Seven Letters to Seven Churches: Thiatyra
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Release Date: 10/14/2019
Your Monday Matters | Jesus is Enough | Week 6
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Does your faith make a difference on Monday morning? In this message, Lead Pastor Stephen Mizell continues through the book of Colossians to explore how following Jesus should impact every area of our lives, including our work, leadership, relationships, and everyday conversations. It's easy to recognize the spiritual significance of Sunday worship, but God doesn't stop working in us when we clock in on Monday. Whether you're at work, caring for your family, leading others, or navigating a difficult season, God has given you opportunities to live out your faith right where you are. In this...
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Jesus at Home | Jesus is Enough | Week 5
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What happens when Jesus becomes the Lord of your home? In Week 5 of the Jesus Is Enough series, Lead Pastor Stephen Mizell explores Colossians 3 and how following Jesus should transform the way we love, lead, forgive, and encourage our families. Our homes are often where our faith is tested the most. How we respond to conflict, treat our spouse, and guide our children reveals the work Jesus is doing in us. In this message, discover why healthy marriages require mutual responsibility, why children need both loving authority and encouragement, and how we can correct without crushing the hearts...
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Winning the War Within | Jesus is Enough | Week 4
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What does it actually look like to live differently because of Jesus? In this message from the Jesus Is Enough series, Lead Pastor Stephen Mizell walks through Colossians 3 and challenges us to recognize that following Jesus isn't just about where we're going someday. Jesus wants to change how we live today. Our thoughts, desires, emotions, relationships, and habits all matter. Paul gives us a practical picture of what it means to live from our new identity in Christ: set our minds on Christ, put to death the things that are destroying us, put on the character of Jesus, and let His peace rule...
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Don't Settle for Counterfeits | Jesus is Enough | Week 3
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Why do we keep going back to things we already know aren't good for us? In this message from the Jesus Is Enough series through Colossians, Pastor Stephen Mizell looks beneath our repeated habits and asks a deeper question: What are we asking those habits to give us? Rules and willpower can change behavior for a time, but only Jesus can transform our hearts and change our desires. Instead of simply asking what habit we need to stop, we can ask what we're really looking for and recognize that Christ has already provided what our hearts need. Scripture: Colossians 2:6–23 Lead Pastor Stephen...
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Jesus Plus Nothing | Jesus is Enough | Week 2
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What is your purpose? In Week 2 of our Jesus Is Enough series through Colossians, Lead Pastor Stephen Mizell explores why we often look for purpose in the wrong places. Our purpose begins not with what we want to do, but with who we belong to. We were created by Jesus and for Jesus. True purpose is found in being reconciled to Him, serving His purposes, and surrendering our lives to what He wants to accomplish through us. In this message, we’ll discover that purpose is not a life we chase. It’s a life we surrender. Scripture: Colossians 1:15–29; Colossians 2:1–3 Lead Pastor Stephen...
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A Faith That Keeps Growing | Jesus is Enough | Week 1
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What does growing in faith actually look like? As we begin our new series through the book of Colossians, Pastor Stephen Mizell talks about what it means to trust Jesus when we don't have all the answers. Faith isn't about never having questions or doubts. Growing faith means knowing Jesus well enough to trust Him with what we don't understand. In this message, Pastor Stephen shares three important truths about growing faith: faith has an object, healthy faith produces fruit, and growing faith doesn't remove hard times. Instead, our faith gives us the strength to keep trusting Jesus through...
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We are Working | Occupy Until He Comes
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What are you doing with what God has entrusted to you? In this message, Bertie Campus Pastor Jay Rivenbark challenges us to live with purpose and faithfulness as we wait for the return of Jesus. Through the parable of the talents in Matthew 25, we’re reminded that God has entrusted each of us with gifts, abilities, time, and resources, and we have a responsibility to put them to work for His Kingdom. The question isn't how much we've been given compared to someone else. The question is whether we're being faithful with what God has placed in our hands. Pastor Jay reminds us that fear can...
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He is Restoring | The Great Restoration
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What happens when the King comes? He restores. In this message from our series The King Is Coming, Pastor Stephen Mizell looks at the hope we have in Jesus and the promise that God is not abandoning His creation. The story doesn't end with chaos, death, or destruction—it moves toward Jesus, resurrection, restoration, and God dwelling with His people forever. Through Revelation 21 and Romans 8, we are reminded that sin does not get the final word. Death will not have the final say. God is making everything new. Even in the middle of a broken world, we can groan with hope because the Holy...
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The Promise of His Appearing | The King is Coming
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What does the return of Jesus mean for us today? In this message from The King Is Coming, Pastor Stephen Mizell teaches that the second coming of Christ isn't something we should approach with fear, anxiety, or endless speculation. It is the ultimate anchor of our Christian hope. We may not know when Jesus is coming back, but we know who is coming back. Jesus is coming, the dead in Christ will be raised, God's people will be gathered to Him, and we will be with the Lord forever. Through Acts 1 and 1 Thessalonians 4, Pastor Stephen challenges us to stop focusing on the things God hasn't told us...
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Signs & Wonders | Cultivating a Supernatural Culture
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What does it look like to actually live in a supernatural culture? In the final message of The Signs and Wonders series, Pastor Stephen Mizell challenges us to stop waiting for God to do something supernatural and start positioning ourselves to participate when He moves. We can't manufacture the wind of the Holy Spirit—but we can raise the sail. Spiritual gifts aren't meant to sit unused. They are gifts from God that we are called to cultivate, exercise, and grow through obedience. This message explores how courage grows when love is greater than fear, why humility and community matter when...
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