrying when no one can see it. We open with Matthew 11:28-30 and sit with Jesus’s promise of “rest for your souls” while getting honest about the hidden loads so many of us drag around: anxiety that never quiets down, shame that won’t let you lift your head, bitterness that feels protective, grief that lingers, people-pleasing that looks like love, perfectionism that pretends to be excellence, and the relentless pressure to prove you’re worth keeping. 

We walk through a key shift that changes how you hear this passage: Jesus doesn’t start by handing weary people another assignment. He starts with compassion. “Come to me” comes before “learn from me,” and rest comes before any talk of a yoke. If you’ve ever felt like Christianity is just one more box stacked on already-full arms, this reframes discipleship as release not overload and grace not grit. 

Then we get practical. We offer one clarifying question to use all week: “Did Jesus ask me to carry this?” When anxiety rises, when shame returns, when the urge to control outcomes hits, we practice pausing, praying, and placing that weight before Christ. We even use a simple written reminder to help resist picking old burdens back up. If you want deeper spiritual rest, freedom from false responsibility, and a clearer sense of what belongs on your shoulders, press play, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review with the burden you’re learning to lay down.

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The biggest threat to your church, your marriage, and your friendships is rarely a lack of resources. It is the quiet, constant return to me first. We open Philippians 2:1–8 and name “the greatest obstacle” with uncomfortable clarity: selfish ambition and conceit, the subtle habits that make our preferences feel like principles and our rights feel like the whole story.

We talk about why God almost never leaves people as isolated individuals, and why the kingdom keeps calling us to lift our eyes toward family, neighbors, the hurting, and the lonely. Along the way, we reflect on Independence Day and the tension of loving our nation while giving our first allegiance to a bigger kingdom. We also bring home a story from Malawi, where strangers treat another person’s problem like a shared responsibility, and it challenges the way we ask questions about mission, ministry, and daily life.

Paul’s answer is not a new strategy. He points us to Jesus. The mind of Christ looks like humility, surrender, and love that moves toward others. The cross does more than forgive sin; it reconciles us to one another and creates a people no organization can manufacture. We end at the Lord’s Table with a searching question: have I embraced the people Jesus died to create?

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The hardest part of faith isn’t learning new ideas, it’s letting God rewire our default setting from me to us. We open Philippians 2 and face a painfully honest question: if God does his greatest work through a people, what keeps us from becoming that people? The answer isn’t mainly external pressure, bad circumstances, or a lack of resources. It’s the subtle, everyday pull of selfish ambition and conceit, the quiet habits that make our preferences, our schedule, and our rights the center of the story.

We talk about why real Christian unity is not uniformity. Paul doesn’t call the church to become identical; he calls us to move in the same direction under the same Lord. Along the way, we share a perspective-shifting story from Malawi and Mozambique where “help” shows up instantly and collectively, even from strangers with almost nothing to spare. That contrast challenges how easily we ask, “What works best for me?” instead of the question that can heal a home, a friendship, or a congregation: “What strengthens us?”

Then we look at Jesus, the one who had every right to be served yet chose the towel, the cross, and the path of surrender. The cross doesn’t only reconcile individuals to God; it creates one family, breaking hostility and turning strangers into brothers and sisters. That reality comes into sharp focus at communion, where personal repentance meets corporate identity and we’re invited to embrace the people Jesus died to create. If this conversation helps you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review. What’s one “me to us” step you want to take this week?

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If you’ve been trying to carry life like it’s a solo sport, this message confronts the myth of self-sufficiency with something better: belonging. Starting with Father’s Day, we name a truth every parent recognizes. Kids learn “mine” fast, and nobody has to coach them into selfishness. The real work of formation is helping a child, and every adult, move from me to we. 

We walk through Ecclesiastes 4: “Two are better than one,” not because the individual has no value, but because isolated living is fragile. God’s design has always been relational. Before sin ever entered the story, God said something was “not good”: aloneness. That matters in a culture that celebrates independence, fences, and private struggles, because Scripture keeps calling us back to connection, partnership, and shared strength. 

Then we anchor the theme in 1 Peter 2:9–10, where Peter speaks to believers under oppression and gives them collective identity language: chosen generation, royal priesthood, holy nation, God’s special people. We explore why the church is meant to be a family, not a room full of strangers, and why spiritual growth, endurance, and mission often happen through an us. We also get practical about the burdens that feel too heavy alone: parenting, marriage, grief, hardship, and serving our community. 

If you’re ready to stop living as an “I” when God is inviting you into a “we,” listen all the way through and take the closing questions seriously. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs support, and leave a review that helps others find a place to belong.

