Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday companion through the One Year Bible. Host Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Sheryl Daughety for a conversation from Proverbs 18:4-5, exploring the kind of deep, life-giving wisdom that guards leaders and communities against favoritism and shallow speech.

Scripture Focus: Proverbs 18:4-5 - Solomon compares the inner life of a wise person to inexhaustible underground waters, then issues a moral warning: wise words run deep, but it is never right to acquit the guilty or deny justice to the innocent.

In This Episode:

• What separates life-giving speech from shallow noise
• How favoritism quietly creeps into leadership and how to guard against it
• Why the inner well of wisdom in verse four is the direct foundation for the justice demanded in verse five

Key Quote: "When your internal well is filled by the Spirit of God, you are completely anchored against the shifting winds of human favoritism. Decisions begin on the inside, not on the outside."

One Single Story is a weekday devotional podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, walking listeners through the One Year Bible one passage at a time. Subscribe wherever you listen, and share with someone ready to go deeper in God's Word.

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Welcome to One Single Story, the weekday Bible study podcast where Pastor Stephen Mizel, Pastor Jay Rivenbark and co-host Pastor Alyssa Bream gather around the Word of God for honest, grounded conversation. Today the team is in Psalm 144, a royal war hymn in which David praises God for equipping him for battle and reflects on what it means to be human before a mighty God.

Scripture Focus: Psalm 144:1-15 - David praises God as his rock and trainer, contrasting God's greatness with human smallness, and closes with a vision of thriving families rooted in God's blessing.

In This Episode:

• How God uses leadership battles, hard days, and endurance to sharpen us spiritually
• Why recognizing your smallness protects you from the pride that comes with success
• How a spiritually healthy church creates a ripple effect that strengthens marriages, families, and communities

Key Quote: "When God is your rock and your trainer, the battles you face don't destroy your future. They secure it." - Pastor Stephen Mizell

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Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Alyssa Bream for a conversation from Psalm 143 -- the seventh and final penitential psalm -- exploring what it means to walk through spiritual dry seasons and how intentional remembering can anchor our faith when life feels relentless.

Scripture Focus: Psalm 143:1-12 - David cries out under relentless attack, his spirit fainting and his soul living in darkness as if in the grave, yet turns his eyes toward God's faithfulness.

In This Episode:

• How dry seasons can overwhelm even the strongest believers
• The difference between unhealthy nostalgia and faith-fueled remembering
• Why recalling past hard seasons reminds us that difficult times are never permanent
• Leaning into God with enough trust to believe the rain will come again

Key Quote: "There are places in my life today that are flooded with grace that were meant to be dry. If I can just remember, when I am in a dry spot, that God's always faithful -- that's enough to move forward."

One Single Story is a weekday podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, offering brief conversational lessons from the One Year Bible. Find us at onesinglestory.com and visitopendoor.com.

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Welcome to One Single Story! Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Alyssa Bream for a conversation centered on Psalm 142, David's raw, unfiltered prayer written from a literal cave while fleeing Saul. Together, they explore what it looks like to cry out to God in your most isolated moments — and what it means to find Him sufficient there.

Scripture Focus: Psalm 142:1-7 — Written when David was hiding in a cave, this psalm captures the honest cry of someone overwhelmed, yet still turning to the only One who knows the way forward.

In This Episode:

• The difference between a biblical lament and toxic grumbling — and why one moves us toward God while the other keeps us stuck
• Navigating caves that are self-imposed versus those outside our control
• How leaders can face the unique loneliness of ministry without slipping into bitterness and burnout
• Why Elijah's choice to abandon his support system is a warning for all of us

Key Quote: "When you lose your platform and find yourself in a cave, you discover the platform was only temporary. The rock is eternal."

One Single Story drops every weekday, walking through the One Year Bible with honest conversation and pastoral insight. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, and join us tomorrow for our next reading.

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Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Alyssa Bream for today's lesson from Psalm 141, an evening psalm of personal discipline in which David prays not just against external enemies but against the internal pulls that draw us away from God.

In this episode the team explores why guarding your lips is one of the most critical prayers you can pray in seasons of conflict, how subtle drift toward evil begins long before outright sin, and what it practically looks like to keep your eyes fixed on God when chaos demands your full attention.

