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What’s Your Motive?
In this message, Pastor Byron examines the Apostle Paul’s motives for ministry in Romans 1:8-17, emphasizing that God cares more about why we do things than what we do. Through Paul’s example, he teaches believers to cultivate four essential heart attitudes: a grateful heart, an intercessory prayer life, a sense of debt to reach all
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What About the Good News?
In this message launching the series “The Bad News That Leads to the Good News,” Pastor Byron addresses Romans 1:1-8 to build confidence in the gospel despite increasing cultural pressure, presenting six reasons why believers can trust the message of Christ. He confronts the erosion of biblical certainty even among evangelicals and calls the church
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Jesus Christ Disciple-Maker
In this message, Pastor Byron challenges believers to reclaim their calling as disciple-makers by examining Jesus’ Great Commission and His model of investing in others through progressive stages: “come and see,” “come and follow me,” “come and be with me,” and “come and remain in me.” He warns against “evangelistic lockjaw” and calls Christians to
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The Faith-Rest Life
In this concluding message of the series on daily rest, Pastor Byron examines Hebrews 4 to teach believers the urgency of entering God’s rest by claiming His promises through faith, explaining that the Christian sabbath rest is not a day but a daily spiritual reality. He emphasizes the importance of moving quickly to appropriate God’s
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Finding Daily Peace
In this message, Pastor Byron addresses the epidemic of anxiety affecting over 40 million Americans by teaching from Hebrews 3-4 about God’s provision of daily rest for believers who claim His promises by faith. He presents the divine equation—”promises of God + faith of the believer = rest”—and challenges Christians to move beyond spiritual treadmill
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The Hardening of Spiritual Arteries
In this opening message of “The Daily Rest Revisited” series, Pastor Byron introduces the biblical technique for experiencing peace by examining Hebrews 3, where the author uses Israel’s wilderness wandering as a warning to Jewish believers tempted to return to legalistic living under the law. He teaches that just as sincerity alone won’t produce results
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The Church: God’s Gifted Family
In this message, Pastor Byron examines 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4 to teach about spiritual gifts, challenging the church’s consumer mentality by emphasizing that believers are called to be participants rather than spectators in God’s kingdom work. He defines spiritual gifts as supernatural abilities given by the Holy Spirit for building up the body
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The Lord is My Strength
In this message, Pastor Byron explores Psalm 118 to teach believers how to think differently about God’s strength in their lives, addressing why many Christians live “kerosene light lives in a spiritually electrical world” despite God’s available power. He presents four transformative attitudes: be thankful because God’s love endures forever, be secure because God is
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When Passion Becomes Routine
In this message, Pastor Byron confronts the tendency of believers to reduce Christianity to ritual and religion rather than maintaining a vibrant love relationship with God, using powerful imagery of unrequited love to help listeners understand God’s heart when His people grow distant. He challenges Christians to move beyond spiritual treadmill living and religious routine
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Spiritual Combat
In this message, Pastor Byron examines Psalm 91 to teach believers how to prepare for spiritual warfare, emphasizing that while Satan’s work is more subtle in sophisticated cultures through guerrilla warfare tactics, Christians must recognize they live in a spiritual realm with real demonic opposition. He presents four essential responses: understand your protection by dwelling