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The word “mine” comes naturally. “Help” and “we” usually take longer. On Father’s Day, we sit with a simple, disruptive truth: some things are beyond me, but they are not beyond us and what is beyond us is certainly not beyond God. That idea is not sentimental, it is deeply biblical, and it pushes back on the modern myth that mature people handle everything alone.

We start with Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 and the clear wisdom of shared strength: someone to lift you up, warm you, protect you, and hold the line when life hits hard. Then we move into 1 Peter 2:9-10, where Peter speaks to pressured believers and calls them a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own special people. That is not individualistic spirituality. That is identity shaped by belonging, church community, and spiritual family.

We get practical about where isolation shows up and why the enemy loves it: discouragement grows, perspective warps, and we start believing nobody cares. Parenting, marriage, grief, hardship, and even mission are often too heavy for one set of shoulders, but they become possible when the body of Christ chooses connection, accountability, encouragement, and shared service.

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Waiting for a giant, dramatic calling can feel spiritual, but it can also keep us passive. We sit on our hands, hoping for a microphone, a title, or a once-in-a-lifetime assignment while the holiest work of our lives is already happening at the dinner table, in a marriage, on a job site, in a classroom, or in a simple conversation with a friend who is barely holding on. We explore a different way to think about calling: commission as recognition, the Spirit opening our eyes to what God has already entrusted to us. 

We ground that shift in Scripture and in a deeply practical theology of everyday discipleship. Colossians tells us that whatever we do can be done in the name of Jesus and unto the Lord, which breaks the false line between sacred and secular. If we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, then God’s presence moves with us. That means workplace ministry is real, parenting is kingdom stewardship, friendship can carry healing, and marriage can become a visible testimony of grace through forgiveness and sacrificial love. We also talk about why heaven values faithfulness more than fame, and why ordinary obedience often becomes the loudest sermon. 

Near the end, we ask pointed questions that make this personal: where has God already entrusted you with influence, what “ordinary” assignment have you underestimated, and what could change if you lived like God can show up at any moment. If this message helps you see your life as a kingdom assignment, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find it.

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Your life might already be the calling you keep asking God to reveal. We build this message around “recognition” and “commission” not as a launch into something flashy, but as a clear-eyed realization that God has already placed influence in your hands through relationships, responsibilities, and everyday opportunities. Drawing from Acts 20, we talk about finishing our race with joy, even when obedience costs something, and why “none of these things move me” is a mindset worth chasing. 

From there we get painfully practical: Colossians 3:17 and 3:23 give us a simple rhythm for Christian living, whatever you do, do it in the name of Jesus and do it wholeheartedly unto God. That turns workplace ministry, family life, and hidden service into real kingdom work. We push back on the church myth that only pastors, missionaries, or platform people are “called,” and we ask the better question: not “Do I have influence?” but “How am I stewarding it?” 

We talk about parenting as discipleship, marriage as ministry, and friendship as stewardship of grace, including a moving story from driving a city school bus that shows how deeply kids recognize love and respond to steady care. We also hold the tension between global mission and local faithfulness, because the mission of God is both. 

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Chains, tribulation, uncertainty, and still Paul says yes. We start with Acts 20 and sit with a question that refuses to stay theoretical: what do we do when following Jesus costs us comfort, control, and a carefully protected life? We’re talking about kingdom vision, not as a slogan, but as a way of seeing that changes what we ask for, what we pray for, and what we’re willing to endure.

We use a simple camera zoom image to expose a common pattern: living zoomed in on preference, safety, and personal fulfilment. That mindset easily turns church into a consumer choice and faith into comfort maintenance. When we stay self-focused, our prayers get smaller, our risk tolerance disappears, and our impact fades. Kingdom vision does the opposite. It pushes us to zoom out, to ask what God wants to do through our lives, and to recognise that Scripture constantly ties one surrendered “yes” to the wellbeing of others, from Abraham and Moses to Esther and Paul.

Then we bring it all down to street level with practical discipleship: integrity at work, excellence when nobody requires it, serving with intention, and leading at home with honesty and courage. We talk about how spiritual leadership is happening either way and why ordinary obedience repeated over time can echo for generations. If you’ve felt the nagging thought “there has to be more than survival,” this is your invitation to see the bigger picture. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a wider lens, and leave a review telling us: where do you need to zoom out next?