One Single Story is a weekday devotional podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, offering a brief, conversational lesson each day from the One Year Bible reading plan.

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Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Alyssa Bream for this episode of One Single Story as they dig into Psalm 140, a raw and honest prayer from David written during a season when he was hunted and slandered. The hosts unpack what it looks like to ask God for protection from the poison of the tongue, to recognize the hidden traps that line our daily path, and to trust the Lord's justice instead of taking matters into our own hands.

Scripture Focus: Psalm 140:1-13 - David's prayer for protection from violent men and the dangerous power of words, written during a period when he was being hunted and slandered. The psalm moves from a cry for personal protection to pointed prayers against his enemies, and closes with confident trust in the Lord's justice for the oppressed.

In This Episode:

• The debated meaning behind David's prayer to "heap burning coals" on his enemies, and how it compares to the same phrase in Proverbs and Romans
• Why David focuses so heavily on the tongue when praying for protection against violent men
• How gossip, criticism, and careless words sow division long before any physical conflict begins
• The subtle, concealed nature of spiritual traps, including apathy, busyness, and poor choices made while trying to do the right thing
• The difference between being busy and being effective, and how a full schedule can crowd out room for God
• Learning to trust God's timing and justice rather than seeking personal vengeance
• How staying confident in God's justice allows believers to remain silent when everyone else is rattling on

Key Quote: "Words show up long before they are weapons."

About One Single Story: One Single Story is a weekday devotional podcast that offers a brief, conversational lesson from each day's reading in the One Year Bible. Hosted by the pastors of Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, the show is designed to help listeners grab a Bible, a pen, and paper, and engage in real conversation around the Word of God.

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Coming This Week: This week's conversations continue through the book of Psalms in the One Year Bible reading plan, closing out this cycle through the Psalter before starting back at Psalm 1. Join the hosts each weekday for a fresh, honest look at Scripture and how it applies to everyday life and leadership.

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Welcome back to One Single Story! Today Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Wendy Korbusieski for a conversation on Acts 12 and 13. The team digs into the power of corporate fasting, what it means to have both a heavenly call and an earthly confirmation, and how to confront spiritual opposition with boldness and truth.

Scripture Focus: Acts 12:24–13:15 - In this passage, the church at Antioch is worshiping and fasting when the Holy Spirit sets apart Barnabas and Saul for ministry. The text also recounts Paul's direct confrontation with the sorcerer Elymas, showing what it looks like to stand against spiritual opposition in the power of the Holy Spirit.

In This Episode:

• How corporate fasting and worship help believers hear the Spirit's specific direction
• Why the church at Antioch's depth of gifted leaders points to a mission bigger than itself
• The connection between fasting, prayer, and giving as core spiritual disciplines Jesus taught
• Why both a heavenly call and an earthly confirmation matter when discerning God's voice
• Four observations on how Paul responded to spiritual opposition with truth and discernment
• Why confronting evil leaves no room for nuance, while conflict with people calls for grace
• A real-life example of calling out pettiness disguised as a spiritual decision

Key Quote: "Whatever you feed is going to take control of your life. If you feed your flesh or you feed your spirit... anything you feed grows."

About One Single Story: One Single Story is a weekday devotional podcast walking through the One Year Bible, offering brief, thoughtful conversations around Scripture to help you grow in your faith one day at a time.

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Coming This Week: Join us as we continue through the book of Acts, exploring the early church's journey to take the gospel beyond comfort and into new territory.

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Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski continue their journey through the One Year Bible with a look at Acts 12, where James is martyred and Peter is miraculously freed from prison, even as the church praying for him is stunned that their prayer actually worked.

Scripture Focus: Acts 12:1-23 - Herod's persecution of the early church, Peter's imprisonment and angelic rescue, and his downfall after accepting worship that belonged to God.

In This Episode:

• Praying out of duty versus praying in real faith
• Making sense of unequal outcomes when one believer suffers and another is delivered
• Why deliverance comes with unfinished work, not a free pass
• Guarding against pride and redirecting praise to God

Key Quote: "The gates of a prison are no match for earnest prayers of a church. But make sure you're ready to open the door when God answers your prayer."

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