Episodes

  • Why Sharing the Gospel Is Not Optional | Romans 10:13-17

    Why Sharing the Gospel Is Not Optional | Romans 10:13-17
    Jun 29 2026
    People cannot call on the Jesus they do not believe in. They cannot believe in the Jesus they have never heard. And they cannot hear unless someone speaks. In this message from Romans 10, we look at why sharing the gospel is not optional, why good works do not replace the message of Jesus, and why silence is not love. The gospel is still the power of God for salvation, and the church is still called to speak.
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    51 mins
  • Why God Won’t Accept Your Worship | Matthew 5

    Why God Won’t Accept Your Worship | Matthew 5
    Jun 22 2026
    What if your worship isn’t being received the way you think it is? In Matthew 5:23-26, Jesus gives one of the most sobering teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. You travel days to bring your offering. You finally arrive at the altar. And Jesus says stop. If your brother has something against you, leave your gift, go make it right, and then come back to worship. Jesus makes it clear: you cannot be right with God while refusing to deal with broken relationships. Whether you’re carrying the offense or someone else is carrying it against you, the responsibility to pursue peace is yours. Unresolved offense doesn’t just damage relationships. It hinders worship and gives the enemy room to work. To be presence driven is to refuse to walk in offense. 📖 Matthew 5:23-26
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    43 mins
  • Stories From Africa | Testimony Panel | Vertical Life Church

    Stories From Africa | Testimony Panel | Vertical Life Church
    Jun 15 2026

    Lost luggage. Missed flights. A 24-hour delay. In that moment, it felt like everything was falling apart. But God was doing something they couldn't see yet. On the ground in Kenya, they watched people encounter Jesus. Step into water for baptism. Find freedom in circumstances far harder than a delayed flight.

    This is not a highlight reel. These are real stories from the mission field. And they will challenge the way you think about your faith, your comfort, and what it means to follow Jesus beyond your own zip code.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • You Become Whatever You're Yoked To | Matthew 11

    You Become Whatever You're Yoked To | Matthew 11
    Jun 8 2026
    What does it actually mean to be presence driven? It means embracing the yoke of Jesus. In the ancient world, a yoke bound a younger ox to an older one. It set the direction, shaped the animal, and determined the fruit of its work. Jesus uses that picture in Matthew 11 when He says, “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me.” Here is the sobering part: a yoke keeps you in a process until you become what you are yoked to. The Pharisees’ yoke was crushing. Jesus’ yoke is communion. You become whatever you’re yoked to. 📖 Matthew 11:28-30, Exodus 33(Edited)
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    41 mins
  • God Offered the Promised Land. Moses Wanted Something Else. | Exodus 33

    God Offered the Promised Land. Moses Wanted Something Else. | Exodus 33
    Jun 1 2026
    Would you turn down everything you ever wanted to keep the presence of God? In Exodus 33, God offers Israel the Promised Land but says, “I will not go with you.” Moses refuses: “If your presence will not go with us, do not bring us up from here.” This message unpacks what it means to be presence-driven, living for and from communion with the Father.
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    42 mins
  • Where God Builds, Unity Lives

    Where God Builds, Unity Lives
    May 25 2026

    Most Christians attend church but never become the church — and there's a massive difference.

    Drawing from 1 Peter 2:4-5, this message challenges you to stop attending and start becoming — a living stone built into God's spiritual house alongside people you didn't choose, with backgrounds you don't share, and opinions that don't always align with yours.

    Proverbs 21:2 says that every way of a person seems right in their own eyes, yet God weighs the heart. This is where church gets hard. But no preference, opinion, or theological debate is worth becoming a stumbling block to someone's eternity.

    If you can't love the people you can see, you're deceiving yourself about loving the God you can't see.
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Holiness Is Required

    Holiness Is Required
    May 18 2026

    Most Christians treat their faith like a private matter — just them and God, no one else involved. But that is not the Christianity of the Bible.

    In this message, Pastor Wes teaches on the corporate nature of the church. Two accounts separated by over a thousand years show the same God responding to individual sin with startling severity — not just because of what one person did, but because of what it did to everyone around them. Your choices are not isolated. They ripple through the entire body, and God has always taken the purity of His people seriously.

    This is not a message about guilt. It is a message about what the church actually is and what it means to be part of it.

    Scriptures: Joshua 7, Acts 5, 1 Corinthians 5

    #church #holiness #purity #jesus #sermon #christianity #bible
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    51 mins
  • Need Joy? Click Here

    Need Joy? Click Here
    May 11 2026

    Feeling like joy is just out of reach, even when you're doing all the right things? In this message, Pastor Trevor teaches that joy is a fruit of the Spirit, but barriers like comparison, distorted thinking, isolation, and false perceptions of God can keep you from fully receiving what He's producing in your life. The good news is, these are battles you were never meant to fight alone. Through Scripture and biblical community, the church becomes a place where minds are renewed, truth is reinforced, and hearts are restored. The church isn't just a gathering to attend. It's a spiritual family designed to help you grow, heal, mature, and learn to rejoice together in the goodness of God.

    Scriptures: Galatians 5:22–23, Romans 12:2,15, John 15:11, Hebrews 10:24–25, Psalm 103:8–13
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    48 mins