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Chains and tribulations were waiting for Paul and he still moved forward, not because he loved suffering, but because he refused to live small. That moment in Acts 20 sets up a challenging idea: many of us are not held back by failure, we are held back by comfort. We talk about what it means to “zoom out” and see our lives the way God sees them, with purpose, mission, and a long horizon that stretches beyond our own preferences.

We use a simple camera metaphor to get practical about Christian discipleship and spiritual formation. When we live zoomed in, church turns into a consumer choice, prayers shrink to personal maintenance, and faith becomes a tool for convenience. Kingdom vision asks better questions: What does God want through my life? Who is waiting on my yes? What kind of life is actually worth giving my life to? Along the way, we name the fear-driven culture of self-protection and contrast it with the bigger biblical story of Abram, Moses, Esther, and Paul, where obedience creates ripple effects that outlive the moment.

This also gets specific about daily leadership: choosing excellence when culture normalises minimum standards, thinking in terms of legacy and multiplication, and treating time, money, relationships, and service as resources for the kingdom of God. We end close to home with spiritual leadership in the family and the power of ordinary obedience repeated over time. If you’re hungry for purpose, direction, and a faith that reaches beyond comfort, press play, then subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation.

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“Chains and tribulations await me, but none of these things move me.” Paul’s line in Acts 20 is a gut check for anyone trying to follow Jesus with real endurance. We take that same courage and bring it into everyday Christian leadership: not the kind that talks about vision, but the kind that moves with it. Because a bleedable vision is never just a motivational idea. It’s a calling that changes your calendar, your priorities, your relationships, and the way you make decisions.

We wrestle with a phrase that sounds harmless but can hide a deeper problem: “I’m waiting on God.” Sometimes we’re not waiting at all. We’re resisting movement. We talk about why obedience opens doors and why stagnation quietly drains purpose. We name the real blockers that keep people stuck: waiting for certainty, overthinking every detail, fear of failure, and fear of stepping outside comfort zones. Then we offer a better definition of failure that keeps you moving: failure is quitting, not trying and learning along the way.

The turning point is Acts 8 and the story of Philip on the desert road. God doesn’t hand him a full blueprint. He simply says “Go,” and Philip discovers the assignment while he’s moving, right down to God providing water in the desert for baptism. We end with a challenge and a prayer: be available, because someone else’s breakthrough may be connected to your yes.

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You can love Jesus, believe the calling is real, and still whisper, “I’m just tired.” That’s the moment we’re naming and confronting: the middle stretch where the vision hasn’t changed, but your energy has. Using Acts 20:22–24, we look at Paul walking straight toward hardship with a settled heart, determined to finish his race with joy and to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. 

From there, we get painfully practical. We talk about endurance you can actually live out, starting with the everyday picture of a mother who keeps loving through rebellion and disappointment, and the kind of patience it takes to serve people when you’re not getting instant reward. We also unpack why many people don’t walk away from God in a dramatic moment, they drift slowly from spiritual exhaustion, emotional fatigue, and the weight of routine. 

We name the real costs of discipleship and Christian leadership: giving up control, comfort, preferences, your sense of timing, and the approval of others. Then we sit with Jesus’ words in Luke 9:23 and the often-forgotten word “daily,” defining endurance as sustained obedience without emotional reinforcement, faithfulness when outcomes are delayed, and continuing when clarity fades but the calling remains. We close with four practices you can start now, plus a hopeful picture of God weaving even the dark threads of your story into something beautiful over time. 

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Chains, uncertainty, and pressure are guaranteed in life, so the real question is what keeps you moving when the cost gets real. We sit with Acts 20:22–24 and Paul’s fierce clarity: he walks forward knowing suffering awaits, yet he’s determined to finish his race with joy. That kind of joy is not hype and it is not denial. It is what happens when the gospel of the grace of God becomes more precious than our own comfort, control, or safety.

From there, we get painfully practical about vision and calling. I share my own pattern of getting excited about “new and doable” ideas, then watching motivation fizzle out, and why that reveals the difference between personal preference and true conviction. Then Malawi puts a face on the word “need.” Clean water wells stop being an abstract project and become a daily line of buckets, a village searching for water, and a ministry we cannot casually walk away from. Love does that. It makes the mission stick.

That’s where the phrase “a bleedable vision” comes in: a God formed burden you refuse to stop, even when it costs time, predictability, approval, and comfort. We connect that to long haul ministry like Celebrate Recovery, where endurance is proven in staying when it is hard, unclear, and unrewarded. We close with questions you can use to test what drives your decisions and a simple prayer for surrender.

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Chains and tribulations are not the kind of forecast most of us want, yet Paul walks straight toward Jerusalem with a clear aim: finish the race with joy and stay faithful to the ministry Jesus gives. We sit with Acts 20:22–24 and ask what it looks like to “lead your life” as a disciple who takes responsibility for direction, choices, and endurance instead of drifting with fear, comfort, distraction, or culture.

From there, we get painfully practical: vision must move. We talk about the difference between saying we are “waiting on God” and actually resisting change, and we name the quiet killer that can look spiritual on the outside: stagnation. You will hear the line that keeps echoing through the message, “Obedience opens doors, stagnation never will,” along with a challenge to stop demanding a full blueprint before taking a faithful step. Courage is not the absence of fear; courage is movement despite uncertainty, so sometimes the most honest next step is simple: do it afraid.

A story about learning to drive brings the point home: you cannot steer a parked car, and you cannot steer a parked calling. Then Acts 8 turns into a case study in active faith as Philip obeys God’s small direction down a desert road and discovers the real assignment while he is moving. We close by widening the lens to mission, outreach, and serving, because people matter to God and our yes can ripple further than we will ever see.

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The most dangerous place for your faith isn’t the beginning, and it isn’t the big crisis moment. It’s the middle, when you’re still doing the right things but you feel tired, unseen, and unsure it matters. We talk straight about burnout, drifting from exhaustion, and the quiet way a God given vision can erode when nothing seems to be happening.

We connect Paul’s words about finishing the race to real life endurance: sustained obedience without emotional reinforcement, faithfulness when outcomes are delayed, and continuing when clarity fades but the calling remains. Along the way, we name what following Jesus actually costs us: control, comfort, timing, and approval. We also dig into Jesus’ command to take up the cross daily and why “daily” changes everything for discipleship, purpose, and spiritual maturity.

Then we get practical. We break down the three pressures that crush perseverance: internal fatigue, external resistance (including distractions that look like good opportunities), and invisible delay. We also share four ways to endure: reduce the vision to daily faithfulness, re anchor in calling rather than feelings, build sustainable rhythms of renewal through prayer, Scripture, community and rest, and refuse to interpret God’s delay as denial. If you’re questioning your calling because the fruit is slow, this will re steady your heart.

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A vision can feel inspiring right up until it asks something from you. We start with Paul in Acts 20:22–24, heading toward Jerusalem with no promises of comfort, only a steady warning of chains and tribulation and still he says, “none of these things move me”, because he wants to finish his race with joy. That tension sets the stage for a deeper question: how do we follow Jesus with endurance when the path is costly and unclear?

We tell a real story of how abstract problems become personal when you see faces and names. Malawi is no longer “needs somewhere overseas” but people we’ve eaten with, prayed with, and grown to love. One well becomes a lifeline for thousands, and then the request comes for a second well, forcing an honest confession: we can’t easily say yes with limited resources and we also can’t say no. That is where purpose and mission stop being theory and start reshaping priorities, giving, and leadership.

From there we define what we call a “bleedable vision” and we draw a hard line between preference and conviction. Preference fades when it gets inconvenient; a surrendered calling stays when it gets resisted, when it costs more than expected, and when nobody claps. We share the long-haul cost of ministry through Celebrate Recovery and ask the questions that matter: What drives your decisions? What have you walked away from too easily? What matters to God that needs to matter to you?

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How do you spend your time? Are your values running your days? The challenge today is to find out if what we think we care about really gets our focus or if distraction does. 

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Getting honest with ourselves is the focus of this third sermon. How do you spend your time? Is what you thought was important running your daily life?

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Second part in the lead your life series. A challenge is issued based on the first sermon with thought provoking questions to ponder. 

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If you’ve ever said “God, lead me” while quietly hoping He won’t change your plans, this message is for you. We sit with two anchoring Scriptures Acts 20:22–24 and John 10:27 and ask a single, uncomfortable question: can my life actually be led?

We talk about the difference between living reactively and living led. Reactive living lets pressure, fear, convenience, and the next open door make our decisions, and then we ask God to bless whatever we picked. Along the way, we tell a real story from the journey of launching and relocating Celebrate Recovery: one leader responds with hesitation, another responds with readiness, and the contrast exposes how easily “I’ll pray about it” can become a mask for resistance.

From there we get practical about hearing God’s voice. Stillness is not optional, because you can’t follow a Shepherd you never slow down to listen to. We dig into why surrender comes before vision, why obedience matters more than endless evaluating, and why Jesus being Lord confronts our need to control timing, cost, and outcomes. If you want clarity about purpose, calling, and direction, we point to the overlooked pathway: routine Scripture, quiet prayer, and quick obedience in the small things.

We close with a legacy check: do your values and your service line up with what you hope people will say at your funeral? If not, it’s time to realign. Subscribe for more messages on spiritual formation and discipleship, share this with a friend who feels stuck, and leave a review so more people can find it. What’s one area where you know you need to stop delaying and start following?

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First sermon in the Lead Your Life series. It issues a challenge which will change your life if accepted. This series will not let you remain complacent. 

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We start the Lead Your Life sermon series with a powerful message and a challenge. Take the challenge seriously and your life will change. 

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Easter 2026 message and last in the Send Forth series. 

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Easter morning service and last in the Send Forth series. 

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One of two sermons in the Send Forth series preached on Palm Sunday 2026. 

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The first message in the Send Forth series was shared on Palm Sunday 2026. 

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The last message I share in the alignment series is very strong. We learn how to be a link in the chain of discipling and sending. 

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The last message I share in the alignment series here at NL (New Liberty) is the best of the two, although P included different stories. This message is one you don’t want to miss. It’s about discipling and sending. We are a link in the chain!

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This sermon has it all! Encouragement, humor, laughter, conviction, and hope are all encompassed. I think it is better than the other version by far, although the other one has some key statements not repeated here. 

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The atmosphere at a church is important. We look at how to keep it. 

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Excellent sermon OBC communion. One of the best I have shared. 

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Such a good message on communion. 

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Bridges, Not Barriers. Excellent message. 

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Powerful message in the alignment series. 

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Audio is a bit different as I changed my position of where I stand, but this message is so dynamic. Afterwards, not many wanted to leave. Excellent conversations about ministry were and are happening. So exciting to watch God at work right in front of my eyes!

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This sermon talks about being equipped as a part of our alignment. One person said it’s been the best in the series so far. 

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Such a strong sermon talking about aligning with the community. The way I preach this series shows a side I haven’t presented, but it is a good one. This sermon marks the day we started to embrace change. 

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This sermon series has not only been challenging, but it has changed the way I preach. This one talks about being aligned with the community. 

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Moving message with comments like, “ I was filled with joyful tears after this!” Such a dynamic and different feel and style of preaching for me. This also isn’t as clear audio as I stood away from the pulpit to speak. Don’t miss this series!!

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This powerful sermon is very different than the one spoken at Palestine with the same title. Both are excellent with my nod to this one for its delivery and message. 

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First sermon in The Positioning series. 

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First sermon in Positioning series. 

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Second Sermon of new year

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Second part of new year focus

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Year-end recap and focus message. 

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Year-end recap and focus message. 

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Excellent final advent sermon on love. 

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Final advent sermon on Love. 

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An excellent advent sermon on joy. 

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Excellent advent sermon on joy. 

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Incredibly powerful sermon for the second Advent sermon. Better of the two featured here with the same name. 

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nothing like the sermon from a few weeks ago. This is an Advent message. 

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I was the speaker at the community Thanksgiving service. This is the message from that night. It talks about a different perspective in gratitude and taking things for granted. 

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An Advent to Remember sermon series. Traditional themes and a good first sermon. 

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An Advent to Remember series of traditional themed sermons. Excellent first sermon. 

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The better of the two sermons. This one was challenging and passionate. Last sermon from the sermon series called Optional?

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A good final sermon in the Optional? series about forgiveness. 

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This is an excellent fourth sermon in the series called Optional?

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A horrible tragedy struck a family a day before I spoke this message. It was timely and the 4th in the Optional? series. 

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Good third message in the Optional? series. It has different key points than the NL version. 

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Powerful message and third in the Optional? series. 

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Optional? sermon series. Second sermon and strong message. 

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Excellent second sermon in the Optional? sermon series. 

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Excellent first sermon in the new series. “Optional” is the name of it. Do not miss any of the five upcoming episodes!

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***** Powerful first message in the “Optional?” sermon series. I would give this a very high rating and the challenging. It is timely poignant and necessary for today. Do not miss this sermon!

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Excellent last sermon in the steadfast heart series. Timely and sharp. Better than the NL version in my opinion. 

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Powerful sermon to end the steadfast heart series. Do not miss this one!

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Strong sermon in the steadfast heart series with a challenge issued at the end of it. So, will you take the challenge?

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Powerful message in the Steadfast Heart series. There is a challenge at the end to pay attention to if you want to accept it. 

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Listen to the other version first. And then come back to this one for the rest of the story. You will understand once you hear the other one!

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Wow! I was so emotional by the end of this one. To hear the rest of what happened, listen to the other version. This one was deeply personal. I think you can tell!

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Excellent third message in the Steadfast Heart series. 

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Heart string pulling message and third in the Steadfast Heart series. Very encouraging. 

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Second sermon in the Steadfast Heart series. 

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Truly a powerful message. Second in the Steadfast Heart series. 

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This is the first sermon in a new series. The theme of baptism is relevant this day because we had two people being baptized in the 
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It’s the start of “A Steadfast Heart?” sermon series. This one is personal for me. It comes from what I was convicted upon by the Holy Spirit in July. God showed me several truths I needed to implement in my life. I believe the same is true for you.

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Completely different feel than the NL one as I didn’t use the manuscript. Well worth a listen!

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Encouraging message, closely tied to manuscript. Was told it was needed by several. 

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Gideon is the backdrop for teaching us how to live with courage. Emotionally difficult for me to share as I relate to his story. Well worth the listen!

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Directly from the life of Gideon, we see how we can be people of courage. 

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I think this was slightly better than the first. I was passionate and direct especially near the end. 

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Excellent message. Nearly as good as the 5 star NL one. 

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Second in the Son’s of Asher series. We all need to hear this one a couple of times!

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Powerful. Many tears fell during this one as it dealt with deep issues. 

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Excellent sermon and title. Lots to take in on this one. 

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Best title ever! Enjoy This one!

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Your character quirks may be exactly what God wants to use to change the world. 

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Our issues from our family may be just what God needs to change the world. 

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Excellent message about difficult people in the family vacation series. 

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Family Vacation series sermon covering difficult people. 

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Lesser of the two conflict messages. 

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Excellent message on how to love for Mother’s Day. 

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Fantastic message! Helps to stop escalation and conflicts in your life!

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11 ways to love your mom and others better. Mother’s Day sermon

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Excellent message on anger management. 

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Anger management has met its match in this message. 

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The first in the Family Vacation series. It talks about 6 ways you drive your family crazy, or anybody else for that matter. 

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This is the first sermon in the family vacation sermon series. It talks about six ways you can drive people crazy. It doesn’t just relate to family members it also can relate to anybody else who we interact with in our lives. 

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Easter sermon finishing the Finding your way back to God series. 

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Last message shared on Easter in the finding your way back to God series. 

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Third in the series, finding your way back to God. 

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Powerful third message in the Finding Your Way Back to God series. 

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Second in the Finding Your Way Back to Gd series. 

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One person said this was the best sermon he has heard me share. What do you say?

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Solid first sermon in the Finding Your Way Back to God series. Additional stories here. 

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Solid first sermon in the Finding Your Way Back to God series. 

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This sermon finished the ‘Change’ series we started the new year with. It is powerful and tells the four things our process of change goes through when we believe in Jesus. The last one is dynamic! 

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This sermon finished the ‘Change’ series we started the new year with. It is powerful and tells the four things our process of change goes through when we believe in Jesus. The last one is dynamic! 

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Good sermon but not quite as strong as the other with the same title. More information in this one. 

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Another excellent sermon! Do not miss this one! Listen to the right voice and get a hug from God. 

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Powerful relationship restoration principles straight from the Bible. 

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Excellent message, very close to a five star. It is about relationships and has a different illustration. 

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Five star ***** Not many get this rating but when people ask for copies to share, it hits the mark. Do not miss this or any five star messages. It’s about the goal of relationships. 

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Excellent message just a bit different in scope than the other with the same title. Still a good listen. 

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Thought provoking stunner. Don’t listen if you don’t want to grow. Fantastic message to share. 

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Different illustrations worth a listen to compared to the NL sermon. Different ending also. 

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Better of two sermons in this series. Setting the stage for growth. 

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My favorite of the two this week, but both are good representations of what is called for. This one is a bit more gentle in tone. 

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Drilling down on what we must focus on to grow. 

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First sermon of the year setting the focus. 

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Overview of the new year and focus. 

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Strong message combining the last two sermons in the “Time to Party” series. If you want a full overview of the fourth message, look for The Celebration - NL only message. 

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Poignant final message in the “Time to Party” series. 

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Fourth sermon in the series. Very poignant and timely. Last one is next before the new year kickoff and theme reveal. This was the only time this sermon was shared. Shorter than some, but timely.  

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Excellent sermon and third in advent series. 

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Third sermon in advent series. Strong ending. 

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Second in the series. Change up the story a little and corrects one factoid. Good message and strong. 

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Second in the advent series and my favorite of the two messages because of the last five minutes. 

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First sermon in the Time to Party series. This sermon kicks off the advent season. It refers to the double invitation of Christ and was recorded using a different hardware device. Transcripts are available for all sermons. 

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First message in the Time to Party series. The P sermon is a better representation of this message and is preferred as the choice for listening. We look at the double invitation of Christ. This message kicks off the Advent season. 

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This powerful message on  prayer teaches us to learn how to offer spirit filled prayer and supplication. It is the final sermon in our “Strong in the Lord” series.

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If you are not sure how to pray or offer supplication, this sermon will help you do that. It is the last sermon in the “Strong in the Lord” series. 

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Powerful message discussing the second three components of the armor of God. The third one will surprise you. It’s the sword. 

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Powerful message about the second three components of the armor of God. The third one will surprise you. 

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It’s not a sucker punch, it is a revelation at the end of this message. We honor our veterans and those who have gone before us in this race. 

This powerful message is the fourth installment in the Strong in the Lord series. 

The response was quite overwhelming.

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Great sermon! Helpful! Powerful! These comments were shared about this 4th installment in the Strong in the Lord series. 

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This isa very strong message about knowing who and what to be wrestling and what not to. We struggle with a lot of things. This message helps us determine what not to as well as what to go against. It is the third in the Strong in the Lord sermon series.

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You have to know who you’re fighting and why. This is the third message in the Strong in the Lord sermon series.

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Solid second message in the Strong In The Lord series. 

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Second sermon in the Strong In The Lord series. Very good insight here. 

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First sermon in the Strong in the Lord series. 

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First sermon in the Strong in the Lord series. 

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Final message in the Resilient Fait series. This is the better of the two versions here. When you consider love and mercy, what do they have in common? How do they fit into resilient faith?

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Fifth and final message in the resilient faith series. The P sermon is better of the two. 

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Fourth in the resilient faith series. 

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Fourth in the resilient faith series. 

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Third in the resilient faith series. 

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Third in the resilient faith series. 

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Do not miss this one! Powerful, timely and poignant. Everything about this message spoke to hearts and challenges us to go deep. Passionately delivered, many present were deeply moved. Bookmark and come back to this. Share it with those struggling and facing trials. Even I, the pastor, was deeply affected by this one. 

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Second sermon in the Resilient Faith series. Based on the wise and foolish man parable. 

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Adversity reveals our character- Premise of the Resilient Faith series which starts with this strong sermon. 

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First sermon in the Resilient Faith series. Strong and challenging. 

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Excellent final message in the Philippians series. 

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Powerful sermon to close out our sermons in Philippians. 

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A different approach to the same message, just not quite as quotable. 

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A popular verse explained in context. Powerful and timely. 

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Conclusion of the way to peace series. 

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Closing sermon of a three part series. 

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The version of this sermon with all details. 

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Abbreviated message as we had an emergency during service. The full sermon is the other one with this title.

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Three part series from Philippians 4

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Three part series from Philippians 4

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Do not miss this sermon. Challenging and freeing. I really enjoyed learning and sharing. How to live in Christ!

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It was my 17th wedding anniversary. This one is dedicated to my wife, Christine. The P sermon is stronger. 

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Powerful message about the work Christ does in and through us. First time not standing behind the podium really freed me up!

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Strong message but the better version is the P one. 

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Focusing on the Greek word katalambano, this message describes in real terms what that means and why it’s important. 

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Paul tells us he reaches for what is ahead. What does that mean? The Greek word katalambano captures it well. As does this message. 

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Same notes and testimony but a more salvation focused sermon. Worth a listen and more. 

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My testimony of battling anxiety and depression in an emotionally charged sermon. This challenge is urgent and comes with a wonderful message. Heed the Macedonian call today, please? ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Five stars for this one!

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This message talks about the difference between happy and joy. There are different examples in this one than the first message spoken, but I believe the first message was delivered much better. If you have time to listen to only one, choose the other one first.

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There is a difference between happy and joy. This powerful sermon shares that distinction. You may want to take notes!

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This is the only copy of this powerful message as Palestine had a power outage. This is a sermon you WILL want to take copious notes on. It’s that important! Listen for the rain starting at the end… was there thunder also?

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Very strong message. The stronger of the two messages of the same title. This will prepare you for the powerful conclusion next message that is a difference maker. 

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Intro to Philippians 2 as preparation for the powerful follow-up message. 

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Philippians intro and strong finish. 

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“I needed this,” was one comment shared after this powerful message. 

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Dynamic and powerful. The ending is worth waiting for!

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After general conference, we deal with distractions. 

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Very strong sermon, very powerful. However, if you listen to NL message of same topic first, this one seems to miss something. I recommend the other of the two by a landslide. Both are good. 

It’s not about Peter’s restoration, it’s about the death of Simon.  

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If you never listen to any other message, listen to this one. I have never spoke a message this passionate or emotional. There were few, if any, dry eyes. You can hear it in my voice and FEEL it! I was still moved an hour afterwards!! 

This is probably the best sermon I have ever spoken. I cannot listen to it without being strongly affected. Do yourself a favor and bookmark and come back to this one. 

It’s not about the restoration of Peter, it’s about the death of Simon! 

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Strong message for understanding we do not have to get caught up in details. 

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Too busy figuring semantics? How about just going out and doing the work?

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God is not a priority. He doesn’t want a relationship with you. At least, not in the way it has been taught. This sermon is, “deep,” “helpful,” and “powerful,” as some said after hearing it. 

How do you make choices? What is your framework of reference? What’s your agenda? What interests are you guarding?

Five stars and worth a second and third listen to make sure the enemy doesn’t steal it away. Do NOT miss this one! Listen and share. 

Before anything else, listen to this one!

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How do you make choices? What’s your criteria? What’s important when it comes to deciding things?

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If you disappointed someone, what would you do to fix it? Would you drag a huge weight to show your repentance? 

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What would you do to gain God’s mercy and grace? What about once you walked away? Peter tried to earn favor. He isn’t alone. 

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Pastor Jonathan was deeply moved and inspired in this one. The prayer at the end was so powerful, he wept. 

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Great sermon, but don’t miss the other one. 

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Powerful sermon not to be missed. 

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Don’t miss this one. Such a good sermon. 

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“Love does not recognize context!” That phrase was said in this sermon as a ‘Wow!’ moment. There are several good moments in this message that did not occur in the other one. Some of the stories are changed, and some of the insights are focused a little differently. 

You can get a hold of me by my email to request, prayer, offer encouragement, offer suggestions, or support this ministry through PayPal at  JRTstudio@yahoo.com.

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Sometimes when I preach a moment happens when the Holy Spirit gives me an insight, and it just takes over. This happened today during the preaching of this message. Listen and see if you can find out when it was! 

You can get a hold of me at my email for comments, prayer requests, suggestions, or supporting this ministry through PayPal using JRTstudio@yahoo.com. 

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First sermon in the John 21 series. 

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First in a series on John 21. 

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With a stunning reveal at the end of the message, we conclude the story of the barren fig tree. 

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The parable of the barren fig tree has many assumptions associated with it. Today we unpack what they are with a stunning revelation!

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Challenging and convicting, this is one amazing message. 

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Second in the series. Powerful both in the NL and P formats. Transcript available on request. 

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The first of three sermons on the barren fog tree. Challenging and pertinent!!

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We start a new parable. This three sermon series will challenge you like no other. 

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Last message on the talents. Great format and content, deliver a bit tight but powerful message nonetheless!

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Convicting message, well delivered. Last message on the parable of the talents. 

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Not as strong as NL message, but the ending is excellent… some of my better preaching!

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Excellent message on our task as investors in God’s Kingdom. 

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Of the two sermons, I think this one is a little tighter than the first one. Different things in both, so both are worth the listen. This is the second sermon in the invest yearly theme. Discontinues the preaching on the parable of the talents.

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Second in the invest yearly theme. Working through the parable of the talents.

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Similar in nature to the one at New Liberty but fashioned towards Palestine.

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This is not the message but an overview of the theme for 2024. It is different from New Liberty’s.

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The first sermon from the parable of the talents, and also the first sermon in the invest theme.

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We set the theme for the new year with this short description. It is not the message, it is elsewhere in this podcast.

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I believe this is the stronger of the two messages, but both are good! It’s also the last sermon for 2023. 

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Fundamentals of planning. And more….

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Only version of this message. 

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Jesus is our salvation, how?

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Strong message about Jesus and salvation. 

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Enjoy this advent message. 

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Such a good message for this time of year. 

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This is the first of our four Advent sermons. Compared to the first one with the same title, this one is a little shorter and more tight in its presentation. Both are worth a lesson as different things are shared.

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The first sermon in Advent talks about anticipation, and what that has to do with. In this sermon, you are treated to an inside look at the marriage between Pastor Jonathan and his wife Christine.

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Who knew there was such a mystery, intrigue, and espionage in the Scriptures? Yet when we look at the truth, there it is in plain sight. This message reveals this truth.

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